The Mamas & The Papas – Monday Monday
user About The Song Writing a hit record is like catching lightning in a bottle, and sometimes, you don’t know that you caught…
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Bobby Darin – If I Were A Carpenter
About The Song “If I Were a Carpenter” is a folk song written by Tim Hardin in the 1960s, and re-recorded with…
Bobby Darin – Splish Splash
About The Song “Splish Splash” is a 1958 novelty rock song performed and co-written by Bobby Darin. This song was written quickly,…
The Mamas & The Papas – Dedicated To The One I Love
About The Song “Dedicated To The One I Love” is a song written by Lowman Pauling and Ralph Bass. Pauling was the…
Bobby Darin – Beyond the Sea
About The Song “Beyond the Sea” is a 1946 contemporary pop song with music taken from the song “La Mer” by Charles…
Barbra Streisand – The Way We Were
About The Song On February 2, 1974, a sweet, soft ballad by a 31-year-old Barbra Streisand knocks Beatle Ringo Starr down a…
Jimmy Buffett – Come Monday
About The Song When Jimmy Buffett got that Monday morning feeling in 1974, he couldn’t have been happier. The Mississippi troubadour was…
Earl Thomas Conley – Holding Her and Loving You
About The Song In 1975 when Earl Thomas Conley and his future record producer Nelson Larkin still lived in Huntsville, Alabama, they…
Buddy Holly – Crying, Waiting, Hoping
About The Song “Crying, Waiting, Hoping” is a song written by Buddy Holly. It was released in 1959 as the B-side to…
Buddy Holly – It Doesn’t Matter Anymore
About The Song Written for Buddy Holly by his friend Paul Anka, It Doesn’t Matter Anymore would give the Lubbock-born singer a…
Buddy Holly – Everyday
About The Song ‘Everyday’ first released in 1957, is our special tribute to Buddy Holly who sadly lost his life in a…
Donna Fargo – The Happiest Girl In the Whole USA
About The Song “The Happiest Girl In The Whole U.S.A.” was a huge hit song for Donna Fargo. The story behind this…
Lee Greenwood – God Bless the USA
About The Song Lee Greenwood actually wrote his signature song “God Bless the USA” one night in the back of his tour…
Buddy Holly – Not Fade Away
About The Song “Not Fade Away” was first recorded by Holly and his band The Crickets in Clovis, New Mexico, in May…
Buddy Holly – True Love Ways
About The Song “True Love Ways” is a song attributed to Norman Petty and Buddy Holly. Buddy Holly’s original was recorded with…
Buddy Holly & The Crickets – Peggy Sue
About The Song In 1957, after Buddy Holly and the Crickets hit number one in America and the UK with “That’ll Be…
Buddy Holly & The Crickets – Oh, Boy!
About The Song When Holly and The Crickets recorded his version of the song, some of the lyrics and the title were…
Buddy Holly & The Crickets – That’ll Be The Day
About The Song Some records are destined to outlive their creators. Buddy Holly’s 1956 single ‘That’ll Be The Day’ is one such…
The Everly Brothers – When Will I Be Loved
About The Song When Will I Be Loved was a song written by Phil Everly. He wrote this in his car, parked…
Billy Joel – New York State Of Mind
About The Song New York City has a charm all its own. Legendary singer-songwriter Billy Joel had been living in Los Angeles…