TERRY HOKNES - MY FAVORITE SONGS OF ALL TIME !  hoknes@hotmail.com  

1281

PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS

CALL ME BACK AGAIN

1975

1282

HONEYDRIPPERS

SEA OF LOVE

1985

1283

MUSIC MACHINE

SOME OTHER DRUM

1966

1284

PAUL McCARTNEY

A CERTAIN SADNESS

2005

1285

RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS

JUSTINE

1965

1286

STATE OF SHOCK

MONEY HONEY

2007

1287

BROOK BENTON

RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA

1970

1288

NEIL YOUNG

NEEDLE AND THE DAMAGE DONE

1972

1289

PAUL McCARTNEY

HERE TODAY

1982

1290

PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS

LET ME

1969

1291

TURTLES

YOU SHOWED ME

1969

1292

BADFINGER

MAYBE TOMORROW

1970

1293

IRON BUTTERFLY

SOLDIER IN OUR TOWN

1970

1294

JOHN KONGOS

GOLD

1972

1295

NATALIE IMBRUGLIA

TORN

1997

1296

JOHN WILLIAMS

STAR WARS MAIN TITLE

1977

1297

RINGO STARR

OO-WEE

1974

1298

SHERYL CROW

HOME

1996

1299

ELO

DREAMING OF 4000

1973

1300

BEATLES

I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU

1962
    PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS - CALL ME BACK AGAIN (1975)

Album:  Venus And Mars (1975)

I likely had this album by 1983 at age 12 but I spent considerable time playing these songs on the piano and singing the entire album as I had received the guitar/piano songbook in 1984 at Ruth Street making this possibly my most well known album by McCartney.   I had no daily song charts pre-1987 so there is documentation on which were my favorite McCartney songs when I first learned his albums.

Call Me Back Again" is a song credited to Paul and Linda McCartney and performed by Wings. It was originally released on the album Venus and Mars. It was performed throughout their world tours in Australia and America and a live version was included on the album Wings Over America. It was also included on the compilation album Wingspan: Hits and History. The song was also included on the theatrical version of the film Rockshow, documenting the Wings 1976 tour, but was excluded from the laserdisc version of the film.    McCartney primarily wrote the song at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, California in 1974 and completed the song in New Orleans, Louisiana, where most of the recording sessions for Venus and Mars, including those for "Call Me Back Again," took place. Although the song does not reference the city of New Orleans, it is one of the few songs on Venus and Mars to betray the influence of the city. The song is a bluesy New-Orleans style soul ballad. Paul Nelson of Rolling Stone Magazine described it as being "well-sung" and "urban-blues-and-Sixties-soul-influenced." The lyrics tell of the singer's grief that his girlfriend no longer returns his phone calls. Although the phone calls from his girlfriend used to bring him joy, now that she stopped returning his calls he pleads for her to call him back again. Allmusic critic Donald A. Guarisco compares the lyrics to lyrics in classic singles by such soul singers as Wilson Pickett and Otis Redding.

"Call Me Back Again" is in the key of F major and in 12/8 time. The structure is relatively simple, alternating the verse and the refrain, with an intro and an outro at the beginning and end. The melody incorporates gospel music elements. The song incorporates a prominent horn part arranged by Tony Dorsey. Other instrumentation includes what Guarisco describes as "searing guitar riffs and pulsating piano lines
    THE HONEYDRIPPERS - SEA OF LOVE (1985) hit #3
Sea of Love" is a song written by John Phillip Baptiste (aka Phil Phillips) and George Khoury. Phillips' 1959 recording of the song peaked at #1 on the U.S. Billboard R&B chart and #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. In the UK, Marty Wilde covered the song, and Phillips' version failed to chart there. It was the only top 40 chart song for Phillips, who never recorded another hit.

The song has been covered by a number of artists since then, most notably by The Honeydrippers, whose version (from the album The Honeydrippers: Volume One) reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 1985 and #1 on the adult contemporary chart in 1984. Tom Waits gave the song a darker twist for the soundtrack to the 1989 Harold Becker film Sea of Love starring Al Pacino and Ellen Barkin, and Waits included it on his 2006 collection Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards. "Sea of Love" had made the Top 40 just one other time, when Del Shannon took it to #33 in 1981.

