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What A Day
For A Sono!

H

ave you ever had just "one
of those days"? If so, one
of the last things you were
concerned with was breaking into
song about it. Aha! See, that is what
separates us from the more musically
inclined who have been inspired by
different days of the week to compose
tunes about them.
Some interesting discoveries were
found on an Internet site called "A Phil
Brodie Band Info Page;" and for sharing
his findings, I thank Phil.
According to recent postings, the
most popular day to
have been included in
a song title was Sunday
with 119 titles. Then
came Saturday with 103,
Monday with 72, Friday
with 54, Tuesday with
48, Wednesday with 36
and Thursday with 33.
I suppose that there is
more leisure time on the
weekends for inspiration
Sy Manel
and for things to hap-
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pen, making Saturday
Assistan
and Sunday apparent

It was really by chance that

Sandy Benson came to learn about

(Johnny Cash).
Thursday gave inspiration through-
out the day as witnessed by "Thursday
Morning" (Giles Giles & Fripp),
"Thursday Afternoon" (Brian Eno) and
"Thursday Night" (Johnny Otis).
Friday seems to be the entree to a
sad weekend as seen in "Black Friday"
(Steely Dan) and "Friday Let Me Down"
(Hall & Oates).
Saturday really let the blues in as at
least seven groups produced songs titled
"Saturday Night."
One or two entries I found confusing.
For example, "On Sunday" by a group
called Til Tuesday and "Springtime on
Sunday" by a group called Wednesday.
Well, just remember that "On a Clear
Day You Can See Forever" and you may
wish to sing about it. Go right ahead. ❑

choices.
What were some of the entries? Well,
I knew you would ask, so I made some
notes.
Sunday seemed a rather unhappy
day based on "Sunday, Bloody Sunday"
(U2), "Gloomy Sunday" (Billie
Holiday) and "Another Park,
Another Sunday" (Doobie Bros.).
Monday had its ups and downs
as witnessed by "Fell in Love
on Monday" (Fats Domino)
and "Rainy Days and Mondays"
(Carpenters).
Tuesday had appeal in "Ruby
Tuesday" (Rolling Stones) and
"Love You Til Tuesday" (David
Bowie).
Wednesday ("Hump Day") gave
birth to "Waiting for Wednesday"
(Lisa Loeb) and "Wednesday Car"

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