. . The Morning After” is a song written by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn for the 1972 film The Poseidon Adventure, winning Best Original Song at the 45th Academy Awards. Following this success, Maureen McGovern recorded a single version that became a No. 1 hit in the US for two weeks during August 1973, with Gold record sales. Billboard ranked it as the No. 28 song for 1973.

. . “Ben” (often referred to as “Ben’s Song”) is a song written by Don Black and Walter Scharf for the 1972 film of the same name (a spin-off to the 1971 killer rat film Willard). It was performed by Lee Montgomery in the film and by Michael Jackson over the closing credits. Jackson’s single, recorded for the Motown label in 1972, spent one week at the top […]

; “Which Way You Goin’ Billy?” is a song by the Canadian band the Poppy Family. First released as a single in 1969, it features on the album of the same name (1969) and was a chart-topping hit in Canada and Ireland. It was also a significant hit in other parts of the world, reaching number two on […]

. Bridge Over Troubled Water is the fifth and final studio album by American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. The album was released on January 26, 1970, through Columbia Records. Following the duo’s soundtrack for The Graduate, Art Garfunkel took an acting role in the film Catch-22, while Paul Simon worked on the songs, writing all tracks except Felice and Boudleaux Bryant‘s “Bye Bye Love” (previously a hit […]

. . “A Whiter Shade of Pale” is a song by the English rock band Procol Harum that was issued as their debut single on 12 May 1967. The single reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart on 8 June and stayed there for six weeks.   Without much promotion, it reached number 5 on the US Billboard Hot 100.  […]

. . Jackson said that “Billie Jean” was based on groupies he and his brothers encountered while they performed as the Jackson 5.  “They would hang around backstage doors, and any band that would come to town they would have a relationship with, and I think I wrote this out of experience  with my brothers when I was […]

. . . The Age of Aquarius is the fourth album by the American pop group the 5th Dimension, released in 1969. It was the group’s biggest commercial success in the United States, peaking at number two on the Billboard pop albums chart and the R&B albums chart.

. . As one of the most famous protest songs of the Vietnam War era, “Fortunate Son” revives this timeless message with the snarl and swagger of the 1960s righteous rock and roll. As John Fogerty put it: Julie Nixon was hanging around with David Eisenhower, and you just had the feeling that none of […]

. . . “Away in a Manger” is a beloved Christmas carol with a mysterious American origin, falsely attributed for years to Martin Luther, but research shows it emerged in the U.S. in the mid-1800s, possibly by a German Lutheran in Pennsylvania, with its first two stanzas appearing in American songbooks before gaining popularity, and a […]

. . . “Sister Susie sitting on a thistle.” 😂