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…
Oldies Songs
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…
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,…