Northern Soul Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon 1968 – Breakin’ Down The Walls Of Heartache
The moment the needle drops on “Breakin’ Down The Walls Of Heartache,” the air thickens with anticipation, then explodes. This…
Oldies Songs
Marv Johnson 1969 – I’ll Pick A Rose For My Rose
The air in the room is thick and sweet, smelling faintly of sweat, varnish, and something indefinable, something electric—a ghost…
Helen Shapiro 1961 – Walking Back To Happiness
It is 1961. The sound of the future is a ragged, raw thing being hammered out in damp basement clubs,…
Strawberry Alarm Clock 1967- Incense & Peppermints
The air was thick with something electric in 1967. It was a summer—and then a fall—of transition, a head-rush of…
The Rolling Stones 1966 – Mother’s Little Helper
The needle drops, and before the snarl of Mick Jagger or the punch of Charlie Watts’s backbeat can set the…
The Reflections 1964 – Just Like Romeo And Juliet
The air inside the dimly lit café was thick with the smell of stale coffee and the distant, familiar scent…
Ray Peterson 1960 – Tell Laura I Love Her
The year is 1960. The air is thick with the promise and peril of youth, a time when a quick…
Glen Campbell 1970 – Honey Come Back
The air in Los Angeles, 1970, was thick with the dust of cultural change. Rock was hardening, singer-songwriters were turning…
Northern Soul The Tams 1968 – Be Young Be Foolish Be Happy
The late-night radio dial, that buzzing, low-fidelity sanctuary, once gave us permission to dream on the cheap. For a generation…
Kathy Kirby 1963 – Secret Love
It is 1963. The shadows of the Big Band era are long, but they are finally beginning to dissipate under…