Dion – The Wanderer
user About The Song “The Wanderer” is a song written by Ernie Maresca and originally recorded by Dion. The song, with a 12-bar blues-base verse and an eight-bar bridge, tells the…
Frank Sinatra – New York, New York
About The Song For many listeners, Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York” is an iconic blend of singer and song. It’s also one that’s taken newfound resonance in New York…
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 first No. 1 hit in the U.S. For…
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 was Jewish. His other songs include “Holly Jolly…
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 was simply credited as KC in many markets,…
Eagles – Desperado
About The Song “Desperado,” written by Glenn Frey and Don Henley, was one of the Eagles’ greatest hits and was the title track of their 1973 album. The ‘Desperado’ lyrics…
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 his imagination. Every day, he watches her walk…
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 Seattle socialite Susan Boeing and began playing clubs…
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 by Dean Martin who recorded and released his…
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 Bridge. There really is a Tallahatchie Bridge in…
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 Hot 100 chart. The uplifting song, that reminded…
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 Spy Who Loved Me. Unlike all previous Bond…
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 his second No. 1 song in the United…
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 deeply mean-spirited song about a girl. DiMucci co-wrote…
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 record production team of Kenny Gamble and Leon…
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 seventeenth studio album “Midnight Love”, which was released…
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 explaining. No, it’s not about a seductive woman…
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 the “Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll.” But the…
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 Richie. On November 12, 1983, “All Night Long…
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 legendary R&B group. The band had just left…