Way Back 2026

Songs a-Plenty from Motown,
J5, G. Kelly, J.L. Hooker
and the Impressions

Box office leader Michael, the biopic starring Michael Jackson's nephew Jaafar Jackson, works in a few pre-Jackson Five/MJ songs, nearly all from Motown: early Berry Gordy production "Money (That's What I Want)" by Barrett Strong, Gladys Knight and the Pips' '67 jam "I Heard it Through the Grapevine," "Oh How Happy" by Edwin Starr and Blinky (penned by Starr) and the one without any Detroit origins ... MORE ››

Top 100 Lists

Patsy Cline

"I Love You Honey," Patsy Cline's materialistic nod to automobiles, is on the Top 100 Car Songs of the '50s and '60s! Check out the full list of driving tracks ... MORE ››

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SIMON AND GARFUNKEL

Simon and Garfunkel

About seven years had gone by since Paul Simon and Arthur Garfunkel, teenage fans of early rock and rollers like The Every Brothers and The Sparkletones, had started making music together. Scoring a mid-size hit in late 1957 with "Hey, Schoolgirl" brandishing the psudonym Tom and Jerry, they quickly learned what so many others knew: a second hit would be hard to get. The duo made a few more tries then veered off onto separate routes, recording under monikers like (in Art's case) Tommy Graph or Artie Garr and (in Paul's case) Jerry Landis or True Taylor or Paul Kane, each struggling to find success outside a couple of Paul's charting side projects: singing lead for Tico and the Triumphs ("Motorcycle") and solo as Landis ("The Lone Teen Ranger"). Reconnecting around 1964 they agreed ... MORE ››



Vinyl Attack Count Five

Psychotic Reaction
by
Count Five

The San Jose rock scene was poppin' in the summer of 1966. Former Bay Area "Battle of the Bands" winners Syndicate of Sound drew attention to the city with their hit "Little Girl" while The Chocolate Watch Band waited in the wings, likely anticipating more than the eventual cult status (obtained without benefit of a hit record) that was ... MORE ››