Category: M’s Track of the Day

This was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. It was recorded by the Rolling Stones in 1966, and released in January 1967. It was the group’s fourth chart-topper in … Continue readingMelanie: Ruby Tuesday

Len Barry wrote this with John Madara and David White, co-writers of At the Hop (Danny and Juniors, 1957). It was released in 1965 and got to No 2 in the US … Continue readingLen Barry: 1 – 2 – 3

The lyrics were written by Wally Gold and Aaron Schroeder to an Italian melody by Eduardo di Capua for the song O Sole Mio. It was recorded on April 3, 1960 and … Continue readingElvis Presley: It’s Now or Never

This was written by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane, and released on August 4, 1967. It was the group’s fifth top-ten hit in the UK, reaching No 3. It was … Continue readingSmall Faces: Itchycoo Park

This was written by Paul McCartney for the Everly Brothers who recorded it in 1984 for their brilliant album EB 84, produced by Dave Edmunds. It reached No 50 in America, … Continue readingEverly Brothers: On the Wings of a Nightingale

This was co-written by Gene Pitney, under his mother’s maiden name of A (Anna) Orlowski, and Aaron Schroeder, while they were working at the Brill Building in New York. Bobby … Continue readingBobby Vee: Rubber Ball

Written by Don Everly, this was recorded on July 7, 1959, at the RCA Victor studio in Nashville, Tennessee, with Chet Atkins on guitar. It was released later that month … Continue readingEverly Brothers: (Till) I Kissed You

This was a group of session musicians formed to be the resident band on the pop TV programme Oh Boy! shown on ITV in 1958/59. Hoots Mon was written by leader Harry … Continue readingLord Rockingham’s XI: Hoots Mon

I have just read that this is to be the theme song of a new film called Eternals, and I realised I hadn’t mentioned it here. It was one of my great … Continue readingSkeeter Davis: The End of the World

This was written by group members Gene Clark, Roger McGuinn and David Crosby and was inspired by their airline flight to London in August 1965. It was released in 1966 and … Continue readingThe Byrds: Eight Miles High