“With impeccable harmonies, ripping solos, and the ability to convey the emotion hidden inside the craftsmanship of their technically demanding musical arrangements, The Doobie Brothers proved their flame burns strong as ever..."  That's the truth - great band with fairly good diversity in their melodies - some mellow, some outrageously great rock.
The Stampede album was a turning point for the band, their last before lead singer Tom Johnston had to leave due to health problems. From their Stampede album, one song in particular is a "sleeper" - I Cheat The Hangman; the melody is even spooky-sounding but very well done.  I don't know what Johnson's health problems were but apparently he overcame those issues.  The Michael McDonald era began with their next album, Takin' It To The Streets.  I think that if they are even only half as good as they were in their peak, they will put on a great show.
Go Doobs!!
 

Dodie Stevens' "Pink Shoe Laces" could have been the inspiration for the Corporal Klinger character in TV sitcom, MASH. 
 

Thanks aflem.  This may sound strange, but I like many of the old TV theme songs with particular affinity to Cheers.   I can't pass judgement on the show itself until I've seen it but the music - you got it: anything with Carole King has to be good and this is.  That woman is very talented and has written many, many songs with her husband/co-author Gerry Goffen, several other songwriters as well as by herself - a true blessing to the musical arts.
Thanks again!
 

I have a copy of tenth edition of The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, copyright 1998.  Most of the Billboard reference books which were compiled by Joel Whitburn (founder of Records Research, Inc who is known to have the most notable comprehensive collection of pop music vinyls in the world) did not publish Wonders.  Instead, Wayne Jancik, psychotherapist who has a coveted collection of recorded music and associated database, compiled the One-Hits Wonders text.

Great reference with phenomenally vast, comprehensive, reliable database vetting disclosed in the One-Hit Wonder book's Introduction. 
Like other Billboard reference texts, all good things must come to an end: there hasn't been an update, IMHO in large part because "pop genealogy" has become so complex with so many more sub-genres of sub-genres with many songs being multi-categorized that it would be far too complicated to compile those data.  It would make Darwin roll over in his grave.  When you were done, you would likely have few people agreeing, 100%, on the categorization of all the pop songs.
It's time to kick back and enjoy the music!!
 

I won't be surprised if the owner is sued for copyright infringement.  Or something along those lines.  I'm not castigating, passing judgement - just observations.  I would love to see those tapes passed made available so people can better appreciate some of the finest music of all time.

The Fireballs did not record two verses of Tom Paxton's original version of Bottle of Wine:
Little hotel, older than Hell
Cold and as dark as a mine
Blanket so thin, I lie there and grin
Buy me little bottle of wine

and

Teacher must teach, and the preacher must preach
Miner must dig in the mine
I ride the rods, trusting in God
And hugging my bottle of wine
When Paxton recorded it himself in 1968
 

Thanks Lorne - this ought to be great!

Please accept my humbles apologies.I want to thank you, Jim Elder, for the specificity of your citation.  That was MY mistake.
I have the book and read those specific pages, The Top 100 Songs of 1965, etc  THEN I reviewed the citation that aflem provided.  I should have reviewed aflem's reference more closely because when I did, and compared the Wikipedia reference with the book - WHAM - NOT even remotely consistent.
And after re-reviewing Bronson's "Introduction" to his book, I found he used a different methodology in tallying the statistics than typically used in Billboard.  In summary, his intro to the book (too complicated to repeat here) says that he did not consider sales.  Instead, highest position and # of weeks in the Hot 100 were the principle drivers.  His "Acknowledgments", as printed in the book, included Billboard, recognizing their involvement in the book.

 

WOW!  This is an amazing revelation aflem.  It is a given fact that Jimi Hendrix was not that red hot here in America gaining some allegiance much later.  But this tale about being one of the warm-up groups for the Monkees and the degradation of his performance with them - wrong time, wrong place and total dissolution of The Experience by the others.  The promoters were way off base when they paired Jimi with the others.  He was way out of their league.  The interviews are really stunning.  Once again, "thanks."

aflem wrote:

Little Rich wrote:

He wrote some great songs.  My favorite: Desire by the Trophies included Rick Nelson, Jerry Fuller, Glen Campbell  & Dave Burgess.  Did not chart in 1962.  Classic doo wop!!
I have the CD, The Lost '60s Recordings (released May 2003), highlighting their music including Desire.  Great Great music.

