“Be My Baby” is a 1963 single written by Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, and Ellie Greenwich, performed by The Ronettes and produced by Spector. When released as a single, the song reached no 2 on the U.S. Billboard Pop Singles Chart and no 4 on the UK’s Record Retailer. “Be My Baby” is one of Read More …
Words are flying out like endless rain into a paper cup They slither while they pass They slip away across the universe Pools of sorrow waves of joy are drifting thorough my open mind Possessing and caressing me Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes That call me on and Read More …
Little darling, it’s been a long cold lonely winter Little darling, it feels like years since it’s been here “Here Comes the Sun” is a song by George Harrison from The Beatles’ 1969 album Abbey Road. The song is one of Harrison’s best-known Beatles’ contributions alongside “Something”. The year 1969 was a difficult one for Read More …
“Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” was the 1967 single of Frankie Valli. The song was among Valli’s biggest hits, reaching no. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earning a gold record. It was Valli’s biggest “solo” hit until he hit no. 1 in 1974 with “My Eyes Adored You“. This song has been Read More …
“Oh! Carol” is an international hit written by Neil Sedaka in 1958 about his girlfriend, Carole Klein, later to become Carole King. The song reached no. 9 in the American charts in 1959. In 1963, Carole King released a humorous answer to “Oh! Carol” entitled “Oh Neil”. Sedaka also recorded a Hebrew-language version of “Oh! Read More …
On this day, Capitol Records released in the USA the first Beatles single – “I Want to Hold Your Hand“. It registered one million copies sold in just three weeks!
“You’ll Never Walk Alone” is a show tune from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, Carousel. In the musical, in the second act, Nettie Fowler, the cousin of the female protagonist Julie Jordan, sings “You’ll Never Walk Alone” to comfort and encourage Julie when her husband, Billy Bigelow, the male lead, is killed during a Read More …
“Little Darlin” is a popular Top 40 song. It was written by Maurice Williams with both melody and doo-wop accompaniment strongly emphasizing the clave rhythm, and was released during 1957 as a rhythm and blues song by The Gladiolas. It was later covered successfully by The Diamonds, a pop group that had been performing the Read More …
Guitar World presents the 20 most shocking banned album covers of all time. An Alice Cooper album cover is placed first, followed by The Beatles’ “Yesterday and Today”. For their 1966 album, Yesterday and Today, the Beatles presented themselves as grinning butchers, complete with raw beef and dismembered baby dolls. However, the image was not Read More …
“Shout” is a popular and influential popular song, originally recorded by The Isley Brothers. Released in 1959, it was written by the brothers themselves. The song was inducted to the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. It ranked #118 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. (Source: Wikipedia.org) The Isley Brothers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL9xOLpwI0I Read More …
