Showaddywaddy – Remember Then
A Tender Revival of Doo-Wop Nostalgia and the Enduring Promise of Young Love When “Remember Then” was revived by Showaddywaddy in 1976, it became far more than a simple cover…
A Tender Revival of Doo-Wop Nostalgia and the Enduring Promise of Young Love When “Remember Then” was revived by Showaddywaddy in 1976, it became far more than a simple cover…
A Glittering Call to Celebrate: When “Hey Mister Christmas” Turned Nostalgia into a Festive Anthem When “Hey Mister Christmas” by Showaddywaddy arrived in December 1974, it did more than add…
A Tender Portrait of Young Love That Lingers Like a Summer Memory When “Next Door to an Angel” by Neil Sedaka floated onto the airwaves in 1962, it carried with…
“Bad Blood” – When Old Friends Reunite and Turn a Personal Rift into a No.1 Triumph Released in 1975, “Bad Blood” marked a spectacular commercial resurgence for Neil Sedaka, soaring…
A slow-burning blues warning about temptation, truth, and the restless human soul When “Evil Is Going On” first appeared in 1966 on the debut album John Hammond by John Hammond,…
A Gentle Homecoming Carried by Two Kindred Voices When “Take Me Home, Country Roads” was reborn through the voices of Brandi Carlile and Emmylou Harris, it was more than a…
A buoyant declaration of young love, wrapped in bright harmonies and the innocent urgency of the mid-1970s pop revival When “I Only Wanna Be With You” was released by Bay…
A Tender Portrait of Youthful Love and the Bittersweet Passage from Childhood to Romance When “Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen” by Neil Sedaka was released in late 1961, it arrived at…
A brooding blues sermon about sin, labor, and redemption in a restless American landscape When “Get Behind The Mule” appeared on Wicked Grin in 2001, it was not a new…
A Tender Prayer for the Weary Heart – When Two Generations Meet in “Angel From Montgomery” Few songs in the American songbook carry the quiet, enduring ache of “Angel From…