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1966 Top Ten: Early Morning Rain (#3)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86765) • United States 28 Apr

Ah-HA, you say. NOW you see right through me. No, not really. It’s not my fault that this gem is now 60 years old. It is my fault, though, that I’ll stick this guy in a countdown anytime I can. And, since we’re...

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1976 Top Ten Songs: Race Among the Ruins (#7)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86765) • United States 25 Mar

It’s time to get rockin’ and rollin’! Well…not today here. We’re in 1976, and, as yesterday’s song proved, there were some good rocking tunes. So let’s flip the script and go with a folkie. Here’s...

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Sunny Top Ten: Sundown (#8)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86765) • United States 24 Jul

Mumble mumble mumble. Actually, for where the dental work was located (front tooth), I can talk and eat reasonably well. The good thing is, that doesn’t affect my typing any. Music always makes things better (I...

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1975 Songs: Rainy Day People

Four Walls @FourWalls (86765) • United States 13 May 25

Hooray, I survived my eye exam! I told the optometrist, however, that I’d rather have a mammogram. She was shocked, but I explained, “The mammogram is over in five minutes. I’m going to have a headache (from the dilation of the...

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1965 Top Ten Songs: Ribbon of Darkness (#3)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86765) • United States 28 Apr 25

Ick. My brother has to be at the hospital at 6 AM tomorrow. I told him to have fun walking. I’d better type up tomorrow’s discussions tonight or they’re going to look like “adhhaifhauhhzzzzzz.” ...

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My 100 Favorite Charted Country Songs: Steel Rail Blues

Four Walls @FourWalls (86765) • United States 13 Nov 24

The dreaded “pattern flip” is threatening to bring cold and the dirty S word to the region next week. That’s next week. Right now it’s time for another song from my list of favorites that made the...

100 favorite country songs

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My 100 Favorite Charted Pop Songs: Rainy Day People

Four Walls @FourWalls (86765) • United States 3 Nov 24

Oh, no, this charted on the country charts as well. It’s not an intentional “two-for-one country song” day. I don’t remember it getting airplay on country stations. Oh, well. Linda? Listen with caution. Here’s today’s song...

100 favorite rock songs

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My 100 Favorite Charted Pop Songs: If You Could Read My Mind

Four Walls @FourWalls (86765) • United States 5 Oct 24

As I’ve said numerous times, it would be next to impossible to put these in an order of 1-100. Having said this, here’s a song that’s definitely top five…probably top three. No question: this was one of the first songs I...

100 favorite rock songs

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50-Year-Old Songs: Sundown

Four Walls @FourWalls (86765) • United States 17 May 24

The rain isn’t too terrible right now, steady but they’re playing in it out at the PGA. I’m enjoying my usual BBQ chicken lunch for Friday and ready to spring another song on you that’s now 50 years old. And, just to reiterate...

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Live/Living Top Ten: The House You Live In (#3)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86765) • United States 29 Mar 24

For the Christians, I wish you a holy, blessed, and meaningful Good Friday and Holy Weekend. (Not applicable to the Orthodox Christians, as Easter doesn’t come until after Passover on the Orthodox calendar, and Passover is...

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2023’s Music Losses “Top” Ten: Gordon Lightfoot (#1)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86765) • United States 31 Jan 24

As I said yesterday, we’re talking 1A and 1B here. The poetry was amazing, even if the subjects were vastly different. For the final tribute to someone who passed away in 2023 I salute the man who was, in so many ways, the voice...

2023 music obituaries

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Top Ten Banned Songs: Black Day in July (#8)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86765) • United States 24 Jul 23

Yeah, it’s early. But I went to bed really early, too. Another day, another myLotter, and another bunch of cops on our tail. Meanwhile, I’m not forgetting the countdown of songs that were banned. We’re in the top...

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Thank You, Gordon

Four Walls @FourWalls (86765) • United States 1 May 23

The news just came down that Gordon Lightfoot passed away today. There are no words. None to explain the beauty of the man’s music, or the joy it brought me through the years. Thank you, Canada, for sharing one of your...

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Cold Songs Top Ten: Cold on the Shoulder (#4)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86765) • United States 26 Dec 22

Around here, “LBL” means “Land Between the Lakes,” the national recreational area located between Lake Barkley and Kentucky Lake in western Kentucky. Now it’s LDL: Last Day of Lockdown!! Hopefully I can escape the...

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1972 Songs Top Ten: Cotton Jenny (#8)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86765) • United States 24 Jul 22

My apologies. It’s another country song. Well, country-ish. Heading back half a century, it’s time for another look at the music from 1972. This one holds a special place for me. And here it is! [b]#8: Cotton Jenny - Anne...

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Island Hopping Top Ten: Christian Island (Georgian Bay) (#4)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86765) • United States 2 Dec 21

Oh, look, a baseball work stoppage. I can’t see them worrying about money after signing some 36-year-old pitcher to a $44 million a year contract. Anyway, we’ll sail to an island removed from baseball. This...

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Airplane-Themed Top Ten: Early Morning Rain (#3)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86765) • United States 21 Nov 21

Along with favorites with “fly” in the title I’m doing a companion countdown of songs with an airplane theme. Today’s song doesn’t have “plane” in the title, and you may not immediately think of it as an “airplane” song, but...

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OLD Age Top Ten: Old Dans Records (#1)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86765) • United States 27 Apr 21

Just call me Willie Nelson, ‘cause I’m on the road again! I had an antibody test (still positive for those, thank God), and now I’m eating lunch and ready to go east or southeast or south or southwest or west or....well, you get...

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50-Year-Old Songs Top Ten: If You Could Read My Mind (#3)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86765) • United States 29 Aug 20

Oh, no, this guy again?? And this song again? You might — just might — get the weird impression that I kinda like this song. Lots of people do, too, meaning they’ve discovered one of the great songs of the past 50...

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Favorite Songs By Canadians: If You Could Read My Mind (#1)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86765) • United States 25 Jul 20

And so the celebration of our neighbors to the north comes to a close. I started counting down my favorite Canadian musicians in honor of Canada Day, then followed it with this list of favorite songs by Canadians. Since this guy...

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