DEF: Bar-Kays “Today Is the Day”
Of Memphis-based group the Bar-Kays‘ ten appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, three came in the 1980s. On this date in 1980, the second of that trio of songs, “Today Is the Day,” rose to a peak position of number 60. Today, “Today Is the Day” by the Bar-Kays is the Daily Eighties Flashback.