Kaye Bassett Millar

Interesting Facts about Tom Jones’s “Green Green Grass Of Home”

This Country song about a condemned prisoner who longs to escape to the green, green grass of home was inspired…

8 years ago

The Byrds – “Turn! Turn! Turn! “

This was written by Pete Seeger, an influential folk singer and activist. He recorded it before The Byrds covered it…

8 years ago

Before Freddy Fender’s Next Teardrop Falls, Read This Article

"Before the Next Teardrop Falls" was written in the late 1960's and had been recorded more than two dozen times.…

8 years ago

Glen Campbell’s Melody About A Telephone Lineman

Glen Campbell is most known for "Wichita Lineman". Glen Campbell rose to prominence with his songs that he recorded in…

8 years ago

The Bee Gees Guide To Mending A Broken Heart

Barry and Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees wrote "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart" in the style of…

8 years ago

Everyone’s Crushin’ On ‘Johnny Angel’

This song by Shelley Fabares is a tale of a girl who has a huge crush on a boy (Johnny)…

8 years ago

We Celebrate Patsy Cline’s Legacy With Her Hit Song: ‘Crazy’

Patsy Cline's legacy is one with the stars. Cline, who was already a country music superstar and working to extend…

8 years ago

An Ode To Bobbie Gentry’s ‘Ode To Billie Joe’

This song tells the story of the fictional Billie Joe McAllister, who kills himself by jumping off the Tallahatchie Bridge.…

8 years ago

Bye-Bye Love, Hello The Everly Brothers and Their Heartbreaking Tune

About 30 other artists had previously rejected this song before The Everly Brothers recorded it. It became their first hit…

8 years ago

April Showers Bring May Flowers, and ‘Maggie May’ Deflowered Rod Stewart

This song is about the woman who deflowered Stewart when he was 16. In the January 2007 issue of Q…

8 years ago

How The Beatles Made A Hit Song Without Touching Any Instruments

The Beatles' Revolver is an album many consider not just to be the band's greatest, but the greatest record ever…

8 years ago

There Goes My Heart, Into the Void of Sadness That Is Roy Orbison’s “Only The Lonely”

While this is one of the sadder songs ever recorded, projecting the misery onto Roy Orbison would be a mistake.…

8 years ago