Gordon Lightfoot – If You Could Read My Mind
About The Song The heartfelt song stormed to the top of the charts in 1971, earning Lightfoot a gold record and his…
Brenda Lee – Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree
About The Song This holiday classic about a yuletide dance party was written by Johnny Marks, a very prolific Christmas songwriter who…
KC & The Sunshine Band – Give It Up
About The Song “Give It Up” is a song by American disco and funk band KC and the Sunshine Band, although it…
Eagles – Desperado
About The Song “Desperado,” written by Glenn Frey and Don Henley, was one of the Eagles’ greatest hits and was the title…
The Temptations – Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)
About The Song The song is about a guy who is madly in love with a girl, but they’re only together in…
Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
About The Song – George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam wrote this song. They met when they both performed at the wedding of…
Dean Martin – Everybody Loves Somebody
About The Song “Everybody Loves Somebody” is a song written in 1947 by Irving Taylor and pianist Ken Lane, and made famous…
Bobbie Gentry – Ode to Billy Joe
About The Song This song tells the story of the fictional Billie Joe McAllister, who kills himself by jumping off the Tallahatchie…
Dionne Warwick – That’s What Friends Are For
About The Song On January 18, 1986, “That’s What Friends Are For” by Dionne & Friends hit No. 1 on the Billboard…
Carly Simon – Nobody Does It Better
About The Song Marvin Hamlisch and Carole Bayer Sager wrote this song, which was the theme for the James Bond movie The…
John Denver – Annie’s Song
About The Song “Annie’s Song” was released as a single from John Denver’s album Back Home Again. It went on to become…
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…
Lou Rawls – You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
About The Song Sometimes we don’t know what we’ve got until it’s gone. The song was written by the Philadelphia songwriting and…
Marvin Gaye – Sexual Healing
About The Song “Sexual Healing” is one of American singer Marvin Gaye’s most infamous tracks. Released as the second track on his…
Neil Diamond – Cracklin’ Rosie
About The Song Of all the classic songs he’s written, “Cracklin’ Rosie” may be the one Neil Diamond’s spent the most time…
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…
Lionel Richie – All Night Long
About The Song “Well my friends, the time has come…” to commemorate a very recognizable lyric and a chart anniversary for Lionel…
Gladys Knight and the Pips – Midnight Train to Georgia
About The Song “Midnight Train to Georgia” later arrived into Gladys Knights’ hands when Weatherly’s publisher passed the song along to the…
Lionel Richie – Say You, Say Me
About The Song At the end of November 1985, Phil Collins climbed to the pole position on the Billboard Hot 100 with…
Gladys Knight and the Pips – Neither One Of Us
About The Song “Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)” is a song recorded by Gladys Knight…