[ purchase ] When she was fifteen years old, Eva Boyd moved from North Carolina to Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, and worked as a maid and occas...

Another rabbit warren of antique archaicism to fall down today, as we grasp at the few straws offered by Tin Pan Alley to the Pauls of this ...

James Taylor : Hey Mister, That's Me up on the Jukebox [ purchase ] If you’ve been reading my work on this site since 2011 (!), you m...

Semisonic : Closing Time [ purchase ] One reason that people love listening to music, particularly older music, is that songs, like sm...

Peter Frampton : All I Want Is To Be (Is By Your Side) [ purchase ] It is far from an original thought to note that Frampton Comes Al...

Little Eva : Let’s Turkey Trot [ purchase ] Ian & the Zodiacs : Let’s Turkey Trot [ purchase ] Back in the days when I mod...

Me First & The Gimme Gimmes : Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? [ purchase ] You could argue that one of the ways to tell if a song...

Purchase: The Byrds, The Notorious Byrd Brothers Listen:  Going Back It is one of those almost cliché—yet still astounding—facts ...

It's possibly a fact that Ms King's best known song is in itself best known as a cover, namely the comforting and syrupy balm of J...

David Johansen : We Gotta Get Out Of This Place/Don't Bring Me Down/It's My Life [ purchase ] Last week, I watched all 10 epis...

Carole King: Really Rosie Carole King: Pierre [ purchase ] Remember when you were younger and wanted to put on a show? - through the com...