Otis Redding – Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Sad Song
The needle drops. There is that immediate, signature grit, the low, warm exhale of the Stax recording room in Memphis.…
The Coasters – Young Blood
The year is 1957. The air is thick with the sweet, yearning sound of street-corner harmonies, but something is shifting…
Ricky Nelson – Yesterday’s Love
The air in the café was thick with the scent of old paper and fresh rain. It was late, the…
Drifters – Down On The Beach Tonight
The air in the café hung heavy, smelling of rain-damp wool and strong, over-brewed coffee. It was late—that particular hour…
Johnny Cash – The Little Drummer Boy (1964)
It is a late December evening. The air is cold, the glow from a single lamp is warm, and a…
George Hamilton IV – Abilene (1963)
The air in the old Chevrolet was thick with the scent of vinyl and forgotten coffee. It was late, maybe…
Henson Cargill – Skip a Rope (1967)
The late 1960s were a volatile, messy, and loud era in American life. Yet, amidst the psychedelic swirls of San…
My Special Angel – Bobby Helms
The year is 1957. The air is thick with the crackle of a newly electrifying musical landscape—rock and roll is…
Merle Haggard – Misery and Gin (1964)
The air in the empty barroom is thick and stale, a suspended cloud of yesterday’s cigarette smoke and spilled beer.…
Billy Walker – Funny How Time Slips Away (1961)
It’s a little after 2 AM. The rain outside is more of a quiet, insistent drumming than a storm. There’s…