Keeping Boomers In Touch With Today's Music
We connect a song from back-in-the-day to a current hit that has a similar sound/content/style. You’ll be up to speed in 90-seconds.
Curated by Dave Sholin | Written by Lee Wade
A Summertime “Feel Good” Song
Summertime demands feel good songs, and Cuban born singer/songwriter Camila Cabello's upbeat and fast paced "Don't Go Yet" fills the bill--a snappy sound with lots of yeah-yeah-yeah and la-la-la, it's wonderfully mindless and charming In late summer 1983, Lionel...
A “black haired beauty with big dark eyes”
"Nights Moves" is a "classic rock" classic, and Country star Eric Church's "Heart on Fire" captures the same melodic texture as Bob Seger's 1976 rocker, racing to #36 on the Country chart just weeks after release, confirming why he's the reigning CMA "Entertainer of...
40 Years of MTV: Co-founder Les Garland Remembers
This Sunday, August 1st, marks 40 years since the debut of ground breaking Music Television (MTV). In this Boomer Music Update exclusive, the co-founder of the channel, its former Senior Executive VP of Programming, Les Garland, shares his memories. Like golf, I...
It’s Saturday Night! Let’s Party!
It's Saturday Night! Let's Party! Slow down on Monday Not a sound on Wednesday, yeah Might get loud (Ayy) on Friday But on Saturday, Saturday, Saturday We paint the town Twenty One Pilots' upbeat summertime release, "Saturday," #7 this week on the Alternative chart,...
“I tried to make pain sound beautiful.”
One of the most played song on Top 40 radio last week is about love gone wrong, and newcomer Giveon (pronounced give-ee-on) delivers on "Anniversary of a Heartbreak," hitting the bullseye via the magic mix of the right lyrics and his superb vocal texture--just the...
We Remember: Sanford Clark
Sanford Clark isn't as well known as his early rock n' roll and rockabilly peers, even though "The Fool" (1956), his biggest hit, charted on three formats: pop, R&B, and Country, and has had numerous covers, including one by Elvis Presley. Clark died earlier...
“The Girl From Ipanema“ is a Hit, All Over Again
In May, 1964, when the first generation of Boomers (sometimes called Zoomers) were graduating from high school, one, if not thee, most successful bossa nova songs ever, "The Girl from Ipanema,” was released, winning a Grammy the next year for “Record of the Year” for...
Times Have Changed. But Not That Much.
In 1968, the early years of the modern feminist movement, 22 y/o Dolly Parton’s “Just Because I’m a Woman,” her desire-cum-demand for acceptance and equal treatment, reached top 25 on Billboard’s Country chart, and while times have changed—(hello, Kamala...
This Summer’s “Must See” Music Movie
The 1969 "Woodstock" concert is legendary, but The Harlem Cultural Festival (sometimes known as the “Black Woodstock”), a series of music concerts staged that same summer, is not, despite the star line-up and its lofty intent: to celebrate African American music and...