The Platters – Twilight Time
About The Song “Twilight Time” is a song with lyrics by songwriter Buck Ram (the seminal force behind The Platters, who were…
The McCoys – Hang On Sloopy
About The Song “Hang On Sloopy” was a No. 1 hit record for The McCoys in 1965. Who? “They were really a…
Carly Simon – You’re So Vain
About The Song “You’re So Vain” is a song written and performed by American singer and songwriter Carly Simon and released in…
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…
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons – Big Girls Don’t Cry
About The Song In October 1962, the brilliantly inventive, vocal-based Big Girls Don’t Cry followed the group’s blistering hit single Sherry –…
Willie Nelson – Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
About The Song Willie Nelson’s Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain is one of his hallmark covers which landed him back to…
Albert Hammond – It Never Rains in Southern California
About The Song The sweet and soft sounds of Albert Hammond in this live “It Never Rains In California” performance sure will…
Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons – Walk Like A Man
About The Song The Four Seasons’ two previous monster hits, “Sherry” and “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” had used that falsetto as a…
Chubby Checker – The Twist
About The Song Ernest Evans, known famously as Chubby Checker, was an American singer who signed with Cameo-Parkway Records in 1959. Releasing…
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons – December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)
About The Song Released, fittingly, on 1 December 1975, December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night) marked a distinct shift in styles for…
Billy Joel – Piano Man
About The Song This is the first song and title track to Joel’s breakthrough album, which he released after signing with Columbia…
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…
Earth, Wind & Fire – September
About The Song Do you remember the 21st night of September? These famous lyrics have probably rung through your ears before, that…
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…
Neil Diamond – Sweet Caroline
About The Song To fans across the world, it is one of the emblematic songs of the 60s, a rousing, catchy love…
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…