Baptiste, who was working as a bellboy in Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA, wrote "Sea of Love" for a love interest. He was introduced to local record producer George Khoury, who brought Baptiste into his studio to record the song. At Khoury's request, Baptiste took the stage name of Phil Phillips. The song, originally credited to Phil Phillips with The Twilights, was released on a small record label owned by Khoury, but due to its success was eventually leased to Mercury Records. Despite the song's success, Phillips claims that he has only ever received US$6,800 for recording it

The song was the subject of the 1989 Harold Becker film Sea of Love starring Al Pacino and Ellen Barkin. The 2007 film Juno features a cover version of the song by Cat Power in its soundtrack. The Cat Power version was also featured in an episode of the television show Pretty Little Liars. It was also used in the 1989 TV movie Sweet Bird Of Youth, which starred Elizabeth Taylor. The song was featured at the end of an episode of The Simpsons entitled "Future-Drama" in 2005. It also can be heard in the 2008 episode "The Burns and the Bees", put on by Moe while the queen bee is making out with all the little drones. In "Rumba" (2008), Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon sing this song. In American Dad!, Stan plays the song at the bottom of the ocean for Francine in Stan Time (2009).
    THE MUSIC MACHINE - SOME OTHER DRUM (1966)

Album: Turn On The Music Machine (1966)

Garage rock really became commercially successful in 1966 and some very unique bands stood out including The Music Machine.  If it was not for bands like these we would possibly not have evolved into heavy metal and punk and I think The Ramones stole their look.

October 10th 2003 - my #5 favorite daily song for 19 days at age 32 while living on my own in my new home at Eastview.  My friend Aaron Holowaychuk stayed with me for a couple months at this time.

The Music Machine (1965–1969) was an American garage rock and psychedelic (sometimes referred to as garage punk) band from the late 1960s, headed by singer-songwriter Sean Bonniwell and based in Los Angeles. The band sound was often defined by fuzzy guitars and a Farfisa organ. Their original look consisted of all-black clothing, (dyed) black moptop hairstyles and a single black glove.  
The group came together as The Ragamuffins in 1965, but became The Music Machine in 1966. In addition to Bonniwell, the original line-up consisted of Ron Edgar (drums), Mark Landon (guitar), Keith Olsen (bass), and Doug Rhodes (organ).

Their debut album, (Turn On) The Music Machine, was released in 1966 on the Original Sound label. Seven of the twelve tracks were originals, written by Bonniwell. One of these, "Talk Talk", became a Top 20 hit in the U.S. The follow-up single, "The People In Me", peaked at No. 66. Bonniwell blamed the weak showing of this single on a supposed feud between the band's manager and a top record executive. Four cover songs were included on this release, due to record company pressure.

After a promotional tour of the U.S., the rest of the original line-up (Edgar, Landon, Olsen, and Rhodes), left Bonniwell, due to internal conflicts. Rhodes and Edgar subsequently teamed with Curt Boettcher and others to record as part of The Ballroom and The Millennium.
    PAUL McCARTNEY - A CERTAIN SADNESS (2005)

Album:  Chaos And Creation In The Backyard (2005)

I bought this CD new in 2005 but never opened it for over a year until December 2006 at age 35 when I was on a break from Valerie and Nicholas was 8 months old.

Chaos and Creation in the Backyard is the thirteenth solo studio album by Paul McCartney released in 2005. A long time in the making, the set was produced by Radiohead and Beck collaborator Nigel Godrich at George Martin's suggestion.   McCartney plays almost all of the instruments, similar to his 1970 album McCartney and the 1980 McCartney II album. In addition, Chaos And Creation In The Backyard marks the first time since 1984's Give My Regards to Broad Street that McCartney was not involved in producing one of his studio albums.   Chaos and Creation in the Backyard was McCartney's last rock album release for longtime label EMI. He signed a deal with Hear Music, owned by Starbucks, in March 2007
 

 
    THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS - JUSTINE (1965) hit #85

June 13th 1988 - my #1 favorite daily song for 3 days at age 17 the month I graduated high school.

