Curated category
1969 singles
- Give It Up or Turnit a LooseJames Brown released the single Give It Up or Turnit a Loose in 1969. The track reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles chart that same…
- Don't Pass Me ByIn August 1962, Ringo Starr joined the Beatles and began playing a song he had written for his new bandmates. He described the process as sitting at home…
- Something (Beatles song)George Harrison began writing Something in September 1968 during a session for the Beatles' self-titled double album. He worked on the melody at a piano…
- Ticket to Ride (song)John Lennon claimed the song was three-quarters his own, yet Paul McCartney insisted they wrote it together during a full three-hour session.
- Get BackOn the 7th of January 1969, Paul McCartney began shaping a melody during unstructured jamming sessions at Twickenham Studios.
- Space OddityDavid Bowie released his self-titled debut album through Deram Records in 1967. The record failed to sell and did little to gain him notice.
- Back in the U.S.S.R.Paul McCartney began writing the song as "I'm Backing the UK" in January 1968. This title came from a national campaign that had gained wide support just…
- The Night They Drove Old Dixie DownRobbie Robertson spent eight months developing the music for The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down. He played chords repeatedly on a piano in Woodstock, New…