https://bsky.app/profile/steviegpro.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/steviegpro.bsky.social/post/3ml5goove4k2jBruce and Steven tonight on Long Island.06 May 2026 00:22 +0000at://did:plc:atvf4td4l4chut7ckd4wulkd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml5goove4k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/steviegpro.bsky.social/post/3mjrzqxb27c2fOcean, another of the earliest beneficiaries of Canadian radio’s 1971 CanCon law, crossing the border via CKLW with Put Your Hand in the Hand. #at4018 Apr 2026 18:06 +0000at://did:plc:atvf4td4l4chut7ckd4wulkd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjrzqxb27c2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/steviegpro.bsky.social/post/3mihlvzdf3k2iHappy Passover from the Godfather of Soul.01 Apr 2026 21:07 +0000at://did:plc:atvf4td4l4chut7ckd4wulkd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mihlvzdf3k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/steviegpro.bsky.social/post/3mhxsitwcqk2jhttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/arts/music/mike-vernon-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share RIP Mike Vernon, British blues producer and exec who produced early Fleetwood Mac, John Mayall, Level 42, etc. and had a Top 10 US hit producing Bloodstone’s 1973 soul classic Natural High.26 Mar 2026 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:atvf4td4l4chut7ckd4wulkd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxsitwcqk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/steviegpro.bsky.social/post/3mfwtk6rlp22jComing hot on the heels of their debut single “I think I love you”, the Partridge family’s “doesn’t want to be wanted” was, incredibly, from their 2nd album, only 6 months after the show debuted. This album was way more David Cassidy-centric. The first was largely driven by studio singers. #at4028 Feb 2026 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:atvf4td4l4chut7ckd4wulkd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfwtk6rlp22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/steviegpro.bsky.social/post/3mfwr535tu22rMy grandmother took me on a bus to a record store on 108th street in Forest Hills, Queens, to buy the Bobby Sherman album that contained this single the week it came out in the spring of ‘71. The only time we ever went record shopping together. An nice memory. #at4028 Feb 2026 17:35 +0000at://did:plc:atvf4td4l4chut7ckd4wulkd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfwr535tu22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/steviegpro.bsky.social/post/3mfswm7sqes24https://open.spotify.com/track/3OTN972oOsFGjHvjRbdSnU?si=nnw0_rZhQYGdmwVaxXs4Ig27 Feb 2026 05:02 +0000at://did:plc:atvf4td4l4chut7ckd4wulkd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfswm7sqes24https://bsky.app/profile/steviegpro.bsky.social/post/3metrrybqfk2zhttps://open.substack.com/pub/robertreich/p/a-short-note-to-kristi-noem?r=1un4m6&utm_medium=ios14 Feb 2026 19:43 +0000at://did:plc:atvf4td4l4chut7ckd4wulkd/app.bsky.feed.post/3metrrybqfk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/steviegpro.bsky.social/post/3metqczm64k2w“I never knew me a better time, and I guess I never will” from Crocodile Rock might be the most exuberant moment in the history of pop. Elton’s 1st number one. #at4014 Feb 2026 19:17 +0000at://did:plc:atvf4td4l4chut7ckd4wulkd/app.bsky.feed.post/3metqczm64k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/steviegpro.bsky.social/post/3metpxeuuc22wI love the late Timmy Thomas and worked with him on Joss Stone’s Soul Sessions albums, but I must point out he didn’t produce any of the pop/soul hits Casey just credited him with. Why Can’t We Live Together was truly great, though. #at4014 Feb 2026 19:10 +0000at://did:plc:atvf4td4l4chut7ckd4wulkd/app.bsky.feed.post/3metpxeuuc22whttps://bsky.app/profile/steviegpro.bsky.social/post/3metp2avsfk2wHow in the world are War not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? #at4014 Feb 2026 18:54 +0000at://did:plc:atvf4td4l4chut7ckd4wulkd/app.bsky.feed.post/3metp2avsfk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/steviegpro.bsky.social/post/3metoo5etds2wDon’t Expect Me To Be Your Friend and The Last Song both on the chart this week in ‘73. Two great soft rock cheese classics; each one featuring a singer resigned to the end of a relationship. They would have made a great double-sided single. #at4014 Feb 2026 18:47 +0000at://did:plc:atvf4td4l4chut7ckd4wulkd/app.bsky.feed.post/3metoo5etds2whttps://bsky.app/profile/steviegpro.bsky.social/post/3metoglmksc2cCould it be I’m Falling in Love was the 2nd of the Spinners’ five top-5 hits in a five-year span. One per year from 1972 to 1976, and one peaking at each chart position between one and five. This one peaked the number four. They were my favorite music artist when I was a kid. #at4014 Feb 2026 18:43 +0000at://did:plc:atvf4td4l4chut7ckd4wulkd/app.bsky.feed.post/3metoglmksc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/steviegpro.bsky.social/post/3metnwzpq7k2wRocky Mountain High was the first 45 I ever bought. A dollar well-spent. I remember I got it the same day my older brother bought Crocodile Rock, which i bet we’ll soon hear. #at4014 Feb 2026 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:atvf4td4l4chut7ckd4wulkd/app.bsky.feed.post/3metnwzpq7k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/steviegpro.bsky.social/post/3metnsf4dec2wCasey, wherever you are, King Harvest are not from England. Their members were American and French. #at4014 