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…
Oldies Songs
The Small Faces 1966 – What Cha Gonna Do About It
The world in August 1965 felt less like a steady stream and more like a series of sharp, electric jolts.…
Gene Pitney 1962 – The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The moment the needle drops on Gene Pitney’s 1962 single, “(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance,” the world shifts on…
The Temptations 1970 – Ball Of Confusion
The static snapped. That was the sound of a world breaking, or perhaps just a Detroit tape reel warming up…
The Byrds 1968 – You Ain’t Going Nowhere
The air inside the cheap vinyl booth always felt charged that year, smelling faintly of stale beer and desperation, a…
Wanda Jackson 1960 – Let s Have a Party
The needle drops, and the room changes. It doesn’t matter if you’re listening through thousand-dollar premium audio monitors or a…
Joni Mitchell 1966 – Both Sides Now
The folk clubs of the mid-1960s were dark, smoky caverns built for confession. They were places where a single voice…
The Royal Teens 1957 – Short Shorts
There is a moment in the history of rock and roll—a precise, two-minute-and-thirteen-second flash—when the entire concept of youth, fashion,…
Marmalade 1969 – Reflections Of My Life
There are certain songs that arrive not as fleeting pop phenomena but as fully formed emotional anchors, their very melody…
Georgie Fame and The Blue Flames 1965 – Yeh Yeh
It’s 1965. Picture a dimly lit club in London, the air thick with cigarette smoke and the sharp, metallic tang…