This is the third and final song in a trilogy that always come to my mind together: The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face, Killing Me Softly With His Song and Help Me Make It Through The Night. (more…)

The history of this classic romantic ballad is a long and complicated one, involving two English folk singers, an American schoolteacher, a screen legend – and a dead cat. (more…)

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The loose ramshackle sound of this song can be attributed to one thing – they had never played it before the day they recorded it. And this was only the second take. (more…)

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This is the song that made Elton a superstar. Sure, he’d had hits before – Your Song, Rocketman, Honky Cat – but this took him to another level and gave him his first US chart topper. (more…)

It’s embarrassing to admit I discovered Chuck Berry through this dismal double entendre-strewn novelty song. And dreadful that something so execrable gave Chuck – one of the most influential musicians of all time and the man who invented rock’n’roll almost single-handedly – his only number one record.
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