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Episode 22–Under The Covers II
Did you ever decide that you were in the market for something, let's say you need a car, and all of a sudden you see advertisements for cars all over…
8 years, 9 months ago
Episode 21–Edwin Hawkins
Sad news from the world of music this week as we learn that Edwin Hawkins has died at the age of 74. I have to confess that this came as a surprise b…
8 years, 9 months ago
Episode 20–Mercedes Benz
Neil Young sang "It's better to burn out, than to fade away," but Damn, Janis, couldn't you have burned with us just a little bit longer? Janis Jopli…
8 years, 9 months ago
Episode 19–The Coasters
Happy New Year! The group in 1961: Dub Jones, Carl Gardner, Cornell Gunter, Billy Guy. This was the configuration that was inducted into the Rock Hal…
8 years, 9 months ago
Episode 18–Fame
Happy New Year, HGII fans! It was 1975 and David Bowie's professional life was in some turmoil. He was in the middle of breaking a contract with his …
8 years, 10 months ago
Episode 17–Home for Christmas
I can see my old house from here! Most people who know me personally know that I'm originally from New York, but it's not because I have an accent, b…
8 years, 10 months ago
Episode 16–Light My Fire
This was the "goddess" label that Elektra Records used on the 45 in Columbia. Look! Boobies! It was the Summer of Love, and as Johnny Rivers sang, ev…
8 years, 10 months ago
Episode 15–Thriller
It was the biggest album of 1982, and the title track was the last Top Ten single to come from it. That's seven singles out of nine tracks total. Mic…
8 years, 11 months ago
Episode 14: Six Feet From Stardom
Mick Jagger, as it turns out, became Carly Simon's backup singer on "You're So Vain" because he just happened to pop into the studio the day of recor…
8 years, 11 months ago
Episode 13: MacArthur Park
When Jimmy Webb got his heart broken, what did he do? Why, he did what any other red-blooded American would do: he wrote a couple of hit songs and ma…
8 years, 11 months ago