Steve Lawrence 1959 – Pretty Blue Eyes
The late 1950s—the true pivot point of American popular music. The seismic shock of early rock and roll had subsided…
Oldies Songs
Lee Marvin 1969 – Wand’rin Star
The record begins not with a flourish, but a confession. It is the sound of a man who has seen…
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas 1964 – Dakotas & The Bad To Me
The air in the studio was thick with a specific kind of revolutionary energy in 1963. It wasn’t the raw,…
Tammy Wynette 1969 – Stand By Your Man
The air in the listening room is thick, not just with the ghost of decades past, but with the warm…
Crispian St. Peters 1966 – You Were On My Mind
The air of a late-night cafe hangs heavy—not with smoke, but with the specific, sweet melancholy of a distant echo.…
Little Richard 1957 – Lucille
The year is 1957. The air is thick with the scent of hair pomade and the crackle of freshly pressed…
Cliff Richard & The Shadows 1959 – A Voice In The Wilderness
It’s late November. The scent of woodsmoke and damp leaves hangs in the air, a perfect, atmospheric counterpoint to the…
Simply The Best – Tina Turner
The memory arrives in a flash of neon and chrome, the way the late 1980s and early 90s are supposed…
Dana – All Kinds of Everything
It’s late afternoon, and the light slants low across the listening room. There is a specific quality to the air…
Elvis Presley 1960 – Stuck On You
The air in Nashville’s RCA Studio B on the chilly night of March 20, 1960, must have been electric, thick…