The six best ‘songs of the summer’ from the 1960s
The concept didn’t really exist back then, but the candidates were endless.
Author: Andrew Clayman
Why George Michael felt “accepted without question” by African American audiences
“One of the most remarkable things about my career”.
The Beatles vs The Byrds and the 1967 song that left David Crosby “stupefied”
“My brains just ran out my nose onto the floor in a puddle”.
Did a 1994 Seal song save the ‘Batman’ film franchise?
One of the biggest, oddest hits of the 1990s.
“Won’t last”: why Louis Armstrong dismissed Elvis and rock stars
“They’ve taken the spiritual out of it”.
From The Cure to Turkish folk music: The many samples that make up Massive Attack’s 1998 masterpiece
“You’ve got to have a vision of how you want something to sound”.
The Cover Uncovered: The story of The Smiths’ ‘Strangeways Here We Come’ artwork
You can’t always get the cover star you want.
“We love him, and yet, we’re killing him”: The untangling of Craig Nicholls and The Vines
Whatever happened to one of the leading lights of the 2000s rock revival?
Haight in your heart: The causes and lasting effects of the ‘Summer of Love’, 1967
A dream that might have been realised if fewer people had known about it.
‘Salesman Saint’: Paul McCartney’s ode to the generation that raised him
“They kept their heads above water by laughing at the whole thing”.
The 1983 hip-hop record with Basquiat artwork that became a collector’s holy grail
A trailblazing, ten-minute rap battle.
Five songs from the 1960s that stirred up huge controversy in the US
Sex, drugs, protests, and misinterpreted gibberish.