Anne Murray – Hey Baby!
Oldies Songs In the Early 1980s, Anne Murray Took Viewers on a Caribbean Cruise and Quietly Reminded Television Audiences That Charm Never Needed to Be Loud By the time Anne Murray performed…
Jerry Jeff Walker – Last Night I Fell In Love Again (1992)
In 1992, Jerry Jeff Walker Quietly Sang One of the Most Emotionally Mature Love Songs in Country Music… Not About Falling in Love, but About Remembering Why You Stayed For…
Don & Phil join Petula for ‘The Games People Play’ and perform on their own one of the most beautiful renditions of ‘Let It Be Me’
By 1970, The Everly Brothers Were Already Drifting Apart in Real Life… Yet When Don and Phil Sang “Let It Be Me,” They Still Sounded Like One Soul Split Into…
Nanci Griffith (et al.) – Who Knows Where The Time Goes – From Transatlantic Sessions series 2 (1998)
In 1998, Nanci Griffith Sang “Who Knows Where The Time Goes” So Gently That It Felt Less Like a Television Performance and More Like Someone Quietly Accepting Life Itself There…
Anne Murray – A Little Good News – From Anne’s TV special Quebec Winter Carnivale, circa 1984
In the Winter of 1984, Anne Murray Walked Into a Snow Covered Television Special and Quietly Sang One of the Gentlest Protest Songs Ever to Become a Major Hit At…
Roy Orbison Talks About His Song Running Scared
When Roy Orbison Recorded “Running Scared,” He Thought His Career Was Slipping Away. Then One Terrifying Final Note Changed Everything There are many great heartbreak songs in popular music history,…
Townes van Zandt – If I Needed You – From the Texas Connection circa 1990
By 1990, Townes Van Zandt No Longer Sang “If I Needed You” Like a Young Songwriter Searching for Love. He Sang It Like a Man Quietly Trying to Hold Onto…
Emmylou Harris “Guitar Town” with Nash Ramblers
When Emmylou Harris Sang “Guitar Town” Live with The Nash Ramblers, It Sounded Less Like a Cover Song and More Like a Letter Sent Back to the Last Great Era…
Bob Dylan & Joan Baez – It Ain’t Me Babe (Live 1964)
Oldies Songs A Tender Moment Frozen in Folk Music History The 1964 live performance of “It Ain’t Me Babe” by Bob Dylan and Joan Baez at the Newport Folk Festival remains one…
Smokie – I’ll Meet You At Midnight (BBC Basil Brush Show 09.10.1976)
Smokie’s Timeless Midnight Melody Continues to Echo Across Generations When Smokie performed “I’ll Meet You At Midnight” on the BBC Basil Brush Show in October 1976, few could have predicted…