‘You Don’t Know Like I Know’: Sam & Dave’s Soul Starter
Sam Moore and Dave Prater did their share of paying dues. The soul men from Florida and Georgia respectively met in 1961 and cut two...
They Never Could Say Goodbye: Jackson 5 Start 1972 With Hits Galore
Few groups have started their careers with quite the impact that the Jackson 5 made in their first two years. After being “discovered,” as the...
When Gordon Lightfoot Arrived As Top-Class Songwriter On ‘Lightfoot!’ Debut
If reassurance were needed that Gordon Lightfoot’s admiring audience continued to revere his formative work as well as his later hits, it arrived at the...
‘Did She Mention My Name?’ Album: Gordon Lightfoot’s Career ‘Explosion’
Within about a minute of the start of “Wherefore & Why,” the opening track on Gordon Lightfoot’s Did She Mention My Name?, you knew something...
‘Morning Has Broken’: New Year Of 1972 Dawns For Cat Stevens
As 1972 dawned, Cat Stevens was still in the early stages of reshaping his musical persona from the singles artist of the “Matthew and Son”...
The Sound Of Film Musicals: How Songs Shaped Showbusiness On The Silver Screen
Film musicals are one of the most quintessentially American art forms, and one that was eventually exported around the world. Westerns originated from dime novels...