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Dewey's Jukebox Personal favorites and secret gems; you'll find them in Dewey's Jukebox. Please, mister, please...don't play B-17.

There's just enough backstory to pique your interest, but the real deal here is to hear the music in all its radiant splendor (if you are a Spotify Premium listener).

JUST A SONG BEFORE I GOCROSBY, STILLS & NASHJune 1977Legend has it that Graham Nash wrote this song in 20 minutes to win...
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...

GOOD RIDDANCE (TIME OF YOUR LIFE)GREEN DAYDecember 1997This generation-defining song was played almost everywhere. It ev...
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...

SO LONG FAREWELLTHE SOUND OF MUSIC1959Written by Rodgers and Hammerstein for the musical "The Sound of Music," this vers...
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

I'M A MANCHICAGO1969  in 1946, Terry Kath, guitarist with Chicago, was born. The sad thing is, on January 23, 1978, his ...
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...

EVE OF DESTRUCTIONBARRY McGUIREJuly 26, 1965 (11 days after recording!)Written by P. F. Sloan and turned into a No. 1 hi...
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...

CUT THE CAKEAVERAGE WHITE BANDMarch 1975We are celebrating   with this appropriate tune by the funkiest group of Scotts ...
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 ...

ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALLPINK FLOYD1980  in 1980, a billboard was erected on Sunset Strip, West Hollywood, California to...
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...

CROSSROADSDON McLEAN  in 1972, Don McLean’s sophomore album, "American Pie," began a seven-week run at the top of the Bi...
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

Make it so! Make it so!
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.

ABRAHAM, MARTIN, AND JOHNDIONAugust 1968To commemorate MLK Jr Day, the   serves up this Number 4 hit, written in respons...
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 ...

(HEY HEY WE'RE) THE MONKEESTHE MONKEESJanuary 1966  in 1966, NBC added a new series to their fall schedule: "The Monkees...
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...

GOTTA GET UPHARRY NILSSONOctober 1971  in 1994, singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson died at the age of 52. In his memory, we...
15/01/2025

GOTTA GET UP
HARRY NILSSON
October 1971

in 1994, singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson died at the age of 52. In his memory, we post this song that is currently being used in a TV ad for some kind of medication. (I always like to educate the youngsters that before "that's a really good jingle" there's usually "that's a really good song.") FAIR WARNING: Watching this video was the first time I paid attention to the lyric...and I apologize for dipping into PG-13 territory in the 2nd verse.

Official Lyric Video for “Gotta Get Up” by Harry NilssonListen to Harry Nilsson: https://HarryNilsson.lnk.to/_listenYDWatch more videos by Harry Nilsson:http...

TIN MANAMERICAAugust 1974With all the current "Wicked" hoopla, I thought it made sense to load this into the  , especial...
13/01/2025

TIN MAN
AMERICA
August 1974

With all the current "Wicked" hoopla, I thought it made sense to load this into the , especially because the line "Oz never did give nothing to the Tin Man that he didn't already have" is the only line in the song that makes sense. According to Songfacts.com, "this song is about eschewing love for s*x, the 'perfect prize that waits among the shells,' for which the bait is a quick, loveless seduction, while real love is the real reward." Well...okay...if they say so. For me, it's a lovely, George Martin-produced soft rock Number One.

My favorite America song. Written by Dewey Bunnell Lyrics: Sometimes late when things are real and people share the gift of gab between themselvesSome are ...

FAMEDAVID BOWIE1975  in 2016, two days after his 69th birthday, David Bowie bid this world goodbye. (How can it have bee...
10/01/2025

FAME
DAVID BOWIE
1975

in 2016, two days after his 69th birthday, David Bowie bid this world goodbye. (How can it have been 9 years ago already?) "Fame" was Bowie's first big hit in the U.S., appropriately enough, making him famous.

Bowie gave his thoughts on fame in a 2003 interview with "Performing Songwriter" magazine: "Fame itself, of course, doesn't really afford you anything more than a good seat in a restaurant. That must be pretty well known by now. I'm just amazed how fame is being posited as the be all and end all, and how many of these young kids who are being foisted on the public have been talked into this idea that anything necessary to be famous is all right. It's a sad state of affairs. However arrogant and ambitious I think we were in my generation, I think the idea was that if you do something really good, you'll become famous. The emphasis on fame itself is something new. Now it's, to be famous you should do what it takes, which is not the same thing at all. And it will leave many of them with this empty feeling. Then again, I don't know if it will, because I think a lot of them are genuinely quite satisfied. I know a couple of personalities over in England who are famous for being famous, basically. They sort of initially came out of the pop world, but they're quite happy being photographed going everywhere and showing their kids off and this is a career to them. A career of like being there and turning up and saying, 'Yes it's me, the famous girl or guy' (laughs).

The official music video for David Bowie's - Fame 90. Taken from Bowie's 9th studio album 'Young Americans' released in 1975, which featured the singles 'You...

IN THE GHETTOELVIS PRESLEYApril 1969We celebrate   today by playing the first song Elvis recorded that had a social cons...
08/01/2025

IN THE GHETTO
ELVIS PRESLEY
April 1969

We celebrate today by playing the first song Elvis recorded that had a social conscience. Col. Parker and the record company RCA were afraid to let Elvis record it, but he was ready to say something more significant than singing about rocking in a jailhouse and being all shook up. It's a good thing, too. This became Elvis' first hit in 4 years, going up to Number 3 on the charts.

In The GhettoWritten by Mac DavisRecorded in 1969 at American Studio, Memphis.

BASICS OF LIFE4HIMSeptember 1992A pure heart; a blind love; a grounded faith; an enduring hope.According to this 90's po...
06/01/2025

BASICS OF LIFE
4HIM
September 1992

A pure heart; a blind love; a grounded faith; an enduring hope.
According to this 90's pop/gospel group of four, these are the basics of life...and they've got the mullets to back it up!

http://www.holymetalrobstation.com/ This album catapults a premier inspirational quartet into the contemporary Christian pop market. Hailed as a milestone in...

ELEANOR RIGBYBEATLESAugust 1966  in 1926, famed Beatles producer, George Martin, was born. We celebrate his birthday by ...
03/01/2025

ELEANOR RIGBY
BEATLES
August 1966

in 1926, famed Beatles producer, George Martin, was born. We celebrate his birthday by cueing up a song whose distinctive sound can be directly credited to Martin's double string quartet arrangement. (FYI: The attached video is a clip from the animated feature, "Yellow Submarine".) I'm saying it here and daring all the world to try to change my mind...George Martin was the fifth Beatle.

The Beatles performing “Eleanor Rigby (From "Yellow Submarine").”Released as a double A-side with the song "Yellow Submarine in August 1966, Eleanor Rigby ma...

NEW YEAR'S DAYCAROLYN ARENDSMarch 1997Carolyn Arends is no stranger to the  , and she's no stranger to writing pop/folk ...
01/01/2025

NEW YEAR'S DAY
CAROLYN ARENDS
March 1997

Carolyn Arends is no stranger to the , and she's no stranger to writing pop/folk songs that pack a pertinent message, either. This song was featured in last Thursday's post from Dewey's inspirational blog, "Truth Is..." (https://deweytruth.blogspot.com) and rightly so. Here's to making a fresh start each and every day!

Happy New Year's! Everyday!From FEEL FREE by Carolyn ArendsFind it on your favourite music platform: https://ffm.to/nyded.oydSubscribe to Carolyn's YouTube C...

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