Conway Twitty – I’d Love to Lay You Down
Best Oldies Songs A quiet confession of desire that unveils the tender complexity at the heart of adult romance The 1980 release of Conway Twitty‘s I’d Love to Lay You Down arrived at…
Linda Ronstadt – How Do I Make You
A restless plea for connection delivered through a surge of rock charged urgency When Linda Ronstadt released How Do I Make You in 1980 on the album Mad Love, the…
Marty Robbins – Not So Long Ago
A BITTER SWEET RECKONING WITH YOUTH AND LOVE Not So Long Ago — a plaintive goodbye to innocence lost and love forsaken. In 1963, Marty Robbins released “Not So Long…
Marty Robbins – Native Girl
A LONELY VOYAGE BACK TO THE ISLAND WHERE LOVE WAITED In 1964 the American country‑western troubadour Marty Robbins released Native Girl on his album Island Woman, offering a tender, wistful…
Marty Robbins – Little Stranger (In A Manger)
A HUMBLE CRADLE FOR A CELESTIAL GIFT When you first hear Little Stranger (In a Manger) by Marty Robbins, you enter a quiet stable where hope whispers in soft lullabies…
Conway Twitty – Final Touches (1993)
A final whisper of love and longing under a pale southern moon When Final Touches appeared in 1993, it arrived as the last studio album from country legend Conway Twitty.…
Marty Robbins – Love Me
A Silent Plea for Love and Belonging When Love Me by Marty Robbins begins, it is not a cowboy tale or a western ballad—it is a bare-hearted confession carved from…
Linda Ronstadt – You Can Close Your Eyes
A quiet benediction carried from one songwriter’s heart into another’s voice In the early years of the 1970s, James Taylor’s composition You Can Close Your Eyes first appeared on the…
John Denver – Coventry Carol
A quiet hymn of innocence and sorrow carried across centuries into the gentle hands of a modern voice When John Denver recorded Coventry Carol for his 1990 holiday album Christmas…
Roy Orbison – A Cat Called Domino
A sly spark of youthful rebellion captured in one of Roy Orbison’s most spirited early recordings In the expanding constellation of early American rock and roll, few artifacts feel as…