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Song of the Day #6,640: ‘Something Fishy’ – Dolly Parton

We lost Dolly Parton a month ago, in one of those increasingly rare pop culture moments that transcends divisions and unites us all in gratitude and sorrow.

It’s impossible not to love and admire Dolly Parton, a woman who dedicated her life to making the world a better place.

Just one of the many ways Parton did that was through her music. She released more than 49 solo albums, and dozens of live, collaborative, or soundtrack efforts. It is estimated she wrote more than 3,000 songs in her lifetime.

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Song of the Day #6,639: ‘Stuck with You’ – Huey Lewis and the News

Huey Lewis and the News held the top spot of the Billboard Hot 100 the week of September 27, 1986, with ‘Stuck with You,’ the first single from the band’s fourth album, Fore!

The band scored their first #1 hit a year earlier with previous single ‘The Power of Love,’ featured on the Back to the Future soundtrack. Their third, and final, chart-topper was ‘Jacob’s Ladder,’ the third single from Fore!

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Song of the Day #6,638: ‘A Fifth of Beethoven’ – Walter Murphy

Throwing back to the week of September 26, 1976, we find two splendid only-in-the-70s tracks atop the Billboard Hot 100: Wild Cherry’s ‘Play That Funky Music‘ and England Dan and John Ford Coley’s ‘I’d Really Love to See You Tonight.’

As both have been featured already, that brings us to #3, Walter Murphy’s disco take on one of the world’s best-known classical pieces: ‘A Fifth of Beethoven.’

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Song of the Day #6,637: ‘Some of Us’ – The Rolling Stones

Last week I marveled that The Rolling Stones not only released an album in 2023, but that the album — Hackney Diamonds — was one of their best.

Well, imagine my shock to discover they did it all over again three years later. This year’s Foreign Tongues isn’t quite the equal of Hackney Diamonds, but it’s pretty close.

And I hate to harp on the age thing, but Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are now closer to 85 than 80. Ronnie Wood, the baby of the group, is a spry 79. How is it possible these guys are still releasing great rock-n-roll albums 62 years into their storied career?

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Song of the Day #6,636: ‘Trailer’ – Mudcrutch

Today’s post covers the only album missing from my Tom Petty Deep Dive, his second record with the band Mudcrutch.

Titled simply 2, this 2016 release was the final studio recording made by Petty, who died a year later after six months of touring. 2 came eight years after the previous, self-titled, Mudcrutch album, with two Heartbreakers albums dropping in-between.

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