Leroy Van Dyke The Auctioneer Song 1962
The air is thick with the dust of the sales barn, the smell of oiled machinery, and nervous expectation. You…
Oldies Songs
Johnny Horton “Sink the Bismark”
The Atlantic always sounds different at night. Maybe it’s the way the darkness swallows the high frequencies, leaving only the…
Roger Miller “Dang Me”
The record drops. A collective grin washes over the room—always. It’s a late, rain-streaked night in some forgotten town, the…
Roy Clark – 12th Street Rag
The vinyl clicks and hisses, a warm, almost nostalgic curtain rising on a performance so startlingly vibrant it feels like…
Johnny Mathis – Unforgettable
It’s late, the kind of midnight hour where the city outside softens to a watercolor blur, and the only true…
Paul Anka – Crazy Love
The year is 1958. The air in the recording studio, we can imagine, was thick with the scent of acetate…
The Coasters “Charlie Brown”
The room is dark. The air smells vaguely of stale popcorn and cheap hairspray. A single, exposed microphone hangs in…
500 Miles – Inside Llewyn Davis
I remember the chill of that first listen. Not the chill of a New York winter, though the film paints…
The Delfonics – Didn’t I Blow Your Mind This Time
The velvet drape of night falls, and in the amber glow of a lonely bar, the song begins. It never…
The Platters – I’m Sorry
The needle drops, and immediately the room changes temperature. It’s not the raw, garage-band heat of early rock and roll,…