Neil Diamond – Longfellow Serenade
About The Song Longfellow Serenade is a notable 1974 hit released by Neil Diamond, a prolific American songwriter who sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making him one of…
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Neil Diamond – Solitary Man
About The Song Recorded in late January 1966 and initially released on Bang Records in April 1966, “Solitary Man” was Diamond’s debut single as a recording artist, having already had…
Neil Diamond – Song Sung Blue
About The Song It’s a peculiar gift: To sing about sadness without sounding the slightest bit sad. The first time Neil Diamond got to #1, he did it with the…
Neil Diamond – Forever In Blue Jeans
About The Song “Forever in Blue Jeans” is a song by Neil Diamond which he co-wrote with his guitarist Richard Bennett. The up-tempo track was released as a single by…
Neil Diamond – I Am… I Said
About The Song In 1970, Neil Diamond auditioned to play the lead role in a film about the comic Lenny Bruce. He didn’t get the part, but he did come…
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…
Neil Diamond – Sweet Caroline
About The Song To fans across the world, it is one of the emblematic songs of the 60s, a rousing, catchy love song to a girl known simply as Sweet…
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…
The Shirelles – Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
About The Song The Shirelles were an African-American girl group who formed while they attended high school in Passaic, New Jersey. For a school talent show they performed a doo-wop…
Carly Simon – Let The River Run
About The Song “Let the River Run” is a song written, composed, and performed by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, and the theme to the 1988 Mike Nichols film Working Girl.…
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…
Carly Simon – You’re So Vain
About The Song “You’re So Vain” is a song written and performed by American singer and songwriter Carly Simon and released in November 1972. It is one of the songs…
Ray Charles – Hit The Road Jack
About The Song Certain songs feel like they’ve always existed, to the point where it’s strange to imagine them as being new, as being songs that people would hear on…
Ray Charles – Georgia On My Mind
About The Song Songwriter and bandleader Hoagy Carmichael wrote Georgia On My Mind in 1930, while he was living in New York. The story goes that he and his room-mate,…
Willie Nelson – Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
About The Song Willie Nelson’s Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain is one of his hallmark covers which landed him back to where he could walk his path as a…
Willie Nelson – Always On My Mind
About This Song The song “Always On My Mind” is not only considered a classic in country music but as well as in the entire music industry. Over time, countless…
Willie Nelson & Ray Charles – Seven Spanish Angels
About The Song Willie Nelson’s Seven Spanish Angels is a duet song with American musician Ray Charles. The song was penned by Troy Seals and Eddie Setser and was originally…
The Doors – Light My Fire
About The Song Recorded for their debut album, The Doors, released on Jac Holzman’s hip Elektra label, “Light My Fire”cast a malign shadow over the Summer of Love. It was…
The Doors – Riders On The Storm
About The Song We’re taking you back to 1971 and the iconic hit from The Doors, ‘Riders on the Storm’, as we continue our weekly feature The Story Behind The…