Showaddywaddy – Under The Moon Of Love
Oldies Songs A Timeless Ode to Teenage Romance, the Song That Finally Crowned the Kings of British Nostalgia. By the mid-1970s, the UK music scene was a cacophony of sound, with punk…
Lloyd Price – Lawdy Miss Clawdy
A Cry That Shook the Soul: Lloyd Price’s “Lawdy Miss Clawdy” In the sultry spring of 1952, Lloyd Price, a young New Orleans crooner with a voice like velvet thunder,…
Triumph – Young Enough To Cry
The Heart’s Defiant Tears: Triumph’s “Young Enough to Cry” In the spring of 1979, Triumph, Canada’s hard-rock poets, unleashed “Young Enough to Cry” as part of their third album, Just…
Glen Campbell – Southern Nights
A Luminous Ode to Simpler Times and Southern Soul In January 1977, Glen Campbell released “Southern Nights”, a single that soared to Number 1 on three U.S. charts—the Billboard Hot…
Olivia Newton-John – Physical
A Seductive Anthem of Liberation and Reinvention In September 1981, Olivia Newton-John unleashed “Physical”, a song that stormed to Number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, holding the top spot…
Mud – Crazy ( Original Footage Hits-A-Gogo 1973 Stereo Remastered )
Three Minutes of Pure Momentum: Mud and the Electric Spark of “Crazy” in 1973 In 1973, British glam rock found one of its most direct and irresistible expressions in Mud’s…
Ambrosia – Holdin’ On to Yesterday
A Heart-Wrenching Tug Between Past Promises and Present Pain In the spring of 1975, Ambrosia unfurled “Holdin’ On to Yesterday”, a shimmering debut single that soared to No. 17 on…
John Mayall – A Big Man
A Bluesman’s Lament for Strength in a Troubled World When John Mayall released “A Big Man” in 1980 as part of his album Road Show Blues, it didn’t blaze up…
Zz top – Tush
A Swaggering Salute to Desire and Southern Charm When ZZ Top dropped “Tush” in the summer of 1975, it strutted onto the Billboard Hot 100 with a cocksure grin, peaking…
Sweet – Set Me Free
Sweet’s “Set Me Free”: A High-Energy Rock Powerhouse Released in 1974 as the opening track on their album Sweet Fanny Adams, “Set Me Free” by Sweet showcases the band’s harder-edged…