25 Monday Mar 2019
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British invasion, Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter, music, Nellie McKay, performance, pop, song
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Monday morning, Nellie McKay takes a page from Herman’s Hermits and visits Mrs. Brown. We went to see Nellie sing a few weeks ago in Manhattan and halfway through her set she stepped out from behind her piano, pulled out her ukulele, and sung this.
More Nellie at Nellie McKay – Topic
14 Monday Jan 2019
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folk, music, performance, pop, Sloop John B., song
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Monday morning, taking the worst trip you’ve ever been on. An A-1 cover of the Beach Boys’ “Sloop John B.” Josh Turner on guitar and falsetto really nails it here.
Alec Hamilton (keys), Ben Cooley (Tenor, tambourine) Josh Turner (Electric Guitar), Taylor Bloom (Acoustic Guitar), Marc Encabo (Bass) and Bob Sale (Drums).
Thanks to YouTuber Josh Turner Guitar
05 Monday Nov 2018
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America, music, performance, pop, rock, Sister Golden Hair, song
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Monday morning, you get out of bed to America’s perilously-close-to -sappy lyrics, but undeniably catchy musical hooks.
Thanks to YouTuber NoMadU55555
27 Monday Aug 2018
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Maurice Williams, music, performance, pop, song, songwriting, stay, The Zodiacs
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As summer winds down on Monday, a voice behind you pleads, Stay…just a little bit longer.
Maurice WIlliams, who wrote the song at age fifteen and sings lead on the shortest #1 pop song on record, said in an interview that they deliberately kept the song short so that it would get more radio play. They figured that the DJs would use it as a sign off before a commercial break if it was short enough. They were right.
That’s Henry “Shane” Gaston on the falsetto.
Thanks to YouTuber Ken Schilling
26 Thursday Jul 2018
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Chad and Jeremy, MonaLisa Twins, music, performance, pop, rock, song
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The MonaLisa Twins with another summer British invasion hit of the 60s, Chad and Jeremy’s “Yesterday’s Gone.” Ever-Reliable Wikipedia tells us it was Chad’s first published song.
More MonaLisa Twins at MonaLisa Twins
30 Monday Apr 2018
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Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Good Vibrations, music, performance, pop, rock, song, songwriting, The Beach Boys, theremin
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Monday morning, the theremin calls, and you’re swept into one of the most innovative and influential popular rock songs of the 60s.
Carl Wilson on lead vocals. The song was produced by the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson from countless short pieces of tape, and many session musicians were used as well.
There’s an excellent description of the song’s history, as well as a musical deconstruction, and how the song changed the history of the pop single, at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Vibrations
Thanks to YouTuber tabouriefilms
16 Monday Apr 2018
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Monday, I had Friday on my mind.
The Australian Easybeats’, with their hit 1966 pop song that had something extra-Kinksish about it.
Got to love the energetic joyous performances.
Thanks to YouTuber рлин Вълчев
