

Chantilly Lace - The Big Bopper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGXFVOc5I8Q An excerpt from the great Dave Marsh's wonderful "The Heart of Rock and Soul": "The plane...


Come On, Let's Go - Ritchie Valens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLrnU1K2Wso On January 31st 1957, two aircraft, a Douglas DC-7B passenger plane and a US Airforce...


Not Fade Away - the Crickets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7iPbqNla6Q Sixty two years ago today, Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens died in a plane...


Say Goodbye to Hollywood - Bette Midler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0StGq-L7Phc Few Phil Spector produced stars went on to further success once they had left the fold of...


To Know Him is to Love Him - the Teddy Bears
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFykEy_mbi0 Phil Spector's first hit was this lush, haunting number for his group, the Teddy Bears. He...


Walking in the Rain - the Ronettes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6vNgc6SlpA On January 16th, legendary record producer Phil Spector died of COVID related illness while...


Ferry Cross the Mersey - Gerry and the Pacemakers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViQwT3f1cds One of the songs namechecked in Bob Dylan's "Murder Most Foul" (see last post) was "Ferry...


Murder Most Foul - Bob Dylan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NbQkyvbw18 About 10 months ago, Bob Dylan brought out the single "Murder Most Foul". It is significant...


Seasons - Magna Carta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUeVaode41c&t=956s "Minstrel of the ages sings of oh so long ago". Magna Carta is a folk/rock group...


The Christmas Song - the Raveonettes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUiZRWsIGAY Well, we're about to leave Europe so it's only right that we have a European band to...

