This is the first song to appear here from Creedence Clearwater Revival. They were formally named the Golliwogs and I’m not kidding. The band’s most prolific and successful period was between 1969 and 1971 and performed at the 1969 Woodstock festival as…
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Lluvia (1970) – Eddie Santiago
We have been going down a path of classic songs from Latin artists and today’s featured track ‘Lluvia‘ (Rain) won’t disappoint listeners. This is pure ‘Salsa Rosa‘ music which means Salsa music romantical which garnered notoriety since the mid-1980s. I…
La Violetera (Los Goya 2021) – Nathy Peluso
Argentinian Nathy Peluso sings drama, salsa, jazz, reggaeton, boleros, tango, soul, trap, hip – hop. Peluso featured here before with her infamous rap song Nasty Girl which hasn’t won me any friends. I don’t care. I can’t get enough of…
Llorandote (1970) – Luis Felipe Gonzalez
Luis Felipe Gonzalez’s father Pascual was a great musician, composer and serenader dedicated to the music popular in Latin America. He bequeathed all his musical heritage and his artistic influence to Luis Felipe and his brother Nelson. Luis Felipe sang…
Llegaremos a Tiempo (2009) – Rosana
On April 14, 2009 Rosana Arbelo Gopar released her seventh album, ‘A las Buenas y a las Malas‘ (The Good and the Bad). In the words of the Canary Islander, it is her work “more electric, more direct, more pop-rock…
Living Proof (1992) – Bruce Springsteen
Living Proof is lyrically one of my favourite songs from Bruce. It is about the birth of his first son Evan James, born in the summer of 1990. The song also explores the duality of fear versus love, the dusky…
Live it Up (1985) – Mental as Anything
I was with my Mom in Western Sydney when I was about 13 and we had to go the vet and while we visited I saw Greedy Smith, the lead singer of today’s track Live it Up. I believe it…
Little Jeannie (1980) – Elton John
There are songs by Elton which have an American music vibe coursing through them despite Elton’s steeped English heritage and upbringing. Today’s song Little Jeannie is one such example and Philadelphia Freedom, Don’t Go Breaking My Heart and Tiny Dancer…
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