THE BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

To compliment my recently published ‘1000 BEST SONGS LIST,’ here is another that just misses the cut.

1014-Kinks-Where Have All the Good Times Gone.
1965-Has never charted in the UK.
Best Bit-At 1.28.Kinky boots are thigh high boots, associated with boot fetishism,now you know where the Kinks got their name.
Sir Raymond Davies was born 21st June,1944, in Fortis Green,London,England, he had six older sisters, and one younger brother, Dave, who is the lead guitarist with the Kinks.Ray Davies is affectionately known as the ‘Godfather of Britpop,’ together with his brother Dave they formed the Kinks in 1964,the band were active until 1996. In 2018 the brothers reformed the band in order to release new music (see also best songs 770.)
‘Where Have All the Good Times Gone,’ like most of the Kinks output was written by Ray Davies, and originally appeared as the ‘B’ side of their 1965 single ‘Till the End of the Day,’it was then added to their fifth studio Album, ‘The Kink Kontroversy.’The song is about looking back on childhood days, when everything seemed so much easier and simple.There are two other versions well worth checking out, in 1973 David Bowie recorded the song for his cover versions Album ‘Pin Ups,’and in 1982, the American Rock band Van Halen included their cover on the Album ‘Diver Down.’
‘Daddy didn’t have no toys,and mummy didn’t need no boys.’
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THE BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

To compliment my recently completed ‘1000 BEST SONGS LIST,’ here is another that just missed the cut.

1013-Mai Tai-History.
1985-Number 8 single.
Best Bit-At 2.57.The Mai Tai is a cocktail based on Rum,Curacao liqueur,orgeat syrup, and lime juice,Victor J.Bergeron claims to have invented it at his restaurant in 1944.It was the choice of drink in the Elvis Presley film Blue Hawaii.You now know where this all girl group got there name from,and it’s ‘history.’
Mai Tai is a Dutch group formed in Amsterdam in 1983, by the music producers Eric van Tijn, and Jochem Fluitsma,the three girl original line up were Jetty Wheels, Mildred Douglas, and Carolien de Windt,Jetty and Carolien still tour as Mai Tai, to this very day.
The bands most successful period occurred in the mid 1980’s in their home country The Netherlands, where they achieved eight top 40 singles.In the UK they have charted twice with ‘History’ reaching Number eight in 1985, and ‘Body and Soul,’ peaking at Number nine in 1984.
‘Gonna burn your letters,gonna burn your letters,I’m gonna burn your letters, you were sending me.’
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THE BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

To compliment my recently completed ‘1000 BEST SONGS LIST,’ here is another that just missed the cut.

1012-Dan Hartman-Instant Replay.
1978-Number 8 single.
Best Bit-At 5.08.Thankfully Hartman lived long enough to see two of his songs become UK Number 1’s for other artists.
Dan Hartman was born December 8,1950 in Pennsylvania,United States,he died from a brain tumour on March 22,1994 at the age of 43.Hartman’s first success as a singer/songwriter occurred in 1972 as a member of the Blues Rock band The Edgar Winter Group,his composition ‘Free Ride’ reached Number 14 on Billboard,he would go on to re-record the song in 1979, and it saw release on his posthumous compilation Album ‘Keep the Fire Burnin,” in December 1994.
In 1989 the Italian dance outfit Black Box heavily sampled the Hartman penned ‘Love Sensation,’ creating the worldwide hit ‘Ride on Time'(see also best songs 501,) more success came in 1993, when Take That took their version of the Hartman song ‘Relight My Fire’ to Number 1 in the UK.
‘Instant Replay’ is a song of love, with the narrator telling of his feelings of infatuation, that just keep on repeating, and repeating.In 1990 the British Pop duo ‘Yell’ took their version of the song to Number 10 in the UK.
‘You set my lips on fire,you won the key to my heart.’
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THE BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

To compliment my recently published ‘1000 BEST SONGS LIST,’ here is one that just missed the cut.

