My 100 Favorite Charted Pop Songs: Pieces of April

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When they’re alphabetical they sound strange back to back on occasion. Take the hand-clapper yesterday, and now you have a ballad! We’re at song #60 out of 100, and here it is! Pieces of April - Three Dog Night Dave Loggins died this year. That’s germane to this discussion because he wrote this. (Aside: he also co-wrote my favorite Jimmy Buffett song…hasn’t been a good year to be a Buffett fan. ) My brother introduced me to this song, which he said he loved because it reminded him of me because my birthday’s in April. So, in a lot of ways, this song will always remind me of my brother (even though his birthday is in November ). Of course, it’s a great song, too, so there’s that…. Pieces of April Written by Dave Loggins Recorded by Three Dog Night From Seven Separate Fools, 1972 Peak chart position: #19 Today’s country song: “Queen of the Silver Dollar” We stood on the crest of summer: