Simon & Garfunkel – The Boxer
user About The Song “The Boxer” is a song by Simon and Garfunkel from their fifth studio album “Bridge over Troubled Water” in 1970. Additionally, it was produced by the duo…
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John Denver – Calypso
About The Song “Calypso” is a song written by John Denver in 1975 as a tribute to Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his research ship, the Calypso. It was featured on Denver’s…
Everly Brothers – Wake Up Little Susie
About The Song “Wake Up Little Susie” is a popular song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant and published in 1957. The song is best known in a recording by…
John Denver – This Old Guitar
About The Song John Denver wrote this song about a 1910 Gibson “F-hole” acoustic jazz guitar his grandmother gave him when he was 12 years old. This was the same…
John Denver – I’m Sorry
About The Song “I’m Sorry” by John Denver reinforces the way artists should view relationships with their significant others but also challenges the way artists should express that. This is…
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Lookin’ Out My Back Door
About The Song “Lookin’ out My Back Door” is a song recorded by the American band Creedence Clearwater Revival. Written by the band’s lead singer, guitarist and songwriter John Fogerty,…
Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run
About The Song Born to Run was the album that took Bruce Springsteen from critics’ darling to rock stardom. We’re looking at the stories behind each of the record’s songs…
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising
About The Song ‘Bad Moon Rising’ is a song written by John Fogerty and performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival. It was the lead single from their album Green River and…
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fortunate Son
About The Song So many songs in the catalog of Creedence Clearwater Revival, and the songbook of John Fogerty, have continued to echo through the ages. But one that made…
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Who’ll Stop the Rain
About The Song John Fogerty wrote this song. The song has been dissected a lot and some say it was a protest of the Vietnam War like “Fortunate Son”. Fogerty…
The Righteous Brothers – Unchained Melody
About The Song Thanks to Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, and a pottery wheel, a quarter-century old classic was re-introduced to the hearts of radio listeners and record buyers in 1990.…
Carpenters – (They Long to Be) Close to You
About The Song Richard and Karen Carpenter had a spectacular 1970. It started slowly, with their interpretation of The Beatles’ “Ticket To Ride” stalling at No.54 in the US. But…
The Four Tops – Baby I Need Your Loving
About The Song Few had heard of the Four Tops before this song was released in the summer of 1964, but the public quickly became acquainted. The quartet’s debut single…
Jim Croce – Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
About The Song “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown” is an uptempo, strophic story song written by American folk rock singer Jim Croce. Released as part of his 1973 album Life and…
The Four Tops – I Can’t Help My Self
About The Song “I Can’t Help Myself” is a 1965 song recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown’s main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, “I…
Jim Croce – Time in a bottle
About The Song “Time in a Bottle” is a song by singer-songwriter Jim Croce. Jim Croce wrote this reflective song the night that he found out his wife, Ingrid, was…
Nat King Cole – L-O-V-E
About The Song Mutual love and respect for jazz music is the common thread that brought “L-O-V-E” writers, Bert Kaempfert and Milt Gabler, together across oceans. Kaempfert has international origins,…
The Animals – House Of The Rising Sun
About The Song Historians have not been able to definitively identify The House Of The Rising Sun, but here are the two most popular theories: 1) The song is about…
Eagles – Take It Easy
About The Song The Eagles embody the charm of southern California folk-rock. That was evident right from the start with the band’s first single “Take It Easy,” also the opener…
Shelley Fabares – Johnny Angel
About The Song “Johnny Angel” is a song written and composed by Lyn Duddy and Lee Pockriss. It first became a popular hit single when it was recorded by Shelley…