Category: Music

Today in 1968, “Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical,” opened on Broadway.

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The number one single today in 1963 was recorded by a 15-year-old, the youngest number one singer to date:

The number one British single today in 1967 was that year’s Eurovision song contest winner:

The number one single today in 1985:

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Imagine having tickets to today’s 1964 NME winner’s poll concert at Wembley Empire Pool in London:

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I’ve written here before about music appropriate for a drive.

(For that matter, I’ve delved into the subject of vehicles in movies and on TV, along with the comparative lack of good roles for Corvettes.)

As it happens, someone from something called California Technologies has put together what must be the most exhaustive list of songs about cars, not merely from A …

… to Z …

… but from 18 …

… to 928:

This list doesn’t cover every kind of car, but it’s pretty impressive nonetheless to include Buicks …

… Chevrolets …

… Oldsmobiles …

… Pontiacs …

… Fords …

… Lincolns …

… Mercurys …

… Chrysler, Dodge and/or Plymouth …

… and, though there are no AMCs, American Motors’ predecessor brand …

… and, yes, Corvettes:

I admit that I have not heard of most of these songs. Anyone who knows Jan and Dean thinks of “Dead Man’s Curve,” but have you heard of …

This song, not recorded by the group of the same name as the title, came out about the time I really really really really really really really really really wanted to drive:

The fans of brass rock (about which I last posted) are familiar with …

The one seat in a car that gets used 100 percent of the time is …

Bruce Springsteen has two songs about Cadillacs, one with a local reference:

The list also has a song by that well known singer Robert Mitchum:

Wherever Thunder Road is, there are too many songs about roads to include here:

There are also too many songs about what one might do in a car to include here:

Drive a car too fast? There are songs about that too:

What’s that? You have a truck, not a car? We’ve got you covered, friend:

And there are far too many songs about what cars provide — transportation freedom, the ability to go where you want to go when you want to go — to list here too:

The number one single today in 1960:

The number one single today in 1970:

The number one album today in 1987 was U2’s “The Joshua Tree”:

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The number one British single today in 1955:

The number one British single today in 1959:

The number one single today in 1961:

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The number one British single today in 1964 was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, but not performed by the Beatles:

The number one British single today in 1969:

The number one single today in 1977:

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Today in 1964, the president of Britain’s National Federation of Hairdressers offered free haircuts to members of the next number one act in the British charts, adding, “The Rolling Stones are the worst; one of them looks as if he’s got a feather duster on his head.”

One assumes he was referring to Keith Richards, who is still working (and, to some surprise, still alive) 50 years later.

The number one British single today in 1965:

The number one British album today in 1972 was Deep Purple’s “Machine Head”:

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The number one British single today in 1958:

The number one single today in 1962:

The number one album today in 1973 was Alice Cooper’s “Billion Dollar Babies”:

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