The Righteous Brothers were the musical duo of Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield. They recorded from 1963 through 1975, and continued to perform until Hatfield's death in 2003. Their emotive vocal stylings were sometimes dubbed "blue-eyed soul".

Medley and Hatfield both possessed exceptional vocal talent, with range, control and tone that helped them create a strong and distinctive duet sound and also to perform as soloists. Medley sang the low parts with his deep, soulful bass, with Hatfield taking the higher register vocals with his soaring tenor.

They adopted their name in 1962 while performing together in the Los Angeles area as part of a five-member group called The Paramours, which featured John Wimber (who was much later one of the founders of the Vineyard Movement) on keyboards. At the end of one particular performance, a U.S. Marine in the audience shouted, "That was righteous, brothers!", prompting the pair to adopt the name when they embarked on a career as a duo.

 
   
STATE OF SHOCK - MONEY HONEY (2007)

April 11th 2008 - my #9 favorite daily song for 31 days at age 37 shortly after moving to Ave M south with Valerie now married 7 months and Nicholas was 2 years old.

Money Honey" is an award-winning song and the first physical single released by State of Shock. It's also the first from their second album, Life, Love & Lies.

The music video for "Money Honey" was made in August 2007. It features live footage from concerts and backstage, when they supported Nickelback. It is mostly in black and white.

Canadian Radio Music Awards

  • Best Rock song - Winner
  • Best Contemporary hit radio song - Winner
  • Best Hot Adult Contemporary song - Nominated (lost to Faber Drive)
State of Shock is a Canadian-based band from Vancouver, British Columbia. They made their debut in June 2004 with their album Guilty by Association.

They became better known in early 2007, with the release of their album Life, Love & Lies. Included in the album was their successful debut single, "Money Honey". During the summer of 2007, State of Shock went on a Canada-wide tour supporting bands such as Nickelback and Puddle of Mudd. State of Shock released their third and most recent studio album, Rock N' Roll Romance, on September 20, 2011. Both Life, Love & Lies and Rock N'Roll Romance were produced by Jeff Dawson and mixed by Mike Fraser
    BROOK BENTON - RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA (1970)

Album:  Brook Benton Today (1970)

June 19th 1990 - my #5 favorite daily song for 3 days at age 19 after finishing 1st year University.

Rainy Night in Georgia" is a song written by Tony Joe White in 1962 and popularized by R&B vocalist Brook Benton in 1970.

In 1969, after several years without a major hit, Benton had signed to a new record label, Cotillion Records (a subsidiary of Atlantic Records). Brought to the attention of producer Jerry Wexler, Benton recorded the song in November 1969 with producer Arif Mardin.

Taken from his "come-back" album Brook Benton Today, the melancholy song became an instant hit. In the spring of 1970, the song had topped the Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles chart. It also reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100, and number two on the Adult Contemporary chart.

The RIAA certified the single gold for sales of one million copies. In 2004, it was ranked #498 on the List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Brook Benton (September 19, 1931 – April 9, 1988) was an American singer and songwriter who was popular with rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and pop music audiences during the late 1950s and early 1960s, when he scored hits such as "It's Just A Matter Of Time" and "Endlessly", many of which he co-wrote.
    NEIL YOUNG - THE NEEDLE AND THE DAMAGE DONE (1972)

Album: Harvest (1972)

The Needle and the Damage Done" is a song by Neil Young that describes the descent into heroin addiction of musicians he knew. It was written about the heroin use of his Crazy Horse guitarist Danny Whitten, and previews the theme of "Tonight's the Night", a song that addresses the heroin overdose and death of Bruce Berry, a roadie for Young and his band Crazy Horse.

"The Needle and the Damage Done" first appeared on the Harvest album in 1972. The song was recorded live rather than in the studio. It appears on the compilation albums Decade and Greatest Hits. On the handwritten liner notes included in Decade, Young had this to say about the song: "I am not a preacher, but drugs killed a lot of great men."

