His parents named him Jeffrey, you know him as Skunk. How did he get the nickname Skunk? He isn’t saying. He played guitar for two of the best rock and roll bands ever, Steely Dan and the Doobie Brothers. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a …
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For All Mothers, A Musical Bouquet
by Kevin Burton Don’t you dare forget Mother’s Day. It’s coming real soon. Why not make it happen for mom the way she made it happen for you? This post is especially for the mothers out there. I hope others will enjoy it too, but a special shoutout to the mothers. This …
More Songs That Peaked At Number 22
by Kevin Burton Yes you do know the song “But It’s Alright” by J.J. Jackson, but maybe not by its title. If I mention that Huey Lewis and the News did a just about carbon copy of the song in 1994, that might help your recognition. (No I’m not talking about “It’s …
A Scientific Study Of Groove In Music
by Kevin Burton As a consumer of popular music for more than 50 years I thought I knew exactly what a groove was, until I tried to define it. I have no trouble feeling the groove in “Ain’t That Peculiar,” by Marvin Gaye for example. But how to define it? The website …
Quick Music Fans, What Is A Groove?
by Kevin Burton One of my beep baseball coaches called me “the answer man.” This time, I struck out. My wife asked me “What is a groove?” I am an amateur musician and somewhat of a historian. You would think that question would be right in my wheelhouse. I gave perhaps the …
Wedding Bells Are Music To My Ears
by Kevin Burton Songwriters Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich were married in 1962. The next year they wrote “Chapel Of Love,” perhaps the most famous pop song about a wedding. In 1964 The Dixie Cups took Chapel of Love to number one on the Hot 100, where the song enjoyed a three-week honeymoon. …
Rock Music Followed Where Fats Domino Led
by Kevin Burton There is a case to be made for Fats Domino as the main creator of rock and roll, but he rarely gets that credit, or even gets into that conversation. Yesterday we began to look at why that might be, what causes rock historians to not give him full credit …
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Domino Overlooked, Ain’t That A Shame?
by Kevin Burton The best song I didn’t fit into my Flying Colors series about songs with a color in the title is “Blueberry Hill” by Fats Domino. This is not the first time he has been overlooked. His “Blue Monday” did make number 6 on my list, so I didn’t ignore him …
Neil Young Takes A Stand – Again
by Kevin Burton Neil Young has always put his money where his mouth is. He took on the Nixon White House during the Vietnam War. Now he is taking on a popular podcaster who he says propagates dangerous lies about Covid 19. By pulling his music from Spotify, the world’s largest …
The Look Of Love, The Sound Of Sominex
by Kevin Burton All love to the singer and to the composers, maybe not so much to this particular song. The late, great purveyor of blue-eyed soul Dusty Springfield took the Burt Bacharach-Hal David song “The Look of Love” to number 22 on the American chart in 1967. That gets the song a …
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