Happy St. Patrick’s Day! We’re celebrating the day with jaunty ’70s music as is traditional here at Cherry Stereo. With the spirit of the holiday in mind we now bring you Belfast, Ireland’s punk rock rabble rousers Stiff Little Fingers. … Continue reading →
Happy New Year’s Eve everyone! I hope you have a wonderful 2018! To celebrate the closing of one year and the opening of the next – here’s George Harrison with “Ding Dong, Ding Dong.” “Ding Dong, Ding Dong” released in … Continue reading →
A very merry Christmas to everyone celebrating today! We’re taking things nice and easy on this fine Monday – so let’s roll into some holiday music. Here’s the The Kinks with their 1977 single “Father Christmas.” Cheers! The Kinks: ‘Father … Continue reading →
Happy holidays, everyone! Let’s liven up the place with our buddy, Johnny Cash. Here’s Johnny singing “Christmas Time’s A-Comin’” from his 1977 Christmas Special. It’s short and sweet and goes down a treat. Tap yer feet! Johnny Cash: ‘Christmas Time’s … Continue reading →
JACKSON 5, CHRISTMAS ALBUM For some reason I’ve been on a real teen-pop kick this holiday season. Sia’s fine new Christmas record has led me to revisit Hilary Duff’s excellent debut Santa Claus Lane, while Cheap Trick’s amazing 2017 holiday … Continue reading →
Elton John hopped into London’s Morgan Studios in November of 1973 and quickly recorded a single entitled “Step Into Christmas.” This non-LP holiday song grabbed the #1 spot on Billboard‘s Christmas Singles chart and hit #24 on the UK charts. … Continue reading →
“14 classic Christmas songs on one record.” Two more (and the last of the) rare commercials for you featuring Goodyear’s Christmas compilation albums that were available for sale in the early Seventies. The first spot, from November 1973, is hosted … Continue reading →
“14 Christmas classics by outstanding artists of our time.” Today and tomorrow we’ve got some rare commercials for you featuring Goodyear’s Christmas compilation albums that were available for sale at their stores in the early Seventies. The first spot from … Continue reading →
PK AND THE SOUND EXPLOSION, CHRISTMAS DISCO (1977); MISTLETOE DISCO BAND, CHRISTMAS DISCO (1978); MIRROR IMAGE, YULETIDE DISCO (1979) The ’70s kind of sucked for Christmas albums. Though there were a lot of great holiday singles released over the decade, … Continue reading →
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Continuing our holiday tradition here at Cherry Stereo, we’re playing a clip from an Irish artist. Here’s Ireland’s incredible guitarist, Rory Gallagher, to help us celebrate the day. Watch as Rory and his band (Gerry McAvoy … Continue reading →