Category: M’s Track of the Day

This was written by Paul McCartney for the Everly Brothers who recorded it in 1984 for their brilliant album EB 84, produced by Dave Edmunds. It reached No 50 in America, … Continue readingEverly Brothers: On the Wings of a Nightingale

This was co-written by Gene Pitney, under his mother’s maiden name of A (Anna) Orlowski, and Aaron Schroeder, while they were working at the Brill Building in New York. Bobby … Continue readingBobby Vee: Rubber Ball

Written by Don Everly, this was recorded on July 7, 1959, at the RCA Victor studio in Nashville, Tennessee, with Chet Atkins on guitar. It was released later that month … Continue readingEverly Brothers: (Till) I Kissed You

This was a group of session musicians formed to be the resident band on the pop TV programme Oh Boy! shown on ITV in 1958/59. Hoots Mon was written by leader Harry … Continue readingLord Rockingham’s XI: Hoots Mon

I have just read that this is to be the theme song of a new film called Eternals, and I realised I hadn’t mentioned it here. It was one of my great … Continue readingSkeeter Davis: The End of the World

This was written by group members Gene Clark, Roger McGuinn and David Crosby and was inspired by their airline flight to London in August 1965. It was released in 1966 and … Continue readingThe Byrds: Eight Miles High

This was written by a French partnership, Norman Maine and Georges Liferman. It was released in 1962 and reached No 4 in Britain. It was not released in the States. … Continue readingThe Shadows: Guitar Tango

I wrote about the original by Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers here https://am-records.com/2020/03/17/frankie-lymon-the-teenagers-why-do-fools-fall-in-love/ but I did not know about this version by the Beach Boys which was the B-side of their 1964 … Continue readingThe Beach Boys: Why Do Fools Fall in Love?

This was her third single and second chart-topper. It was recorded when she was still only 14, though she was 15 when it went to No 1. It was written … Continue readingHelen Shapiro: Walkin’ Back to Happiness

In honour of Lloyd Price, who has died at 88, here is his second-biggest UK hit which reached No 9 in 1959. (The biggest was Stagger Lee, No 7 in 1958). … Continue readingLloyd Price: Personality