Showaddywaddy – Hey Mister Christmas
Oldies Songs 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…
Neil Sedaka – Next Door to An Angel
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…
Neil Sedaka – Bad Blood
“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…
John Hammond – Evil Is Going On
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,…
Brandi Carlile & Emmylou Harris – Take Me Home, Country Roads
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…
Bay City Rollers – I Only Wanna Be With You
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…
Neil Sedaka – Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen
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…
John Hammond – Get Behind The Mule
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…
Bonnie Raitt & Brandi Carlile – Angel From Montgomery
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…
Dirt Band & Linda Ronstadt – An American Dream
A Gentle Dream of Love and Longing in a Changing America When “An American Dream” was released in late 1979, it arrived like a soft breeze from a quieter decade—carrying…