Category: M’s Track of the Day

This written by Question Mark (Rudy Martinez) in 1962 and recorded with the Mysterians in 1966. It reached No 1 in America and No 37 in Britain. It is ranked … Continue reading? and the Mysterians: 96 Tears

I suppose this is cheesy but it’s a good tune. It was written as Je n’aurai pas le temps by Michel Fugain (music) and Pierre Delanoe (lyrics) and released by Fugain in … Continue readingJohn Rowles: If I Only Had Time

Neil Young’s voice is unique. He wrote Helpless before he joined Crosby, Stills & Nash, and the new quartet recorded it for their 1970 album Déjà Vu. Young played the song with The … Continue readingCrosby, Stills, Nash & Young: Helpless

I really did not like the Animals, but some people did. (Alan Price was great when he went solo.) This was the follow-up to the dreadful House of the Rising Sun (which … Continue readingThe Animals: I’m Crying

This was written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love and released on The Beach Boys’ 1963 album Surfer Girl. Here is a live performance from 1977.

McLean wrote this and released it on his American Pie album in 1971. It topped the US charts in early 1972 and reached No 2 in Britain. A reader in Northern Ireland … Continue readingDon McLean: American Pie

Billy wrote this, his debut single. It was recorded on November 26, 1958, and released on January 16, 1959.  It got to No 18 in Britain. To be honest, it’s … Continue readingBilly Fury: Maybe Tomorrow

This is credited to Don Raye and John Jacob Niles. It was first recorded by Peggy Lee in 1959 as the B-side of her single Hallelujah, I Love Him So. Cliff … Continue readingCliff Richard: I’m Looking out the Window

Written by Berry, this was released in 1956 and reached No 29 in America. In 2004, it was ranked number 97 on Rolling Stone‘s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.   … Continue readingChuck Berry: Roll Over Beethoven

I can’t bear this but it was hugely popular in 1967 and seems to have become a symbol of the idiotic 60s Flower Power movement. It was written by John … Continue readingScott McKenzie: San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)