Shaun Cassidy – Teen Dream
Classic Oldies A Pop Idol’s Mirror: The Sound of Innocence Teetering on the Edge of Disillusion When Shaun Cassidy released “Teen Dream” in 1979, the title track from his album Teen Dream,…
Anne Murray – Snowbird
A Quiet Yearning Takes Flight on Wings of Melancholy and Hope When Anne Murray released “Snowbird” in 1970, she unwittingly etched her name into music history with a song that…
Linda Ronstadt – Are My Thoughts With You?
A quiet prayer set to Nashville air—Ronstadt asks a tender question and lets the room breathe The grace of “Are My Thoughts With You?” is how simply it enters and…
John Fogerty – Natural Thing
“Natural Thing” celebrates desire as instinct and destiny—love as old as the flower and the bee, and as stubborn as a heartbeat that won’t be argued with. By the time…
Shaun Cassidy – Morning Girl
A Gentle Farewell to Innocence, Draped in Morning Light Shaun Cassidy‘s 1976 rendition of “Morning Girl”, featured on his debut self-titled album Shaun Cassidy, arrived at a moment when teen…
Linda Ronstadt – Lovesick Blues
A yodel of longing reborn in Nashville—youthful nerve meeting an old song’s timeless ache When Linda Ronstadt opened Silk Purse (1970) with “Lovesick Blues,” she did something beautifully audacious: she…
Linda Ronstadt – Will You Love me Tomorrow?
A song that dares to ask the morning-after question—when the night’s warmth fades and only sincerity can answer When Linda Ronstadt sings “Will You Love Me Tomorrow?”, she doesn’t treat…
John Fogerty – Searchlight
“Searchlight” is Fogerty’s song for the years you spend stumbling in the dark—until one small beam inside you finally finds the way back. When John Fogerty released “Searchlight” on January…
John Fogerty – Vanz Kant Danz
“Vanz Kant Danz” is a bitter little fable about power—how greed can grin, steal, and still insist it’s the victim. “Vanz Kant Danz” (originally released as “Zanz Kant Danz”) closes…
Shaun Cassidy – Heaven In Your Eyes
A fleeting glimpse of eternal longing, captured in the shimmer of a pop ballad. Released during a transitional moment in the late 1970s, Shaun Cassidy’s “Heaven In Your Eyes” finds…