Herman’s Hermits – Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter
The room is too quiet, the air thick with the faint scent of vacuum tubes warming up. It’s late, maybe…
Oldies Songs
Middle of the Road – Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
The year is 1971. Pink Floyd’s Meddle is in the ether. Led Zeppelin has just released their fourth, untitled album.…
Red Sovine – Phantom 309
The year is 1967. The air is thick with the buzz of the Summer of Love, psychedelic explorations, and a…
Gilbert O’Sullivan – Alone Again
The air hangs heavy in the café, thick with the scent of stale coffee and damp autumn wool. It is…
The Statler Brothers – Bed Of Roses
The old console stereo in the corner was a magnificent piece of mid-century furniture. It was the hub of our…
Shocking Blue – Venus
The sound hits like a sudden, bright flash in the rearview mirror. It’s that guitar riff—three notes, a quick silence,…
The McGuire Sisters – “May You Always” (1959)
The year is 1959. Rock and Roll had already crashed the gates, but in the polished, chandelier-lit ballrooms of popular…
JOHNNY RIVERS – Secret Agent Man
The air in the room is thick with smoke, cheap cologne, and a low hum of anticipatory tension. It’s 1966.…
To Sir With Love – Lulu
The smell of old velvet seats and stale popcorn lingers faintly in the memory, inextricably linked to certain pieces of…
Marie Osmond & Andy Gibb – ‘Just Once
It’s a memory-scene opener that lives not in a café, but in the shimmering, almost hyper-real glow of a 1982…