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Sometimes you like a song at first, but the more you hear it, the less you can tolerate it. The great ones are different. They express the thoughts…preserve the moments…and capture the imagination. Winner: “I Can’t Make You Love Me.” Loser: “MacArthur Park.”
Song: "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"
Okay, I have to admit that, as I write this, the first snow of the season is pouring down outside. And “it doesn’t show signs...
Read MoreSong: "Silver Bells"
This reminds me of my childhood more than almost any other Christmas song. Its imagery calls to mind the way Christmas used to be. Before...
Read MoreSong: "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)"
The most-performed Christmas song isn’t “White Christmas” or “Silent Night”, but “The Christmas...
Read MoreSong: "Autumn Leaves"
We would share this wonderful classic with Great French Things, were there such a thing, because its melody was written by a French...
Read MoreSong: "Tangled Up in Blue"
When we look back on a relationship, we don’t remember it in a linear, chronological manner. Our minds flash forward and back,...
Read MoreSong: "Monster Mash"
It was the biggest hit ever for Bobby “Boris” Pickett and the Cryptkickers. Okay, it was their only hit. “Monster...
Read MoreSong: "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
Paul Simon wrote it. Art Garfunkel sang it. And America loved it. “Bridge Over Troubled Water” won the Grammy Awards for both...
Read MoreSong: "What a Wonderful World"
This Louis Armstrong song, which has become iconic in its usage in movies and TV shows, sold fewer than 1,000 copies in the U.S. when it...
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