The Dave Clark Five 1968 – The Red Balloon
The memory is fixed in amber: a small radio, the plastic grille yellowed with age, sitting on a high kitchen…
Oldies Songs
Long John 1968 – Let The Heartaches Begin
The year is 1968, though the song itself was a late 1967 phenomenon. The radio dial hums with a sonic…
Them 1964 – Gloria
The air in the club was thick, smelling of stale beer and desperation. A single, naked bulb swung above the…
Creedence Clearwater Revival 1971 – Hey Tonight
The year 1971 was supposed to be a victory lap, but for Creedence Clearwater Revival, it felt more like a…
The Cryin Shames 1966 – Please stay
The room is dark, save for the blue glow of the amplifier’s pilot light. It is one of those late,…
The Herd 1967 – From The Underworld
The air was perpetually thick with sulfur and ambition in 1967. London was an explosion of color, but beneath the…
The Dave Clark Five – Bits & Pieces
The year is 1964. The airwaves are thick with the sound of a new, conquering Britain, but not all of…
The Troggs 1966 – With A Girl Like You
The air in the rehearsal room was thick with smoke, cheap lager, and the kind of electric energy that only…
Gene Pitney 1964 – It Hurts To Be In Love
The year 1964 was a seismic one for American pop music. The transatlantic tide had turned, and the precise, dramatic…
Booker T & The MGs 1962 – Green Onions
The air in the former movie theater on McLemore Avenue in Memphis, 1962, must have smelled like stale popcorn and…