Chris Andrews 1965 – Yesterday Man
The mid-1960s were a collision of sounds in Britain. The primal roar of the blues revival clashed against the pristine…
Oldies Songs
Laurie London 1958 – He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands
The year is 1958. Rock and roll is a raw, electric scream still finding its footing, and the American airwaves…
Fontella Bass 1965 – Rescue Me
There are songs that define a genre, and then there are songs that define a moment, a brief, perfect convergence…
Joey Dee & The Starlighters 1961 – Peppermint Twist
There is a moment in the history of rock and roll—a sliver of time, really—when the underground bursts through the…
The Electric Prunes 1967 – I Had Too Much To Dream
The lights were out, the tape spooling fast in a California studio late in 1966. On the tape, a nascent…
Glenn Miller – In The Mood
The calendar tells me it’s Freddie Garrity’s birthday today. November 14th. It feels right to mark the occasion not with…
The Rolling Stones 1965 – Oh Baby ( We Got A Good Thing Goin’ )
The calendar flips to November 14th, and for a certain kind of music aficionado, a memory stirs—the slightly manic energy,…
The Dave Clark Five 1965 Medley
The calendar page flips to November 14th, and for a certain generation of music lovers, the date whispers the name:…
Freddie & The Dreamers 1964 – Over You
The early 1960s British Invasion, like a crowded carnival, had its rock titans—The Beatles and The Stones—whose influence would become…
P.J. Proby 1965 – I Believe
The year 1965 in British music was defined by the clatter and roar of the NME poll winners, a landscape…