The minstrel boy to the war has gone. …
Recorded in 1962 by The Drifters, it was a major hit a year later. It was written by Carole King…
This well-known standard was composed in 1926 by the Gershwins, for a musical, “Oh Kay!” It has been covered by…
“Why do birds suddenly appear every time you are near? Just like me, they want to be close to you.”…
One of the most beautiful and moving songs by the glorious Emmylou Harris. Beneath still waters, there’s a strong undertow.…
This lovely traditional Scottish melody tells of the flight of Bonnie Prince Charlie after the disaster of Culloden in 1745.…
A Beatles Classic. With its narrative on loneliness, this moving song broke with popular musical conventions of the time. It…
This is a traditional Appalacian folk song believed to have originated in eastern Kentucky at the beginning of the twentieth…
The Beatles at their best. This song by Lennon and McCartney was written in 1968 and had a nine week…
Originally written in French, “L’amour est bleu” and released in Europe on 1957, the most notable recording being that by…