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The Rolling Stones: ‘Miss You’

Let's get into one of The Rolling Stones' greatest songs: "Miss You." The Stones were in Toronto, rehearsing for their…

10 years ago

Smokey Robinson and the Miracles: ‘Shop Around’

Smokey Robinson thought Barrett Strong should record "Shop Around," but Gordy persuaded Smokey that he was the right man for…

10 years ago

Jim Croce: ‘Bad Bad Leroy Brown’

Jim Croce joined the US National Guard in 1966, hoping it would keep him from getting sent to Vietnam. He…

10 years ago

Gene Wilder : The Man Who Introduced us to a World of Pure Imagination (RIP)

Gene Wilder -- star of classics like "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory," "Blazing Saddles," "Young Frankenstein" and more --…

10 years ago

The Dixie Cups: ‘Going To The Chapel Of Love’

"Chapel of Love" is a song written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector, and was made famous by…

10 years ago

Ray Stevens: “The Streak

Ray Stevens was inspired to write this after reading an article about streaking, which was a fad among college students…

10 years ago

Crosby, Stills & Nash: ‘Southern Cross’

The "Southern Cross" is a constellation also known as the Crux Constellation that can be viewed from most of the…

10 years ago

Happy Birthday, Michael Jackson (RARE VIDEOS)

On this day in 1958, Michael Joseph Jackson was born. Even at an early age the Gary, Indiana, native seemed…

10 years ago

Gordon Lightfoot: ‘The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’

This song by Gordon Lightfoot is a factual retelling of a shipwreck on Lake Superior in November, 1975 that claimed…

10 years ago

Willie Nelson: ‘Always On My Mind’

This Willie Nelson tune was written by the songwriting trio of Johnny Christopher, Mark James and Wayne Carson Thompson. In…

10 years ago

Neil Diamond : “Cracklin’ Rosie”

Cracklin' Rosie" is a bottle of wine. Diamond got the idea for the song from a folk story of an…

10 years ago

The Four Tops: ‘Baby I Need Your Loving’

The Motown songwriting team of Holland-Dozier-Holland wrote this. After seeing The Four Tops perform at a club in Detroit, Brian…

10 years ago