

I'm Gonna Be Strong - Gene Pitney
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldcZkWLOTCI For those receiving regular posts, I apologise for the blip whereby you haven't had the last...


We've Gotta Get Out of This Place - the Animals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUpBSvN1a50 The third of the Brill Building sixties songwriting husband and wife partnerships was Barry...


I Can Hear Music - the Beach Boys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqhVI1lz3ng Ellie Greenwich died of a heart attack in August 2009. Less than 4 months later she and Barry...


A Fine Fine Boy - Darlene Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWHoI3W8pns The thing about Elie Greenwich is, although she didn't garner the fame as a solo artist that...


The Kind of Boy You Can't Forget - the Raindrops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBtxoGBgySs One day in 1962 in the Brill Building, world famous songwriter and record producer Jerry...


Hard Rock Cafe - Carole King
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiuOL1g4Q-I Just had a break in sunny Wales. Lots of eating out and long walks but a really enjoyable...


Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? - Carole King
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLA7sanwnN8 The whole female singer/songwriter thing of the sixties and seventies began with the success...


Light a Light - Janis Ian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Irb6VlXx1K4 In 1975, Janis made a double return to the US charts with the single "At Seventeen" reaching...


Stars - Janis Ian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA8LwUBNdXc After the success of "Society's Child" at the age of 16, Janis Ian failed to make a...


Society's Child - Janis Ian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABUmZvzGHVc When, while writing the last post, I found myself in danger of using the phrase "free spirit"...

