The Beatles – Yesterday
About The Song “Yesterday” is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written primarily by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was first released on the album…
Four Tops – Reach Out (I’ll Be There)
About The Song Motown 1098 may not sound like a particularly significant catalog number, but the track it denoted remains one of the defining moments of the company’s collective brilliance.…
John Denver – Thank God I’m A Country Boy
JOHN DENVER MADE JOY SOUND SIMPLE — BUT “THANK GOD I’M A COUNTRY BOY” CARRIED THE WHOLE ROOM BACK TO THE PORCH. Not every great song needs to ache. Some…
The Beatles – Don’t Let Me Down
About The Song “Don’t Let Me Down” is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, recorded in 1969 during the Let It Be sessions. It was written by…
Four Tops – Ain’t No Woman
About The Song “Ain’t No Woman (Like the One I’ve Got)” is a song written by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter, released as a single by the Four Tops on…
John Denver – Back Home Again
JOHN DENVER SANG ABOUT HOME MANY TIMES — BUT “BACK HOME AGAIN” MADE IT FEEL LIKE A DOOR OPENING AFTER A LONG DAY. Some songs do not need to travel…
Carpenters – I Won’t Last A Day Without You
About The Song “I Won’t Last a Day Without You” is a song by The Carpenters. This song was the fifth and final single from the album A Song For…
Four Tops – When She Was My Girl
About The Song “When She Was My Girl” is a 1981 single released by American vocal group the Four Tops. The song, their first release off Casablanca Records, helped to…
John Denver – I’m Sorry
JOHN DENVER COULD MAKE LOVE SOUND LIKE HOME — BUT “I’M SORRY” LET US HEAR WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE DOOR CLOSES. Some songs arrive with open arms. “I’m Sorry” arrives…
Carpenters – I Need To Be In Love
About The Song “I Need to Be in Love” is a song written by Richard Carpenter, Albert Hammond and John Bettis. It was released as a single on May 21,…
The Four Tops – It’s The Same Old Song
About The Song On July 9, 1965, Motown released “It’s The Same Old Song” as the Four Tops’ follow-up to the pop and R&B No.1 “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar…
John Denver – This Old Guitar
JOHN DENVER HELD A GUITAR — BUT “THIS OLD GUITAR” HELD THE STORY OF A LIFE. Some songs are not really about the object in the title. They are about…
Del Shannon – Hats Off To Larry
About The Song The story had us gripped from the very first lyric. “Once I had a pretty girl, her name it doesn’t matter,” sang the great Del Shannon on…
Four Tops – Ask the Lonely
About The Song The Four Tops had hits that were bigger than “Ask The Lonely,” but few that were better. The composition by Ivy Jo Hunter and William “Mickey” Stevenson…
John Denver – Calypso
ONE SONG TURNED A RESEARCH SHIP INTO A DREAM — AND JOHN DENVER MADE THE OCEAN SOUND LIKE HOME. There are songs that arrive like applause, built for charts, radios,…
Eagles – I Can’t Tell You Why
About The Song “I Can’t Tell You Why” is a song by the American rock band Eagles that appeared on their 1979 album The Long Run. It’s about a relationship…
The Four Tops – I Can’t Help My Self
About The Song “I Can’t Help Myself” is a 1965 song recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown’s main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, “I…
Gordon Lightfoot – The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
About The Song “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” is a 1976 hit song written, composed and performed by the Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot to memorialize the sinking of the…
Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
About The Song In Feb 1970, Simon and Garfunkel went to No.1 on the UK chart with “Bridge Over Troubled Water”. The album went on to stay on the chart…
The Four Tops – Baby I Need Your Loving
About The Song Few had heard of the Four Tops before this song was released in the summer of 1964, but the public quickly became acquainted. The quartet’s debut single…