Now They Call Them Oldies: 'A Well Respected Man' by The Kinks (1965)

The result of this week's oldies-shuffle goes to The Kinks and their 1965 song A Well Respected Man. The Kinks were an English-rock/British Invasion band from North-London who got their start back in 1964 and split up in 1996. Ray Davies (lead vocals, rhythm guitar) and Dave Davies (lead guitar, vocals) were brothers and were the main two members of the group who formed it and stayed in it during it's 32 year life-span. A Well Respected Man was released on their 1965 EP titled Kwyet Kinks and would become one of their most well-known songs and peak at #13 on the US charts upon its release. Stay tuned for more...

Now They Call Them Oldies = 'Bye Bye Baby (Baby Goodbye)' by Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons (1965)

Another oldie here, this time the result was the 1965 hit Bye Bye Baby (Baby Goodbye) by Frankie Vallie and The Four Seasons. This song was originally written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio (a member of The Four Seasons) who sent it to #12 on the US Singles chart. The Four Seasons were an American pop-rock group from Newark, New Jersey and according to Wikipedia the Vocal Group Hall of Fame named them the most popular rock band before The Beatles. In 1975 this song was covered by a Scottish group called Bay City Rollers which sold over a million copies and clenched #1 on the UK Singles chart for six weeks. 
frankie valli & the four seasons-bye bye baby by _Fonzie_

Now They Call Them Oldies = 'Donna' by Ritchie Valens (1958)

Here's an oldie for the week...Donna by the late Mexican-American singer/songwriter/guitarist/legend Ritchie Valens. Ritchie Valens ( Ricardo Esteban Valenzuela Reyes), was born in 1941, and died tragically in 1959 at the young age of 17! But in those short 17 years he left us with some classics, and my shuffle results brought me to this Valens song. Now, obviously being a child of the 80's Valens was long gone before I was even a concept, but I still appreciate his contribution to American music and of course I remember watching the 1987 biographical movie La Bamba on HBO as a kid and being impacted by the music and story (you know, the one with Lou Diamond Phillips). So anyways, Donna is the oldie of the week, and it peaked at #2 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Now They Call Them Oldies = 'Caravan' by Van Morrison (1970)

This weeks oldie according to my shuffle-results comes from 1970 and is none-other than Caravan, by Northern-Irish singer/song-writer/musician Van Morrison. Caravan was released on Morrison's third solo-album titled Moondance. The Moondance album peaked at #29 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart that year. Check out his wikipedia page HERE for more info and history on the artist and music.

Now They Call Them Oldies: 'I Want You' by Bob Dylan (1966)

So much for just the relatively recent, I have to hit shuffle on my playlist and see what "oldies" song comes up and share it with the realm of vloggers! Holy crapola! I guess there's a place for the old after all! The first song to pop up on my shuffle is...I Want You (1966), by American singer/songwriter/musician Bob Dylan. Bob Dylan was born in Duluth, Minnesota USA in 1941, and his birth name is Robert Allen Zimmerman. I Want You appeared on Dylan's 1966 album Blonde On Blonde and actually appeared on the playlist for a recent wedding I DJ'ed for, good stuff! Now, there isn't possibly anything I could tell you about the Dylan that you don't already know (and I don't know much), so on to the song...Oh and BTW, I will be featuring older songs (that is pre-80's music) at least once a week or so from now on so hopefully I can make some ends meet with some of you out there.