Stalking! Day 5!

This week, the week of July 25-July 29, 2016, we'll look at songs from men who wouldn't take no for an answer!

We call it:  "Stalkers!"

July 29, 2016

On the surface these songs sound like a man just longing for the woman he loves...or reciting all the ways they can be good together.

Underneath?  Well...oh....and sometimes women can get in on the act too!

Barely getting into the top 25 in 1979 "One Way or Another" by Blondie is actually about one of Debbie Harry's exes so it still fits the men stalking women theme!

~ Glenn

Stalking! Day 4!

This week, the week of July 25-July 29, 2016, we'll look at songs from men who wouldn't take no for an answer!

We call it:  "Stalkers!"

July 28, 2016

On the surface these songs sound like a man just longing for the woman he loves...or reciting all the ways they can be good together.

Underneath?  Well...

Released in 1968 by The Vogues, "Turn Around, Look At Me" reached number 7 that year and was the most successful version of the song which was originally released by Glen Campbell in 1962.

~ Glenn

Stalking! Day 3!

This week, the week of July 25-July 29, 2016, we'll look at songs from men who wouldn't take no for an answer!

We call it:  "Stalkers!"

July 27, 2016

On the surface these songs sound like a man just longing for the woman he loves...or reciting all the ways they can be good together.

Underneath?  Well...

1984's "Obsession" was a remake by the group Animotion of a song released just one year earlier.

It went to number six that year.  The group avoided one hit wonder status when their next song "Let Him Go" cracked the top 40 in 1985.

~ Glenn

Stalking! Day 2!

This week, the week of July 25-July 29, 2016, we'll look at songs from men who wouldn't take no for an answer!

We call it:  "Stalkers!"

July 26, 2016

On the surface these songs sound like a man just longing for the woman he loves...or reciting all the ways they can be good together.

Underneath?  Well...

"Every Breath You Take" sat in the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks in its release year of 1983.  A spot The Police never got to again.

~ Glenn

Stalking! Day 1!

This week, the week of July 25-July 29, 2016, we'll look at songs from men who wouldn't take no for an answer!

We call it:  "Stalkers!"

July 25, 2016

On the surface these songs sound like a man just longing for the woman he loves...or reciting all the ways they can be good together.

Underneath?  Well...

Another (18th) number one on the country charts for Ronnie Milsap, "(There's) No Getting Over Me" proved a cross-over hit also when it got to number five on the Billboard pop charts in August of 1981.

~ Glenn

This week in 1962! Day 5!

This week, the week of July 11-July 15, 2016, we'll countdown the top five songs this week in 1962!

We call it:  "1962!"

July 15, 2016

Sitting at humber on this week for the first of four consecutive weeks in 1962 was the first big hit for the Polish Prince, Bobby Vinton.

The first of four number songs "Roses are Red (My Love)" kickstarted a long career that saw Vinton continue to chart in the top ten through the mid 1970's.

~ Glenn

This week in 1962! Day 4!

This week, the week of July 11-July 15, 2016, we'll countdown the top five songs this week in 1962!

We call it:  "1962!"

July 14, 2016

At number two this week in 1962 is the song that was number one the week before.

"The Stripper" was written and recorded four years earlier in 1958 by David Rose and pulled out by the record company to be the "B" side of a remake of"Ebb Tide" in 1962.

~ Glenn