Posts by Steve Lubet

Is Rock 'n' Roll the most self-referential of all music genres? There are dozens of songs invoking or praising Rock 'n' Roll, but few if any in other  genres. There ...

"Stayin' Alive" was written by the Gibb brothers for the 1978 movie Saturday Night Fever, for which it was kinda perfect even for those of us (including me) who never ...

I've been posting these and other versions since 2018. Here is an a cappella version by the Acoustix: There is a vocal with more distinct lyrics at the bottom of…

Now more than ever.  

"Blueberry Hill" is best known today for Antoine "Fats" Domino's 1956 R&B hit, but it had been a hit for others over fifteen years earlier. Written in 1940 by Vincent ...

Rock Legends Keith Richards and Paul McCartney (among others) have occasionally listed their favorite songs and artists. Here are some of them: Keith: Paul: Keith: Paul: Keith: Both: Keith: Paul…

Songs idealizing marriage -- if sometimes only fleetingly or implicitly -- used to be pretty common in popular music, even in '60s rock. I am insufficiently up-to-date to know whether ...

"How Sweet It Is (to Be Loved by You)" was written by Motown's Holland-Dozier-Holland in 1964 and recorded at the Hitsville studio by Marvin Gaye in early 1965. The release ...

After so many decades of enjoying the music of women like Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, and Tammy Wynette, it is almost hard to realize that there were virtually no female ...