Donovan's Rockin' Song Stories

Now we take a big look inside one of the current bandleaders of Fleetwood Mac, Neil Finn and his 80s band Crowded House. Songs featured: Mean To Me, World Where You Live, Now We're Getting Somewhere, Something So Strong and their #2 hit Don't Dream It's Over.

Time to do the early 80s hits next for the Journey look back! Songs Featured: Don't Stop Believin', Who's Crying Now, Open Arms, Separate Ways (Worlds Apart), and Faithfully.

Time to bring to you all the big hits from Journey when original singer Gregg Rolie was in the band. Songs featured: Lights, Wheel In The Sky, Feeling That Way/Anytime, Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin', and Any Way You Want It.

Time to start our 80s tribute to the good old rock and roll country boy, John Mellencamp. Our songs featured are: Jack and Diane, Hurts So Good, Pink Houses, R.O.C.K in the USA, Crumblin' Down, and Small Town.

We go back to Alternative and check out the great 90s hits from Collective Soul. Songs featured: Shine, December, The World I Know, Heavy, and Run.

It's Grunge Time as we talk about the 1994 Stone Temple Pilots big hit album Purple. Songs Featured: Vasoline, Still Remains, Pretty Penny, Big Empty, and Interstate Love Song.

Let's go to Graceland, in Africa?? That continent is the theme of today's episode of Rockin' Song Stories as we talk about Graceland by Paul Simon. Songs Featured: The Boy In The Bubble, Under African Skies, Graceland, Diamonds on the Souls of her Shoes, and You Can Call Me Al.

For this new Genesis episode, we talk about the early pop hits of Genesis from 1978-1981 before their Invisible Touch album came out. Songs include: Follow You, Follow Me, Misunderstanding, Abacab, No Reply At All, and Turn It On Again.

Neil Diamond, New York City's finest pop rock singer in the 60s was known for creating many hits throughout his career. Today we talk about his big 60s hits which include: Cherry, Cherry, Solitary Man, Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon, Holly Holy, and the hit that Boston Red Sox fans love to sing, Sweet Caroline.

In my midnight confessions, when I tell all the world to come listen to our Grass Roots episode of the Rockin' Song Stories with yours truly, featuring the songs: I'd Wait A Million Years, Let's Live For Today, Temptation Eyes, Midnight Confessions, and Sooner or Later.

Let's play our next episode of Rockin' Song Stories and bring back out the Genesis drummer Phil Collins in his two big debut albums Face Value and Hello, I Must Be Going! Songs Featured: In The Air Tonight, I Missed Again, If Leaving Me Is Easy, You Can't Hurry Love and I Don't Care Anymore.

Let's get another look at a Led Zeppelin album, this time it's 1973's Houses of the Holy. Songs featured: D'yer Mak'er, The Crunge, Over The Hills And Far Away, The Song Remains The Same, and The Ocean.

Let's go new wave and dive into Cosmic Thing by the rock lobsters known as the B'52s! Songs featured: Cosmic Thing, Channel Z, Deadbeat Club, Roam and Love Shack.

It's time to talk about 1986 again, and we've got Peter Gabriel and his best selling hit album, So. Songs Featured: Red Rain, Sledgehammer, Don't Give Up (With Kate Bush), Big Time, and In Your Eyes.

Time to take a look closer into the African-American five-hit wonder from the late 80s and early 90s known to the world as Tracy Chapman. Songs Featured: Talkin' 'Bout A Revolution, Baby Can I Hold You, Crossroads, Fast Car and Give Me One Reason.

Time to go Arena style with Boston's debut 1976 album. Features the songs More Than A Feeling, Rock and Roll Band, Foreplay/Long Time, Smokin', and Peace of Mind.

Time for our first soundtrack album of the journey through Rock and Roll, We go to 1984 and meet the Purple Rain maestro, Prince and the Revolution. Songs Featured: When Doves Cry, I Would Die 4 U, Baby I'm A Star, Let's Go Crazy, and Purple Rain.

