Eagles – Desperado
user About The Song “Desperado,” written by Glenn Frey and Don Henley, was one of the Eagles’ greatest hits and was the title…
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Dion – Runaround Sue
About The Song In 1961, Dion DiMucci, the prototypical doo-wop star, topped the charts with “Runaround Sue,” an extremely fun but also…
Tina Turner – What’s Love Got To Do With It
About The Song When Tina Turner passed away on Wednesday after a half-century career full of legendary anthems, many remembered her as…
Fats Domino – Ain’t That A Shame
About The Song This is a heartache song about a breakup that was the other partner’s fault. Domino wrote it with Dave…
REO Speedwagon – Can’t Fight This Feeling
About The Song “Can’t Fight This Feeling” is a power ballad performed by the American rock band REO Speedwagon. The song first…
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Have You Ever Seen The Rain
About The Song In 1971, American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival released the iconic rock anthem “Have You Ever Seen The Rain.”…
The Turtles – Happy Together
About The Song In the ’60s the musical tastes of the younger generations was changing the entire music industry. Beginning in the…
Chicago – Hard To Say I’m Sorry
About The Song The band’s lead singer, Peter Cetera and Foster got together an wrote Hard To Say I’m Sorry, a song…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
Bill Haley & His Comets – Rock Around The Clock
About The Song On April 12, 1954— Bill Haley and His Comets recorded “(We’re Gonna) Rock Around The Clock.” If rock and…
Elvis Presley – Bossa Nova Baby
About The Song Bossa Nova Baby was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and recorded by Tippy and The Clovers (Tiger…
Elvis Presley – Green, Green Grass of Home
About The Song This classic country song was written by Claude (Curly) Putnam, Jr. in 1965 and first recorded by Porter Wagoner…
Elvis Presley – Such a Night
About The Song “Suspicious Minds,” “Hound Dog,” “Blue Suede Shoes,” and numerous other Elvis songs were first recorded by other artists. “Such…