The Shadows 1961 – The Savage
It’s 1961, and the air is thick with the promise of a new, electric future. The Shadows, led by the…
Oldies Songs
Cliff Richard & The Shadows 1956 – Down The Line
The year is 1959. Outside, London is slicked with rain, still shaking off the grey conservatism of the post-war years.…
Diana Ross & The Supremes 1968 – In And Out Of Love
I remember the first time I truly heard this track, not as background noise from some classic radio loop, but…
Pat Boone 1957 – April Love
The American musical landscape of 1957 was a fault line. On one side, the seismic rumble of Elvis Presley and…
Jr Walker & Allstars 1965 – Shotgun
The needle drops. For a split second, you’re in a quiet, dark room, perhaps a small club just before the…
Helen Shapiro 1961 – You Don’t Know
It’s an image that sticks: the year is 1961. The air in Britain is fizzing with the shift from Rock…
Wilson Pickett 1965 – In The Midnight Hour
The song begins with an undeniable heat, a sonic fingerprint as distinct and permanent as any monument erected to American…
Roy Orbison 1963 – Blue Bayou
The air is thick, not with humidity, but with reverb. It’s the kind of sonic atmosphere that feels less like…
Amen Corner 1969 – Hello Susie
The year 1969 felt like a final, glorious rush for a certain breed of British pop band. The expansive, orchestral…
Keith West 1967 – Excerpt From A Teenage Opera
There is a precise moment in the cultural timeline of 1967 when British pop music stopped being about three chords…