"I Left My Heart in San Francisco" is a popular song, written in the fall of 1953 in Brooklyn, New York. This song was written by two then-unknown songwriters, George C. Cory, Jr. and Douglass Cross. Cory wrote the music and Cross wrote the lyrics. They pitched the song to Bennett's pianist and musical director, Ralph Sharon, who was looking for new material for Bennett to sing at the Fairmont […]

"Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me" is a song by British rock band Smokie. It was released in early September 1975 as a single and appeared later on the album Changing All the Time. It debuted in the UK Singles Chart on 4 October 1975, reaching #8 and lingering in the charts for 7 weeks. Early pressings of the album had been made with the original band's name […]

This Shakespearian song is about a couple who are in love, but can't find a way to stay together. The guy in the song is particularly heartbroken, trying to make sense of how it all went wrong. His conclusion: It's just that the time was wrong. He knows he'll always love her. "Romeo and Juliet" is a rock song by the British rock band Dire Straits, written by frontman Mark […]

"Respect" by Aretha Franklin from the album I Never Loved A Man The Way I Loved You (1967) Charted: #1 in US and #10 in UK. Otis Redding wrote this and originally recorded it in 1965, with his version hitting #35 in the US. Franklin's cover is by far the best-known version, but this was an important song for Otis Redding. It was just his second Top 40 hit, following […]

"Style" is a single by Taylor Swift from her album '1989'  from 2014.  "Style" charted #6 in US and #21 in UK. Taylor wrote the song with Swedish hitmaker Max Martin (Britney Spears, Katy Perry, Avril Lavigne), his protégé Johan Shellback and Ali Payami (who co-penned one of Lea Michele's Louder tracks, "Thousand Needles"). "Style" was released to radio stations as the album's third single on February 9, 2015, by […]

"Do You Remember?" is a single performed by Phil Collins released in 1990 from his album ...But Seriously. The song had minor success in European countries but went to number one on both the Canadian and US Adult Contemporary charts. It also peaked at number four on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming the third top-ten hit from the album, and reached number one in Canada to become Collins' third […]

"I Just Want to Celebrate" - Single by Rare Earth from the album One World. B-side "The Seed". Released 1971. This uplifting soul-rocker was written by the Motown songwriters Dino Fekaris and Nick Zesses; the pair's compositions include "(I've Given You) The Best Years Of My Life" by Martha & The Vandellas, and "Love Me" by Diana Ross. Fekaris also co-wrote Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive." Rare Earth was the […]