Feb 2026 18:32 +0000at://did:plc:atvf4td4l4chut7ckd4wulkd/app.bsky.feed.post/3metnsf4dec2whttps://bsky.app/profile/steviegpro.bsky.social/post/3metnnw3ies2wDancing in the Moonlight is one of the great pop records of the 70s. It was kind of a “lost 45” for many decades, but then resurfaced in the past 20 years as a well-known classic and wedding reception staple. Not sure what revised it from obscurity so late in the game. Ideas, anyone? #at4014 Feb 2026 18:29 +0000at://did:plc:atvf4td4l4chut7ckd4wulkd/app.bsky.feed.post/3metnnw3ies2whttps://bsky.app/profile/steviegpro.bsky.social/post/3metne6q4as2wKilling Me Softly has much to recommend it, but if you have good speakers, check out the kick drum sound, it’s really incredible. #at4014 Feb 2026 18:24 +0000at://did:plc:atvf4td4l4chut7ckd4wulkd/app.bsky.feed.post/3metne6q4as2whttps://bsky.app/profile/steviegpro.bsky.social/post/3metnat2fkk2wThe great teen soul record Love Jones by Brighter Side of Darkness was parodied by Cheech and Chong later n ‘73 as Basketball Jones. And the parody topped the original on the chart, peaking at #15, while Love Jones topped out at #16. #at4014 Feb 2026 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:atvf4td4l4chut7ckd4wulkd/app.bsky.feed.post/3metnat2fkk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/steviegpro.bsky.social/post/3metmzcido22wHi Hi Hi is the first single in Wings’ incredible run of 8 consecutive Top 10 singles, including 3 #1s, ending after Listen To What the Man Said in ‘75. #at4014 Feb 2026 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:atvf4td4l4chut7ckd4wulkd/app.bsky.feed.post/3metmzcido22whttps://bsky.app/profile/steviegpro.bsky.social/post/3metmveq4bk2cThe 50s revival continues with Jermaine Jackson covering Shep and the Limelites’ Daddy’s Home, which itself was a sequel to the Heartbeats’ hit A Thousand Miles Away. #at4014 Feb 2026 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:atvf4td4l4chut7ckd4wulkd/app.bsky.feed.post/3metmveq4bk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/steviegpro.bsky.social/post/3metmp2m2qc2cThe Last Song by Edward Bear is one of the great innocent, un-ironic cheese pop singles of the 70s. #at4014 Feb 2026 18:12 +0000at://did:plc:atvf4td4l4chut7ckd4wulkd/app.bsky.feed.post/3metmp2m2qc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/steviegpro.bsky.social/post/3metmgfole22cCasey, in the big band era they definitely didn’t have any hit songs with lyrics like those of Billy Paul’s Me and Mrs. Jones. #at4014 Feb 2026 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:atvf4td4l4chut7ckd4wulkd/app.bsky.feed.post/3metmgfole22chttps://bsky.app/profile/steviegpro.bsky.social/post/3metktqghc22wMore 50s revival sounds on the chart, with Chuck Berry covering his ‘57 b-side Reelin’ and Rockin’. This was his follow-up to the #1 My Ding A Ling :( #at4014 Feb 2026 17:39 +0000at://did:plc:atvf4td4l4chut7ckd4wulkd/app.bsky.feed.post/3metktqghc22whttps://bsky.app/profile/steviegpro.bsky.social/post/3metkoqzew22wDr. Hook & the Medicine Show did make the cover of Rolling Stone two months after their complaint song hit, but it was a caricature, not a photo, and the captions was “What's-Their-Names Make the Cover" #at4014 Feb 2026 17:36 +0000at://did:plc:atvf4td4l4chut7ckd4wulkd/app.bsky.feed.post/3metkoqzew22whttps://bsky.app/profile/steviegpro.bsky.social/post/3metkbgkqjs2cJohnny Rivers jumps on the 50s revival bandwagon that was happening at the time, with his cover of Rockin’ Pneumonia, the 1957 original of which, by Huey “piano” Smith, incredibly, never charted top 40 pop, but was number five on R&B. #at4014 Feb 2026 17:29 +0000at://did:plc:atvf4td4l4chut7ckd4wulkd/app.bsky.feed.post/3metkbgkqjs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/steviegpro.bsky.social/post/3metjb3lxqs2cThe last Top 40 hit by the underrated Cornelius Bros. & Sister Rose. It contains definite echoes of their best record, Too Late to Turn Back Now (Treat Her Like a Lady was pretty awesome, too). #at4014 Feb 2026 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:atvf4td4l4chut7ckd4wulkd/app.bsky.feed.post/3metjb3lxqs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/steviegpro.bsky.social/post/3metizxinms2cFunny Face is an interesting one. Donna Fargo‘s previous hit, the happiest girl in the whole USA, was clearly the bigger record in the culture, but only funny face made it to the top 10-it got to #5-llargely off the momentum created by the first hit. #at4014 Feb 2026 17:06 +0000at://did:plc:atvf4td4l4chut7ckd4wulkd/app.bsky.feed.post/3metizxinms2chttps://bsky.app/profile/steviegpro.bsky.social/post/3metirjdg622cDanny’s Song is not only Anne Murray’s second hit (after Snowbird), it’s also my second favorite Anne Murray song (after Snowbird). #at4014 Feb 2026 17:02 +0000at://did:plc:atvf4td4l4chut7ckd4wulkd/app.bsky.feed.post/3metirjdg622chttps://bsky.app/profile/steviegpro.bsky.social/post/3mepkh2e4g22wCheck out the way the title of the Spinners’ is spelled out on the single sleeve. Insane! #at4013 Feb 2026 03:21 +0000at://did:plc:atvf4td4l4chut7ckd4wulkd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mepkh2e4g22whttps://bsky.app/profile/steviegpro.bsky.social/post/3mepke5ayf22wGames People Play was the 4th of the Spinners’ five top-5 hits in a five-year span. One per year from 1972 to 1976, and one peeking at each number between one and five. This one peaked the number five. #at4013 Feb 2026 03:19 +0000at://did:plc:atvf4td4l4chut7ckd4wulkd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mepke5ayf22w