The Marvelettes – ”When You’re Young and in Love”
Few songs capture the fluttering uplift and fragile stakes of first love with the poise of The Marvelettes’ 1967 single…
Oldies Songs
The Association – Cherish
There are songs that announce themselves with fireworks, and there are songs that take your hand quietly and don’t let…
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – You Really Got A Hold On Me
There are songs that tell you exactly what they are in the very first line, and then spend the next…
The Association – Never My Love
There are songs that feel less like artifacts of a decade and more like fixtures in the architecture of popular…
The Cascades – Shy Girl
The Cascades’ “Shy Girl” is one of those gently glowing early-’60s sides that sneaks up on you—not with spectacle, but…
Jim Reeves – This World Is Not My Home
There are songs that carry the hush of a chapel and the glow of a late-night AM dial; Jim Reeves’…
Johnny Nash – Tears On My Pillow
When Johnny Nash released “Tears On My Pillow (I Can’t Take It)” in 1975, he was already the rare American…
Stevie Wonder – I Just Called To Say I Love You
Stevie Wonder’s “I Just Called to Say I Love You” has lived two lives: first, as the signature single from…
The O’Jays – Forever Mine
There are love songs, and then there are vows set to orchestration—“Forever Mine” by The O’Jays belongs firmly to the…
“Stuck In The Middle With You” – Stealers Wheel
Few early-’70s singles capture both the buoyant charm and quiet exasperation of the music business quite like Stealers Wheel’s “Stuck…