Category: M’s Track of the Day

This is a great pop song. Released in 1962, it was Montez’s third record but his first hit, going to No 4 in America and 2 in Britain. It was … Continue readingChris Montez: Let’s Dance

I have chosen this partly because of the wonderful video. This was the trio’s only hit, reaching No 11 in Britain in 1968. It was written by Tony Macaulay and … Continue readingPaper Dolls: Something Here in My Heart (Keeps A Tellin’ Me No)

One of many pop songs on the theme that girls suddenly become beautiful on their 16th birthday, this was written by Luther Dixon and Allyson R Khent. It reached No 2 … Continue readingThe Crests: Sixteen Candles

Phil Phillips was Louisiana bellboy John Phillip Baptiste when he wrote this song with record producer George Khoury. It reached No 2 in America in 1959, and it was his … Continue readingPhil Phillips: Sea of Love

As the house band of Stax Records, Booker T and the MGs played on hundreds of recordings by artistes including Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and Sam & Dave. Time is … Continue readingBooker T and the MGs: Time is Tight

This got to No 3 in Britain and No 40 in America in 1971. It was the period of ‘supergroups’ combining the talents of top bands often using their surnames, … Continue readingAshton, Gardner and Dyke: Resurrection Shuffle

This was recorded in Hamburg in 1961, when Pete Best was still the drummer. The song, by Milton Ager and Jack Yellen, was published in 1927. I think you can … Continue readingThe Beatles: Ain’t She Sweet

The archetypal teenage angst. Written by Pomus and Shuman, it was released in 1959 by Dion and the Belmonts and got to No 5 in America. In Britain it had … Continue readingDion: A Teenager in Love

Patsy did several songs which are so complex melodically that almost no one else attempted them – another is I Fall to Pieces. https://am-records.com/2019/05/15/patsy-cline-i-fall-to-pieces/ Crazy was written by Willie Nelson in 1961. … Continue readingPatsy Cline: Crazy

Bruce Channel wrote this with Margaret Cobb in 1959, when he was 19, but it was not recorded until 1961, and then only for a local record label in Fort … Continue readingBruce Channel: Hey! Baby