Rosie & The Originals 1961 – Angel Baby
The world of 1960 was slick, professional, and controlled by major labels. But sometimes, history hinges on a fifteen-year-old girl,…
Oldies Songs
The Shangri Las 1964 – ( Remember Walkin’) In The Sand
The air in the room is stale, the light low. A single, vulnerable voice cuts through the quiet, not singing,…
Beach Boys – I Can Hear Music
The late 1960s were a period of splintering and searching for The Beach Boys. The dazzling, singular sun of Brian…
Sandie Shaw 1964 – (There’s) Always Something There To Remind Me
The air in the rehearsal studio in late 1964 must have been electric, thick with the ambition of a young…
Manfred Mann 1964 – Sha La La
The year is 1964. The British Invasion is less an incursion and more a joyous, full-scale occupation of global pop…
Cass Elliot 1968 – Dream A Little Dream Of Me
The late summer of 1968 was a moment suspended between the fading glow of the Summer of Love and the…
Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas 1964 – From A Window
The cultural storm of the British Invasion peaked around 1964, a torrent of youthful energy washing over the airwaves. Yet,…
Chuck Berry 1957 – School Days (Hail Hail Rock ‘n’ Roll )
The opening is not subtle. It doesn’t fade in from an ambient haze; it crashes through the door. A loud,…
Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac 1969 – Oh Well
Some songs are landmarks. They mark not a smooth curve in an artist’s journey, but a violent, sudden turn in…
Jan & Dean 1964 – The Little Old Lady From Pasadena
The summer of 1964 was a strange, transitional moment in American pop music. The Beatles had arrived with a shriek…