Helen Shapiro: Tell Me What He Said
This was written by Jeff Barry and first recorded by American singer Ginny Arnell in 1960 as the B-side of her single Look Who’s Talkin’, which was not a hit. … Continue readingHelen Shapiro: Tell Me What He Said
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Sufjan Stevens: The Ascension
Title song and only decent track on his 2020 album – the rest is rubbish electronica.
Dennis Wilson: Holy Man
From the late Beach Boys drummer’s ‘great lost’ second album Bambu. There’ll be a column about Dennis early in the New Year.
Alan Jackson and Alison Krauss: The Angels Cried
Concluding his brilliant festive country series, Matt says: ‘Ms Krauss brings a touch of bluegrass to this Christmas treasure from 1993.’ Have a good one, y’all, from A & M.
Buck Owens: Blue Christmas Lights
Matt says: Buck and his Buckaroos choose misery over mistletoe on this 1965 heartbreaker.
Reba McEntire: I’ll Be Home For Christmas
Reba was at her peak, says Matt, when she recorded this fiddle-led shuffle in 1987.
Elvis Presley: I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
This was written by Maurice Mysels and Ira Kosloff, and was Elvis Presley’s seventh single release on the RCA Victor label, the follow-up to Heartbreak Hotel. It was released in … Continue readingElvis Presley: I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
George Jones: Lonely Christmas Call
Matt says: Country’s greatest singer tugging the tinsel-strings in 1962.
A Christmas cringefest
BACK in September we grimaced our way through Kenny Everett’s World’s Worst Record Show, a collection of 20 truly terrible tunes from the vaults, and I invited readers to provide their own … Continue readingA Christmas cringefest
Aerosmith: The Reason a Dog
‘The reason a dog has so many friends, ’cause he wags his tail instead of his tongue.’