Elvis Presley: My Baby Left Me
This was written by Arthur Crudup, who released it as a single in 1950. The King recorded it as the B-side of his 1956 single I Want You, I Need You, … Continue readingElvis Presley: My Baby Left Me
A compendium of musical delights by Alan and Margaret Ashworth
This was written by Arthur Crudup, who released it as a single in 1950. The King recorded it as the B-side of his 1956 single I Want You, I Need You, … Continue readingElvis Presley: My Baby Left Me
The lyrics were written by group members Vito Picone and Arthur Venosa to an adaptation of the tune Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. It reached No 1 in America and No 25 in … Continue readingThe Elegants: Little Star
This is a less frenetic Jerry Lee Lewis. The song was written by Hank Williams who recorded it on July 11, 1952, the day after his divorce from his first … Continue readingJerry Lee Lewis: You Win Again
This was originally a 1965 Italian song, Lo Che Non Vivo (Senza Te), by Pino Donaggio and Vito Pallavicini. The English lyrics, which have nothing to do with the original, were written … Continue readingDusty Springfield: You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
This was written by the group’s co-founder Roy Wood. It was recorded on January 7, 1967 and released on March 31, reaching No 5 in Britain. Wood has always denied … Continue readingThe Move: I Can Hear the Grass Grow
Van Morrison’s voice is a taste I have never acquired, but Them had a good rocking sound. This is a traditional American blues number recorded by Them in 1964, when … Continue readingThem: Baby Please Don’t Go
A contender for World’s Longest Pop Song Title, this was written by Joseph McCarthy, Howard Johnson and James V Monaco for the 1916 Broadway production Follow Me. It was a hit … Continue readingEmile Ford and the Checkmates: What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?
This track was used prominently in the 1968 film If . . . It is from the Missa Luba, a setting of the Latin Mass in styles traditional to the Democratic Republic … Continue readingLes Troubadours du Roi Baudouin: Sanctus
WRAPPING a bale of newly cut grass in black plastic and leaving it out in the sun sounds like a recipe for something unspeakable, if not explosive. However this is … Continue readingMaking silage while the sun shines
This was written by Billy Page and performed by Dobie Gray on his 19464 album Dobie Gray Sings for ‘In’ Crowders That Go ‘Go-Go’ (good candidate for Worst Album Title of All Time). In … Continue readingDobie Gray: The ‘In’ Crowd