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…
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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…
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…
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 Five Satins – In The Still Of The Night
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…
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…
Bill Haley & The Comets – Shake Rattle & Roll
About The Song “Shake, Rattle and Roll” is a song written in 1954 by Jesse Stone (usually credited as “Charles Calhoun“, his songwriting name) and first recorded that year by…