An infinite number of songs can each be THE greatest record ever made, as long as they take turns. I like that idea so much I'm writing a book about it. And I'm promoting that book with a weekly video series, discussing each of the book's chosen tracks one by one.
Aw man, I love The Spongetones. We're going to be featuring the music of The Spongetones' Steve Stoeckel this Sunday, 6/13/2021, as part of our playlist on This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio. SPOILER ALERT: we're including this very song on the show. Of course we are. It's the greatest record ever made! Listen to the song here, then witness my rant on its behalf:
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THIS WEEK'S VIDEO: The Spongetones, "(My Girl) Maryanne"
GREM! # 33: Merle Haggard, "Mama Tried"
GREM! # 32: The Monkees, "Porpoise Song (Theme From Head)
GREM! # 31: Translator, "Everywhere That I'm Not"
GREM! # 30: The Go-Go's, "We Got The Beat"
GREM! # 29: The Grateful Dead, "Uncle John's Band"
GREM! # 28: Sam Cooke, "Chain Gang"
GREM! # 27: The Wonders, "That Thing You Do!"
GREM! # 26: Johnny Nash, "I Can See Clearly Now"
GREM! # 25: Aretha Franklin, "Respect"
GREM! # 24: Pink Floyd, "Wish You Were Here"
GREM! # 23: The Carpenters, "Only Yesterday" and Material Issue, "Kim The Waitress"
GREM! # 22: The Beatles,"Yesterday"
GREM! # 21: The Bay City Rollers, "Rock And Roll Love Letter"
GREM! # 20: Buddy Holly, "Peggy Sue"/"Everyday"
GREM! # 19: The Monkees, "The Girl I Knew Somewhere"
GREM! # 18: Melanie with the Edwin Hawking Singers, "Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)"
GREM! # 17: The Romantics, "What I Like About You"
GREM! # 16: The Hollies, "I Can't Let Go"
GREM! # 14: Crazy Elephant, "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'"
GREM! # 13: Neil Diamond, "Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show"
GREM! # 12: Little Richard, "The Girl Can't Help It"
GREM! # 11: Eytan Mirsky, "This Year's Gonna Be Our Year"
GREM! # 10: The Monkees, "Riu Chiu"
GREM! # 9: Patti Smith, "Gloria"
GREM! # 8: Big Mama Thornton, "Hound Dog"
GREM! # 7: Elvis Presley, "Heartbreak Hotel"
GREM! # 6: The Sex Pistols,"God Save The Queen"
GREM! # 5: Dusty Springfield,"I Only Want To Be With You"
GREM! # 4: Chuck Berry, "Promised Land"
GREM! # 3: Baron Daemon and the Vampires, "The TransylvaniaTwist"
GREM! # 2: Badfinger, "Baby Blue"
GREM! # 1: The Ramones, "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?
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