The Dave Clark Five – Bits & Pieces
The year is 1964. The airwaves are thick with the sound of a new, conquering Britain, but not all of…
Oldies Songs
The Troggs 1966 – With A Girl Like You
The air in the rehearsal room was thick with smoke, cheap lager, and the kind of electric energy that only…
Gene Pitney 1964 – It Hurts To Be In Love
The year 1964 was a seismic one for American pop music. The transatlantic tide had turned, and the precise, dramatic…
Booker T & The MGs 1962 – Green Onions
The air in the former movie theater on McLemore Avenue in Memphis, 1962, must have smelled like stale popcorn and…
Tommy Roe 1962 – Sheila
The year is 1962, a restless pivot point in American music. The ghosts of the pioneers were still rattling the…
Paul & Paula 1963 – Hey Paula
The year is 1963. The scent of lacquer hairspray and freshly-baked idealism hangs in the air. Television screens are glowing…
The Dave Clark Five 1964 – Do You Love
The air in the rehearsal hall—reportedly a church in Tottenham, North London—must have been thick with cigarette smoke and raw…
Dave Berry 1965 – The Crying Game
The air hung heavy and stale in the club, thick with cigarette smoke and cheap cologne. It was 1964, and…
Marty Wilde 1959 – Teenager in Love
The year is 1959. In America, rock and roll’s first wave—the founding myth—is already cresting, its pioneers derailed by a…
Paul Anka 1959 – Lonely Boy
The year is 1959. The transistor radio sits on the nightstand, its plastic casing faintly warm, glowing dimly in the…