The Five Satins – In The Still Of The Night
user 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…
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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 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…
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…
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,…
John Denver – Thank God I’m A Country Boy
About The Song It first appeared on Denver’s 1974 album Back Home Again, but it sadly failed to enter the charts. A few months later, a live version of his…
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…
The Seekers – When The Stars Begin to Fall
About The Song The Seekers were one of the most popular folk groups of the 1960s, and their song “When the Stars Begin to Fall” is one of their most…
Four Tops – When She Was My Girl
About The Song “When She Was My Girl” is a 1981 single released by American vocal group the Four Tops. The song, their first release off Casablanca Records, helped to…
Four Tops – Ain’t No Woman
About The Song “Ain’t No Woman (Like the One I’ve Got)” is a song written by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter, released as a single by the Four Tops on…
Four Tops – Reach Out (I’ll Be There)
About The Song Motown 1098 may not sound like a particularly significant catalog number, but the track it denoted remains one of the defining moments of the company’s collective brilliance.…
The Seekers – Turn, Turn, Turn
About The Song The Seekers performing ‘Turn, Turn, Turn’ is beautiful … the bright Australian sunlight, the cloudless skies, the dusty vineyards of Chateau Yaldara in South Australia’s Barossa Valley,…
The Seekers – Come The Day
About The Song Come the Day is the fifth studio album by Australian group the Seekers. The album was released in 1966. In North America, the album was titled Georgy…
The Monkees – Last Train To Clarksville
About The Song It was the summer of 1966, and pop music was about to change dramatically. A new prefabricated band was set to take over the hearts, minds and…
The Righteous Brothers – (You’re My) Soul And Inspiration
About The Song With soaring vocals and a symphonic arrangement, this song bears a strong resemblance to the Righteous Brothers’ breakout hit, “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’.” That song was…
Gordon Lightfoot – The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
About The Song “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” is a 1976 hit song written, composed and performed by the Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot to memorialize the sinking of the…
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…
Billy Joel – Just The Way You Are
About The Song “Just the Way You Are” is a song by Billy Joel from his fifth studio album The Stranger (1977), released as the album’s second single in early…