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1966 Top Ten: Monday, Monday (#6)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86910) • United States 25 Apr

Just to prove to everyone that I do not “plan” things: if I did, this song would be #4 on the list this month so it’d show up on Monday! Now celebrating 60 years in our lifetime soundtrack, here’s...

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1965 Top Ten Songs: California Dreamin’ (#6)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86910) • United States 25 Apr 25

Think about it. You may have heard this song today on an “oldies” station. It’s sixty years old now. You know something else? In 60 years people will still hear this song. It’s a true classic. Back to 1965 for...

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My 100 Favorite Charted Pop Songs: Mississippi

Four Walls @FourWalls (86910) • United States 25 Oct 24

Well, isn’t this a coincidence?! I’m home after a walk in the Mississippi River (and a stop at the Land Between the Lakes), and look at the song that shows up in this alphabetical list of my 100 favorite songs to have made the...

100 favorite rock songs

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My 100 Favorite Charted Pop Songs: Creeque Alley

Four Walls @FourWalls (86910) • United States 15 Sep 24

Hey, two rockers today! Well, one of the rockers is singing country, but… And two acts that most people (looking toward New Jersey ) have heard of, at least. I alternate every day so...

100 favorite rock songs

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Songs You Might Not Know Were Covers Vol. 9: Dream a Little Dream of Me (#10)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86910) • United States 13 Sep 21

FREEDOM!!! There’s nothing as rewarding as hearing “you’re done” from the physical therapist!! Makes you wanna have lunch at your favorite Tex-Mex restaurant and sing!! You don’t want to hear me sing, so I’ll leave it to...

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Dream Songs: Dream a Little Dream of Me

Four Walls @FourWalls (86910) • United States 4 Mar 21

This one was pegged early on to be in the countdown, and in the countdown it is! This would also make a good entry in the covers list (so I’ll probably add it to the list....I keep a list of covers and drag ten out on occasion)....

mama cass elliot

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Songs You Might Not Know Were Covers (Round 8): Dedicated to the One I Love (#5)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86910) • United States 18 Sep 20

Getting cooler here, which means I either turn on the furnace or put another cover on the bed. I’ll opt for the latter. Speaking of covers, here’s another song from the grand history of hits that you may not know was actually a...

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Rock Titles Not in the Song: Creeque Alley (#3)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86910) • United States 30 Jun 20

Summertime means goofy rain patterns. Louisville isn’t that big of a city geographically; however, there were flash flood warnings in one part of town while my neck of the woods didn’t get a drop of rain! With the rain on one...

titles not in the songs

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Ave-Ln-Etc Top Ten: Creeque Alley (#1)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86910) • United States 18 Dec 19

Time to put the brakes on all these songs dealing with travel and the pathways we take to travel. I’ve been up highways, down roads, through streets, and now I’m dead-ending here, my favorite song amid all those “other”...

avenue and lane songs

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road trip countdowns

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Favorite BIG #1 HITS Through the Years: 1966 Pop

Four Walls @FourWalls (86910) • United States 26 Feb 18

What a lovely day! Clear blue sky, the brown grass is beginning to lose to the green grass, and the moon is in the sky along with the sun. After a week of flooding rains, it's a serene scene indeed. Time to celebrate with...

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Ten Favorite Days of the Week Songs: Monday, Monday (#9)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86910) • United States 6 Mar 17

It's time for another song that highlights a day of the week in the title. If you're thinking it's going by the day of the week, it's not, so Friday's song won't be "Friday Night Blues". Sorry (good song, but it didn't make the...

days of the week songs

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Ten Songs You May Not Know Were Covered: California Dreamin' (#7)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86910) • United States 21 Oct 16

Boy songs, identically-titled songs, and songs that have cover versions! I'm a busy little hillbilly, aren't I? Here's another song that you may not know got a cover treatment. #7: California Dreamin' Sometimes you'll...

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Monday, Monday, so good to me?

Janet Hunt @jahunt (1380) • United States 21 Mar 16

Monday, Monday, so good to me! (Song by The Mamas & the Papas) Okay, maybe today, not so much... LOL! Everybody at work seems to have a case of the Mondays today...communicate at your own risk. geez...And, the customers not a...

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Mamas and Papas Member Dead at 66

babystar1 @babystar1 (4233) • United States 20 Jan 07

Denny Doherty, one-quarter of the 1960s folk-rock group the Mamas and the Papas, known for their soaring harmony on hits like "California Dreamin'" and "Monday, Monday," died Friday at 66. This was one of my favorite singers, and...

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