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Hit Parade: The B-Sides Edition
Episode 9
Sometimes record executives and even the musicians themselves get it totally, completely wrong: thinking that throwaway, wacky song was destined for …
8 years, 7 months ago
The Silver Medalists Edition
On the Billboard Hot 100, two can be the loneliest number. While having a No. 1 song can define an artist’s career, there’s far less glory in finish…
8 years, 8 months ago
Hit Parade: The Silver Medalists Edition
Episode 8
On the Billboard Hot 100, two can be the loneliest number. While having a No. 1 song can define an artist’s career, there’s far less glory in finish…
8 years, 8 months ago
The Queen of Disco Edition
Donna Summer was a hitmaker for two decades and a dancefloor deity for more than three. Her collaborations with Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte wer…
8 years, 10 months ago
Hit Parade: The Queen of Disco Edition
Episode 7
Donna Summer was a hitmaker for two decades and a dancefloor deity for more than three. Her collaborations with Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte wer…
8 years, 10 months ago
Le Petty Prince Edition
In 2004, Prince joined Tom Petty onstage at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony for what is now regarded as the institution’s greatest …
8 years, 10 months ago
Hit Parade: Le Petty Prince Edition
Episode 6
In 2004, Prince joined Tom Petty onstage at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony for what is now regarded as the institution’s greatest …
8 years, 10 months ago
The Great War Against the Single
Ever since the ’60s, the recording industry emphasized the album over the single. By the ’80s, they were milking as many hits as possible from an alb…
8 years, 11 months ago
Hit Parade: The Great War Against the Single Edition
Episode 5
Ever since the ’60s, the recording industry emphasized the album over the single. By the ’80s, they were milking as many hits as possible from an alb…
8 years, 11 months ago
Hit Parade: The Charity Megasingle Edition
In the mid-1980s, “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” and “We Are the World” gathered dozens of the biggest stars in music to put on a show for a good cau…
9 years, 1 month ago