A column dedicated to songs and songwriting, which ran from May 2005 to May 2006. Currently being developed for syndication in radio.
You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
May 16, 2006
Written by Angus Young, Malcom Young, and Brian Johnson
From Back in Black, Atlantic Records, 1980
Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) - Marvin Gaye
May 2, 2006
Written by Marvin Gaye
From What's Going On, Motown Records 1971
Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
April 18, 2006
Written by Cyndi Lauper and Rob Hyman
From She's So Unusual, Portrait Records, 1984
Satisfaction (I Can't Get Me No) - Devo
March 28, 2006
Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
From Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo, Warner Brothers Records, 1978
Woman Coming - James Blood Ulmer
March 28, 2006
Written by James Blood Ulmer
From Tales of Captain Black, Artist House Records 1979
Dear Mama - Tupac
March 14, 2006
Written by Tupac Shakur, Joe Sample, and Tony Pizarro
Contains a sample of "In My Wildest Dreams" by Joe Sample, and an interpolation of
"Sadie", written by J.B. Jefferson, B. Hawes, and C. Simmons
From Me Against the World, Interscope Records, 1995
More Than a Feeling - Boston
February 28, 2006
Written by Tom Scholz
From Boston, Sony Records, 1976
Have a Little Faith in Me - Bill Frisell, Kermit Driscoll, and Joey Baron
February 14, 2006
Written by John Hiatt
From Live, Gramavision/Rykodisc, 1995
Strawberry Letter 23 - Brothers Johnson
January 31, 2006
Written by Shuggie Otis
From Right on Time, A&M Records, 1977
Dreamlover - Mariah Carey
January 17, 2006
Written by Mariah Carey
From Music Box, Sony Records, 1993
Rock Box - Run D.M.C.
January 6, 2006
Written by Larry Smith, Darryl McDaniels, and Joseph Simmons
Deluxe Expanded Edition released on Profile and Arista Records, 2005
From Run D.M.C., Profile Records, 1984
Say Goodbye - Howard Hewett
December 20, 2005
Written by Monty Seward, From It's Time, Eagle Records
reissue, 2004, Originally released in 1994
Lovesong - The Cure
December 6, 2005
Lyrics by Robert Smith, Music by Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl
Thompson, Roger O'Donnell, and Laurence Tolhurst, From Disintegration,
Elektra Records, 1989
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry -
Hank Williams
November 22, 2005
Written by Hank Williams, From 20 of Hank Williams' Greatest
Hits, Mercury Records, 1990
By the Time I Get to Phoenix -
Isaac Hayes
November 8, 2005
Written by Jimmy Webb, From Hot Buttered Soul, Enterprise
Records, 1969
By the Time I Get to Arizona - Public Enemy
Written by Carlton Ridenhour, Cerwin Depper, Gary G-Wiz, Stuart
Robertz, and Neftali Santiago From Apocalypse '91... The Enemy
Strikes Black, Def Jam/CBS Records, 1991
It's a Small World - Disneyland
October 25, 2005
Narration by Winston Hibler, Written by Richard M. Sherman and Robert
B. Sherman, From It's a Small World, Disneyland Records,
1964 (Out of Print)
In Time - Sly and the Family Stone
October 11, 2005
Written by Sly Stone, From Fresh, Columbia Records, 1973
La Guacamaya - Los Lobos
September 27, 2005
Son Jarocho traditional, arranged by Los Lobos, From La Pistola
y El Corazón, Warner Bros/Slash Records, 1990
Leader of the Band - Dan Fogelberg
September 13, 2005
Written by Dan Fogelberg, From The Innocent Age, Sony Records,
1981
Consequently - Kid Creole and the Coconuts
August 30, 2005
Written by August Darnell, From You Shoulda Told Me You Were...,
Sony Records, 1991
Where Did You Sleep Last Night? - Nirvana
August 23, 2005
Attributed to Huddie Ledbetter, From Unplugged in New York,
Geffen Records, 1994
Home Again - �Carole King
August 16, 2005
Written by Carole King, From Tapestry, Sony Records, 1971
Better Days -�Bruce Springsteen
August 9, 2005
Written by Bruce Springsteen, From Lucky Town, Columbia
Records, 1992
Do You Know the Way to San Jose? - Dionne
Warwick
August 2, 2005
Music by Burt Bacharach, Lyrics by Hal David, From Dionne Warwick
in Valley of the Dolls, Scepter Records, 1968 (Out of Print)
Black Orchid - Stevie Wonder
July 26, 2005
Music by Stevie Wonder, Lyrics by Yvonne Wright, From Journey
Through the Secret Life of Plants, Motown Records, 1979
Put it On - The Wailers
July 19, 2005
Written by Bob Marley, From Burnin', Tuff Gong/Island Records,
1973
Do I Ever Cross Your Mind - Dolly Parton
July 12, 2005
Written by Dolly Parton, From Greatest Hits, RCA Records,
1982, This version originally from Heartbreak Express,
RCA Records, 1982
Like a Rolling Stone - Jimi Hendrix
July 5, 2005
Written by Bob Dylan, From Otis Redding/The Jimi Hendrix Experience,
Historic Performances, Reprise Records, 1970 (Out of Print)
Anything Goes - Frank Sinatra
June 28, 2005
Written by Cole Porter, From Songs for Swingin' Lovers!,
Reprise Records, 1961
One Nation Under a Groove - Funkadelic
June 21, 2005
Written by George Clinton, Gary Shider, and Walter �Junie� Morrison,
From One Nation Under a Groove, Warner Brothers Records,
1978
Don't You Want to Be There - Jackson
Browne
June 14, 2005
Written by Jackson Browne From, The Naked Ride Home, Elektra
Records, 2002
Head - Prince
June 7, 2005
Written by Prince, From Dirty Mind, Warner Brothers Records,
1980
The Lovely Linda - Paul McCartney
May 31, 2005
Written by Paul McCartney, From McCartney, Apple Records,
1970
The Message - Grandmaster Flash and the
Furious Five
May 24, 2005
Written by Fletcher/Glover/Robinson/Chase, From The Message,
Sugarhill Records, 1982
Serpentine Fire - Earth Wind & Fire
May 17, 2005
Written by Maurice White, Verdine White, and Sonny Burke, From All
n All, Columbia Records, 1977