Marty Robbins – Love Me
Best Oldies Songs 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…
Roy Orbison – Coming Home
A quiet return to the heart’s deepest territory, sung with the unmistakable gravity of a voice that understood longing in all its forms. In the early years of the Monument…
Sweet – California Nights
A sunstruck dream of escape and reckoning shaped into one of Sweet’s most evocative album moments. When Sweet released California Nights on their 1977 studio record Off the Record, the…
Fats Domino – Lovely Rita
A PLAYFUL SALUTE TO UNLIKELY LOVE IN THE CITY When Fats Domino chose to record Lovely Rita on his 1968 album Fats Is Back, he did more than cover a…
Donny Osmond – Young Love
A quiet confession of innocence finding its voice in the shifting landscape of early 1970s pop When Donny Osmond released Young Love in 1972 on the album Too Young, he…
Marty Robbins – Teardrops In My Heart
A quiet confession of longing shaped into one of the most tender moments in the Robbins songbook. In 1957, Marty Robbins included Teardrops In My Heart on his landmark collection…
Linda Ronstadt – Blue Bayou
A longing so vivid it turns memory into a living, breathing place In 1977, Linda Ronstadt carried Blue Bayou to remarkable commercial and cultural heights when her interpretation reached number…