Category: M’s Track of the Day

I love both of these complete opposites. Posey’s country-flavoured version of Martha Sharpe’s song was her first hit in 1966, reaching No 12 in the US and winning a gold … Continue readingSandy Posey/Nick Lowe: Born a Woman

THIS is one of my favourite Everlys tracks, first heard on their 1960 album A Date With the Everly Brothers and released as a single in 1961 as the B-side to Temptation. … Continue readingThe Everly Brothers: Stick With Me Baby

THE lyrics of this song are great. For example: He’s so fineGotta be mineSooner or laterI hope it’s not later The whole song can be found here. https://genius.com/Chiffons-hes-so-fine-lyrics It was written … Continue readingThe Chiffons: He’s So Fine

RELEASED in 1958, this is my favourite Buddy Holly number. It was written by Holly’s friend Bob Montgomery (they performed at high school in Lubbock, Texas as Buddy and Bob) … Continue readingBuddy Holly: Heartbeat

I think this may have been the first single I bought, certainly among the first few. Billy Fury, like Bobby Darin whom I mentioned a few days ago, had rheumatic … Continue readingBilly Fury: Like I’ve Never Been Gone

THE best soul singer of all time in my opinion. There was and is no one to touch the Mighty Otis. He co-wrote I’ve Been Loving You Too Long with the singer-songwriter … Continue readingOtis Redding: I’ve Been Loving You Too Long

BOBBY Darin suffered rheumatic fever as a child and it damaged his heart. Knowing he was likely to die young, he threw himself into everything, and maybe spread himself a … Continue readingBobby Darin: I’ll Be There

THIS was the last single I ever bought. It was written by one of the Beach Boys, Bruce Johnston, and included on the group’s 1970 album Sunflower. It was also released … Continue readingThe Beach Boys: Tears in the Morning

THE Phil Spector-produced Ronettes (lead singer Veronica Bennett, her older sister Estelle and their cousin Nedra Talley) were past their peak when they recorded this in 1965 but I think … Continue readingThe Ronettes: Is This What I Get for Loving You?

THIS was the B-side of the very ordinary Can’t You See That She’s Mine which reached No 10 in the UK in June 1964. However Dave Clark, who wrote it, insisted that … Continue readingThe Dave Clark Five: Because