Seventh Son by Johnny Rivers

From Wikipedia: Johnny Rivers recorded his version of “the Seventh Son” live at the Whisky a Go Go in Hollywood, California and released it on Meanwhile Back at the Whisky à Go Go in 1965 and released it as a single. Written by Willie Dixon.

Corcovado by Marvin Gaye

This is one of my favorite songs (known in English as “Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars”), by one of my favorite artists (Marvin!), by one of my favorite songwriters (Antonio Carlos Jobim), and my favorite musical genre (bossa nova!).

Classical Gas by Mason Williams

SONG OF THE DAY “Classical Gas” by Mason Williams (The Mason Williams Phonograph Record, Warner Bros. Records, 1968). Written by Mason Williams. WHERE I HEARD IT The new William Burrough’s documentary on PBS talks about how this song was written during Jack Kerouac’s cross-country tour that became his famous book, On The Road. VIDEO OF …

Everybody Knows by Leonard Cohen + Covers

Concrete Blonde: As “Alle vet jo det”, by Kari Bremnes, on Cohen på norsk (Cohen in Norwegian, 1993) Don Henley, on Actual Miles: Henley’s Greatest Hits (1995) and the tribute album Tower of Song (1995) Washington Squares, on From Greenwich Village: The Complete Washington Squares (1997) Dayna Kurtz, on her album Beautiful Yesterday (2004) Rufus …