A recording of the song from 1971 was part of the 2007 album Live at Massey Hall 1971. The album captured Young's introduction of his song thus:

Ever since I left Canada, about five years ago or so... and moved down south... found out a lot of things that I didn't know when I left. Some of 'em are good, and some of 'em are bad. Got to see a lot of great musicians before they happened... before they became famous... y'know, when they were just gigging. Five and six sets a night... things like that. And I got to see a lot of, um, great musicians who nobody ever got to see. For one reason or another. But... strangely enough, the real good ones... that you never got to see was... 'cause of, ahhm, heroin. An' that started happening over an' over. Then it happened to someone that everyone knew about. So I just wrote a little song
    PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS - HERE TODAY (1982)

Album: Tug Of War (1982)

This was the first McCartney album I ever bought as a brand new release in the summer of 1982 at age 11 just entering Grade 7 for my last year at Open School at Victoria School.  I had also listened to this album at Bible Camp in Outlook? that I went for a week that summer with my friend Aaron Holowaychuk.

Here Today" is a song by Paul McCartney from his 1982 album Tug of War. McCartney wrote the song about his relationship with and love for John Lennon, who had died less than two years before. The song was produced by The Beatles' producer George Martin. Although not released as a single, the song reached #46 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock charts.

McCartney often performs the song live, and it is featured on the live albums Back in the World, Back in the U.S., and Good Evening New York City

Tug of War is the fourth solo studio album by Paul McCartney, released in 1982. It is the follow-up to the 1980 album McCartney II, and his first official solo album after the dissolution of Wings in April 1981. The recording sessions for the album reunited McCartney with producer George Martin. Tug of War was also McCartney's first album after the death of his former Beatles bandmate John Lennon
  PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS - LET ME (1969)

Album: Alias And Pink Puzz (1969)

I liked this song so much and felt it was great rocker that my first bar band The Smoking Crawdads with Mark Rogstad, Gerard Saretsky and Jed Evans - we played this song live for 6 months. It was 1 of 3 songs I sang lead vocals in the group while playing bass guitar. I might have a live recording of it from 1990.

November 3rd 1989 - my #1 favorite daily song for 5 days. I got on a major kick for the Raiders in late 1988 which landed them being my favorite group of 1988. In late 1988 I went on a campaign to play and learn as many recordings from 1968 on the 20th anniversary. The Raiders had multiple albums out that year so I had lots of great psychedelic tunes to learn. This was the 5th of 6 #1 daily hits by The Raiders during a 2.5 year period.

Mark Lindsay took more control of the band during this time. He produced all records beginning with Too Much Talk in 1968, and the psychedelic album Something Happening. Lindsay's vision was represented on songs such as "Let Me" (a 1969 gold single), and the albums Hard 'N' Heavy (with marshmallow) and Alias Pink Puzz. (According to allmusic.com, Pink Puzz was the identity under which the Raiders first tried to get the album played on FM radio, a gambit that failed though the band kept the joke name for the album title.) The success of "Let Me" allowed Paul Revere and the Raiders to tour Europe with the Beach Boys in the spring of 1969 (they also recorded two songs for the long running German music program Beat-Club at this time) Later that autumn, Happening ended its run.

Paul Revere & the Raiders is an American rock band that saw considerable U.S. mainstream success in the second half of the 1960s and early 1970s with hits such as "Kicks" (1966; ranked number 400 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time), "Hungry" (1966), "Him Or Me - What's It Gonna Be?" (1967) and the 1971 No. 1 single "Indian Reservation

  THE TURTLES - YOU SHOWED ME (1969)

Album: The Turtles Present The Battle Of The Bands (1968)

September 28th 1988 my favorite #1 daily song for 5 days during my 1968 music kick during that year. I had a scratchy old copy in vinyl but still loved the song. This was a huge radio hit in 1969 worldwide.

In 1968 the song was recorded by The Turtles as part of their album The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands and was also released as a single in 1969, reaching #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. "You Showed Me" had been introduced to The Turtles by their producer and former bass player, Chip Douglas, who had first become acquainted with the song after hearing Clark, McGuinn and Crosby perform it at The Troubadour in 1964. Douglas had also performed the song with Clark during 1966, while he was a member of The Gene Clark Group
  BADFINGER - MAYBE TOMORROW (1970)

Album: Magic Christian Music (1970)

My friend Zender Millar had this album at his house when we grew up. It is one of the first records I ever heard around age 8 or 9. He eventually gave me the record about 10 years later but in the meantime due to the Beatles connection Badfinger would be one of the first bands I was exposed to and really loved. For a long time I said they were truly the worlds greatest "rock and roll" band.

