Jim Reeves 1957 – Four Walls
The radio was always a different country after midnight. The static hissed and popped like distant embers, an atmospheric backdrop…
Percy Faith & His Orchestra 1959 – A Summer Place
The air in my listening room tonight is exactly right: dark mahogany scent, the comforting hiss of a clean vinyl…
Barry Ryan 1969 – Eloise
The year is 1969—or late 1968, depending on which side of the New Year’s singles chart you trace its monumental…
Gene Pitney 1965 – I Must Be Seeing Things
The air in the listening room is thick, not with cigarette smoke or stale beer, but with the quiet reverence…
The Beatles 1965 – Ticket To Ride
The needle drops, and the air itself seems to thicken. There is no gentle fade-in, no charming ‘yeah, yeah, yeah’…
The Rolling Stones 1964 – Little Red Rooster
The air in the London studio in late 1964 must have felt thick with the nervous energy of defiance. Outside,…
Frankie Avalon 1960 – Why
The calendar turned from 1959 to 1960 with a shift so subtle, yet so profound, that you can hear it…
Marty Robbins 1965 – El Paso
The year 1965 sits a full five years after this monumental piece of music first crested the charts, but the…
The Toys 1965 – Lovers Concerto
The air in my grandfather’s study was always thick with the scent of aged paper and lemon polish. It was…
John Denver 1969 – Leaving On A Jet Plane
The air in the studio must have been thick with the ghosts of songs already gone. October 1969. While one…