Songs I Like

[hardrockminer]

A beautiful song, not written by Charlie but sung by him.  He had the perfect voice for it.

Here is a song with the perfect voice for it.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-_X-XezEC8

[Steve G.]

  On this date, August 30, 1968,  Mary Hopkins released the single. “Those Were the Days”. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnxTT7XXMPA&pp=ygUgbWFyeSBob3BraW5zIHRob3NlIHdlcmUgdGhlIGRheXM%3D

 Live, Ed Sullivan Show, October 27, 1968.
  Simply lovely!!

Weekly charts
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Chart (1968–1969)   Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[20]   2
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[21]   2
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[22]   1
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[23]   1
Denmark[24]   1
Finland[25]   1
France (CIDD)[4]   1
Germany[26]   1
Ireland (IRMA)[27]   1
Japan (Oricon Singles Chart)[28]   1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[29]   2
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[14]   1
New Zealand[30]   1
Norway (VG-lista)[31]   1
Poland[32]   1
Singapore [33]   1
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[25]   2
Spain (AFE)[34]   1
Sweden[35]   1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[36]   1
UK Singles (OCC)[37]   1
US Billboard Easy Listening[38]   1
US Billboard Hot 100[38]   2
US Cash Box[39]   1
US Record World[40]   1
West Germany (Official German Charts)[41]   1

Certifications
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Region   Certification   Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[49]   Gold   1,000,000 +

[hardrockminer]

She followed that up a year later with the song Goodbye, written by this guy.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI8Aw0IGM1I

[hardrockminer]

This is a light song from a guy from Mali.  I didn't hear his music until after he was dead.  Hard to follow him after that.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvI275tftYw

[hardrockminer]

A great guitar player and singer, this guy teamed up with just about everyone on the planet.  Here is a rocking blues song with a pretty good pianist.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHk7FnQMBt0

[Steve G.]

  On this:date, September 1st, 1972, , The Doobie Brothers released the epic hit “Listen to the Music”. 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy_mM8NYzbk&pp=ygUkZG9vYmllIGJyb3RoZXJzIGxpc3RlbiB0byB0aGUgbXVzaWMg   Live, Midnight Special.


Chart (1972–1973)   Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report)[9]   50
Belgium[10]   27
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[11]   3
Ireland (IRMA)[12]   23
Netherlands[10]   7
UK Singles (OCC)   29
US Billboard Hot 100[13]   11
US Cash Box Top 100[14]   9

[hardrockminer]

Here is another famous guitar riff intro by a band that keeps on touring.  This song is from the mid-60's.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSSxnv1_J2g

[hardrockminer]

Here is a rocking tune by a guy who left us too soon.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G84P5K-W1c

[hardrockminer]

Here is a band with a unique drum sound.  Drums almost always sound the same, but not this group.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdB-8eLEW8g

[Steve G.]

   On this date, September 5th, 1967,  Louis Armstrong released the single “What a Wonderful World”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqhCQZaH4Vs&pp=ygUmbG91aXMgYXJtc3Ryb25nIHdoYXQgYSB3b25kZXJmdWwgd29ybGQ%3D

World" is a song written by Bob Thiele (as "George Douglas") and George David Weiss. It was first recorded by Louis Armstrong and released in 1967 as a single. In April 1968, it topped the pop chart in the United Kingdom,[3] but performed poorly in the United States because Larry Newton, the president of ABC Records, disliked the song and refused to promote it.

 
After it was heard in the film Good Morning, Vietnam, it was reissued as a single in 1988, and rose to number 32 on the Billboard Hot 100.[4] Armstrong's recording was inducted to the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.

Weekly charts
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Chart (1967–68)   Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[17]   1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[18]   6
Denmark[19]   2
Ireland (IRMA)[20]   2
Norway (VG-lista)[21]   6
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[22]   7
UK Singles (OCC)[23]   1
West Germany (Official German Charts)[24]   6

Chart (1988)   Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[25]   1
Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)[26]   1
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[27]   6
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[28]   10
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[29]   2
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[30]   5
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[31]   8
Poland   22
US Billboard Hot 100[32]   32
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[33]   7

Year-end charts
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Chart (1988)   Rank
Australia[34]   8
Canada RPM Top Singles[35]   78
US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[36]   194


Certifications
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Region   Certification   Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[37]   5× Platinum   400,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[38]   Platinum   90,000‡
Germany (BVMI)[39]   3× Gold   900,000‡
Italy (FIMI)[40]   Platinum   70,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[41]   Platinum   60,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[42]   Platinum   600,000‡
United States (RIAA)[43]   5× Platinum   5,000,000‡

[hardrockminer]

I like that song!  I think I've posted it before.  Louis Armstrong had a man's voice!


Here is another song that begins with a great guitar riff.  And some steady driving drumming.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYPK_sl7h44

[Steve G.]

 On this date, September 6, 1967, Neil Diamond released the single “Girls, You'll be a Woman Soon”.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-TE0Jk1ZeY&pp=ygUoTmVpbCBkaWFtb25kIGdpcmwgeW91J2xsIGJlIGEgd29tYW4gc29vbg%3D%3D


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8mct3On4hs&pp=ygUoTmVpbCBkaWFtb25kIGdpcmwgeW91J2xsIGJlIGEgd29tYW4gc29vbg%3D%3D


Chart (1967)   Peak
position
US Billboard Pop Singles[4]   10
Chart (1971)   Peak
position
Dutch Mega Top 100[5]   27

American alternative rock band Urge Overkill recorded a cover of the song for their second extended play (EP), Stull (1992). This version would later appear in Quentin Tarantino's 1994 film Pulp Fiction. Issued as a single in late 1994, this version achieved some chart success both domestically and internationally, peaking at number one in Iceland and reaching the top 20 in Flanders, France, and New Zealand. On the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, the song peaked at number 11

Chart (1994–1995)   Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[9]   21
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[10]   22
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[11]   10
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[12]   29
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[13]   65
France (SNEP)[14]   10
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[15]   1
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[16]   19
Scotland (OCC)[17]   28
UK Singles (OCC)[18]   37
US Billboard Hot 100[19]   59
US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard)[20]   11

[Steve G.]

  R.I.P.  Sergio Mendes, September 6th, 2024, in Angeles.
  Too many great songs, too much information to go over, I’ll run them all!
  And won’t even try to list the stars who have taken his songs to the top of the charts, notably Herb Albert.
 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UVvh5ZDk5M&list=PLoOy8dltBcdl5SU02MqYykj1wKTQANZEi&index=16&pp=iAQB8AUB

[hardrockminer]

Here is someone with a great voice and great tunes of his own, singing onstage with another band.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44wDwMQVqCc

[hardrockminer]

Back around 1978 the album with this song was recommended to me.  I bought it and have been a fan ever since.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0ffIJ7ZO4U