The Song In My Head Today

"Soul Christmas" / Graham Parker   After James Brown yesterday, I just couldn't resist.   You know -- or maybe you ...

"I Was Made to Love Her" / Stevie Wonder Ah, that harmonica.  Who else but Stevie Wonder? I had been thinking about Stevie and...

Sweet Soul Music / Arthur Conley Novelty track?  You decide. This was Arthur Conley's only real hit, but man, it swings. And sure, the...

"Girl Watcher" / The O'Kaysions "Want Ads" / Honey Cone Rarely do I write about two songs at once, but I just cou...

"Tell It Like It Is" / Aaron Neville I finally got to see Pirate Radio the other day -- went by myself to an afternoon showing do...

"1-2-3" / Len Barry Len who? Yeah, that's what I said too. This was the second blast-from-the-past song I heard in the rest...

“The Love You Save (May Be Your Own)” / Joe Tex 28 DAYS OF LOVE SONGS So many of these love songs I've been writing about are sung by th...

“When A Man Loves a Woman” / Percy Sledge 28 DAYS OF LOVE SONGS Now here it is, the big day, Valentine’s Day itself – so let’s pull o...

"Love and Happiness" / Al Green 28 DAYS OF LOVE SONGS The Grammy awards were on TV tonight, and much as I'd planned to switch ...

"The Story of Bo Diddley" / The Animals Like way too many Americans, I only discovered Bo Diddley through the music of British whi...

"Shama Lama Ding Dong" / Otis Day and the Knights Flying home from Milwaukee in a post-Nick Lowe euphoria yesterday (more on that ...

"Crying Time" / Ray Charles And while I'm down there in the vault, I have to pay homage to this 1966 track by the master, Ray ...

"I've Been Loving You Too Long" / Otis Redding I saw a fabulous documentary on PBS last night about the history of Stax Record...

"Again" / John Legend A couple weeks ago on the Grammy awards show, I was mesmerized by this guy, the coolest neo-soul cat around....

"I'll Walk Away" / James Hunter I just learned that the term "rhythm and blues" was invented as a music-chart catego...