Don Williams – Rainy Nights And Memories
Best Oldies Songs Meditation on love remembered, where solitude turns memory into its own companion. Upon its release in 1978, “Rainy Nights And Memories” rose to the top of the Billboard Hot Country…
Elvis Presley – Burning Love
A blaze of desire and defiance that captured Elvis Presley’s final great pop moment Released in the summer of 1972, “Burning Love” roared up the charts to reach No. 2…
Conway Twitty – Lost In The Feeling
A confession whispered at closing time where desire outweighs reason and the heart willingly surrenders control Released in 1983, Lost In The Feeling became yet another number one hit for…
Don Williams – Talk Is Cheap
A quiet vow of love where sincerity speaks louder than promises ever could. When Don Williams released Talk Is Cheap, the song rose swiftly to the top of the Billboard…
Roy Orbison & k.d. lang – Crying
Shared confession of heartbreak where two generations meet in the same open wound When Roy Orbison joined voices with k.d. lang on Crying, the result was not a novelty duet…
Marty Robbins – Have Thine Own Way, Lord
A quiet surrender where faith lays down its will and waits for the shaping hand of grace When Marty Robbins recorded Have Thine Own Way, Lord, it arrived not as…
Conway Twitty – The Next Kiss (Is the Last Goodbye)
Promise whispered too late, when love has already begun to turn into farewell. When Conway Twitty released The Next Kiss (Is the Last Goodbye) during his early 1960s country ascent,…
Don Williams – Don’t You Think It’s Time
Reckoning where love pauses long enough to ask whether patience has finally run out. Released in 1976, “Don’t You Think It’s Time” emerged as a major country hit for Don…
The Sudden Death of Johnny Horton and the Historic Closing of a Country Music Legend
THE NIGHT JOHNNY HORTON NEVER MADE IT HOME On November 5, 1960, America woke up to devastating news that shook the music world. Johnny Horton, one of the most successful…
Conway Twitty – Hallelujah, I Love Her So
A jubilant confession where earthly love is lifted into something bordering on the sacred When Conway Twitty recorded Hallelujah, I Love Her So, he was still navigating the borderlands between…