Category: M’s Track of the Day

This is the third in the season of Beatles tracks taken from my tapes used on the 1994 album Live at the BBC, which I wrote about here. https://am-records.com/2022/05/15/how-i-made-a-beatles-album-with-a-little-help-from-my-friends/It was written by Mikis … Continue readingThe Beatles: The Honeymoon Song

This is the second in the season of Beatles tracks taken from my tapes and used on the 1994 album Live at the BBC, which I wrote about here. https://am-records.com/2022/05/15/how-i-made-a-beatles-album-with-a-little-help-from-my-friends/ It was broadcast … Continue readingThe Beatles: To Know Her is to Love Her

To coincide with the publication of my article https://am-records.com/2022/05/15/how-i-made-a-beatles-album-with-a-little-help-from-my-friends/ about the Beatles tapes I recorded in 1963, I thought I would do a short season of my favourite tracks from Pop Go the … Continue readingThe Beatles: Crying, Waiting, Hoping

The music was written by violinist Georges Boulanger with lyrics by Carlos Gomez Barrera in 1926 as Avant de mourir (Before dying). I don’t think it was recorded. The English lyrics were … Continue readingThe Platters: My Prayer

Cliff was my first love. I must have seen the film Summer Holiday, which features this song, a dozen times. It was written by Buddy Kaye and Philip Springer, and recorded on 10 … Continue readingCliff Richard and the Shadows: The Next Time

Almost indistinguishable from his other hits, I’m Gonna Make You Mine (1969) and Rhapsody in the Rain (1966) this was written by Christie and Twyla Herbert. It was released in December 1965 and reached … Continue readingLou Christie: Lightnin’ Strikes

The lyrics were written by Johnny Mercer with music by Rube Bloom. One of the first recordings in 1940 was by Glenn Miller with vocals by Ray Eberle. There were … Continue readingRick Nelson: Fools Rush In

This written by Question Mark (Rudy Martinez) in 1962 and recorded with the Mysterians in 1966. It reached No 1 in America and No 37 in Britain. It is ranked … Continue reading? and the Mysterians: 96 Tears

I suppose this is cheesy but it’s a good tune. It was written as Je n’aurai pas le temps by Michel Fugain (music) and Pierre Delanoe (lyrics) and released by Fugain in … Continue readingJohn Rowles: If I Only Had Time

Neil Young’s voice is unique. He wrote Helpless before he joined Crosby, Stills & Nash, and the new quartet recorded it for their 1970 album Déjà Vu. Young played the song with The … Continue readingCrosby, Stills, Nash & Young: Helpless