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Back to SearchSinging Nuns and Green Tambourines Edition Part 2
When you think of music in the 1960s, some groundbreaking artists probably come to mind: Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix and the Jefferson Airplane, for example. But the pop charts paint a very different pic…
Published on 5 months ago
Singing Nuns and Green Tambourines Edition Part 1
When you think of music in the 1960s, some groundbreaking artists probably come to mind: Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix and the Jefferson Airplane, for example. But the pop charts paint a very different pic…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Material Girl in an Imperial World Edition Part 2
In the late 1980s, the English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys dominated the U.K. pop charts and staged an invasion of the American charts. Years later, founding member Neil Tennant dubbed this streak of…
Published on 6 months ago
Material Girl in an Imperial World Edition Part 1
In the late 1980s, the English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys dominated the U.K. pop charts and staged an invasion of the American charts. Years later, founding member Neil Tennant dubbed this streak of…
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
The Freewheelin’ Edition Part 2
At the movies, A Complete Unknown depicts Bob Dylan as a 1960s “it” boy—played by a 2020s “it” boy, Timothée Chalamet. But the film ends in 1965. What happened in the six decades after that?
Dylan not…
Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago
The Freewheelin’ Edition Part 1
At the movies, A Complete Unknown depicts Bob Dylan as a 1960s “it” boy—played by a 2020s “it” boy, Timothée Chalamet. But the film ends in 1965. What happened in the six decades after that?
Dylan not…
Published on 7 months, 1 week ago
Introducing Broken Record: "Norah Jones Begins Again"
To kick off the New Year, we're sharing a podcast that we think Hit Parade listeners are going to love: Broken Record. Check out this episode with singer/songwriter Norah Jones, co-hosted by Blue Not…
Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago
The Bridge: Slate Music Club 2024
The Slate Music Club is back, in a special edition of Hit Parade – “The Bridge”! Our year-end panel of critics—NPR Music’s Ann Powers, Hearing Things’ Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, Slate’s own Carl Wil…
Published on 8 months ago
I’d Like to Teach the World to Buy Edition Part 2
That damned jingle! In that infernal commercial trying to sell you cars, sneakers, soda, gum! Can’t get it out of your head? Well, what if we made it longer, had a famous singer perform it, and put i…
Published on 8 months ago
I’d Like to Teach the World to Buy Edition Part 1
That damned jingle! In that infernal commercial trying to sell you cars, sneakers, soda, gum! Can’t get it out of your head? Well, what if we made it longer, had a famous singer perform it, and put i…
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago