I’M A BELIEVER

“I’m a Believer” is a song written by Neil Diamond and recorded by the American band the Monkees in 1966 with the lead vocals by Micky Dolenz. The single, produced by Jeff Barry, hit the number-one spot on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week ending December 31, 1966, and remained there for seven weeks [3] becoming the last Read more…

SITTING ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY

“(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” is a song co-written by soul singer Otis Redding and guitarist Steve Cropper. Redding recorded it twice in 1967, including just three days before his death in a plane crash on December 10, 1967. It was released on Stax Records‘ Volt label in 1968,[4] becoming the first posthumous #1 single Read more…

IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND

“If You Could Read My Mind” is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot. Lightfoot wrote the lyrics while he was reflecting on his own divorce. It reached No. 1 on the Canadian Singles Chart on commercial release in 1970 and charted in several other countries on international release in 1971.[1]  SONG   Thumb – Read more…

AMARILLO BY MORNING

“Amarillo by Morning” is a country music song written by Terry Stafford and Paul Fraser, and recorded in a country pop style by Stafford as a single in 1973 to minor success.[2] The song would be popularized in a fiddle-based Western rendition by Texas neotraditionalist George Strait in 1982.[4] SONG Thumb – Lightbox(Popup):

YOU’RE STILL THE ONE

You’re Still the One” is a song recorded by Canadian singer Shania Twain for her third studio album Come On Over (1997).At the 41st Annual Grammy Awards in 1999, “You’re Still the One” garnered four nominations, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year, and won Best Country Song and Best Female Country Vocal Performance. It was a crossover success, Read more…

DELTA DAWN

Delta Dawn is the debut studio album by American country music singer Tanya Tucker. It was released on September 11, 1972, by Columbia Records  SONG

HEY GOOD LOOKIN’

“Hey, Good Lookin’” is a 1951 song written and recorded by Hank Williams, and his version was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001.[4] In 2003, CMT voted the Hank Williams version No. 19 on CMT’s 100 Greatest Songs of Country Music. Since its original 1951 recording it has been covered by a Read more…

LET ME BE THERE

“Let Me Be There” is a popular song written by John Rostill. It was first recorded by Olivia Newton-John and released in September 1973 as the second single from her studio album of the same name. The country-influenced song was Newton-John’s first Top 10 single in the US, peaking at No. 6, and also won Read more…

AMIE

“Amie” is a song by the American country rock group Pure Prairie League. The song initially appeared on the band’s 1972 album, Bustin’ Out. SONG Thumb – Lightbox(Popup):

Crocodile Rock

“Crocodile Rock” is a song written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, and recorded in summer 1972. It was released on 27 October 1972 in the UK and 20 November 1972 in the U.S.,  and became Elton John’s first U.S. number-one single, reaching the top spot on 3 February 1973, Read more…

Carolina_In_My_Mind

“Carolina in My Mind” was originally written and performed by American singer-songwriter James Taylor. It was Taylor’s second single from his 1968 self-titled debut album. Taylor wrote Carolina in My Mind while in England recording for the Beatles‘ label Apple Records, and the song’s themes reflect his homesickness at the Read more…

Stand_By_Me

“Stand by Me” is a song originally performed in 1961 by American singer-songwriter Ben E. King and written by him, along with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who together used the pseudonym Elmo Glick. According to King, the title is derived from, and was inspired by, a spiritual written by Read more…

Rocky_Top

“Rocky Top” is an American country and bluegrass song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant in 1967 and first recorded by the Osborne Brothers later that same year.  Rocky Top has been recorded by dozens of artists from multiple musical genres worldwide.  It is a standard at University of Tennessee football games.  The song was officially Read more…

The_Landslide

“Landslide” is a song by the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, written and performed by Stevie Nicks. The song was first featured on the band’s self-titled album Fleetwood Mac (1975).  “Landslide” sold 2,093,186 copies in the United States as of 2017.  In 2021, the song was listed at No. 163 Read more…

Leader_Of_The_Band

“Leader of the Band” is a song written by American singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg for his 1981 album The Innocent Age. The song was written as a tribute to his father Lawrence Fogelberg, a musician and leader of a band who was still alive when the song was released.[1][2] Before Lawrence’s Read more…

Let It Be

“Let It Be” is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 6 March 1970 as a single, and (in an alternative mix) as the title track of their album Let It Be.

WILD WORLD

“Wild World” is a song written and recorded by English singer-songwriter Cat Stevens. It first appeared on his fourth album, Tea for the Tillerman (1970). SONG

THE WEIGHT

“The Weight” is a song by the Canadian-American group the Band that was released as a single in 1968 and on the group’s debut album Music from Big Pink. SONG

Lay Down Sally

“Lay Down Sally” is a song performed by Eric Clapton, and written by Clapton, Marcy Levy, and George Terry. It appeared on his November 1977 album SONG      

NOW THAT I’M SIXTY-FOUR

This “adaptation” of the well-known song “When I’m 64” imagines what it might be like once you actually attain the age of 64, or more, in Sun City.  Original Beatles version released in 1967, Song Remastered in 2009