The song was composed in 1967 by Chip Taylor, who said of it: “I wrote ‘Angel of the Morning’ after hearing the Rolling Stones song ‘Ruby Tuesday‘ on the car radio when I was driving into New York City. I wanted to capture that kind of passion.” “Angel of the Morning” was originally offered to Connie Francis, but she […]

. “Elusive Butterfly” is a popular song written by Bob Lind, released as a single in December 1965, which reached number 5 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the adult contemporary chart in the spring of 1966.  It also reached number 5 in the UK, after entering the charts on 19 February 1966, remaining there for five weeks.  In Australia, Lind’s […]

. . “Mr. Tambourine Man” was written and composed in early 1964, at the same approximate time as “Chimes of Freedom“, which Dylan recorded later that spring for his album Another Side of Bob Dylan.  Dylan began writing and composing “Mr. Tambourine Man” in February 1964, after attending Mardi Gras in New Orleans during a cross-country road trip with […]