Songs Of The Week, 2026: 2/21-2/27

 

Something Strange Is Going On- Roddie Joy
Comin' Home Baby- Dee Dee Sharp
Tell It Like It Is- The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Little Herb Spliff- Visionaires
Accidentally Like A Martyr- Warren Zevon
Streets of Baltimore- Gram Parsons
I Won't Do You No Dirt- William Bell

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Some great ones this week. 

I had been putting together a mix of lesser known tracks by girl group acts but then got distracted. Roddie Joy and Dee Dee Sharp started things off before I quit.

The William Bell track is a demo that runs less than two minutes, but there's more grease in that 1:40 than most full length R&B albums.

Enjoy. 

John Candy, Joe Flaherty & Eugene Levy

 

Neil Sedaka, 1939-2026

 

Along with my Beatles and Beach Boys records were two records that my grandfather loved and played constantly, The Drifters' Golden Hits and Neil Sedaka's Greatest Hits. Dinner on a summer Sunday would be a din of screaming Italians, Phil Rizzuto calling the Yankees game on the living room television, and my grandfather's stereo turned up to eleven, years before Spinal Tap, blasting "Oh Carol" and "Run Samson Run" from his den. 

The man could write a hit, that's for sure. 

Neil was still very active on social media. Did not expect this. More good news. 

Vertigo Records Week, #4: Jackson Heights- The Fifth Avenue Bus (1972)

(Don't worry, it's almost over.)

 

The Nice's Lee Jackson with Michael Giles on drums.

 

 

 

 

 

Vertigo Record Week, #3: Agitation Free- Malesch (1972)

Psychedelic, space rock from Berlin.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vertigo Records Week, #2: Jimmy Campbell- Half Baked (1970)

 Campbell went on to form Rockin' Horse and release the excellent, Beatle-esque "Yes It Is" in 1971.

 

 

 

 

 

Vertigo Records Week, #1: Linda Hoyle- Pieces Of Me (1971)

Featuring Chris Spedding on guitar.