November 30th 1991 - my #2 favorite daily song for 9 days at age 20 while in 3rd year University

Badfinger were a British rock band consisting originally of Pete Ham, Ron Griffiths, Mike Gibbins and Tom Evans; active from 1968 to 1983, and evolving from The Iveys; formed by Ham, Griffiths and David "Dai" Jenkins in Swansea, Wales, in the early 1960s. Joey Molland joined the group in 1969, following the departure of Griffiths. Signed by The Beatles' Apple label in 1968 as The Iveys, they adopted the name Badfinger in 1969. Badfinger had four consecutive worldwide hits in 1970 and 1971: "Come and Get It" (written and produced by Paul McCartney), "No Matter What", "Day After Day", and "Baby Blue". The Ham/Evans-penned Badfinger song, "Without You", became a Billboard number one hit for Harry Nilsson.

Magic Christian Music is an album by band Badfinger, released in early 1970 on Apple Records. Three tracks from the LP are featured in the film The Magic Christian, which also gives the album its title. However, Magic Christian Music is not an official soundtrack album for the film
    IRON BUTTERFLY - SOLDIER IN OUR TOWN (1970)

Album: Metamorphosis (1970)

I first heard this on their Light and Heavy greatest hits album I picked up in 1998. 

Metamorphosis is the fourth studio album by Iron Butterfly, released in 1970. Though it was not as successful as its predecessor Ball (1969), it reached number 16 on the US charts. The album was recorded as a trio; Erik Brann, who left because of band disputes, was replaced by four session guitarists. Two of them, Mike Pinera and Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt (called El Rhino on the sleeve), would become members of Iron Butterfly shortly after the album's release. Officially, the album is credited not to Iron Butterfly, but to "Iron Butterfly With Pinera & Rhino", in reference to the two aforementioned guitarists.

The album spawned the single "Easy Rider (Let the Wind Pay the Way)," which reached number 66 on the Billboard chart, making it the band's biggest hit aside from "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida". The album is noted for having one of the earliest uses of the Talk box on a rock album.

Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine rated Metamorphosis three out of five stars. He explained that "the group continued its musical explorations, adding a layered production to its sound." He also stated that "[the] ambition [...] makes for an interesting listen".

Iron Butterfly is an American psychedelic rock band best known for the 1968 hit "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida".

Their heyday was the late 1960s, but the band has been reincarnated with various members. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida is among the world's 40 best-selling albums, selling more than 30 million copies
    JOHN KONGOS - GOLD (1972)

Album: Kongos (1972)

I was given a copy of this album sealed by my best friend Zender Millar's uncle August who had about 10 copies of this album sealed in his vast record collection which was very impressive to me at the time in about spring 1984 when I was 13.   Zender was also given a copy as well the same day and I think it might be because we perhaps had helped babysit one of his kids that night at August's house.

September 3rd 2004 - my #10 favorite daily song for 69 days at age 33 while living with Michelle/Brianna. My sister Jennifer had hired me to drive out to Edmonton to play piano for a function and I had picked up a CD version of this album called "Tokoloshe Man" which got me back into this album again.

John Kongos (born 6 August 1945, Johannesburg, South Africa) is a singer-songwriter. He is best known for his 1971 Top 10 hit single, "He's Gonna Step On You Again".

He then concentrated on songwriting, and began to have major success in Germany and other European countries (No 1 and Top 10 hits). He then moved to Fly Records with whom he had two hit singles – "He's Gonna Step On You Again" (UK No. 4, May 1971; U.S. Billboard Hot 100 No. 70) and "Tokoloshe Man" (UK No. 4, November 1971). His second album Kongos made the Top 30

    NATALIE IMBRUGLIA - TORN (1997)

Album:  Left Of The Middle (1997)

September 17th 1998 - my #2 favorite daily song for 46 days at age 27 while on the road playing country for the past 5 years with Marilyn.

