Petula Clark 1965 – Downtown
The scene is London, October 1964. Outside, the city is shedding its post-war austerity, its streets beginning to hum with…
Oldies Songs
Arthur Conley 1968 – Sweet Soul Music
The first time it hits you, it’s not the voice, though that is formidable. It’s the sheer, uncompromising velocity. Arthur…
Len Barry 1966 – 1-2-3
The dial glows faintly in the dark, a sliver of light against the mahogany veneer of an old Zenith console.…
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers – Baby Baby
The first time you hear it, it hits you not with a thunderclap, but with the quiet, devastating precision of…
Chubby Checker – Pony Time
The air in 1961 was still vibrating from the cultural seismic event known as “The Twist.” Just months prior, Chubby…
The Dubs – Could this be Magic
The year is 1957. The neon of Broadway is a fresh slash of color against the humid, darkening air of…
The Cadillacs – Speedoo
The night was hot and wet, the kind of oppressive humidity that makes a needle stick a little harder in…
Bobby Vinton 1962 – Roses Are Red (My Love)
The year is 1962. The landscape of American popular music is a battleground of moods: the raw energy of rock…
The Four Seasons 1965 – Working My Way Back To You
The car radio, a dim orange glow cutting through the pre-dawn mist on the New Jersey Turnpike, was where I…
The Hollies 1969 – Mighty Quinn
The year is 1969. The air still thick with the residue of psychedelia and the first seismic shocks of the…