MacDonald's Girl: Songs About Fast Food

MacDonald's Girl:
Songs About Fast Food

 It's cloudy and cold today at the Mighty 88. High of 27. Could see a couple of inches of snow today and tonight. We are coming off an artic blast. Temperatures have been in the single digits since Saturday. Today is actually quite balmy.

A big day in rock n roll history, "I Want To Hold Your Hand" by The Beatles entered the Billboard charts on this day in 1964. A young Bruce Springsteen was so ecstatic the first time he heard it on the radio he ran out into the cold to the nearest phone booth to rave about it to his girlfriend. (The Springsteen's did not own a telephone.) The song would eventually hit #1 their first of seventy-two singles that would chart in the U.S.

Bobby Goldsboro was born on this day in 1941. He recorded a number of very weird pop tunes ("Honey", "Watching Scotty Grow", "Broomstick Cowboy"

 "See The Funny Little Clown") and one great one, "Little Things".  He even had his own TV show. It seems like eveyone had their own TV show in the seventies. Check out the video above and see Bobby lip sync.

Today on The Mighty 88 we will be playing tunes about fast food courtesy of Commander Cody, The Blenders, Wesley Willis, Norman Greenbaum and more. Grab a Big Mac and take a listen HERE.

Have a nice day & stay warm.

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January 18, 2024