Now They Call Them Oldies = 'Travelin' Man' by Ricky Nelson (1961)

This week's 'oldie shuffle' result goes to American singer/songwriter/instrumentalist/actor Ricky Nelson and his 1961 #1 hit song Travelin' Man. Ricky Nelson (Eric Hilliard Nelson) was born on May 8, 1940(1940-05-08) in Teaneck, New Jersey, U.S.A. and he was well known for his radio sitcom career, film career, and of course his music career. Nelson is also yet another famous musician to have been tragically killed in an airplane crash, which occurred on December 31st, 1985. Travelin' Man is a classic Nelson song that was released on his Rick Is 21 album in 1961 and which would peak at #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. Throughout his music career Ricky Nelson would in fact produce fifty-three songs on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, including 19 top 10 hits; all of which led to his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on January 21, 1987.

Now They Call Them Oldies: 'A Whiter Shade Of Pale' by Procol Harum (1967)

This week's 'Oldie' goes to British rock band Procol Harum and their 1967 debut #1 song A Whiter Shade Of Pale. This song was released in May of 1967 on their self-titled debut album, and went to #1 on the  UK Singles Chart in June, and stayed there for 6 weeks, and it would turn out to be their best known song years later. Procol Harum originated out of Richmond, London, UK and consisted of Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, Matthew Fisher, Ray Royer, David Knights. According to their Wikipedia page the band was named an acquaintance's burmese cat, and that the name is actually latin for "beyond these things." Come back next week to see the results of the next oldies list shuffle!

Now They Call Them Oldies = 'I Want To Tell You' by The Beatles (1966)

The results for this week's Part 1 of Oldies shuffling goes to The Beatles, and their 1966 song I Want To Tell You. I Want To Tell You was written by George Harrison and released on the 1966 Revolver album (one of my favorites by The Beatles, which is why it comes up on my playlist so often). According to the Wikipedia page the Revolver album was released in anticipation that it's focus more on the electric-guitar-rock sound as opposed to the folk-rock sound on their previous album, which would help to introduce a new phase in the group's recording career, and of course it reached #1 on both the UK and US album charts and remained their for a number of weeks on each chart. Check out the Wikipedia page link above for more trivia and info. So there is Part 1, Part 2 to be posted soon, thanks for stopping by...world...

Now They Call Them Oldies = 'Homeward Bound' by Simon and Garfunkel (1966)

Part 1 of this week's so-called oldies goes to Simon and Garfunkel and their 1966 hit song Homeward Bound. The American duo of Simon and Garfunkel debuted way back in 1957 and originated out of Forest Hills, Queens, New York City, NY, USA. Homeward Bound comes off of their 1966 album titled Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, and upon its release it would peak at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. According to the wikipedia page, Paul Simon wrote this song whilst stranded overnight at a train station in NW England out of his desire to return home to NYC and his life there. Paul Simon fans no doubt are already well aware, but for all those who aren't already aware, Simon's newest album is set to be released on April 12th, 2011 and if you want more information on that you can visit his website HERE. As for the video below, only a live-tv version was available for embedding on youtube, and so there it is.