Johnny Otis 1958 – Willie & The Hand Jive
The year 1958 was a high-water mark for a lot of clean-cut, polite pop music, but beneath the surface, the…
Oldies Songs
Dion 1963 – Ruby Baby
The year is 1963. The shadow of the British Invasion is about to fall, and the sound of American rock…
Flowerpot Men 1967 – Let’s Go To San Francisco
The summer of 1967 was a cultural fault line, a moment when the world briefly paused to inhale the scent…
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas 1965 – Nowhere To Run
The lights dim, but the air in the studio still feels charged, thick with the scent of hot vinyl and…
Jimmy Clanton 1962 – Venus in Blue Jeans
The early 1960s were a moment suspended in amber for American popular music, a brief, beautiful pause before the British…
Diana Ross & The Supremes 1966 – The Happening
Every great group has a fulcrum, a moment when the axis of their world shifts, even if the sound remains…
The Dave Clark Five 1965 – Catch Us If You Can
The spring of 1964 was less a season and more a cultural tsunami. When The Beatles landed in America, the…
The Temptations 1966 – Beauty Is Only Skin Deep
The moment the horns blast on “Beauty Is Only Skin Deep,” you know exactly where you are. It’s the sonic…
Paul Mauriat 1968 – Love Is Blue
The late sixties in America felt like a constant sonic battle between fuzz-drenched guitar riffs and acid-tinged studio experimentation. The…
The Royal Guardsmen 1966 – Snoopy Vs The Red Baron
The year 1966 was a volatile time in popular music. On the one hand, you had the shimmering sophistication of…