Time to talk about our next Michael Jackson album with caution as we go deeper into his 1991 album, Dangerous. Songs featured: Black or White, Jam, Heal The World, Who Is It and the song that would be the theme to the 1993 film Free Willy, Will You Be There.

Time to talk about the guitar man who has the same birthday as yours truly, Jimi Hendrix! For this one, we talk about his big hits from 1966-1968 in the albums Are You Experienced? and Electric Ladyland. Songs featured: Hey Joe, Fire, Foxy Lady, Voodoo Child (Slight Return), and All Along The Watchtower.

Rise and Shine! Cause our next episode is about 5 of Supertramp's biggest radio hits, Give A Little Bit and the 4 radio hits from their breakthrough hit album, Breakfast In America which feature The Logical Song, Breakfast In America, Take The Long Way Home, and Goodbye Stranger.

In this special episode, we talk about great classic Hollywood actors who made big hits in the Music business. Songs Featured: The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia (Vicki Lawrence), Rock On (David Essex), All I Need (Jack Wagner), Garden Party (Ricky Nelson), and Jessie's Girl (Rick Springfield).

Time for the second album tribute to Michael Jackson, this one is Martin Scorsese's video directed album, Bad. Songs Featured: Bad, Smooth Criminal, Dirty Diana, The Way You Make Me Feel, and Man in the Mirror.

Time to start our 2nd album tribute to the Greatest Rock Band of All Time, Led Zeppelin. This is the 4th album from 1971 with these featured songs: Black Dog, Rock and Roll, Going to California, When The Levee Breaks and Stairway To Heaven.

Time to go modern rock with the Viva la Vida Paradise guys, Coldplay. Today's episode is their 2002 big hit album A Rush of Blood to the Head. Songs featured: Clocks, Warning Sign, A Rush of Blood to the Head, The Scientist and In My Place.

Time for our 2nd episode pf the famed Prog-Rock band, Yes. This time we talk about their best hits from the later 1970s to 1991. Songs featured: And You and I, Close to the Edge, Wonderous Stories, Lift Me Up and Owner of a Lonely Heart.

Our first Led Zeppelin Tribute is here and we go take a closer look at their 2nd album from 1969. Songs featured: Whole Lotta Love, Heartbreaker/Livin' Lovin' Maid, Thank You, Ramble On and What Is And What Should Never Be.

Time now for the album that brought Genesis it's only #1 hit ever, Invisible Touch. Featured Songs: Invisible Touch, Tonight Tonight Tonight, Throwing It All Away, In Too Deep and Land of Confusion.

No, we aren't going live for this one, we are Throwing Copper for the band Live today. Songs Featured: I Alone, Selling The Drama, White Discussion, All Over You and Lightning Crashes.

Time to go for more lady rock, 90s style. This time it is Dolores O'Riordan and The Cranberries. Songs Featured: Dreams, Linger, RIdiculous Thoughts, Ode To My Family and Zombie.

Time to take a closer look into Dave Matthews Band's first #1 Album of a long streak of #1 albums called Before These Crowded Streets. Songs Featured: Pantala Naga Pampa/Rapunzel, Don't Drink The Water, Crush, The Stone, and Stay (Wasting Time).

Time for an episode talking about one of my childhood heroes growing up, Raffi. Here are 5 songs from him that made him famous, Down By The Bay, Day-O, Bananaphone, All I Really Need, and Baby Beluga.

Here is the next episode of our wild ride through the history of Classic Rock with The Stranger from Billy Joel. Songs Featured: She's Always A Woman, Movin' Out (Anthony's Song), Just The Way You Are, Scenes From An Italian Restaurant, and Only The Good Die Young.

I've got one Hand In My Pocket, and the other one is holding the microphone and talking about the next episode of Rockin' Song Stories featuring Alanis Morissette's 1995 album Jagged Little Pill. Songs featured: You Learn, Hand In My Pocket, All I Really Want, You Oughta Know, and Ironic.

