The Osmonds – Having A Party
Best Oldies Songs That Time We Danced All Night: The Electric Joy of The Osmonds’ Unexpected Funk Hit It’s funny how a song can be a timestamp, a brief, shiny moment captured forever,…
Donny Osmond – Who
Who: The Ache of Uncertainty in a Faltering Young Love The autumn of 1972 delivered a surprise to the pop charts, a tender ache of a ballad that marked a…
Fats Domino – The Fat Man
A Boisterous New Orleans Boogie Woogie Anthem That Launched a Legend The post-war American landscape was one of transformation, and in the bustling, soulful heart of New Orleans, a sound…
Roy Orbison – Crying
The Soul-Baring Anthem of Uncontrollable Heartbreak and Regret Oh, the magic of the radio dial in 1961. We were just coming into our own, weren’t we? The world was changing…
David Essex – Gonna Make You A Star
That Gleam in Your Eye: The Glamorous, Self-Aware Anthem of Stardom There are certain songs, certain moments in music history, that perfectly capture the zeitgeist of their era while also,…
David Essex – Hold Me Close
“Hold Me Close” is a simple yet sincere pop declaration of enduring love and commitment. The mid-1970s. What a time, wasn’t it? The decade was in full swing, moving beyond…
Sweet – Fox on the Run
That Glorious Year the Glam Rockers Finally Took Control: The Stealthy Smash That Changed Sweet Forever The mid-1970s. For those of us who lived through the glam rock explosion, the…
The Osmonds – Down By The Lazy River
A Testament to Simpler Times: The Enduring Charm of “Down By The Lazy River” For those of us who came of age during the vibrant, sometimes turbulent, early 1970s, there…
David Essex – Rock On
Echoes in the Alley: The Glam-Rock Spectre of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s Lost Promise The year was 1973. The psychedelic dream had dissolved into a cynical haze, and the glitter-encrusted strut…
Fats Domino – I’m Walkin’
A Stroll of Love and Confidence: The Enduring Charm of a Rock and Roll Standard The late 1950s—an era of burgeoning youth culture, seismic shifts in musical landscapes, and the…