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…
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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.…
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…
Bill Withers – Just The Two Of Us
About The Song When is a duet not a duet? When one of the key individuals is a vocalist and the other is a sax player. And yet both individuals…
The Ronettes – Walking In The Rain
About The Song “Walking in the Rain” is a song written by Barry Mann, Phil Spector, and Cynthia Weil. It was originally recorded by the girl group the Ronettes in…
Simon & Garfunkel – The Boxer
About The Song “The Boxer” is a song by Simon and Garfunkel from their fifth studio album “Bridge over Troubled Water” in 1970. Additionally, it was produced by the duo…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…