Follow Your Arrow – Kacey Musgraves
The first time this song hit me, it wasn’t through the compressed airwaves of commercial country radio—a place that, back…
Chuck Berry 1964 – No Particular Place To Go
The sound of 1964 was electric, a transatlantic conversation exploding out of transistor radios. The Beatles, The Rolling Stones—they were…
For What It’s Worth – Buffalo Springfield
The late-night radio dial, thin and spectral, often gifts us artifacts far more potent than the glossy hits of the…
The Hollies 1965 – Just One Look
The air in 1964 was electric, crackling with the static of transformation. The British charts, once a polite, staid affair,…
Bobby Goldsbro 1968 – Honey
The late-night radio hums still. It’s an intimate, slightly dusty sound, the sound of a lone car on an empty…
Petula Clark 1965 – Downtown
The scene is London, October 1964. Outside, the city is shedding its post-war austerity, its streets beginning to hum with…
Arthur Conley 1968 – Sweet Soul Music
The first time it hits you, it’s not the voice, though that is formidable. It’s the sheer, uncompromising velocity. Arthur…
Len Barry 1966 – 1-2-3
The dial glows faintly in the dark, a sliver of light against the mahogany veneer of an old Zenith console.…
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers – Baby Baby
The first time you hear it, it hits you not with a thunderclap, but with the quiet, devastating precision of…
Chubby Checker – Pony Time
The air in 1961 was still vibrating from the cultural seismic event known as “The Twist.” Just months prior, Chubby…