1011-The Chiffons-Sweet Talkin’ Guy.
1966-Number 31 single.When re-issued in 1972, it peaked at Number 4.
Best Bit-At 2.09.Just think, without the original girl groups of the 1960’s, there may have never been ‘Little Mix,’ or ‘Girls Aloud,’ but we can’t blame The Chiffons for that.
Along with other all girl groups of the early 1960’s, such as The Supremes, and The Ronettes,The Chiffons were a major influence for future female artists.They initially were a trio of Judy Craig, Patricia Bennett, and Barbara Lee, having formed while all being pupils at James Monroe High School in the Bronx, New York, in 1960. A forth member,Sylvia Peterson, joined in 1962.
‘Sweet Talikin’ Guy’ was written by Doug Morris,but the writing credits also include the record labels (Laurie Records) owners,as it was common practise back then.This song was Morris’ greatest success as a writer, but he was also the producer of ‘Smokin’ in the Boys Room,’ a 1973 Number 3 Billboard single for Brownsville Station.Morris went on to become one of the most respected and influential executives in the music industry, becoming Chairman, and CEO of Sony Music Entertainment, in 2011.
‘He’ll send you flowers, and paint the town with another girl.’
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1010-Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood-Summer Wine.
1967-Has never been released as a single in the UK.
Best Bit-At 0.23.A fine song is like a fine wine, it improves with age.
Barton Lee Hazlewood was born in 1929, in Mannford, Oklahoma,United States, he died in 2007 from renal cancer. His initial success came in the late 1950’s, co-writing and producing with the guitar legend Duane Eddy, together they recorded some of the best instrumentals of the era, including ‘Peter Gunn,’ and ‘Forty Miles of Bad Road.’ In the 1960’s he teamed up with Nancy Sinatra, together they recorded three Albums. Hazlewood was responsible for writing both of Sinatra’s UK Number 1 singles,’These Boots are Made For Walkin,” and ‘Somethin’ Stupid’ (see also best songs 978-367 and 124.)
‘Summer Wine’ is taken from the 1968 ‘Nancy & Lee’ Album.The song tells the tale of a man who meets a woman, they spend the night together drinking large amounts of wine.When the man awakes next morning hungover, he notices that she has gone, and has taken his expensive silver spurs,but instead of feeling robbed, he finds himself longing that she was still there with him.
‘She took my silver spurs, a dollar and a dime,and left me cravin’ for more summer wine.
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1009-The Human League-The Things That Dreams Are Made Of.
1981-Has never been released as a single in the UK.
Best Bit-At 3.02.They were nicknamed the ‘Electronic ABBA,’with very good reason.
‘The Things That Dreams Are Made Of’ is the opening song from The Human League’s third Album ‘Dare,’ it was the first release with their new lineup. ‘Dare’ is one of the most critically acclaimed, and inspiring Albums of all time,ushering in the new commercial sound of ‘Synthpop’ (see also best songs 986)
‘The Things That Dreams Are Made Of’ was co-written by the band members Phil Oakey, and Philip Adrian Wright, the lyrics tell us to do the things that give us the greatest pleasure. Oakey and Wright tell us of some of their simple pleasures, such as watching TV, and eating ice cream,as well as doing more adventurous things, like travelling the world.They also mention their affection for the late great comedian Norman Wisdom, and the Punk Rock band The Ramones,where Oakey sings ‘Johnny, Joey, Dee Dee,’ presumably Tommy fails to get name checked because it didn’t fit in with the rhythm of the song.
‘Dream life the way you think it ought to be,see things you thought you’d never ever see.’
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1008-Frazier Chorus-Sloppy Heart.
1989-Number 73 single.
Best Bit-At 2.34.Far be it from me to stir things up,but if you are only even vaguely familiar with the ‘Brit Pop ‘ song ‘Common People’ you can’t fail to hear where Jarvis Cocker took his inspiration.(See best songs 285.)
The Frazier Chorus should have been big,but for whatever reason it never happened.They never managed to break into the UK top 40 despite a string of original quality songs,their highest chart placing was with the track ‘Nothing,’ which peaked at Number 51 in 1990.
The band formed in Brighton,England in 1986, and were active until 1996,they were labelled by the music press of the time, under the musical genre of ‘Dream Pop,’ which is an alternative take on traditional Pop.They didn’t focus predominantly on guitar,bass, or drums,instead focusing on flute,clarinet,bongos, and hushed vocals.The bands lead singer and predominant songwriter was Tim Freeman,he is the brother of actor Martin Freeman, known for portraying Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit film trilogy, and also playing Tim Canterbury in the sitcom ‘The Office.’
’69 eyes,miscellaneous,Lazarus heart,every time you need me,I’ll be there for you.’
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To compliment my recently completed ‘1000 BEST SONGS LIST,’ I shall over the next few weeks, publish some of the songs that failed to make the final cut.

