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Back to SearchEpisode 47: “Goodnight My Love” by Jesse Belvin
Welcome to episode forty-seven of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs. This one looks at “Goodnight My Love” by Jesse Belvin, and at the ma…
6 years, 10 months ago
Episode 46: “Brown-Eyed Handsome Man” by Chuck Berry
Episode 46
Episode forty-six of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Brown-Eyed Handsome Man” by the Chuck Berry Combo, and how Berry tried t…
6 years, 11 months ago
Episode 45: “Blueberry Hill”, by Fats Domino
Episode 45
Episode forty-five of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Blueberry Hill” by Fats Domino, and at how the racial tensions of the f…
6 years, 11 months ago
Episode 44: “Train Kept A-Rollin'”, by Johnny Burnette and the Rock ‘n’ Roll Trio
Episode 44
Episode forty-four of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Train Kept A-Rollin'” by Johnny Burnette and the Rock ‘n’ Roll Trio, an…
6 years, 11 months ago
Episode 43: “I Gotta Know” by Wanda Jackson
Episode 43
Episode forty-three of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “I Gotta Know” by Wanda Jackson, and the links between rockabilly and t…
6 years, 11 months ago
Episode 42: “Ooby Dooby” by Roy Orbison and the Teen Kings
Episode 42
Episode forty-two of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Ooby Dooby” by Roy Orbison and the Teen Kings, and the time when Sam Phi…
7 years ago
Episode 41: “Be-Bop-A-Lula” by Gene Vincent and the Bluecaps
Episode 41
Episode forty-one of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Be-Bop-A-Lula” by Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps, and how Vincent define…
7 years ago
Episode 40: “Drugstore Rock ‘n’ Roll” by Janis Martin
Episode 40
Episode forty of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Drugstore Rock ‘n’ Roll”, by Janis Martin, an early rockabilly classic by th…
7 years ago
Episode 39: “Please Please Please” by James Brown and the Famous Flames
Episode 39
Episode thirty-nine of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Please Please Please” by James Brown, and at the early rock and roll c…
7 years ago
Episode 38: “Heartbreak Hotel” by Elvis Presley
Episode 38
Episode thirty-eight of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Heartbreak Hotel” by Elvis Presley, and is part three of a trilogy on…
7 years ago