The Drifters – Come On Over To My Place
The first time you truly hear “Come On Over To My Place,” it’s usually late. Maybe you’re the driver on…
Oldies Songs
Nancy Sinatra 1966 – These Boots Are Made For Walking
The moment the music starts, the world contracts to a single, deep, defiant sound. It’s the sound of a large…
Judy Collins & Pete Seeger 1966 – Turn! Turn! Turn!
The air in the room is thin. You can almost feel the lack of a large audience, the absence of…
Ike & Tina Turner 1966 – River Deep Mountain High
It is a record that begins not with a whisper, but with the ominous, almost martial rumble of a timpani,…
Gene Pitney 1966 – Nobody Needs Your Love
The year 1966 was a seismic shift. The world felt the tremor of Revolver and Pet Sounds, the new sound…
Helen Shapiro 1966 – It Might As Well Rain Until September
The air in the café was thick and grey that afternoon, the kind of weather that felt less like a…
Cat Stevens 1966 – Matthew And Son
The year is 1966. London is humming, caught between the tail-end of Mod’s sharp lines and the coming psychedelic swirl.…
The Kinks 1965 – Set Me Free
I remember standing in the record shop aisle, the vinyl almost radiating a low, nostalgic heat under the fluorescents. It…
Cream 1967 – I Feel Free
It’s late, the city is quiet, and the only light comes from the glow of the turntable. The needle drops.…
The Move 1969 – Blackberry Way
The scene is set not in some sun-drenched, technicolor fantasia of the late sixties, but in a relentless, grey downpour.…