The Tokens – The Lion Sleeps Tonight
About The Song The song that topped the Billboard pop chart on December 18, 1961, was an instant classic that…
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Paul Anka – Puppy Love
About The Song Puppy Love is an intense feeling of desire, passion, and excitement towards someone without giving you an…
The Platters – Twilight Time
About The Song “Twilight Time” is a song with lyrics by songwriter Buck Ram (the seminal force behind The Platters,…
Carly Simon – You’re So Vain
About The Song “You’re So Vain” is a song written and performed by American singer and songwriter Carly Simon and…
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons – Big Girls Don’t Cry
About The Song In October 1962, the brilliantly inventive, vocal-based Big Girls Don’t Cry followed the group’s blistering hit single…
Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons – Walk Like A Man
About The Song The Four Seasons’ two previous monster hits, “Sherry” and “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” had used that falsetto…
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons – December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)
About The Song Released, fittingly, on 1 December 1975, December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night) marked a distinct shift in…
Billy Joel – Piano Man
About The Song This is the first song and title track to Joel’s breakthrough album, which he released after signing…
Nat King Cole – Autumn Leaves
About The Song It’s a tale of two torch songs. The original, written in French as “Les Feuilles Mortes” (literally,…
Diana Ross & Lionel Richie – Endless Love
About The Song – This track began as a request by Franco Zeffirelli to write an instrumental theme for a…
Frank Sinatra – New York, New York
About The Song For many listeners, Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York” is an iconic blend of singer and song.…
The Drifters – Under the Boardwalk
About The Song “Under the Boardwalk” is a pop song written by Kenny Young and Arthur Resnick and recorded by…
Bee Gees – Massachusetts
About The Song Released in 1967, ‘Massachusetts’ became the first of the Bee Gees five No.1 songs in the UK,…
Ray Charles – Hit The Road Jack
About The Song Certain songs feel like they’ve always existed, to the point where it’s strange to imagine them as…
Thurston Harris – Little Bitty Pretty One
About The Song It starts off so simple. Just a bunch of guys humming in harmony over an infectious backbeat,…
The Temptations – My Girl
About The Song “My Girl” is a soul music song recorded by the Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) record label.…
The Drifters – Save the Last Dance for Me
About The Song Put Pomus and Shuman together with Lieber and Stoller. Add the Drifters. And you end up with…
The Platters – Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
About The Song Over six decades ago, The Platters recorded their version of “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes.” It was…
The Shirelles – Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
About The Song The Shirelles were an African-American girl group who formed while they attended high school in Passaic, New…
The Ronettes – Be My Baby
About The Song In 1961, The Ronettes, the New York City girl group made up of Veronica (Ronnie) Bennett, her…