Don Williams – Then It’s Love
Best Oldies Songs A GENTLE RECKONING WITH LOVE, WHEN IT FINALLY LANDS “Then It’s Love” by Don Williams, from his 1986 album New Moves, is at once a warm confession and a quiet…
David Essex – Victim Of Love
A Heart Broken to the Beat of the Dance Floor “Victim of Love” by David Essex is a surprising and emotionally raw expression of heartbreak cloaked in the driving rhythms of…
The Osmonds – It’s You Babe
A Quiet Confession of Devoted Longing “It’s You Babe” is a tender, heartfelt ballad by The Osmonds, featured on their 1971 album Phase III. Though not released as a charting…
Roy Orbison – The Only One
A Quiet Lament That Speaks of a Father’s Undying Love “The Only One” is a tender, posthumous B-side gem by Roy Orbison, featured on his final studio album, Mystery Girl…
Roy Orbison – The Comedians
A portrait of illusion, heartbreak, and the quiet ache behind a painted smile When Roy Orbison recorded The Comedians for his 1987 collection In Dreams: The Greatest Hits, he revived…
Waylon Jennings – Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys
A quiet warning wrapped in a tender anthem that reveals how freedom, solitude, and sacrifice shape the American spirit. Released on the 1978 album Waylon and Willie, the duet that…
Tammy Wynette – Stand by Your Man
A declaration of devotion that shaped the emotional vocabulary of country music When Tammy Wynette released Stand by Your Man in 1968 on the album Stand by Your Man, the…
Donny Osmonds – Let My People Go
A Quiet Plea for Redemption and Deliverance “Let My People Go”, as sung by Donny Osmond on his 1972 album Portrait of Donny, may never have been a chart-topping single…
Marty Robbins – On the Sunny Side of the Street
A timeless meditation on hope illuminated through the velvet phrasing of a Western icon When Marty Robbins folded On the Sunny Side of the Street into his 1962 collection Marty…
Marty Robbins – Ride Cowboy Ride
A solitary figure moves across an endless horizon, and Ride Cowboy Ride becomes the quiet heartbeat of a vanished American frontier. In 1986, the title track of Marty Robbins final…