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 Snappy Dance Song
Calvin Harris is a Scottish hit maker-- a singer/songwriter/DJ and producer--a world-class superstar who hit it big nearly 10-years ago, and hasn’t slowed down since. Harris has a huge list of credits, awards and accomplishments-- especially impressive is that...
A Timeless Message: Live In The Moment.
If you are a “first-wave” Boomer--a “Zoomer”--than you may remember the early 60s folk music craze, and the New Christy Minstrels’ 1964 hit “Today,” a clear, pure, gentle appeal that touched the hearts of listeners: Today, while the blossom still clings to the...
R.I.P. Bobby Vee, Teen Idol
Bobby Vee died October 24th from complications due to Alzheimer’s. He was 73. In the Fall of 1960, Boomers were just entering junior and senior high, and Vee, only a few years older than we were, was HOT on Top 40 radio with his first hit "Devil Or Angel." **...
It’s That 70s Sound All Over Again!
40-years ago the hook to "Shake Your Booty" by KC & The Sunshine Band moved into the Boomer generation’s collective memory and just stayed there, usually dormant, but it pops up front and center when listening to “Move” by Saint Motel, a totally...
An Eye-Opening Song About Love & Life
This song is so great! "Fresh Eyes" by Andy Grammer. Smooth. Irresistible. Uptempo, fun. Both the music and the lyrics "make you you want to move"--a cliche, but.... true. Certainly a song worthy of a listen, even by the high standards of the Boomer...
50th Anniversary of the Country Music Awards
If you love Country music, next week is a good week because it’s the 50th anniversary of “CMAs” –the Country Music Awards—and to mark the occasion, the annual awards show will be extra special. Awards night is known as “Country’s Biggest Night” -- when the...
An Unlikely Pairing: Beyonce and Andy Williams
Most early Boomers will remember Andy Williams’ “Can’t Get Used To Losing You"– from 1963. The hook was unforgettable: can’t get over losing you, no matter what I try to do Well, It’s back. Sort of. Beyoncé’s current single, “Hold Up,” is doing what many artists and...
Who’s Going To Take You Home, Maroon 5 or The Cars?
There’s a reason Adam Levine was named People magazine’s 2013 “Sexiest Man Alive” and there are those who make the case that he retain that title in perpetuity, but enough about his looks, instead, consider the great music he makes as lead singer of Maroon 5,...
Rod Temperton Passes Away. Wrote “Thriller” For Michael Jackson
In 1977, Disco ruled, and the multi-talented songwriter and keyboardist Rod Temperton and his group, Heatwave, were riding high with "Boogie Nights," the first of several hits by the seven member British band. Temperton also wrote their big hit, the classic slow jam...