Earth, Wind & Fire – September
user About The Song Do you remember the 21st night of September? These famous lyrics have probably rung through your ears before, that…
October 2023
Nat King Cole – Autumn Leaves
About The Song It’s a tale of two torch songs. The original, written in French as “Les Feuilles Mortes” (literally, “Dead Leaves”)…
Berlin – Take My Breath Away
About The Song “Take My Breath Away” is hardly the first soundtrack ballad to get to #1. But even so it feels…
Roy Orbison – You Got It
About The Song You Got It was the first collaboration between Jeff Lynne and Roy Orbison (and Tom Petty). It was written…
Diana Ross & Lionel Richie – Endless Love
About The Song – This track began as a request by Franco Zeffirelli to write an instrumental theme for a film. Lionel…
Dion – The Wanderer
About The Song “The Wanderer” is a song written by Ernie Maresca and originally recorded by Dion. The song, with a 12-bar…
Frank Sinatra – New York, New York
About The Song For many listeners, Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York” is an iconic blend of singer and song. It’s also…
Stand By Me by Ben E King
About The Song As is the case with all the great pop songs, you can identify Stand By Me by its opening…
Willie Nelson – Always On My Mind
About This Song The song “Always On My Mind” is not only considered a classic in country music but as well as…
Keith Whitley – When You Say Nothing at All
About The Song When Keith Whitley released his “L. A. To Miami” album, he could have kicked off his career with a…
Johnny Cash – I Walk the Line
About The Song In 1956, Johnny Cash’s “I Walk The Line” ranked atop the Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart – his first…
The Drifters – Under the Boardwalk
About The Song “Under the Boardwalk” is a pop song written by Kenny Young and Arthur Resnick and recorded by the Drifters…
Jerry Lee Lewis – Great Balls Of Fire
About The Song Released 65 years ago in 1957, the popular recording from Lewis and Sun Records was featured in the film,…
Bill Withers – Ain’t No Sunshine
About The Song At 32, Bill Withers, originally from rural Slab Fork, West Virginia, was something of a latecomer to a world…
Chuck Berry – Johnny B Goode
About The Song For one week in 1972 John Lennon and Yoko One were guest hosts of The Mike Douglas Show on…
Bee Gees – Massachusetts
About The Song Released in 1967, ‘Massachusetts’ became the first of the Bee Gees five No.1 songs in the UK, reached No.…
Elvis Presley – (Such An) Easy Question
About The Song “(Such An) Easy Question” was written by Otis Blackwell and Winfield Scott and recorded by Elvis Presley. It was…
Del Shannon – Runaway
About The Song Del Shannon Runaway Memories returns to the early years of rock-n-roll with the classic “Runaway” story. Few songs in…
Elvis Presley – Guadalajara
About The Song Guadalajara was written by Pépé Guizar and recorded by Elvis for his 1963 movie, Fun in Acapulco. The instrumental…
Ray Charles – Hit The Road Jack
About The Song Certain songs feel like they’ve always existed, to the point where it’s strange to imagine them as being new,…