Category: M’s Track of the Day

By 1976 most pop had got too serious for me, but this could have come from the 60s. It was written and sung by the group’s bass player Peter Cetera … Continue readingChicago: If You Leave Me Now

I can’t find out who wrote this. It was released in 1965 as the follow-up to the group’s No 1 hit Concrete and Clay the same year. https://am-records.com/2021/09/09/unit-4-2-concrete-and-clay/ It got to No 14 in … Continue readingUnit 4 + 2: (You’ve) Never Been in Love Like This Before

This was the follow-up to 1-2-3, https://am-records.com/2021/07/16/len-barry-1-2-3/ composed by the same team of Barry, John Madara and David White and released in 1966. It wasn’t quite such a success, reaching No 10 in … Continue readingLen Barry: Like a Baby

This was written by group members Tommy Moeller and Brian Parker and released in February 1965. It topped the UK chart for one week in April 1965 and reached No … Continue readingUnit 4 + 2: Concrete and Clay

Another that is decades later than most of my choices, but I like it. It was released in 1988 (by the now defunct A&M Records) and reached No 3 in … Continue readingChris de Burgh: Missing You

I didn’t know before I looked it up that this was written by Pete Ham and Tom Evans of Badfinger. It was released on their 1970 album No Dice. It was pretty … Continue readingNilsson: Without You

In tribute to Don Everly, who has died at the age of 84: the end of the best pop duo of my lifetime. This is from their wonderful 1985 album Born … Continue readingEverly Brothers: Always Drive a Cadillac

This was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller for the 1957 Elvis Presley film Jailhouse Rock. Released as a single in September 1957, it topped the US and UK charts. … Continue readingElvis Presley: Jailhouse Rock

A Leiber and Stoller number written for the Coasters and released in 1957. It reached No 3 in the States. I don’t think it was released here. The Beatles performed … Continue readingThe Coasters: Searchin’