Buddy Holly & The Crickets – Oh, Boy!
About The Song When Holly and The Crickets recorded his version of the song, some of the lyrics and the title were changed. The song was now called “Oh, Boy!”…
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Eagles – Try and Love Again
About The Song “Try and love again” is one of the finest ballads produced by “Eagles”. This song is credited to Randy Meisner who had left after the release of…
Eagles – The Best of My Love
About The Song Glenn Frey never wanted to release “The Best of My Love” as a single. The Eagles had split with producer Glyn Johns in the midst of recording…
Eagles – One Of These Nights
About The Song “One of These Nights” is a quintessential Eagles song. Co-written by frontmen Glenn Frey and Don Henley, “One of These Nights” was released as the lead single…
Eagles – In The City
About The Song When Joe Walsh was living in Santa Barbara, California he was neighbors with musician Barry De Vorzon, who was putting together the score for a film centered…
Eagles – Peaceful Easy Feeling
About The Song Written by Jack Tempchin. Recorded by the Eagles. Released as a single on Asylum Records 12/1/72 “I was playing the coffee house circuit, folk music clubs, in…
Eagles – New Kid in Town
About The Song Way back yonder in 1976, the Eagles released the first single from their HOTEL CALIFORNIA album, but do you know the story of how that single came…
Eagles – Take It to the Limit
About The Song Randy Meisner penned several songs for the Eagles, but “Take It To The Limit” is arguably his best effort. The high note Meisner hits at the end…
Janis Joplin – Cry Baby
About The Song The track was originally performed by Garnett Mims and The Enchanters but only found notoriety when Joplin picked up the mic and added her own capsizing lungs…
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…
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Down On The Corner
About The Song “Down on the Corner” is a song by the American band Creedence Clearwater Revival. It appeared on their fourth studio album, Willy and the Poor Boys (1969).…
Foreigner – I Want To Know What Love Is
About The Song “I Want to Know What Love Is” is one of the most famous power ballad of the 20th century. Written by British-American rock band Foreigner and member…
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…
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…
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…