The Beatles 1964 – I Should Have Known Better
The needle drops, and before the drums or the rush of the first electric chord, there is the sound of…
Oldies Songs
Cat Stevens 1970 – Lady d’Arbanville
It is a curious thing, the way certain records demand to be heard at night. Not just as background, but…
Connie Francis 1961 – Someone Else’s Boy
The year is 1961. The airwaves are a crowded, glittering landscape of teen idols, emergent girl groups, and the last…
Bread 1972 – Baby I’m A Want You
The air in the café hung heavy with the smell of old paper and overly strong coffee. Rain lashed against…
Dave Davies 1967 – Death Of A Clown
The year is 1967, and London is dissolving into a kaleidoscope of psychedelic colours, but the light that falls upon…
Neil Diamond 1967 – Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon
We all carry that invisible moment, a scene from a forgotten movie or a memory built in the glow of…
Guy Mitchell 1957 – Rock-A-Billy
It’s 1957. The air in the Columbia Recording Studio A in New York City is thick with cigarette smoke and…
Guy Mitchell 1956 – Singing The Blues
The air in the room was thick with smoke and expectation. It was late 1956, and the sonic landscape of…
Joe Cocker 1968 – With A Little help From My Friends
The air in the studio was reportedly thick with a sense of audacity. It was 1968, and the Beatles’ Sgt.…
Ralph McTell 1969 – Streets Of London
The sound of rain on a distant window pane. That’s the atmosphere of Ralph McTell’s “Streets of London,” not in…