Song 2 Day: Uptown Funk Mashup
For this holiday weekend morning, here’s a fun mashup of classic old movie dance scenes set to Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk.” Enjoy!
Song 2 Day: Ain’t That Lovin’ You, Baby
Today’s song from Clarksdale, Mississippi, the birthplace of the blues and rock n’ roll. Celebrating the day that Jimmy Reed left us in 1976, “Ain’t That Lovin’ You, Baby” was written and released him in 1956. It reached No. 8 on the Billboard R&B chart, and became on of Jimmy’s most loved songs. Many others […]
Song 2 Day: Hey Jude
Today’s song from Clarksdale, Mississippi, the birthplace of the blues and rock n’ roll. Remembering it fondly on the day it was released in 1968, “Hey Jude” was written by Paul McCartney.” The song was inspired by John Lennon’s son, Julian; McCartney wrote it to give ease to his parents divorce. “Hey Jude” was the […]
Song 2 Day: Boogie Chillen
Today’s song from Clarksdale, Mississippi, the birthplace of the blues and rock n’ roll. Wishing John Lee Hooker happy birthday, “Boogie Chillen’”, released in 1948, was his first record and his first hit. He was 36-years-old when he did it, and the “B” side was “Sally May.” It hit No. 1 in the U.S. R&B […]
Song 2 Day: Lonesome Homesick Blues
Today’s song from Clarksdale, Mississippi, the birthplace of the blues and rock n’ roll. Alabama dedicated The Hank Williams Memorial Lost Highway on this date in 1997. “Lonesome Homesick Blues” is Hank’s first great success. It was written by Cliff Friend and Irving Mills, and after performing it to enthusiastic crowd response on the Louisiana […]
Song 2 Day: Nobody Does It Better
Today’s song from Clarksdale, Mississippi, the birthplace of the blues and rock n’ roll. Thinking about Clarksdale’s Nate Dogg (Nathan Dwayne Hale) on his birthday, “Nobody Does It Better” is one of Nate’s best known songs. It was relesed in 1998, features hip hop artist Warren G. and it peaked at No. 18 on the […]
Song 2 Day: Hot in Herre
Today’s song from Clarksdale, Mississippi, the birthplace of the blues and rock n’ roll. On this day in 2002 Nelly (Cornell Haynes, Jr.) became the 5th artist ever to replace himself with a No. 1 hit song. “Hot in Herre” was the song that was replaced (by “Dilemma”). It was written by Nelly, Pharrell Williams, […]
Song 2 Day: I Say a Little Prayer For You
Today’s song from Clarksdale, Mississippi, the birthplace of the blues and rock n’ roll. Sending a prayer with Aretha on this day that she leaves us, “I Say a Little Prayer” is one of her greatest known songs. It was written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David for Dionne Warwick, and her 1967 version hit […]
Song 2 Day: Democrat Blues
Today’s song from Clarksdale, Mississippi, the birthplace of the blues and rock n’ roll. Thinking about Bobo Jenkins on the day he passed in 1984, “Democrat Blues” was one of his best known songs. He wrote in on election day in 1952, while Eisenhower was being elected. Bobo, who was working in Detroit at the […]
Song 2 Day: Jump Children (the first all woman band… was from Mississippi)
Today’s song from Clarksdale, Mississippi, the birthplace of the blues and rock n’ roll. In honor Anna Mae Winburn, one of one of the leaders of the female band International Sweethearts of Rhythm, on her birthday in 1913, “Jump Children” was one of the Sweethearts most known songs. The International Sweethearts of Rhythm was the […]
