Sunshower is the debut album of Thelma Houston released in 1969 on Dunhill Records. It was produced by Jimmy Webb and charted at number 50 on the Billboard R&B charts. Prior to signing at Dunhill Records, Houston had recorded three singles, in 1967 at Capitol Records, as lead vocalist of the group called The Art […]
Alone Together is the debut solo album by former Traffic member Dave Mason, released in 1970. Mason was joined on the album by a roster of guest musicians, including Bonnie Bramlett, Leon Russell, Jim Capaldi, Rita Coolidge, Carl Radle and Jim Gordon. The song “Only You Know and I Know” reached number #42 on the […]
“I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)” is a soul song co-written and performed by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder and Yvonne Wright, for Wonder’s fifteenth studio album Talking Book (1972). The song features in the 2000 comedy-drama High Fidelity starring John Cusack and Jack Black, and is included on its soundtrack. […]
Deliver is the third studio album by the American folk rock vocal group The Mamas & the Papas, released in 1967. It charted at #2 in Billboard’s “Top Pop” albums for 1967. Three of the album’s singles ranked in the “Pop Singles” chart: “Dedicated to the One I Love” at #2, “Creeque Alley” at #5 […]
“Dedicated to the One I Love” is a song written by Lowman Pauling and Ralph Bass which was a hit for the “5” Royales, the Shirelles and the Mamas & the Papas. Pauling was the guitarist of The “5” Royales, the group that recorded the original version of the song, produced by Bass, in 1957. […]
“Creeque Alley” is an autobiographical hit single written by John Phillips and Michelle Phillips of The Mamas & the Papas, and composed by John Phillips, in 1967, narrating the story of how the group was formed, and its early years. The third song on the album Deliver, it peaked at #5 on the U.S. Billboard […]
“Look Through My Window” is a song recorded by the American vocal group The Mamas & the Papas. Written by John Philips, c. 1964 during a temporary separation from his partner, Michelle Phillips. The song was inspired by the fact that although John thought Michelle was out in California, she in fact was just blocks […]
Blowin’ Away was a 1977 album by Joan Baez, her first after switching from A&M Records to Portrait Records (a then newly created division of CBS Records). Tracks 1 Sailing (Gavin Sutherland) 4:22 2 Many A Mile To Freedom (Anna Capaldi; Steve Winwood) 2:58 3 Miracles (Joan Baez) 5:24 4 Yellow Coat (Steve Goodman) 3:37 […]
Rookie Of The Year is an album by John Lovick Turner, released in 1973. Tracks 1 Take Me Back (John Lovick Turner) 3:34 2 Tomcat Blues (John Lovick Turner) 2:45 3 Washaway (John Lovick Turner) 3:20 4 Cowboy On The Run (John Lovick Turner) 3:30 5 Go To Sleep (John Lovick Turner) 3:45 6 What […]
Sunstorm is the fifth album by folk musician John Stewart, former member of the Kingston Trio, released in 1972. Tracks 1 Kansas Rain (John Stewart) 2:33 2 Sunstorm (John Stewart) 2:37 3 Bring It On Home (John Stewart) 2:04 4 Lonesome John (John Stewart) 2:42 5 Arkansas Breakout (John Stewart) 3:36 6 An Account Of […]