John Denver – Rocky Mountain High
user About The Song In 1972, John Denver released his album Rocky Mountain High, and it quickly became his first Top Ten album as it landed in No. 4. The album…
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The O’Jays – Love Train
About The Song Released in 1972, it reached No. 1 on both the R&B Singles and the Billboard Hot 100 in February and March 1973 respectively, and No. 9 on…
Olivia Newton-John – Hopelessly Devoted to You
About The Song “Hopelessly Devoted to You” is a song recorded by British-Australian singer, songwriter and actress Olivia Newton-John for Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1978). It…
Anne Murray – Just Another Woman In Love
About The Song In the fall of 1984 at the CMA Awards, Anne Murray won Single of the Year for “A Little Good News” and Album of the Year for…
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Free Bird
About The Song Guitarist Allen Collins came up with the music to “Free Bird” very early in the band’s songwriting process. But while everyone recognized the grace of the chord…
Eagles – Tequila Sunrise
About The Song Prior to Desperados, Don Henley and Glenn Frey had chosen not to write songs collaboratively, preferring to write in solitude and bring their contributions to the studio.…
Frank Sinatra – Fly Me To The Moon
About The Song This song was written by Bart Howard in 1954 as “In Other Words,” and it was introduced on the cabaret circuit by Felicia Saunders. Two years after…
John Denver – Sunshine on My Shoulders
About The Song John Denver was a unique singer/songwriter for a few reasons. For one, Denver was the second person in music history to have written two official state songs—West…
Eagles – Lyin’ Eyes
About The Song Don Henley and Glenn Frey got the title and idea for the song while they were hanging out one night at their favorite Los Angeles restaurant/bar Dan…
Juice Newton – Queen Of Hearts
About The Song “Queen of Hearts” was written by Hank DeVito, who was primarily known for his pedal steel guitar work for The Hot Band, Emmylou Harris’ backing group. The…
Anne Murray – I Just Fall in Love Again
About The Song Written by Steve Dorff, Harry Lloyd, Larry Herbstritt, and Gloria Sklerov, “I Just Fall in Love Again” tells the tale of a woman who found a man…
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama
About The Song “Sweet Home Alabama” is a song by American rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, released on the band’s second album Second Helping (1974). It was written in response to…
Skeeter Davis – The End Of The World
About The Song “The End of the World” is a pop music hit by Skeeter Davis that enjoyed international success in the 1960s. The record was released by RCA Records…
Ray Charles – Georgia On My Mind
About The Song Songwriter and bandleader Hoagy Carmichael wrote Georgia On My Mind in 1930, while he was living in New York. The story goes that he and his room-mate,…
Billy Preston – My Sweet Lord
About The Song “My Sweet Lord” is a song by English musician George Harrison, released in November 1970 on his triple album All Things Must Pass. It was also released…
The Penguins – Earth Angel
About The Song “Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)” is an American Doo Wop song, originally released by The Penguins in 1954 on the Dootone label (Dootone 348), as the…
Belinda Carlisle – Heaven Is a Place on Earth
About The Song It was written by the San Francisco songwriter Rick Nowels (who wrote and produced Stevie Nicks’ “I Can’t Wait”) and the New York-based Ellen Shipley. The initial…
The Five Satins – In The Still Of The Night
About The Song Arguably the greatest song in the history of doo-wop was written while its composer had a brief leave from the military and was recorded in the basement…
Wham! – Last Christmas
About The Song The song originated one Sunday in 1984 when George Michael and Andrew Ridgely were visiting Michael’s parents. Ridgely recalled to The Mail On Sunday in 2017: “We’d…
Doris Day – Que Sera Sera
About The Song Hollywood icon Doris Day starred in dozens of movies and released more than 600 songs in her lifetime. But the box office star, known for her singular…