After a brief hiatus, the Radio Faux Show is back in business. 2024 started with some changes to the show, and that focus on new music by female artists will probably continue. Some of the annual faux show themes will also pop up during the year. In the meantime, I’ve decided to start a new show theme that gets right at the core of why I started making these shows over three years ago. I am a music geek who loves to learn about new music. The Radio Faux Show began as a way to focus that love of musical learning into a blog and playlist that anyone interested in learning about music could enjoy. Whether or not I am writing a post about music, I am always investigating and learning about new artists and songs. Some may find the following statement ridiculous, but I try to find time every day to listen to an album or artist that I don’t know. Beginning with this post, I am going to present a Song of the Day. This song may be old or new, as long as it is something that I don’t know. I plan to provide a link to the song, some information about the song or artist, and an ever-expanding playlist that includes each song I select.
Some may think that a project like this should start with some grand opening, but I’m just going to start with an artist and song that I just discovered. I hope you enjoy and continue to come back to see what song will be next.
Barbara Lynn: Nice and Easy
Barbara Lynn is a one-hit wonder who peaked at #8 on the Billboard charts on July 14, 1962 with “You’ll Lose a Good Thing.” That song was also a #1 R&B hit – her first of seven R&B hits from 1962 to 1971. Most of her material during the ’60s was focused on the style of that hit, but Lynn was different than most female artists of her time. She wrote her own songs and was an extremely talented guitarist. She never found the success of many of her contemporary male hitmakers, but she has enjoyed a career that lasted well into the 21st century. The National Endowment for the Arts awarded her a National Heritage Fellowship, the greatest honor one can receive in the folk arts, in 2018.
To learn more about Barbara Lynn, check out her NEA entry.
To listen to all of the songs of the day, check out the Radio Faux Show Song of the Day playlist.
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