Tom Paxton (born in 1937), American folk singer and songwriter, during a concert, 1992. (Photo by Christian Rose/Roger Viollet via Getty Images) On this day (October 31) in 1937, folk singer-songwriter Thomas…
3 Top 10 Hits From 1966 That Every 60s Kid Alive Still Remembers Today
Photo by Bob Luckey/Newsday RM via Getty Images By the middle of the 1960s, the era was full of timeless songs, although likely no one knew it at the time. These are…
On This Day in 1951, Lefty Frizzell Scored a 13-Week No. 1 With a Country Classic Later Covered by George Jones and Merle Haggard
Lefty Frizzell On this day (October 31) in 1951, Lefty Frizzell was at No. 1 on all of the Billboard country charts with “Always Late (With Your Kisses).” It spent a total…
64 Years Later, This Monster-Sized Halloween Hit Still Generates an Estimated $1 Million a Year
Photo by: Bettmann / Contributor I think it’s every songwriter’s dream to have an “All I Want For Christmas Is You” level hit. A song that, every year, like clockwork, reenters the…
Joni Mitchell’s Only No. 1 Hit Was a Throwaway Song to Her: “I’d Feel Like the Radio Was Crying for One of My Ballads”
A portrait of Joni Mitchell being interviewed in 1972 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Photo by Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns) Joni Mitchell‘s magic doesn’t lie in hitmaking. Though she has songs that have been enduring staples…