‘Good Vibrations’: When The Beach Boys Gave Us Excitations
What do the Beach Boys have in common with the Dave Clark 5, Petula Clark, and BB King? They may not seem like the most...
‘Swinging Doors’: Merle Haggard Goes No.1 Country
On December 10, 1966, one of country music’s most enduring heroes, Merle Haggard, achieved his first No.1 on the Billboard country album chart – before...
‘Burning Bridges’: Glen Campbell Crosses To Solo Country Stardom
The great pop breakthrough year in the career of Glen Campbell was 1967, when “Gentle On My Mind” and “By The Time I Get To Phoenix”...
‘Dig The New Breed’: The Jam Live Album Sweetens The Bitterest Pill
To borrow one of their favourite band’s song titles, the end of The Jam in 1982 was the bitterest pill their fans ever had to...
Best Frank Sinatra Christmas Songs: 20 Classics That Define The Holidays
Frank Sinatra and Christmas go together like mistletoe and mulled wine. As the best Frank Sinatra Christmas songs prove, having one without the other is...
‘A Day At The Races’: How Queen Scored Pole Position
Following A Night At The Opera, what else, but A Day At The Races. Queen once more took inspiration from the Marx Brothers and replicated...