Sandie Shaw 1965 – Girl Don’t Come
It is one of those songs that feels tailor-made for a late-night drive, the kind where the streetlights are blurring…
Oldies Songs
The Four Pennies 1964 – Juliet
The year 1964 was not a year for subtlety. It was the absolute, screaming peak of the British Invasion, a…
Them 1965 – Here Comes The Night
The air is thick, cool, and smells faintly of damp pavement. You’re driving home long after the streetlights have won…
Brian Hyland 1962 – Ginny Come Lately
The scent of stale coffee and the distant, metallic clang of a service door. That’s where the memory begins, not…
The Dave Clark Five 1968 – The Red Balloon
The memory is fixed in amber: a small radio, the plastic grille yellowed with age, sitting on a high kitchen…
Long John 1968 – Let The Heartaches Begin
The year is 1968, though the song itself was a late 1967 phenomenon. The radio dial hums with a sonic…
Them 1964 – Gloria
The air in the club was thick, smelling of stale beer and desperation. A single, naked bulb swung above the…
Creedence Clearwater Revival 1971 – Hey Tonight
The year 1971 was supposed to be a victory lap, but for Creedence Clearwater Revival, it felt more like a…
The Cryin Shames 1966 – Please stay
The room is dark, save for the blue glow of the amplifier’s pilot light. It is one of those late,…
The Herd 1967 – From The Underworld
The air was perpetually thick with sulfur and ambition in 1967. London was an explosion of color, but beneath the…