Music Greats We Lost in 2022 with Sheldon Zoldan, Part 1

Sheldon Zoldan, the researcher and writer behind Song of the Day since he debuted the project in 2020,  did  something different at the end of last year by turning his daily Song of the Day write-ups into a series of tributes. Throughout December 2022, Sheldon devoted his daily Songs to musical greats who died during the year.In this episode, Sheldon narrates 20 of those tributes. He reads the other 23 in Part 2.There's a musical interlude preceding each tribute. The song is "You and Me" by Mike Villegas, a multitalented musician and audio engineer who also did the final edits on this episode. "You and Me" is available on Spotify.Here are the artists, songwriters and producers we're covering in this episode:Marilyn Bergman, “The Way We Were”Ronnie Specter, the Ronettes, “Be My Baby” Meatloaf, “Bat Out of Hell” Betty Davis, “They Say I’m Different”Ian McDonald, King Crimson; Foreigner, “Court of the Crimson King”Gary Brooker, Procol Harum, “Whiter Shade of Pale”Tom Parker, the Wanted, “Glad You Came”C.W. McCall, “Convoy”Roland White, the Kentucky Colonels, “Ya’ll Come/Orange Blossom Special”Bobby Rydell, “Wild One”Judy Henske, “High-Flying Bird”Naomi Judd, the Judds, “Mama He’s Crazy”Mickey Gilley, “I Overlooked an Orchid”Vangelis, “Chariots of Fire”Taylor Hawkins, the Foo Fighters, “Cold Day in the Sun”Alan White, Yes, “Our Song”Ronnie Hawkins, “Mary Lou”Jim Seals, Seals and Crofts, “Summer Breeze”Julee Cruise, “Falling,” theme song of “Twin Peaks”Tom Springfield, the Springfields, “Island Sheldon emails the daily version of Song of the Day to an ever-growing list of music lovers. To receive it, email him at [email protected] with the subject line "Put me on the Song of the Day list."Many thanks to Tom Kijauskas and Mike Villegas for doing the audio edits and also to Mike for allowing us to use his music for the interludes; and, of course, to Sheldon for writing and narrating all these tributes! Please go to the chapters for links to YouTube videos of the featured songs.This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to The Gale Hill Radio Hour! The show is available in Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Also on Substack and YouTube;  Facebook, Instagram  and LinkedIn.