Monday Music: Rocky Mountain High (John Denver)

Fifty years ago yesterday (October 30, 1972) John Denver's Rocky Mountain High was released.

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Monday Music: Abraham, Martin, and John (Dion)

 Here's Dion performing his 1968 hit live on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour back in the day.

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Monday Music: Morning Has Broken

In 1971, Cat Stevens awakened the public to a beautiful hymn from The Presbyterian Hymnal. The hymn, first published in 1931, was written by Eleanor Farjeon and set to the Scottish Gaelic tune, "Bunessan." Stevens made the song popular, though he erroneously pronounced "re-creation" as "recreation." An understandable mistake since hymnals typically will hyphenate words to fit the notes. One could see it and not realize that it is the actual hyphenated word, re-creation. Nevertheless, it is still a timelessly beautiful song.

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Monday Music: Catch the Wind (Donovan)

Donovan hit the music scene in the 1960s with a distinctive style that was a blend of folk, pop, and psychedelic. He was sometimes seen as a British imitation of Bob Dylan, but he had the style and the talent to make his own mark in the world of music. Donovan's hits in the UK in 1964 & 1965 were "Catch the Wind," "Colours," and "Universal Soldier," while in the US his hits during that time included "Sunshine Superman," and "Mellow Yellow."

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