Six standout tunes heard this morning:
KDHX 88.1 FM
- You're No Good-Betty Everett (This is best known to most listeners as a strong Linda Ronstadt hit. Until I watched a documentary on Ronstadt's life, I'd forgotten that this was a cover song. It was good to be reminded in the documentary and on KDHX of Everett's 1963 rendition. Her vocals and the appropriately melancholy piano backing deserve their due.)
- Suspicious Minds-Dee Dee Warwick (Warwick's commendable vocals also deserve their due, as the majority of listeners probably don't know that she covered this Elvis Presley tune. Kudos to KDHX, also, for a good tie-in, as Warwick recorded "You're No Good" before Betty Everett.)
WSIE 88.7 FM
- Bossa Nova California-Lawson Rollins (An aptly titled breezy new guitar release with a '70s easy listening vibe.)
- Bee Bop Boogie-Hilton Felton (An infectious groove seemingly steeped in the mid '70s, although it was released in 1980. Felton shines on keyboard in one of the stronger blendings of jazz and funk I've heard.)
KCLC 89.1 FM
- Only The Lonely-The Motels (I never disliked this 1982 hit, but I appreciate it more now. Listen to how tastefully Martha Davis sings some of the better decade's better lyrics here. There's a level of taste and sensitivity in "Only The Lonely" and "Suddenly Last Summer" that makes those hits hold up better than certain other throwaway, best-left-in-their-era '80s hits.)
- Insensitive-Jann Arden (I hadn't heard this 1996 hit in a while. It holds up well as a way to acknowledge one's heartbreak.)
