.  Virginia officials confirm that Blue Ridge Benny has officially begun his court-ordered community service after what experts are calling “a highly emotional weather betrayal.” For a brief, dangerous 72 hours, Virginians were led to believe spring had arrived. The sun showed up. Windows came down. Porches filled up. Hope… returned. Then Virginia did what […]

. . . “Fire” is a 1968 song written by Arthur Brown, Vincent Crane, Mike Finesilver and Peter Ker.  Performed by the Crazy World of Arthur Brown, it was released as a single and on the band’s debut album, also called The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. The single became a transatlantic hit, reaching number one in the UK […]

. . “Wildfire” is a song written by Michael Murphey and Larry Cansler. It was originally recorded by Murphey, who had yet to add his middle name to his recorded work, and appears on his gold-plus 1975 album Blue Sky – Night Thunder. Released in February 1975 as the album’s lead single, “Wildfire” became Murphey’s highest-charting pop hit in the United […]

. . . “Rose Garden” (sometimes titled “(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden”) is a song written in 1967 by American singer-songwriter Joe South. It was first recorded by Billy Joe Royal on his 1967 studio album Billy Joe Royal Featuring Hush. Versions by South himself and Dobie Gray appeared shortly after the original. Gray’s version became a minor hit […]

. . 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 […]