In 1997, Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia covered the song for her debut album Left of the Middle. Imbruglia's version was recorded in Kilburn, London with David Munday (lead guitar), Phil Thornalley (bass, rhythm guitars), Chuck Sabo (drums), Henry Binns, Sam Hardaker (Zero 7) (drum programming) and Katrina Leskanich (background vocals). It was mixed by Nigel Godrich.Released as a single, Imbruglia's version became a worldwide hit.  Imbruglia received a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, losing to Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On". The music video for "Torn" features British actor Jeremy Sheffield.

Natalie Jane Imbruglia (born 4 February 1975) is an Australian singer-songwriter, model and actress. In the early 1990s, Imbruglia was known to audiences as Beth Brennan in the popular Australian soap Neighbours. Three years after leaving the programme, Imbruglia launched a singing career with the international hit, "Torn". The subsequent debut album Left of the Middle (1997) sold over 7 million copies worldwide. Further releases, White Lilies Island (2001) and Counting Down the Days (2005), have been unable to match the commercial success of her debut, although the latter did become her first UK #1

Left of the Middle is the first album by Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia. Released in 1997, the album was a worldwide hit. Spurred by the success of lead single "Torn", the album reached number 1 in her home country and the top 10 in both the UK and US. The album went on to secure Imbruglia three Grammy nominations, Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for the lead single "Torn", and Best New Artist. The album sold over 6 million copies worldwide. The single "Identify" only appears on the Taiwanese edition of the album   
    JOHN WILLIAMS - STAR WARS - MAIN TITLE (1977) hit #10
John Williams' score for Star Wars (the film was re-titled upon its initial re-release, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope) was recorded over eight sessions at Anvil Studios in Denham, England on March 5, 8–12, 15 and 16, 1977. The score was performed by the London Symphony Orchestra with Williams himself conducting. The score was orchestrated by frequent Williams' associate Herbert W. Spencer, who also orchestrated The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. The score was recorded by engineer Eric Tomlinson and edited by Kenneth Wannberg, and the scoring sessions were produced by Star Wars creator George Lucas himself and supervised by Lionel Newman, head of the music department at 20th Century Fox.

The film premiered on May 25, 1977 and by late summer a disco version of the Star Wars Theme by Meco became America's number one song. Williams received three Grammys in February 1978 and his third Academy Award (second for Best Original Score) in April.

In 2005, the American Film Institute honored and recognized the original Star Wars soundtrack as the most memorable film score of all time

Spielberg recommended Williams to his friend and fellow director George Lucas, who needed a composer to score his ambitious space epic, Star Wars (1977). Williams delivered a grand symphonic score in the fashion of Richard Strauss and Golden Age Hollywood composers Max Steiner and Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Its main theme, "Luke's Theme" is among the most widely recognized in motion picture history, and the "Force Theme" and "Princess Leia's Theme" are well-known examples of leitmotif. Both the film and its soundtrack were immensely successful—it remains the highest grossing non-popular music recording of all-time—and Williams won another Academy Award for Best Original Score. In 1980, Williams returned to score The Empire Strikes Back, where he introduced "The Imperial March" as the theme for Darth Vader and the Galactic Empire. The original Star Wars trilogy concluded with the 1983 film Return of the Jedi, for which Williams's score provided most notably the "Emperor's Theme," "Parade of the Ewoks," and "Luke and Leia." Both scores earned Williams Academy Award nominations.
    RINGO STARR - OO-WEE (1974)

Album: Goodnight Vienna (1974)

I bought this album at a garage sale on 11th Street west of Victoria in 1982 at age 11.

Goodnight Vienna is the fourth album by Ringo Starr. It was recorded in the summer of 1974 in Los Angeles, and released later that year. Goodnight Vienna followed the commercially successful predecessor Ringo, and Starr used many of the same players, including Billy Preston, Klaus Voormann, Robbie Robertson, Harry Nilsson, and producer Richard Perry. The title comes from an English slang phrase meaning roughly, "It's all over".

