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It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels is a 1952 country song written by J. D. "Jay" Miller, and originally recorded by Kitty Wells. It was an answer song to the Hank Thompson hit "The Wild Side of Life." The song, became the first No. 1 Billboard country hit for a solo woman artist. In...

How to make a mint julep, the Kentucky Derby's signature cocktail By Michael Bartiromo | Fox News https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/how-to-make-a-mint-julep-kentucky-derby-cocktail-thing The Kentucky Derby, originally scheduled for May 2, is finally taking place on Saturday after an...

To Know Him Is To Love Him is a song written by Phil Spector, inspired by words on his father's tombstone, "To Know Him Was To Love Him." It was first recorded by the Teddy Bears. Their recording spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1958, while reaching No. 2 on the UK...

Along Came Jones is a comedic song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and originally recorded by the Coasters, but covered by many other groups and individuals. The Coasters http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFyr49TwuiI Ray Stevens http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yYQ8CwZ1k8 George Jones...

Thomas T. Hall (born May 25, 1936) is an American country music songwriter, singer, instrumentalist, novelist, and short-story writer. He has written 12 No.*1 hit songs, with 26 more that reached the Top 10, including the No.*1 international pop crossover smash "Harper Valley PTA" and the hit "I...

Tulsa Time is a song written by Danny Flowers, and recorded by Don Williams. It was released in October 1978. It was his eighth number one on the country chart, spending a single week at number one and eleven weeks in the top 40. It was also recorded by Eric Clapton in 1978 and a live version...

Let The Good Times Roll is a song that was recorded by Shirley and Lee in 1956. This song was written by the duo, Shirley Goodman (later Shirley Pixley) and Leonard Lee, and by September 8, 1956 had climbed to number 20 in the US chart. Shirley and Lee...

I Sang Dixie is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Dwight Yoakam. It was released in October 1988. In 1989, the song went to number one on the US Country chart. In 2019 Rolling Stone ranked "I Sang Dixie" No. 26 on its list of the 40 Saddest Country Songs of All time...

Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) is a traditional Jamaican folk song. The song has mento influences, but it is commonly classified as an example of the better known calypso music. The best-known version was released by American singer Harry Belafonte in 1956 (originally titled "Banana Boat...

Pan American Boogie - The Pan-American was a passenger train operated by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad (L&N) between Cincinnati, Ohio and New Orleans, Louisiana. It operated from 1921 until 1971. The Pan-American inspired several songs, among them “Pan-American Boogie" (1949) by the...

Pan American written by Hank Williams. The Pan-American was a passenger train operated by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad (L&N) between Cincinnati, Ohio and New Orleans, Louisiana. It operated from 1921 until 1971. In the words of Kincaid Herr, official historian of the L&N, the...

Calendar Girl, composed by Sedaka with lyrics by Howard Greenfield.Recorded in 1960, it was a Top-5 hit single for Sedaka, peaking at #4 on the US charts, #3 in Australia, and #1 on the Canadian and Japanese charts. Neil Sedaka http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpdY97Tt_iE Mike Love (Beach Boys)...

Sea Cruise is a song written and sung by Huey "Piano" Smith and His Clowns. The song was first released by Frankie Ford in 1959 with Smith's original backing track. On the Billboard charts, it reached number 14 in the Hot 100 and number 11 on the Hot R&B Sides. It sold over one million copies...

Jose Cuervo is a song written and originally recorded by Cindy Jordan in 1982. It was released as a single by American country music artist Shelly West in February 1983 to commercial success. Since her mother was country music singer, Dottie West, success came easily with the release of this...

Walk Don't Run is an instrumental composition written and originally recorded by jazz guitarist Johnny Smith in 1954.[1] It was later adapted and re-recorded by Chet Atkins in 1956. This arrangement was the inspiration for the version by The Ventures in 1960 (though the Ventures' arrangement is...

Red River Rock, an instrumental version of "Red River Valley", performed by Johnny and The Hurricanes (originally The Orbits) became a top ten hit on both sides of the Atlantic (No. 5 in the U.S., No. 3 in the UK), and sold over a million copies. Johnny and The Hurricanes...

Rock and Roll Music is a song written and recorded by rock and roll pioneer Chuck Berry. It has been widely covered and is recognized as one of Berry's most popular and enduring compositions. It was a record chart hit for Berry, reaching the top 10 in the United States. The Beatles' 1964...

Kisses Sweeter Than Wine is a popular love song, with lyrics written and music adapted in 1950 by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays of The Weavers. The tune was adapted from Lead Belly's "If It Wasn't for Dicky" (1937), which in turn was adapted from the traditional Irish folk tune "Drimindown / Drumion...

Almost Persuaded is a song written by Glenn Sutton and Epic Records producer Billy Sherrill and first recorded by David Houston in 1966. It spent nine weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart starting in August 1966 and has since gone on to become a country standard. The song...

Summertime Blues is a song co-written and recorded by American rockabilly artist Eddie Cochran and his manager Jerry Capehart. It was released in August 1958 and peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 29, 1958 and number 18 on the UK Singles Chart. Eddie Cochran - 1958...