by Kevin Morton | Mar 13, 2012
California has been the inspiration for many songs over the years: “California, Here I Come,” “California Girls,” “Surfing USA,” and “California Dreaming.” This latest entry offers a more cynical lyrical view, a big leap...
by Kevin Morton | Aug 29, 2011
This song was originally recorded in 1965 by The Olympics, a doo-wop group who had hits with “Peanut Butter,” “Western Movies”and “Hully Gully.” Felix Cavaliere of The Young Rascals was listening to a New York Soul station when he...
by Kevin Morton | Jun 28, 2011
by Kevin Morton | Jun 28, 2011
This month, we present one of the year’s biggest hits, from an album that figured impressively in MD’s 1984 Readers Poll. “Jump,” from Van Halen’s 1984, is unabashedly good-time, hard rock, but not without some interesting highlights....
by Kevin Morton | Jun 28, 2011
