“You’re My Favorite Waste of Time” (also known as “My Favourite Waste of Time”) is a song written and first released by American singer Marshall Crenshaw. His 1979 home demo of the song was released as the B-side of his 1982 hit “Someday, Someway” and is available on his compilations The 9 Volt Years and […]
“Everybody Is a Star”, released in December 1969, is song written by Sylvester Stewart and recorded by Sly and the Family Stone. The song has been covered by several acts, including The Jackson 5, The Pointer Sisters, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Madonna, Fishbone with Gwen Stefani and Family Stone member Rose Stone, and others. […]
Born Again is the sixth album by American composer Randy Newman. 1978’s Born Again featured a song satirically mythologizing the Electric Light Orchestra (and their arranging style) entitled “The Story of a Rock and Roll Band”. Tracks 1 It’s Money That I Love (Randy Newman) 3:41 2 The Story Of A Rock And Roll Band […]
Simple Dreams is the eighth studio album by the American rock singer-songwriter Linda Ronstadt, released by Asylum Records. One of the most successful albums of Ronstadt’s career, Simple Dreams spent five successive weeks at number 1 on the Billboard album chart in late 1977, displacing Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours after it had held that position for […]
“It’s So Easy!” is a rock-and-roll song written by Buddy Holly and Norman Petty. It was originally released as a single in 1958 by the Crickets, which failed to chart. it was the final release by the Crickets when Holly was still in the band. Linda Ronstadt recorded “It’s So Easy” in 1977 for her […]
“Blue Bayou” is a song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson. It was originally sung and recorded by Orbison, who had an international hit with his version in 1963. It later became Linda Ronstadt’s signature song, with which she scored a charting hit with her cover of “Blue Bayou” in 1977. The song has […]
“Poor Poor Pitiful Me” is a rock song written and first recorded by American musician Warren Zevon in 1976. With genders reversed, it was made a hit twice: first as a top-40 hit for Linda Ronstadt, then over a decade later by Terri Clark, whose version topped the Canadian country charts and reached the country […]
Right Here And Now is the ninth album by Bill Medley, released in 1982 on Planet Records. Tracks 1 Right Here And Now (Barry Mann; Cynthia Weill) 3:35 2 I’m No Angel (Phil Palmer; Tony Colton) 3:38 3 For You (Joe Russo) 3:42 4 Heart And Soul (Michael McDonald) 4:01 5 If You Remember […]
Innocent Eyes is the fourth solo studio album by British singer-songwriter Graham Nash, released in March 1986. The influence of reggae shows in the hit song “Chippin’ Away.” Tracks 1 See You In Prague (Davitt Sigerson; Richie Zito) 3:41 2 Keep Away From Me (Graham Nash) 3:31 3 Innocent Eyes (Paul Bliss) 3:10 4 Chippin’ […]
Dory Previn was the fifth solo studio LP by Dory Previn, released in September 1974. It was her first album for the Warner Brothers label, having left United Artists. Tracks 1 Lover Lover, Be My Cover (Dory Previn) 3:52 2 Coldwater Canyon (Dory Previn) 3:26 3 Atlantis (Dory Previn) 3:22 4 Mama Mama Comfort Me […]