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"I Go Pieces" was produced, arranged and written by Del Shannon in 1964. This R&B demo was sung by Lloyd Brown. Later that year Del Shannon cut the tune himself but it was rushed near the end of a three hour recording session so he recorded "I Go

The Coasters (Carl Gardner, Billy Guy, Bobby Nunn, Leon Hughes) were the original artists to record "Girls, Girls, Girls" in 1961. The single barely cracked the top one hundred in Billboard. The Elvis Presley movie came out in 1962 with "Return To

"Sometimes When We Touch" was written by Dan Hill (lyrics) and Barry Mann (music). Barry Mann wrote an incredible amount of hit material but had only one hit on which he sang: "Who Put the Bomp". Yet it was he who co-wrote this super ballad. It was on

Buzzy (William) Linhart co-authored "(You Got to Have) Friends" (Buzzy Linhart and Mark "Moogy" Klingman). Bette Midler and "Friends" reached the top forty with her cover in 1973. "Friends" is from her first album "The Devine Miss M". Co-produced by

The timeless Bobby Darin wrote and recorded "I'll Be There" as the B side to "Bill Bailey" in 1960. It barely broke into the top one hundred. Liverpool group Gerry (Marsden) and the Pacemakers (Gerry's brother Fred Marsden, Les Chadwick and Les Maguire)

Joni Mitchell's "Woodstock" comes from the 1970 album "Ladies of the Canyon". She wrote the song from what she had heard from then-boyfriend, Graham Nash, about the Woodstock Music and Art Festival. She had not been there herself, since she was told by a