The Trashmen 1963 – Surfin Bird
The needle drops, and the world goes sideways. It’s 1963, and the sound coming out of the speakers is less…
Oldies Songs
The Easybeats 1966 – Friday On My Mind
The air in London in 1966 was thick with possibility, the sound of an entire generation shedding its skin and…
Sonny & Cher 1965 – I Got You Babe
I remember the first time I truly heard the opening phrase of “I Got You Babe”—not just the familiar, looping…
Cliff Richard 1965 – All My Love
The year is 1967. The airwaves are thick with the psychedelic miasma of Sgt. Pepper’s, the rebellious clang of burgeoning…
In Memory Of Tich Who has Passed Away Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 1966 – Hold Tight
There are records that simply exist in the popular imagination, and then there are records that feel less like songs…
Crispian St. Peters 1966 – Pied Piper
The summer of 1966 still feels warm to the touch, a vintage snapshot of swinging London trying to outrun the…
Sandie Shaw 1965 – Girl Don’t Come
It is one of those songs that feels tailor-made for a late-night drive, the kind where the streetlights are blurring…
The Four Pennies 1964 – Juliet
The year 1964 was not a year for subtlety. It was the absolute, screaming peak of the British Invasion, a…
Them 1965 – Here Comes The Night
The air is thick, cool, and smells faintly of damp pavement. You’re driving home long after the streetlights have won…
Brian Hyland 1962 – Ginny Come Lately
The scent of stale coffee and the distant, metallic clang of a service door. That’s where the memory begins, not…