The Mamas & The Papas – Creeque Alley
user 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…
Kris Kristofferson – Why Me Lord
About The Song In 1973, Kris Kristofferson earned his lone major country hit as a solo recording artist when “Why Me Lord” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country…
Kris Kristofferson – Me And Bobby McGee
About The Song “Me and Bobby McGee” is one of Kris Kristofferson’s most famous and widely covered songs, with everyone from Janis Joplin to Pink putting their own spin on…
The Righteous Brothers – Rock and Roll Heaven
About The Song “Rock and Roll Heaven” is a song written by Alan O’Day and Johnny Stevenson, popularized by The Righteous Brothers. It is a paean to several deceased singers…
Kris Kristofferson – Loving Her Was Easier
About The Song Kris Kristofferson recorded one of the classic hits in the ’70s, “Lovin’ Her Was Easier, (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again).” Some people say that love is…
Eagles – Hotel California
About The Song “Hotel California” is one of the most iconic songs by the American rock band Eagles. It was released in 1977 as the title track of their album…
Roy Orbison – Crying
About The Song Orbison claimed to have written this as the result of an encounter he had with an old flame with whom he was still in love. He refused…
Roy Orbison – I Drove All Night
About The Song “I Drove All Night” is a song written and composed by American songwriters Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly and originally intended for Roy Orbison. Orbison recorded the…