Steppenwolf – Born To Be Wild
About The Song With the line “heavy metal thunder,” this became the first popular song to use the phrase “heavy metal,” which became a term for hard rock. William Burroughs…
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Creedence Clearwater Revival – Lookin’ Out My Back Door
About The Song “Lookin’ out My Back Door” is a song recorded by the American band Creedence Clearwater Revival. Written by the band’s lead singer, guitarist and songwriter John Fogerty,…
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising
About The Song ‘Bad Moon Rising’ is a song written by John Fogerty and performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival. It was the lead single from their album Green River and…
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fortunate Son
About The Song So many songs in the catalog of Creedence Clearwater Revival, and the songbook of John Fogerty, have continued to echo through the ages. But one that made…
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Who’ll Stop the Rain
About The Song John Fogerty wrote this song. The song has been dissected a lot and some say it was a protest of the Vietnam War like “Fortunate Son”. Fogerty…
The Four Tops – Baby I Need Your Loving
About The Song Few had heard of the Four Tops before this song was released in the summer of 1964, but the public quickly became acquainted. The quartet’s debut single…
Jim Croce – Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
About The Song “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown” is an uptempo, strophic story song written by American folk rock singer Jim Croce. Released as part of his 1973 album Life and…
The Four Tops – I Can’t Help My Self
About The Song “I Can’t Help Myself” is a 1965 song recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown’s main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, “I…
Jim Croce – Time in a bottle
About The Song “Time in a Bottle” is a song by singer-songwriter Jim Croce. Jim Croce wrote this reflective song the night that he found out his wife, Ingrid, was…
The Animals – House Of The Rising Sun
About The Song Historians have not been able to definitively identify The House Of The Rising Sun, but here are the two most popular theories: 1) The song is about…
Eagles – Take It Easy
About The Song The Eagles embody the charm of southern California folk-rock. That was evident right from the start with the band’s first single “Take It Easy,” also the opener…
Simon & Garfunkel – Scarborough Fair / Canticle
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…
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…
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…
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.…