Sweet – Rock & Roll Disgrace
Best Oldies Songs A bruising ode to the misfit soul of rock ’n’ roll When The Sweet unleashed “Rock & Roll Disgrace”, they weren’t just releasing a song — they were issuing a…
Fats Domino – Swanee River Hop
A Boogie-Woogie Pilgrimage to the Swanee: Fats Domino’s Celebration of Piano Spirit “Swanee River Hop”, by Fats Domino, is a joyous, pounding instrumental that captures the pure exhilaration of New…
Marty Robbins – Jumper Cable Man
A SONG ABOUT RESTARTING THE HEART WHEN THE BATTERY’S DEAD In the summer of 1981, as Marty Robbins entered the final chapter of his extraordinary career, he released Jumper Cable…
Marty Robbins – The Night I Came a Shore
A Night of Change Amid Island Breezes When The Night I Came Ashore emerges from the opening lap-steel chime and the gentle sway of island rhythm, we realise that for…
Don Williams – Not A Chance
A Quiet Declaration That a Heart Once Open Cannot Be Reopened In the comforting, world-worn timbre of Don Williams, Not a Chance offers a gentle yet unyielding farewell: “Not a…
Don Williams – We’ve Got A Good Fire Goin’
A steady glow of love that outlasts every storm. When the comforting baritone of Don Williams raised the curtain on We’ve Got a Good Fire Goin’ in January 1986, it…
John Denver – Starwood in Aspen
A HOMECOMING IN THE SNOW-DUSTED SKIES OF ASPEN When Starwood in Aspen opens, you feel the wide-open space of the Rockies wrapped in a wistful longing — a return-to-roots hymn…
John Denver – Rhymes and Reasons
A SONG THAT WHISPERS “WE MUST BEGIN” IN THE FACE OF OUR OWN FORGOTTEN PURPOSE In “RHYMES AND REASONS,” by John Denver—from his 1969 debut major-label studio album Rhymes &…
Marty Robbins – You Gave Me A Mountain
The weight of grief laid bare in one timeless cry From the opening chord of “YOU GAVE ME A MOUNTAIN”, the listener is drawn into a voice that knows sorrow…
Marty Robbins & Loretta Lynn – Singing The Blues
A CELEBRATION OF RESilience — LONELINESS RECAST AS FREEDOM When “SINGING THE BLUES” arrives, it brims not merely with sorrow, but with the bold breath of emancipation—the moment when heartbreak…