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Back to SearchEpisode 74: “It Doesn’t Matter Any More” by Buddy Holly
Episode 74
Episode seventy-four of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “It Doesn’t Matter Any More” by Buddy Holly, and at the reasons he end…
6 years, 4 months ago
Episode 73: “La Bamba” by Ritchie Valens
Episode 73
Episode seventy-three of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “La Bamba” by Ritchie Valens, and is the first of a two-part story wh…
6 years, 4 months ago
Episode 72: “Trouble” by Elvis Presley
Episode 72
Episode seventy-two of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Trouble” by Elvis Presley, his induction into the army, and his mother…
6 years, 4 months ago
Episode 71: “Willie and the Hand Jive” by Johnny Otis
Episode 71
Episode seventy-one of A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs continues our look at British music TV by looking at the first time it affected American …
6 years, 4 months ago
Episode 70: “Move It” by Cliff Richard and the Drifters
Episode 70
Episode seventy of A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs looks at "Move It" by Cliff Richard, and the beginning of rock and roll TV in the UK. Click t…
6 years, 5 months ago
Episode 69: “Fujiyama Mama” by Wanda Jackson
Episode 69
Episode sixty-nine of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Fujiyama Mama” by Wanda Jackson, and the first rock and roller to becom…
6 years, 5 months ago
Episode 68: “Yakety Yak” by the Coasters
Episode 68
Episode sixty-eight of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Yakety Yak'” by The Coasters, and at the group’s greatest success and …
6 years, 5 months ago
Episode 67: “Johnny B. Goode”, by Chuck Berry
Episode 67
Episode sixty-seven of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Johnny B. Goode” by Chuck Berry, and the decline and fall of both Berr…
6 years, 5 months ago
Episode 66: “Great Balls of Fire” by Jerry Lee Lewis
Episode 66
Episode sixty-six of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at "Great Balls of Fire" by Jerry Lee Lewis. Click the full post to read lin…
6 years, 6 months ago
Episode 65: “Maybe” by the Chantels
Episode 65
Episode sixty-five of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Maybe” by the Chantels, and covers child stardom, hymns in Latin, and h…
6 years, 6 months ago