The Drifters – There Goes My Baby
user About The Song This is the hit from the summer of 1959 which put the Drifters back on the charts after a long career slump, but it was with an…
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The Drifters – This Magic Moment
About The Song This Magic Moment was written by composer Mort Schuman and lyricist Doc Pomus. The song was assigned to The Drifters in early 1960. The lyrics are simple…
Scarborough Fair / Canticle by Simon & Garfunkel
About The Song Scarborough is a small town on the coast of England. The “Scarborough Fair” was a popular gathering in Medieval times, attracting traders and entertainers from all over…
Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
About The Song In Feb 1970, Simon and Garfunkel went to No.1 on the UK chart with “Bridge Over Troubled Water”. The album went on to stay on the chart…
Eagles – I Can’t Tell You Why
About The Song “I Can’t Tell You Why” is a song by the American rock band Eagles that appeared on their 1979 album The Long Run. It’s about a relationship…
Lionel Richie – Hello
About The Song Recorded at Ocean Way Studios in Los Angeles, this was the second #1 song from Richie’s second solo album after leaving the Commodores. Can’t Slow Down won…
The Mamas & The Papas – Dream A Little Dream Of Me
About The Song “Dream a Little Dream of Me” is a 1931 song with music by Fabian Andre and Wilbur Schwandt and lyrics by Gus Kahn. It was first recorded…
The Mamas & The Papas – Creeque Alley
About The Song Numerous autobiographical songs have been written since the dawn of rock, but few have told the story of a band’s formation as vividly and colorfully as The…
The Supremes – Where Did Our Love Go
About The Song This is one of a handful of records which changed everything for Motown. Although the Supremes had scored their Top 20 pop chart breakthrough the previous year…
The Supremes – Baby Love
About The Song “Baby Love” is a song by American music group the Supremes from their second studio album, Where Did Our Love Go. It was written and produced by…
The Supremes – You Can’t Hurry Love
About The Song The peerless Supremes racked up a remarkable tally of 12 No.1 American pop singles in just five years and four months, between 1964 and 1969. On September…
The Shirelles – Baby It’s You
About The Song “Baby It’s You” is a song written by Burt Bacharach (music), Luther Dixon (credited as Barney Williams), and Mack David (lyrics). It was recorded by the Shirelles…
The Shirelles – Mama Said
About The Song “Mama Said” is a blues and rhythm track by girl group The Shirelles released in April 1961, as a part of their album “The Shirelles Sing to…
Del Shannon – Hats Off To Larry
About The Song The story had us gripped from the very first lyric. “Once I had a pretty girl, her name it doesn’t matter,” sang the great Del Shannon on…
Four Tops – Ask the Lonely
About The Song The Four Tops had hits that were bigger than “Ask The Lonely,” but few that were better. The composition by Ivy Jo Hunter and William “Mickey” Stevenson…
The Four Tops – It’s The Same Old Song
About The Song On July 9, 1965, Motown released “It’s The Same Old Song” as the Four Tops’ follow-up to the pop and R&B No.1 “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar…
Kris Kristofferson – Help Me Make It Through The Night
About The Song The 1970s was the time provocative songs like ‘Help Me Make It Through The Night’ was unwelcome. Well, they were unwelcomed, but listeners secretly craved for it.…
Kris Kristofferson – Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down
About The Song Kris Kristofferson wrote this song while living in a run-down tenement in Nashville when he was working as a janitor for Columbia Records – a strange occupation…
Kris Kristofferson – For The Good Times
About The Song In an interview with the Nashville Tennessean, given while Ray’s record was breaking out, Kristofferson talked about the development of “For the Good Times” during his drive…
Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge – Please Don’t Tell Me How the Story Ends
About The Song Country singers Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge got married just hours after meeting in an airport lounge in Los Angeles in 1971. Their marriage lasted for only…