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41–Summertime Blues
The song that cemented Eddie Cochran's place in the Rock and Roll firmament was written in about an hour by a 19 year old Cochran and his manager.
8 years, 4 months ago
Episode 40–Murray Head
Murray Head is one of those guys whose name you may or may not know, but you're certainly familiar with some of his work. In 1970 he worked on a conc…
8 years, 4 months ago
39–Under the Boardwalk
One of The Drifters' bigger hits might have been a sequel to one of their earlier songs, but it was definitely a prequel to one of their later songs.
8 years, 4 months ago
Episode 38–Killing Me Softly With His Song
In 1971, Don McLean was a known artist but hadn't yet hit it big with "American Pie." Lori Lieberman was a 19-year-old singer-songwriter who'd recent…
8 years, 4 months ago
Episode 37–Walk This Way
Before I do anything else, let me give a shout-out to a friend of the podcast, and one of its first fans who wasn't related to me. Connie Paulson pro…
8 years, 5 months ago
36–Sultans of Swing
Mark Knopfler sees a band performing to a nearly-empty house in a South London pub, and turned the experience into Dire Straits' breakout single.
8 years, 5 months ago
35–(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
By early 1965, the Rolling Stones had scored a couple of hits, but they were still Just Another British Band Covering a Bunch of American R&B Songs. …
8 years, 5 months ago
34–Thompson Twins
There was nobody named Thompson, and there weren't any Twins. But they were a part of the Second British Invasion of the 1980s, and this is how they …
8 years, 5 months ago
Episode 33–Ron Dante
In the mid 1960s, a group called The Detergents released an album of novelty songs, and a couple of them caught on, but one did especially well, a pa…
8 years, 6 months ago
Episode 32–Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
There's no doubt that Jerry Lee Lewis was a huge influence on the early days of rock and roll. There's also no doubt that when he married an underage…
8 years, 6 months ago