While all three other Beatles had contributed to Ringo, only John Lennon contributed to Goodnight Vienna. Besides writing and playing piano on the title track, Lennon also suggested Starr cover The Platters' hit "Only You (And You Alone)" and provided the acoustic guitar. Lennon's friend Elton John also contributed a track.

Only You was issued as an advance single from the album, reaching #6 on the American charts, before the album was released in November. Goodnight Vienna peaked at #8 in the United States, ultimately going gold, and its reviews were generally favourable. A second single, "No No Song" reached #3 in the American charts. However, the album reached only #30 in the United Kingdom, and would be Starr's last chart album in his homeland until 1998.

  
    SHERYL CROW - HOME (1996)

Album: Sheryl Crow (1996)

September 17th 1997 - my #2 favorite daily song for 120 days at age 26 when me and Marilyn went on our first contintental tour over to western Australia for 7 weeks as a duo performing now on the road together for 4 years.

Home" is a single from Sheryl Crow's 1996 self-titled album. It was the final single from the album, following "A Change Would Do You Good", and was later included on the album The Very Best of Sheryl Crow. It was only released commercially in Europe.

The black-and-white video was directed by Samuel Bayer and features Crow performing on a village car racing festival. Several villagers are portrayed, sharing their definitions of what 'home' is for them with the viewer. At the end of the video, Crow ends up covered in mud thrown around by the racing cars.  

Sheryl Crow is the second album by American singer Sheryl Crow, released in 1996. Reaching #6 on the Billboard 200, Sheryl Crow sold 2.9 million units in the United States as of January 2008 and is certified 3× platinum. On the UK Album Chart, Sheryl Crow reached #5. As of February 2008, it had sold 880,344 copies in the UK and is certified 3× platinum.   The song "Love Is a Good Thing" contains the lyrics "Watch out sister, watch out brother, watch our children while they kill each other with a gun they bought at Wal-Mart discount stores" (in criticism of Wal-Mart's gun sales policy). For this reason, sales of the album were banned at Wal-Mart stores.   "Redemption Day" was covered by Johnny Cash; the track appeared on his second posthumous record, American VI: Ain't No Grave
     

ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA - DREAMING OF 4000 (1973)

Album: On The Third Day (1973)

October 24th 1989 - my #1 favorite daily song at age 18 in 1st year University in Muenster, SK.

This complex and busy song goes through time changes and mood changes - really a great work of art.

On the Third Day is the third studio LP by Electric Light Orchestra and the first to be recorded without any input from Roy Wood
     

THE BEATLES - I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU (1962)

Album:  Live At The Star Club In Hamburg Germany (1977)

One of the best rare live cuts of The Beatles before Beatlemania hit with a song they never did release.

April 18th 1990 = my #9 favorite daily song for 1 day at age 19 living in the monastery at Muenster, SK

I first heard these live tracks on the white and black covered Hamburg albums that I used to take out from the Frances Morrison library in 1981 at age 10.

I'm Talking About You is a song by Chuck Berry, released by him in 1961.

Cover versions: The Hollies (in Stay with the Hollies, 1964), The Animals, The Yardbirds, The Rolling Stones, Roger Chapman, The Beatles (two different live versions recorded, one in Hamburg, Germany in 1962, available on Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962, the other in 1963 or later for the BBC but omitted from Live at the BBC, 1963 – 1965 due to poor sound quality), Hot Tuna (Double Dose, 1978), Delbert McClinton (1979) and The Rokes (1988) recorded the song among others.

Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962 is a double album featuring live performances by The Beatles, recorded in late December 1962 at the Star-Club during their final Hamburg residency. The album was released in 1977 in two different versions, comprising a total of 30 songs by The Beatles.

The performances were recorded on a home tape machine using a single microphone, resulting in a low fidelity recording. Ted "Kingsize" Taylor began to investigate possible marketing of the tapes in 1973. The tapes were eventually bought by Paul Murphy and subjected to extensive audio processing to improve the sound, leading to the 1977 album.

Although the poor sound quality limits its commercial appeal, the album provides historic insight into the group's club act in the period after Ringo Starr joined but before the emergence of Beatlemania. The Beatles were unsuccessful in legally blocking the initial release of the album; the recordings were reissued in many forms until 1998, when The Beatles were awarded full rights to the performances