Sites

Back to the Fifties

Remember the old songs from the fifties. Listen to them again in Real Audio streaming or download them. This site is great. Make a playlist and then you can listen while you surf.
From the home page, find the door marked 'Back To The Fifties' and click it to enter.

Playa Cofi Jukebox        

This site has jukebox's from 1950 to 1984. No special player is needed. Just pick your year and listen while you work. They also have special jukeboxes for show tunes, folk music, country music, and a bunch more categories.
The RIAA had shut them down, but they came back quickly. They had to make some adjustments in how the songs are played. For each year there are about 30 songs, but you see the names of only about 8 that you can start with, but then they play randomly after that. You can't replay a song. But, hey, great music and memories.

Skreemr        

You used to be able to download free music. I've mentioned above a place to find some music to download or listen to. Elsewhere I've also mentioned downloading videos from YouTube and others, and then extracting the music to an MP3 file. Well, here at Skreemr you can still find popular music to download. I don't know if it is legal, but it is there and I've found no ads to disturb me. Skreemr has links to other sites to get the music. Some are just samples, some are by artists different from what it says, and some will be what you want. You can tell by the file size, before you download, if it is just a sample. Maybe all you want is a sample.

Television Tunes        

Wouldn't you like to listen to or remember some of the theme songs from TV shows you used to listen to? The Lone Ranger, Mary Tyler Moore, Friends, why you name it, it's probably here. Now this is c-o-o-l!! The shows are listed alphabetically.

New Brunswick, New Jersey, Goodbye - Bands, Dirty Basements, and the Search for Self        

I have to make a plug here, the only one on my site. This book is written by my son, Ronen. It's about him and the punk bands of NJ during his 4-year stint at Rutgers. Well-written. Interesting read. If you prefer to use the old favorite amazon.com or walmart.com, just search on 'Ronen'. The book will be the first thing shown. A couple of other places to check are HubCityBook at MySpace and his own site KamiKaze Words .

Music of the Fifties

This site provides you with the lyrics to songs of the fifties.
While reading the lyrics, the song plays in the background.   Sorry, it is music only.
There are also stories about people and music of the fifties. I enjoy this site immensely, and I thank the authors.
Music is just a part of this site. The site is dedicated to remembering the fifties, with links to other fifties sites. So start at the home page:   The Fifties

Jews Who Rock

Now here's the place to find out about the Jews who have made a name for themselves in Rock n' Roll. More than a list, get some info about each one.

Lyric's World

Lyric's World brings you the top songs since 1930. How can you beat it? I love it. Strangely enough, you won't see the name Lyric's World on the Home page, but you'll see it on the pages you link to which have the top songs. The links are in the middle of the Home page. This site belongs to a web ring of lyrics sites, even though I doubt any will beat this site.

Lyrics Style

Lyrics Style is indexed by the singer's name and then for each singer the songs are listed for each album. That will link you to the lyrics. Quite a good collection of contemporary singers. Like so many other sites, they list the singers alphabetically by the first name.

Sing365

This site has so much, but a lot of ads too. I did not notice any pop-ups, so the ads aren't too bad to handle. You can browse alphabetically on the singer's or group's name, or you can search by name, album, song, or even text. Most of the names I never heard of, but everyone I looked for was there: Sinatra, Bobby Darin, Fats Domino, Nina Simone are some examples just to show you how complete this is, not just current singers.

Analyne's World of Lyrics

There are many sites on the net where you can find lyrics. You can usually find them by just searching for a song title in Google or your favorite browser. When I am looking for the lyrics from a song I hear on my favorite soft rock station I just go to Analyne's World of Music . I usually find it there.

Lyrics Freaks

One of the nice things about this site is that for each song it gives links to other songs, ones with lyrics that you might like when you like this song.