Time for our first various artists episode, and in this one we get into the emotion and beautiful grace of Classic Rock with songs by Phil Collins, Genesis, Dave Matthews Band, Eric Clapton, and Chicago. Songs Featured: Entangled, If You Leave Me Now, Tears In Heaven, Steady As We Go and True Colors.

For this special episode of the Rockin' Stories, we look into two-hit wonders from the 70s and 80s that go by the names of Edwin Starr and Mr. Mister. Songs Featured: War, Twenty Five Miles, Kyrie, and Broken Wings.

You guys enjoyed the stories of Tom Johnston and Pat Simmons singing the Doobies, now it's time to hear the songs by The Michael McDonald Doobies. Songs Featured: Takin' It To The Streets, It Keeps You Runnin', What A Fool Believes, Minute By Minute, and Real Love.

Time to go into the early years of The Doobie Brothers when Tom Johnston and Pat Simmons were singing lead on the songs. Songs Featured: Jesus Is Just Alright, Listen To The Music, China Grove, Long Train Runnin', and Black Water.

Time to head to the 70s Soul with The Spinners from their Atlantic Records days in the 70s. Songs featured: I'll Be Around, Could It Be I'm Falling In Love, One Of A Kind Love Affair, Then Came You (With Dionne Warwick), Games People Play, and The Rubberband Man.

Time to hear our first set of stories from the King of Pop Michael Jackson as we get out our vicious and scary side in Thriller! Songs featured: Thriller, Wanna Be Startin' Somethin', Beat It, The Girl Is Mine (With Paul McCartney), and Billie Jean.

These songs from The Who were not released on their albums but they were oh so good! It's time for the episode about their lost singles album Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy. Songs Featured: I Can't Explain, Happy Jack, Substitute, The Seeker, and Magic Bus.

Don't Stop thinking about Song Stories! Because it's time to talk about the 1977 Legendary album from Fleetwood Mac known to you all as Rumours. Songs featured: Go Your Own Way, Dreams, The Chain, You Make Loving Fun, Gold Dust Woman and Don't Stop.

After All, Oasis is our Wonderwall. Oasis's 1995 smash album (What's The Story) Morning Glory will be our next album we'll talk about today. Featured Songs: Wonderwall, Morning Glory, Some Might Say, Don't Look Back in Anger and Champagne Supernova.

Time for another 2 album edition of Rockin' Stories by yours truly. It's time we board the Starship Trooper and talk about The Yes Album and Fragile from 1971 by the British Prog-Rock band Yes. Songs Featured: Starship Trooper, Yours Is No Disgrace, I've Seen All Good People, Long Distance Runaround, and Roundabout.

For this episode, we take a closer look at the stories behind the magic men of the 60's, The Lovin' Spoonful and their best hits from 1965 and 1966. Featuring the songs Do You Believe In Magic, Daydream, You Didn't Have To Be So Nice, Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind, and their only #1 hit, Summer In The City.

In this one, we take a closer look at the meanings behind the great songs of Radiohead. Featured Songs: Creep, Fake Plastic Trees, Paranoid Android, Karma Police, and No Surprises.

In Today's episode, we dig deep into the 80s and 90s blues with Chris Isaak. Featured songs: Can't Do A Thing, Somebody's Crying, Forever Blue, Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing, and Wicked Game.

Time to take a closer look into the 1984 album that became Bryan Adams' biggest album to date, Reckless. Songs featured: Summer of '69, Heaven, Somebody, It's Only Love, and Run To You.

Time to pick the cherries off the tree for the black horses as we look into the 2004 KT Tunstall album Eye To The Telescope. Featured songs: Black Horse and the Cherry Tree, Other Side of the World, Miniature Disasters, Another Place to Fall, and Suddenly I See.

Time to go into the dark, early days of Ozzy Osbourne with his 1970 album called Paranoid, with his band Black Sabbath. Songs Featured: Paranoid, N.I.B., The Wizard, War Pigs, and Iron Man.

Time to head for the teenage wasteland as we tell the stories of Who's Next, By The Who. Songs featured: Behind Blue Eyes, The Song Is Over, Baba O'Riley, Bargain, and Won't Get Fooled Again.