The Song In My Head Today

In honor of the total solar eclipse   that is due to occur over parts of the United States on Monday, August 21st -- a few tunes that may en...

"Wouldn't It Be Nice" / "God Only Knows" The Beach Boys If you haven't seen the Brian Wilson bio-pic Love ...

“When A Man Loves a Woman” / Percy Sledge Another icon is gone. The great soul singer Percy Sledge died yesterday, after a long struggle...

52 GIRLS "Georgy Girl" / The Seekers Anyone remember this movie?  1966, British, in arty black and white -- it was part of tha...

"Black Is Black" / Los Bravos Summer of '66, this song was a constant presence on Indianapolis' WIFE-AM ("Home of the...

The 100 Bes t Singles In My Head Nos. 1-5 AND THE WINNER IS . . . [ . . . drum roll, please!] Well, I told you it would be subjective. Thes...

The 100 Bes t Singles In My Head Nos. 6-10 Still stuck in the 60s -- not that I'm complaining. Looking over today's list, I realiz...

The 100 Bes t Singles In My Head Nos. 16-20 This high on the list, we should have nothing but Major Artists, right? Wrong. Beatles, yes, ...

The 100 Bes t Singles In My Head Nos. 26-30 Looking at today's list, I'm struck by one similarity -- when each of these songs hit th...

The 100 Bes t Singles In My Head Nos. 56-60 For better or worse, my musical tastes were born out of the British Invasion, so it's no su...

The 100 Bes t Singles In My Head Nos. 61-65 By some great serendipity, here in the early 60s of my list comes a cluster of five mid-60s clas...

The 100 Bes t Singles In My Head Nos. 71-75 I realize that most of these are "transition" songs -- singles that crept into my hear...

The 100 Bes t Singles In My Head Nos. 91-95 Quite a mixed bag in today's installment -- most of these artists are here for their general...

The 100 Bes t Singles In My Head Nos. 96-100 THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS! I'm going to start at the bottom of the list and work my way up, five...

"Wouldn't It Be Nice" / "God Only Knows" The Beach Boys THE BEST A + B SIDES Beatlemania was the reigning passion of...

"Mr. Dyingly Sad" / The Critters Talk about pure pop gems. When this song came out in the summer of 1966, all I knew was that it ...