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Song of the Day #5,442: ‘Fanny (Be Tender with My Love)’ – Bee Gees

Continuing my look at the albums of 1975…

My favorite part of doing these Decades posts is discovering new material by artists with whom I’m only superficially familiar. That was the case with Aerosmith yesterday, and it’s definitely the case with the Bee Gees today.

My knowledge of the Bee Gees pretty much begins and ends with the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, which frankly is more than enough for me to consider them legends. But this is one of the top-selling bands, worldwide, of all time, with 22 studio albums and a slew of compilations, live albums and soundtrack work.

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Song of the Day #5,441: ‘Uncle Salty’ – Aerosmith

Continuing my look at the albums of 1975…

Aerosmith is one of the best-selling rock bands of all time and yet somehow I’ve never heard one of their albums start to finish. I have vague memories of 1989’s Pump circulating when I was in high school, but I never got around to listening.

I know the singles very well, and I’ve certainly rocked out to their greatest hits on countless rides of Disney World’s Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster, but I’d be hard pressed to name a single deep cut.

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Song of the Day #5,440: ‘Can’t Hold Us’ – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Throwing back to the dog days of 2013, specifically the week of May 25, we find Macklemore & Ryan Lewis occupying the top spot of the Hot 100 with ‘Can’t Hold Us.’

I find with both Throwback Weekends and the Decades series that the closer I get to present day, the less I like the music. Give me the hits of the 60s, 70s and 80s all day every day, but once we get into the 90s, 00s and god forbid the 10s, it’s a minefield.

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Song of the Day #5,439: ‘Get Busy’ – Sean Paul

Today we throw back to the week of May 24, 2003, when the Billboard Hot 100 was topped by Jamaican reggae rapper Sean Paul and his party song ‘Get Busy.’

‘Get Busy’ spent three weeks in the top spot, the first of two Sean Paul solo tracks to reach #1. The second, ‘Temperature,’ came two years later, so we might see it on a future Throwback Weekend.

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Song of the Day #5,438: ‘Love to Love You Baby’ – Donna Summer

Continuing my look at the albums of 1975…

Donna Summer’s second studio album, Love to Love You Baby, was her first to receive a U.S. release, as her debut (Lady of the Night) was available only in the Netherlands, of all places. This album reached the top 20 in 10 countries and spawned a #2 hit in the U.S. with an abridged version of its title song.

That title song, one of Summer’s signature tracks, runs just under 17 minutes and takes up the entirety of Side One. The truncated version became a massive worldwide hit.

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