Gene Vincent – Rip It Up
Oldies Songs A Night When Rock and Roll Refused to Sit Still On October 25, 1958, at the famed Town Hall Party in California, “Rip It Up” came roaring to life through…
Anne Murray – Blessed Are The Believers
When Faith in Love Becomes the Deepest Heartbreak Released in March 1981, “Blessed Are the Believers” by Anne Murray served as the lead single from her album Where Do You…
HE DIDN’T WALK AWAY FROM MUSIC — HE WALKED TOWARD HOME
There’s a kind of silence that only comes after decades of applause. Not the empty kind — the peaceful kind.That’s the silence Ricky Van Shelton chose when he stepped off…
Carl Perkins – Blue Suede Shoes (on The Perry Como Show)
A Rockabilly Spark That Lit a Generation, Where “Blue Suede Shoes” Stepped Into History On May 26, 1956, Carl Perkins appeared on The Perry Como Show and performed his breakout…
Mud – Crazy
Oldies Songs “Crazy” by Mud – a sparkling snapshot of early ’70s glam rock and a tender ode to youthful infatuation When Mud’s “Crazy” first entered the airwaves in early 1973, it…
Eric Andersen – Come To My Bedside, My Darlin’
A Tender Ballad of Longing and Love from Eric Andersen’s Folk Heart In the tapestry of 1960s and early ’70s folk music, few voices resonate with as much honest yearning…
Eric Andersen – Hey Babe, Have You Been Cheatin’
A bittersweet confession of doubt and longing, where love trembles under the quiet suspicion of betrayal Few songs capture the fragile tension between trust and doubt quite like “Hey Babe,…
Emmylou Harris – Bottle Let Me Down
When Even the Bottle Can’t Drown a Memory In February 1975, “The Bottle Let Me Down” found new life through Emmylou Harris on her breakthrough album Pieces of the Sky.…
Gene Vincent – She She Little Sheila
A Rockabilly Spark That Refused to Fade Released in January 1960, “She She Little Sheila” by Gene Vincent arrived at a moment when rock and roll was beginning to evolve,…
Billy Joe Shaver – Willy The Wandering Gypsy And Me
A Song of the Open Road and Unbreakable Bonds, Where Freedom Rides Beside Loyalty Few songs capture the restless spirit of outlaw country quite like Billy Joe Shaver’s “Willy the…