Dewey's Jukebox

21/05/2025

woah.

07/02/2025

JUST A SONG BEFORE I GO
CROSBY, STILLS & NASH
June 1977

Legend has it that Graham Nash wrote this song in 20 minutes to win a $500 bet before catching a plane to leave Hawaii. It holds the distinction of being the final song I played on the air before leaving my last TWO radio DJ gigs way back when.

And it serves the same purpose today: With this post, I am officially declaring an end to the known as Dewey's Jukebox. Oh, I'm not planning on deleting this FB page (at least for a while), and the podcast episodes are still available on Spotify, but there is no need for me to dedicate (waste?) any more time to being a cheerleader for songs from my youth.

Be God's
Dewey

Just a song before I goTo whom it may concernTraveling twice the speed of soundIt's easy to get burnedWhen the shows were overWe had to get back homeAnd when...

05/02/2025

GOOD RIDDANCE (TIME OF YOUR LIFE)
GREEN DAY
December 1997

This generation-defining song was played almost everywhere. It even featured prominently in the penultimate episode of "Seinfeld" in 1998. Now THAT was something unpredictable.

Listen to the American Idiot (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition): https://GreenDay.lnk.to/americanidiot20thdeluxeOrder the Super Deluxe - out now: https://Gree...

03/02/2025

SO LONG FAREWELL
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
1959

Written by Rodgers and Hammerstein for the musical "The Sound of Music," this version from the 1965 film makes me giggle every time...but you have to watch to the very end to see why.

SOUND OF MUSIC (1965) Von Trapp kids singing

31/01/2025

I'M A MAN
CHICAGO
1969

in 1946, Terry Kath, guitarist with Chicago, was born. The sad thing is, on January 23, 1978, his final words were "Don't worry, it's not loaded," just before shooting himself in the head and dying instantly. Let's remember his amazing talent with this cover of a Spencer Davis song, from Chicago's first album, "Chicago Transit Authority"

Provided to YouTube by RhinoI'm a Man (2002 Remaster) · ChicagoChicago Transit Authority℗ 1969 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.Drum...

29/01/2025

EVE OF DESTRUCTION
BARRY McGUIRE
July 26, 1965 (11 days after recording!)

Written by P. F. Sloan and turned into a No. 1 hit by McGuire, the song references social issues of its period, including the Vietnam War, the draft, the threat of nuclear war, the Civil Rights Movement, turmoil in the Middle East, and the American space program. Except for Vietnam and the draft, can we really say it's out of date?

"Eve of Destruction" is a protest song written by P. F. Sloan in mid-1964. Several artists have recorded it, but the best-known recording was by Barry McGuir...

27/01/2025

CUT THE CAKE
AVERAGE WHITE BAND
March 1975

We are celebrating with this appropriate tune by the funkiest group of Scotts you'll ever hear. But to keep this in the "appropriate" category, don't look up the lyrics.

Provided to YouTube by Rhino AtlanticCut the Cake (Single Edit) · Average White BandCut the Cake℗ 1975 Atlantic Recording Corporation produced under license ...

24/01/2025

ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL
PINK FLOYD
1980

in 1980, a billboard was erected on Sunset Strip, West Hollywood, California to promote Pink Floyd's new album "The Wall." A blank wall was pasted up and each day a brick was ‘removed’ to slowly reveal the inside spread and title of the album. To commemorate this marketing achievement, the presents the long-form music video for the title track. "Hey, teacher! Leave those kids alone!"

Pink Floyd Another Brick In The Wall (HQ) pt.1O papai voou pelo oceanoDeixando apenas uma memóriaFoto instantânea no álbum de famíliaPapai, o que mais você d...

22/01/2025

CROSSROADS
DON McLEAN

in 1972, Don McLean’s sophomore album, "American Pie," began a seven-week run at the top of the Billboard 200. The strength of the title song and the #1 hit, "Vincent" (Starry Starry Night), accounts for that long run, but the album's bench was deep, with this particular song stoking the fires of my teenage angst long after "drove my Chevy to the levy" had stop ruling the radio.

I do not own anything. Lyrics for Crossroads by Don McLean.... :D Enjoy

21/01/2025

Make it so! Make it so!

a little bit of everything, a little bit of nothing, just for grins...or maybe not. As in "a little bit pregnant," this is almost the truth.

20/01/2025

ABRAHAM, MARTIN, AND JOHN
DION
August 1968

To commemorate MLK Jr Day, the serves up this Number 4 hit, written in response to the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy in April and June of 1968. This was written by the rockabilly singer Dick Holler (who also wrote the novelty hit "Snoopy vs The Red Baron"). Dion had just recovered from he**in addiction and was offered this as a possible comeback song and it worked. Reportedly, Dion received over 4,000 letters thanking him for recording it.

Lyrics:Has anybody here seen my old friend Abraham?Can you tell me where he's gone?He freed a lot of people,But it seems the good they die young.You know, I ...

17/01/2025

(HEY HEY WE'RE) THE MONKEES
THE MONKEES
January 1966

in 1966, NBC added a new series to their fall schedule: "The Monkees". Centering around a rock band in Los Angeles, the sitcom starred two musically-inclined actors (Micky Dolenz & Davy Jones) and two acting-inclined musicians (Michael Nesmith & Peter Tork). The show was a hit and a ready-made pipeline for making their songs hits as well. They were originally ridiculed as Beatle rip-offs ("The Pre-Fab Four") who didn't even play their own instruments...even though anyone familiar with The Wrecking Crew of studio musicians knew that hardly ANYone played their own instruments when it came to valuable studio time. They eventually became more than 4 people "acting" as a band for a TV show and toured the world in support of a string of legitimate pop-rock hits.

Provided to YouTube by Rhino[Theme From] The Monkees · The MonkeesThe Best of The Monkees℗ 1966 Colgems RecordsDrums: Billy LewisOrgan: Bobby HartProducer: B...