1007-Disco Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes-Get Dancin.’
1974-Number 2 single.
Best Bit-At 1.10. D.J.Disco Tex always had his Sex-O-Lettes around him, I have been more fortunate, in that I never had that type of thing as a distraction, meaning I could fully concentrate on the music, lucky me.
Joseph Montanez Jr. was born in 1942, to a Puerto Rican family in The Bronx, New York City, from the mid 1970’s, through to the early 1980’s, he released three studio Albums as ‘Disco Tex,’ but it was back in 1966 when he first found fame, when making several appearances on ‘The Merv Griffin Show,’ endearing audiences with his outrageous personality,using the stage name of ‘Monti Rock.’His other major claim to fame was his appearance in the 1977 film ‘Saturday Night Fever,’ playing the part of the club Disc Jockey.
‘Get Dancin”was co-written by songwriting legend Bob Crewe (1930-2014,)(see also best songs 914-863-739-499-393-284-164-112 and 83,) and Kenny Nolan.In 1974, two songs they co-wrote became consecutive Billboard Number 1’s, when Frankie Valli’s ‘My Eyes Adored You,’ was replaced at the top by ‘Lady Marmalade,’ from Labelle.
‘Here comes D.J.Disco Tex, truckin’ with his Sex-O-Lettes.’
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1006-Oasis-Don’t Look Back in Anger.
1996-Number 1 single.
Best Bit-At 3.40.It would be a good idea for the Gallagher brothers to settle their differences, by taking heed of this songs title.
‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’ was the tenth single release, and second UK Number 1 for Oasis, it was also the first single that Noel sang lead vocals,he is also responsible for writing, and producing the song.It appears that Liam’s contribution was shaking the tambourine.
Noel Gallagher (see also best songs 758 and 15) readily admits to being heavily influenced by the Beatles, and John Lennon in particular.The songs piano intro borrows heavily from Lennon’s 1971 song ‘Imagine,’while the line ‘So I start a revolution from my bed,’ is a reference to Lennon’s and Yoko Ono’s ‘Bed In,’ staged for publicity for peace in 1968.The lyrics ‘The brains I had went to my head,’ are taken from Lennon’s tape recorded notes, for a memoir he was planning to write before his death.
The song does include some original Gallagher thoughts,the line ‘Stand up beside the fireplace,take that look from off your face,’refers to when he was a child, his mother Peggy used to make him stand next to the fireplace, and have photos taken.He always looked grumpy in those photos, so she told him to take that look off his face.
‘Please don’t put your life in the hands of a Rock ‘N’ Roll band, who’ll throw it all away.’
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1005-Bachman-Turner Overdrive-You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet.
1974-Number 2 single.
Best Bit-At-0.01.For those of you old enough to remember Smashie and Nicey, ‘LETS ROCK!’
‘BTO’ were formed in Winnipeg,Canada in 1973, by the brothers Randy,Tim and Robbie Bachman, and Fred Turner, who had been recommended to Randy Bachman by Neil Young. Previous to forming ‘BTO,’ (see also best songs 873) Randy Bachman had been a member of the very successful Rock group, ‘The Guess Who.’
‘You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet’ was initially written to poke fun at his brother Gary who had a speech impediment, Randy would sing it while stuttering over the lyrics,a straight version was recorded, but the band felt that the stuttering version was far superior, the song went on to top the Billboard chart in 1974.
Although Bachman has never admitted to it, the song probably owes a great debt to the English Rock group ‘The Who,’whose most famous song ‘My Generation’ (see also best songs 926) contains a very famous stutter, and ‘You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet’s ‘guitar riff is definitely influenced by The Who’s song, ‘Baba O’Riley.’
‘B-B-B-Baby,you just ain’t seen n-n-n-nothin’ yet.’
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