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Golden Slumbers by the Beatles Created: Monday, March 25, 2013 Updated: Monday, June 17, 2013
The history of the Beatles track "Golden Slumbers," including facts, charts, session info, trivia, and more, from your Oldies Guide at About.com.
Rock and Roll Road Trips: Where The Music Was Made Created: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Updated: Monday, June 17, 2013
A list of places and landmarks where some of the greatest oldies songs of the 50s, 60s, and 70s were recorded, complete with history and directions. From your Oldies Guide at About.com.
The Beatles Songs: She Came in Through the Bathroom Window Created: Monday, March 25, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, June 12, 2013
The history of the Beatles track "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window," including facts, charts, session info, trivia, and more, from your Oldies Guide at About.com.
The Beatles Albums: Let It Be Created: Friday, May 31, 2013 Updated: Friday, June 07, 2013
Everything you'd want to know about the Beatles' 13th and last album, 1970's "Let It Be," including history, recording, trivia, session info, and more. Written and compiled by your Oldies Guide at ...
The Beatles Songs: Across the Universe Created: Thursday, May 30, 2013 Updated: Friday, June 07, 2013
The history of the Beatles track "Across the Universe," including facts, charts, session info, trivia, and more, from your Oldies Guide at About.com.
The Beatles Songs: Maggie Mae Created: Thursday, May 30, 2013 Updated: Friday, June 07, 2013
The history of the Beatles track "Maggie Mae," including facts, charts, session info, trivia, and more, from your Oldies Guide at About.com.
The Beatles Songs: Dig It Created: Thursday, May 30, 2013 Updated: Friday, June 07, 2013
The history of the Beatles track "Dig It," including facts, charts, session info, trivia, and more, from your Oldies Guide at About.com.
The Top 10 R&B Hits of 1950 Created: Thursday, May 30, 2013 Updated: Thursday, May 30, 2013
The ten biggest and best R&B hits of 1950, including West Coast Blues, Chicago Blues, Jump Blues, and New Orleans Piano! A tribute to the best rhythm and blues hits of 1950. From your Oldies Guide ...
Instrumentals: The 10 Best Pop Instrumentals of the 70s Created: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 Updated: Thursday, May 30, 2013
The best pop instrumentals of the '70s, including classic movie themes, classical motifs, disco, jazz, and more! A tribute to the best music without words of pop's postwar period. From your Oldies ...
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass: In the Spotlight Created: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Herb Alpert was a fledgling record executive when he put his label on the map by blowing his horn... but he quite accidentally became an instrumental (and vocal) star all his own with "A Taste of H...
Agnetha Faltskog's "A": Album Review Created: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, May 28, 2013
All about "A," the 2013 comeback album by Abba vocalist Agnetha Faltskog. A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com.
The Beatles Songs: Polythene Pam Created: Thursday, February 28, 2013 Updated: Monday, May 27, 2013
The history of the Beatles track "Polythene Pam," including facts, charts, session info, trivia, and more, from your Oldies Guide at About.com.
Review: Booker T: Potato Hole Created: Thursday, April 23, 2009 Updated: Tuesday, May 21, 2013
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: "Potato Hole," the first solo album in two decades from Booker T., organist of the legendary MGs -- ten new instrumentals also featuring the Drive-By T...
Summer Music: The Top 10 Summer Albums Created: Friday, June 15, 2007 Updated: Friday, May 17, 2013
The best summer oldies music CDs and compilations on the market - surf music, soul music, drag music, and shag music! All the big hits and some obscurities you haven't fallen in love with yet! Read...
Mean Mr. Mustard by the Beatles Created: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 Updated: Friday, May 17, 2013
The history of the Beatles track "Mean Mr. Mustard," including facts, charts, session info, trivia, and more, from your Oldies Guide at About.com.
Nowhere Man Created: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 Updated: Friday, May 17, 2013
The history of and story behind the Beatles song "Nowhere Man," including charts, session info, trivia, and more, from your Oldies Guide at About.com.