There's nothing that's not on YouTube...

Thanks aflem.  But some of us collect music - listening to it isn't the same as owning/playing it.  And I DO purchase it, not pirate it from some unknown site.
I have also heard you can download from YouTube legally but I have yet to figure that out, despite the fact I currently subscribe.

I grew up in/on Motown.  Super music with many talented artists.  I refer to the Four Tops as THE Fab Four - MOTOWN's Fab Four, not to take away from the Temptations because, they, too, were highly respected, highly talented artists who reflected the immense talent of their individual members including Eddie Kendricks, Paul Williams, David Ruffin and so many more.  They captured and characterized the whole foundation of SOUL!!

I, personally, think it's worth noting that Jimi was not JUST in the U.S. Army, he was in assigned to a "lean mean fighting machine," the 101st Airborne Paratroopers and, despite his lax attitude, actually qualified for the Screaming Eagles badge after satisfactorily completing paratrooper training.  He was anti-war (Vietnam) but supported the Troops.  And he adored Bob Dylan and, besides All The Watch Tower, he recorded many Dylan tunes but don't know how many of those recordings were ever released.  HBO (+20 years ago?) produced a two-hour special about Jimi Hendrix with many interviews of friends and family that knew him well - very very well done.  Yes, I saw it; in fact, at one time I had it on a VHS tape but we moved several times it and was tossed somewhere.  Whether you're into his music style or not, he was a brilliant musician and money wasn't his principal objective.  And the stage was his platform.

I play sets of three songs and will spend no more thirty seconds of air-time briefly describing "insight" on behind-the-scenes trivia about the song, artist, and/or songwriter.  You're right, it's not for everyone but I have a steadily growing cadre of listeners who appear to appreciate the format, calling in and expressing their thanks for the info.  It takes a lot of time (20 to 30 hours of preparation for each two-hour show) researching those pieces of trivia but, like you, I find it utterly fascinating and I know it endears lots of listeners to my weekly show.  To get on the air and simply play the songs - it seems like it is almost like "elevator music," nearly as bad as an automated  "standard playlist" played with Top 20s multiple times, day in and day out. 

I know, I know many of you/us probably have as low an affinity or appreciation for the Grammys as the RRHOF, maybe in part because of the "politics" in the awards - BUT, IMHO, there were three distinct events during the Grammy awards that got my attention:
  - Joni Mitchell  performance of "Both Sides Now"
  - Billy Joel's performance of his newest of the new after 17 years of dry well, "Turn The Lights Back On" (he may  have re-located his musical talent to release another album)
  - Tracy Chapman duet with Luke Combs performing "Fast Car"
All three breathtaking - great voices, mutual respect by every one.

If someone put my "audio feet" to the fire, of the three, I would pick Chapman and Combs as the most inspiring.  Great voices and apparent admiration manifested by Luke Combs who got everyone's attention 2023 with his release of a Country chart-topping cover of Chapman's 1988 first-charter "Fast Car," which is what they performed.  That woman was well ahead of her time - two outstanding performers who manifest humility but power in their voices and their acoustic guitars.  It was truly an evocative moment or two!!
 

Lorne wrote:

I've sometimes heard such followups as the original song being done "sideways". I've tried in the past to find an explanation of exactly what is meant by this term, but without success. However, I mentioned this to my sister a couple of years ago, and she suggested it might refer to what could be obtained by playing the original tune on a piano but shifting sideways on the keys ... I don't play piano, but that did make sense to me.

Anyway, I once heard Len Barry describe "Like A Baby" as being "1-2-3" done sideways (and that it wasn't his idea to do this). A couple of other similar-sounding followups that come to mind are The Esquires' "Get On Up" followed by "And Get Away", and The Hues Corporation's "Rock The Boat" followed by "Rockin' Soul". In all three cases, there certainly wasn't any effort made to disguise what they were doing. And in the case of The Esquires, they even titled their album Get On Up And Get Away.

Lorne - way back when, I often heard "sideways" referencing when something was going somewhere and got "sidetracked."  Sidetracked was when something was meant to go forward but instead went in a different direction, not going anywhere.

I just Googled it and the response I got corroborated my above-listed comment:
"When something is supposed to be going forward and then is interrupted and flanked by unexpected issues that prevent it from doing so , it's gone sideways"