Author: Scott Westerman
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31 Days of Faves: The Turtles – Happy Together
They knocked the Beatles out No.1, smoked dope in the White House, and after 5 decades, The Turtles are still “Happy Together”.
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31 Days of Faves: The Beach Boys – Dance, Dance, Dance
The Beach Boys’ “Dance, Dance, Dance” is Brian Wilson when the stories the songs told were about the joys and tribulations of growing up.
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31 Days of Faves: Chris Rea – Fool If You Think It’s Over
The story of the unlikely success of Chris Rea’s “Fool If You Think It’s Over” is the stuff of a novel about trial and redemption.
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31 Days of Faves: Seals & Crofts – Summer Breeze
The very title of Seals and Crofts “Summer Breeze” branded it, over time, as a Summer Song, even though it’s prime happened in September.
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The Last Day of Class
When I was a senior in high school, we had a teacher who gave us a lesson in finding happiness that still resonates today.
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31 Days of Faves: The Temptations – I Can’t Get Next to You
Pound for pound, nothing in the Motown cannon will ever top 1969’s Temptations unforgettable “I Can’t Get Next to You”.
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31 Days of Faves: Yes – Roundabout
When Atlantic records needed a single from the “Fragile” LP, they didn’t tell the band they were cutting the 8:29 album version to 3:27. Yes first heard it on the radio when traveling between gigs and they weren’t happy about it… until it became a smash hit.
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31 Days of Faves: Eric Clapton – Let It Grow
“I Shot the Sheriff” was the hit single from Eric Clapton’s “461 Ocean Blvd” LP. But, for me, “Let It Grow” is the cut that never grows old.
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31 Days of Faves: Small Faces – Itchycoo Park
There is beauty in simplicity. Peel back all the conflicting stories about what the lyrics in “Itchycoo Park” mean, that’s the message.
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31 Days of Faves: Fifth Dimension – California Soul
Some don’t consider “California Soul” to be a major 5th Dimension hit. But it still hooks me, every time I hear it.