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Back to SearchEpisode 7: Wynonie Harris and “Good Rockin’ Tonight”
Episode 7
Welcome to episode seven of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs. Today we’re looking at Wynonie Harris and “Good Rockin’ Tonight”
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7 years, 8 months ago
Episode 6: The Ink Spots — “That’s When Your Heartaches Begin”
Episode 6
Welcome to episode six of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs. Today we’re looking at the Ink Spots and “That’s When Your Heartaches Begin”…
7 years, 8 months ago
Episode 5: Rosetta Tharpe and “This Train”
Episode 5
Welcome to episode five of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs. Today we’re looking at Sister Rosetta Tharpe and “This Train”
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7 years, 8 months ago
Episode 4: “Choo Choo Ch’Boogie” by Louis Jordan
Episode 4
Welcome to episode four of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs. Today we’re looking at Louis Jordan and “Choo Choo Ch’Boogie”
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7 years, 8 months ago
A Disclaimer
Transcript
This is not a full episode of A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs. The full episode will also turn up in your podcatcher. But I thought I…
7 years, 8 months ago
Episode 3: “Ida Red” by Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
Episode 3
Welcome to episode three of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs. Today we’re looking at Bob Wills and “Ida Red”.
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7 years, 8 months ago
Episode 2: “Roll ‘Em Pete” by Big Joe Turner and Pete Johnson
Episode 2
Here’s the second episode, on “Roll ‘Em Pete” by Big Joe Turner and Pete Johnson. One erratum before we continue — in the episode, I say that “Shake,…
7 years, 9 months ago
Episode 1: “Flying Home” by the Benny Goodman Sextet
Episode 1
Welcome to the first episode proper of A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs! As this is the first real episode, you may notice a couple of flaws in t…
7 years, 9 months ago
Introduction
Welcome to A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs! Episode 1, the first episode proper, is coming next week, but for now here’s an introduction, laying…
7 years, 9 months ago