Profile: Dr. John Created: Monday, January 17, 2011 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
All about Dr. John, the Night Tripper responsible for '70s funk and classic r&b hits like "Right Place Wrong Time," "Such A Night," and "Iko Iko." This Dr. John profile is the latest in a series on...
Profile: Chuck Willis Created: Thursday, December 30, 2010 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
All about Chuck Willis, the "What Am I Living For," "It's Too Late" and "C.C. Rider." This Chuck Willis profile is the latest in a series on music's most popular artists of the oldies era, written ...
Profile: Joe Tex Created: Friday, December 03, 2010 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
All about Joe Tex, the clown prince of soul who helped demolish the barriers between funk and Southern soul with hits like "I Gotcha," "Skinny Legs and All," and "Hold What You've Got." This Joe Te...
Profile: Chic Created: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
All about Chic, the disco powerhouse that redefined '70s disco with hugs smashes like "Le Freak" and "I Want Your Love" and jumpstarted hip-hop with "Good Times." This Chic profile is the latest in...
Profile: Solomon Burke Created: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
All about Solomon Burke, a major fixture on the Sixties soul scene whose own hits like "Cry To Me" and "Everybody Needs Somebody To Love" proved to be a major influence on R&B, even as the pop char...
Profile: Eddie Fisher Created: Saturday, September 25, 2010 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
All about Eddie Fisher, the "Jewish Sinatra" who ruled the pop charts in the early 50s with songs like "Oh My Papa" before a scandal with Debbie Reynolds and Elizabeth Taylor wrecked his career. Th...
Profile: The Big Bopper Created: Friday, January 30, 2009 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
Before he was unfortunately immortalized in the plane crash that also took the lives of Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens, J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson had already been an influential songwriter, ...
Profile: Connie Francis Created: Saturday, August 04, 2007 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
A profile of Connie Francis, the most popular female singer of the early rock and roll era, who, with hits like "Who's Sorry Now," "Stupid Cupid," and "Everybody's Somebody's Fool," earned her the ...
Profile: Paul Anka Created: Monday, March 19, 2007 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
A profile of Paul Anka, one of the first of rock's teen idols, whose hits "Diana," "Lonely Boy," and "Put Your Head On My Shoulder" established him as a teenage songwriting phenomenon. This Paul An...
Guide Profile: Chuck Berry Created: Thursday, February 24, 2005 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
One of a series of profiles on rock and roll's most important artists of the oldies era, written and compiled by your Guide here at oldies.about.com.
Profile: The Beach Boys Created: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
One of a series of profiles on rock and roll's most important artists of the oldies era, written and compiled by your Guide here at oldies.about.com.
Profile: Brook Benton Created: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
Brook Benton was the early soul era's smoothest crooner, combining his pop instincts with a storyteller's knack on hits like "Rainy Night In Georgia," "The Boll Weevil Song," and "It's Just A Matte...
Profile: Dionne Warwick Created: Thursday, October 18, 2007 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
A profile of Dionne Warwick, the Sixties and Seventies pop diva who epitomized taste with her Burt Bacharach / Hal David songs and big hits like "Walk On By," "I'll Never Fall In Love Again," "Do Y...
Profile: Bobby Darin Created: Saturday, June 16, 2007 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
A profile of Bobby Darin, the multitalented entertainer who began as a teen rock and roll idol, then detoured into swing, pop vocal, folk protest, and more, racking up hits as diverse as "Mack The ...
Profile: Chubby Checker Created: Sunday, May 06, 2007 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
A profile of Chubby Checker, the king of the dance crazes that set the world on fire in the early Sixties with "The Twist," "Let's Twist Again," and "Dear Lady Twist" before going on to school us a...
Profile: Creedence Clearwater Revival Created: Sunday, August 06, 2006 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
A profile of Creedence Clearwater Revival, the most popular (and some would say best) American rock group of the Sixties, responsible for classic hits like "Fortunate Son," "Proud Mary," and "Down ...