by Kevin Burton Since there won’t be any more Lennon/McCartney songs, the next best thing is a Lennon/McCartney story. That is what we got Oct. 18 in a New Yorker piece by Paul McCartney about the song “Eleanor Rigby.” It starts with this tidbit: “My mum’s favorite cold cream was Nivea, and …
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Huge Hit “Maggie May” Almost Discarded
by Kevin Burton The smash hit that was number one on the American pop chart fifty years ago today was almost tossed aside. It was included on Rod Stewart’s “Every Picture Tells A Story” LP at the last minute, according to the entry in the Billboard Book of Number One Hits. One …
I Don’t Get Why Phil Collins Was So Big
by Kevin Burton I only like one song by Phil Collins, That’s All. Get it? So that’s not quite true, but it’s a good line because I do like the song “That’s All” and I am not so much into Collins. My two favorite radio stations to listen to in the …
A 1972 One-Hit, One-Rhyme Wonder
by Kevin Burton Because mine is a songwriter’s household we have “what rhymes with’ as one of our buzzwords. Buzzphrases I guess that should be. Example: My granddaughter Willow is spoiled. So it’s “Oh my goodness can’t believe how spoiled she is…what rhymes with spoiled?” “Coiled, boiled, foiled..” and so on. Got …
More Rafferty, More ABBA Coming
by Kevin Burton Here’s great news about even more new Gerry Rafferty music. Rafferty’s daughter Martha did an interview Aug. 31 on BBC Scotland. Twice she told host Roddy Hart that there was other unfinished music she hoped would come out “later.” The Scottish singer/songwriter was working on several new songs just …
ABBA Songs More Than Pop Confections
By Kevin Burton Have you heard, ABBA is releasing new music Friday! It’s the first time in 39 years the Swedish quartet has released anything. I told that story yesterday (Something Old, Something New, ABBA!, Aug. 31). Looking forward to the new tunes, here is a list of my favorite old ones, …
Something Old, Something New, ABBA!
by Kevin Burton ABBA is back. Are you ready for this? Did you miss them? The Swedish supergroup thrived in the 70s with hits such as “Dancing Queen,” “Fernando” and “Mamma Mia.” For the first time in 39 years they will release new music Friday, according to published sources. Maybe you’re down …
“Songs In The Attic” Closes Another Show
by Kevin Burton Do you have certain albums you play to set certain moods? Like a baseball manager has a closer, there is one album I go to when one era of life is ending and another beginning. I moved a lot in my 20s and I listened to Billy Joel a …
Norah Jones Two Needed Better Material
by Kevin Burton Had a quick notion a few years ago to poke my musical head out of the seventies and try some 21st-century artists. A friend recommended Maroon 5, John Mayer and Norah Jones. I loved the debut records from those three so much, I bought their follow-up records. Then for …
Wish I Could Talk Baseball With Costas
by Kevin Burton Surely you’ve read some anecdotes about a kid who was treated badly by one of his sports heroes. Famous people are just people with a job in the public eye. They are not some publicity photo come to life. So they have foul moods and some of them are generally …
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