Happy Heavenly Birthday to Michigan's own Hank Ballard! He was born on this day in 1927. He, of course, wrote and recorded the original version of The Twist. The song will be forever associated with Chubby Checker. He also had hits with Work With Me Annie, Annie Had a Baby and more. I have featured … Continue reading Tune Tuesday – Let’s Go, Let’s Go, Let’s Go
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The Music of My Life – 1985
Welcome back to The Music of My Life, where I feature ten songs from each year of my life. In most cases, the ten songs I choose will be ones I like personally (unless I explain otherwise). The songs will be selected from Billboard’s Year-end Hot 100 Chart, Acclaimed Music, and will all be released … Continue reading The Music of My Life – 1985
Turntable Talk – Cover Me
This blog is part of the next installment of Dave from A Sound Day's Turntable Talk. This time around, the subject is "cover songs." Per our instructions: This time around, wanting to get your thoughts on Cover Songs...what makes a really good one, maybe what your favorite bold one is. Do you like ones really … Continue reading Turntable Talk – Cover Me
Song Draft 2021 – Round 3- Look At Little Sister – Hank Ballard/Stevie Ray Vaughn
Welcome to Round Three of the 2021 Song Draft hosted by Hanspostcard. It has been fun for me to pick and share my songs, but even cooler to check out the picks of the other participants. As I compiled my list of songs to pick from, I had Hank Ballard and Stevie Ray Vaughn on … Continue reading Song Draft 2021 – Round 3- Look At Little Sister – Hank Ballard/Stevie Ray Vaughn