Paul McCartney’s 1984 Hit Features David Gilmour on Guitar
Pink Floyd's guitarist, David Gilmour, plays on Paul McCartney's hit single off the album, "Give My Regards to Broad Street," and then donates his session fee (for recording the song) to charity.
29 Dec 20233min
Dan Fogelberg’s Hit Song Uses a Famous Tchaikovsky Melody
The successful nostalgic 1980 single, Same Old Lang Syne, about his chance encounter with his ex-girlfriend, Jill Anderson, makes use of a very popular melody written in 1880 by the Russian composer, ...
27 Dec 20235min
This Christmas Song Took 50 Years to Become a Top 10 Hit
This 1970 bilingual holiday classic written by a nostalgic José Feliciano is considered one of the 25 greatest Christmas songs, but it took 50 years for it to become a top ten hit on the Billboard Hot...
24 Dec 20233min
John Lennon Creates a Christmas Classic from a Folk Song
This 1971 Christmas song from John Lennon and Yoko Ono borrows its melody from a traditional English folk song and becomes an annual rallying cry for world peace.
20 Dec 20233min
Best Christmas Song was Written During One Hot Summer
Trying to think cool, Mel Tormé and Robert Wells wrote the greatest holiday song of all time during a blistering Southern California summer and passed it off to Nat King Cole to sing.
15 Dec 20233min
Mariah Carey's Christmas Song Took 25 Years to Reach #1
Written in just 15 minutes, this 1994 Mariah Carey Christmas single became a number one hit 25 years later and has stayed on top of the billboard hot 100 every December.
13 Dec 20232min
First Song Broadcast from Space was a Christmas Classic
In 1965, astronauts Tom Stafford and Wally Schirra played a prank on NASA and Gemini 7 when they smuggled some instruments on board their Gemini 6A mission to broadcast the first song from space.
11 Dec 20232min
Most Successful Song Ever Recorded is a Christmas Classic
This academy award winning holiday song written by Irving Berlin has sold more records than any other song. In this episode, we feature the original 1942 Bing Crosby version.
7 Dec 20233min
