Memories

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

DoYouRemember What You Were Doing the day of the Moon Landing?

We're Looking Back at Everyone's Memories from the Day We Landed on the Moon.

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

Frank Sinatra’s “My Way,” is the Only Way To Sing About Death

This originated as the French song called "Comme D'Habitude" (translation: "As Usual"), written by the composers Jacques Revaux and Gilles…

8 years ago

Freddy Fender’s Blues Ballad That Everyone Wasted Days and Nights Listening To

Freddy Fender wrote and recorded "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights", a blues ballad, for Duncan Records in 1959, during the…

8 years ago

Louis Armstrong Has Everyone, Not Just Dolly, Glowin’ and Swayin’

In 1964, Armstrong knocked The Beatles off the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart with "Hello, Dolly!", which gave…

8 years ago

Glenn Miller’s Swing Ballad That Brought Romance to the Dance Floor

"Moonlight Serenade" is an American swing ballad composed by Glenn Miller with subsequent lyrics by Mitchell Parish. It was an…

8 years ago