William's Song a Day Blog - est. September 2007

From: He'll Have To Go ; Year: 1960; Genre: Country/Pop Today would've been my Grandmother's 90th birthday; she passed away almost 6 years ago now. I have probably have stated this in another post when I chose a song from Jim Reeves, but he was her favourite singer. Couldn't think of a better pick for today than one of his most famous hits.   Hear He'll Have To Go on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Herbie Flowers - Don't Take My Bass Away     My song pick 2 years ago today: Neil Young and the Shocking Pinks - Wonderin'   My song pick 3 years ago today: Ray Parker Jr. and Raydio - For Those Who Like To Groove   My song pick 4 years ago today: Dio - Sacred Heart   My song pick 5 years ago today: Brave Belt - Dunrobin's Gone   My song pick 6 years ago today: Hawkwind - The Watcher   My song pick 7 years ago today: Styx - Can't Find My Way Home My song pick 8 years ago today: Return to Forever - Theme to the Mot...

From: School Daze (Soundtrack) ; Year: 1988; Genre: Cool Jazz Lately I have been going back to this soundtrack album. This amazing piano and horn piece from the film is and always will be among my favourites on the disc. One Little Acorn actually has two tracks with a shorter reprise version that feature only the piano as well as the full song.   Hear One Little Acorn on YouTube.   Hear the piano solo version on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Apollo 100 - Joy (Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring)     My song pick 2 years ago today: Rick James - Glow   My song pick 3 years ago today: Sweet - Love Is Like Oxygen   My song pick 4 years ago today: Red Rider - Laughing Man   My song pick 5 years ago today: Heart - Straight On   My song pick 6 years ago today: Zones - Mourning Star   My song pick 7 years ago today: Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Lenny My song pick 8 years ago today: The Alan Parsons Projec...

From: Real to Reel ; Year: 2007; Genre: Rock Whilst I like much of their original material, their two Real to Reel cover albums have been a gem and then some for me personally. By covering the wide array of bands that apparently influenced them over quite a few genres, it really shows their overall skills as musicians and arrangers. With this one they did an awesome cover of one of my favourite songs from the band The Guess Who. It's cool just how much this song's music and underlying message still rings true to this day.   Hear Hand Me Down World on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Camel - Metrognome     My song pick 2 years ago today: Foreigner - Feels Like the First Time   My song pick 3 years ago today: Berlin - You Don't Know   My song pick 4 years ago today: Gentle Giant - In a Glass House   My song pick 5 years ago today: Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) - Telephone Line   My song pick 6 years ago to...

From: Survival ; Year: 1971; Genre: Blues Rock/Hard Rock I do not believe that I have chosen a song off of Grand Funk's Survival album yet; to-day is as good of a day as ever. This heavy blues track is one of the best tracks on the record in my opinion and even better when listening to with a good set of earphones on.    Hear All You Got Is Money on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Lakeside - We Want You (On the Floor)     My song pick 2 years ago today: Jim & Ingrid Croce - Age   My song pick 3 years ago today: Earth, Wind & Fire - Magic Mind   My song pick 4 years ago today: The Doors - Roadhouse Blues   My song pick 5 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - I Am The One You Warned Me Of   My song pick 6 years ago today: James Brown - Shades of Brown   My song pick 7 years ago today: Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show - Life Ain't Easy My song pick 8 years ago today: Rush - Cinderella Man My song ...

From: The Very Best of Isaac Hayes ; Year: 2007 (1972); Genre: Soul/Funk I don't know why, but just wanted to pick something from Isaac Hayes for today, which is the first Funky Friday of the New Year! Isaac Hayes was a noted composer of not just regular music, but was quite prolific in the writing of television/film music; most famous would be the Theme From Shaft . This one came from an umbrella/wheel series that lasted a single season, of course, titled:  The Men . The series consisted of three drama/adventure shows on a similar theme and would weekly rotate. Whilst the show(s) did not fair well, Isaac Hayes' theme did become a hit for him and has been recorded by other artists in different genres since.   Hear Theme From The Men on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Carmen - The City     My song pick 2 years ago today: Jerry Goldsmith and Paul Williams - Flying Dreams   My song pick 3 years ago today: Pointer Sisters - Ju...

From: By the Way ; Year: 2002; Genre: Alternative Rock/Funk Rock The other day I happened to be checking out wot was on Netflix, which, other than members of my family, I haven't really payed much attention to for quite a while. Well, happily I found that one of the shows that I like to watch got a new "season;" that is... if you can actually call ten short episodes a season.... Anyway, one of the clips had the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the audience as marionettes performing a live version of the song from their 2003 performance at Ireland's Slane Castle, which was quite a fun spectacle.   Hear Can't Stop on YouTube.   Watch a clip from the Netflix episode on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Lionel Richie - Hello     My song pick 2 years ago today: Bon Jovi - New Year's Day   My song pick 3 years ago today: Bing Crosby - Let's Start The New Year Right   My song pick 4 years ago today: Louis Armstrong - I Can't Afford To...