

King Without a Queen - Dion (plus Runaway Girl)
A B-side from 1962 by the immortal Dion – he may have been a "King Without a Queen" but he was the King of New York Italian doo-wop....


Summertime - Billy Stewart
While we're in the sixties, the golden age of soul, we must have one of the great soul singles: fat boy Billy Stewart's rendering of the...


I Think We're Alone Now and Mirage - Tommy James and the Shondells
Tommy James and the Shondells existed from 1966 - 1970 and are most famous for their UK number one the terrific "Mony Mony" and their two...


Time for Livin' - the Association
Making a return after a very crowded summer in which my digital (lack of) expertise meant I wanted to get a few things sorted with the...


May I - Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwuocMHyuHc Following from Jackson Browne's version of "Stay" (see last post), originally recorded by...


The Load Out / Stay - Jackson Browne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UC4SLsPQic It always surprised me that Laurel Canyon wunderkind Jackson Browne should come up with such...


Going to Mexico - Steve Miller Band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atC-QsMJGPE After yesterday we're still on the border, but this time heading south, in this angry,...


Too Many Nights Too Long - Poco
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PiaDbi_hJY This is good played LOUD. Poco were formed by ex Buffalo Springfield's Ritchie Furey and Jim...


Southern Cross - Crosby Stills and Nash
While we are plumbing the annals of self pity we should listen to Stephen Still's wonderfully Melville-esque musings of a man running...


Take Time to Know Her - Percy Sledge
Percy Sledge's second best record , a cautionary tale and suburban tragedy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFxnUMdQsPw with its graphic...