The NPR 100

National Public Radio's All Things Considered had a poll of what was considered the most important American musical works of the 20th Century. This site not only has the results, but there are audios that explore the stories behind these musical works. You will need Real Audio. These stories may last from 5 to 15 minutes. There are interviews in these audios with those involved, where possible. During each audio some of the song is played. Very interesting programs.

The Beatle's Page

If you'd like to see lyrics to Beatle's music, here is THE site. Click on the image next to The Beatle's Album and get a list, on the left half of the page, of all albums and song titles released in the U.S. by The Beatles, organized by release date. Then click on a song and get the lyrics on the right half of the page.

Spirit of Sinatra

The singer I like the best is Frank Sinatra. And he sings great songs. This site has not just the lyrics to his songs, but his album list, movies, quotes and more. Great place to visit Sinatra.
Lyrics Freak has the lyrics to quite a few of Sinatra's songs. Actually, there's so many others you'll also.

Elvex Pages - Elvis

In competition with the Beatle's lyrics is this site with the lyrics to all of Elvis' music. I prefer the lyrics to the Beatle's, but Elvis is so big I had to include him.

Todd's Lyrics and Links

Todd Peach has a fantastic list of lyrics from the great composers and my favorite old time singers. Most of the songs for composers are those done by these singers. The singers are Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Tony Bennett, Judy Garland, and a few others. The composers are George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, Burt Bacharach, Oscar Hammerstein, Rodgers and Hart, Johnny Mercer, and more. I think you get the idea. Some have a biography. He also has links to other sites for singers he likes.

Demented Lyrics

Now here is a site with the lyrics to the old crazy songs, like those of Alan Sherman or Tom Lehrer. They even have Abbott and Costello's famous 'Who's On First' routine. But they are missing 'Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer'. Oh well, can't have everything.
So, since I mentioned it, you can find that at many sites, but try Fractured Christmas Carols while we're talking about Demented Lyrics.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

This is the site of the museum in Cleveland. The part I like about it is the list of inductees gives an interesting background on each. One thing missing is a discography, but it's easy enough to do a search from my favorite search engines.

Billy Joel

Billy Joel has sung quite a few songs with great lyrics. This page has links to the lyrics of his songs, in alpahabetical order. Now, if only somebody had a place to download the music, but then that might not be legal. At least I can get the words to 'We Didn't Start the Fire'. By the way, if you want to see the songs listed by album, then he has it at Billy Joel
Matt also has lyrics from other groups, but the only other ones that interest me are the Beatles and Fleetwood Mac. You can get his full listing at Matt's Music Page Index Click on the group, and then click Lyrics.

Star Pulse

Star Pulse is a pretty good place to find the lyrics of top stars, from Sinatra to Shania Twain. Quite a range. Click on the letter (first letter of last name), click on the artist, click on lyrics, and then you have a choice of a few different sites with lyrics. For instance, one for Sinatra, they say has over 1200. There are also links for biography, discography, etc.

TV Tunes Online

Can't remember how a theme song from an old TV show goes? Head on over to TV Tunes Online and look up the lyrics. No music, but the tunes come back as you see the words; well, at least for me they do.

Carly Simon

Carly Simon has done some great songs. This Official Website has the lyrics to all her songs, and cross references them to the albums. It also has various interviews she's had about who 'You're So Vain' is about, from 1973 to present, in case that is something that interests you. There is also a long autobiography and recent news about Carly.

Fleetwood Mac

I am not a big Fleetwood Mac fan, but I do like some of their songs, like Landslide . What I like about this site is that if you go to Discography, besides for the Lyrics, there are detailed interpretations of the lyrics. Note that these are not the interpretations of the lyricist.

Speaking about song interpretations, one of the songs richest in meaning is American Pie by Don McLean. Understanding American Pie gives you what appears to be a very good interpretation of each line.

The Dead Musician Directory

Provides cause of death, biographies, photos, articles, links, and links to CDNow for musicians who have died since 1997. Interesting information if you are into musicians.