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Episode 91–Under the Covers, Part 5
Holy Moly! The show is back! For those of you who don't follow the show on Facebook or Twitter, I'll be posting the pictures here in another couple o…
7 years, 1 month ago
Episode 90–Long Cool Woman (in a Black Dress)
What do you think? You like that picture? I PAID for that stock photo, like some kind of honest guy. Despite this being perhaps The Hollies' biggest…
7 years, 2 months ago
Episode 89–Woodstock
The Summer of 1969 was also the Summer of Woodstock. Hundreds of thousands of people made their way to Max Yasgur's farm in Bethel, New York (they co…
7 years, 2 months ago
Episode 88–Manson and the White Album
Click here for a transcript of this episode. This is the penultimate of my special episodes concentrating on the Summer of 1969, and this time aroun…
7 years, 2 months ago
Episode 87–Hair
Click here for a transcript of this episode. In the late 1960s, both the music scene and the theater scene were changing, and the 1968 premiere of t…
7 years, 3 months ago
86–First Man on the Moon
We celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing with a look at three records that commemorated the event.
7 years, 3 months ago
Episode 85–Can’t Give It Away on Seventh Avenue
This week, we've got a super-sized episode of the show (nearly an hour!) as I sit down with Christopher McKittrick, author of Can't Give it Away on S…
7 years, 3 months ago
84–Chapel of Love
The Dixie Cups' first and biggest hit got its writers into a minor feud with Phil Spector.
7 years, 4 months ago
83–Kung Fu Fighting
The song that was pretty much a throwaway B Side for Carl Douglas turns into a worldwide hit, and turns Douglas into a one-hit wonder.
7 years, 4 months ago
82–Under the Covers 4
It's been a while, but once again we take a look at popular songs that you may not realize were recorded by someone else first.
7 years, 4 months ago