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How Prince Turned a Favor Into a Funk Anthem—and a Feud
Episode 66
Coming up next, the legendary Prince who wrote a throwaway song that he gave to his bandmate's solo project. He wrote it quickly, without thought, as…
10 months, 1 week ago
FROM THE VAULT: How Wham! Created the Holiday Classic "Last Christmas" Amid a Charity Challenge
Coming up, This group was on a tear to start the decade. Wham! starring legend George Michael and his pal Andrew Ridgely were on top of the world. bu…
10 months, 1 week ago
Countdown: 10 Most Surprising One-Year Wonders of 1985
Episode 65
You know how much I love the stories of the great one-hit wonders of the rock era. Well, today we're starting off a new countdown series on the chann…
10 months, 1 week ago
Alanis, Lauryn Hill, Goo Goo Dolls & the Wildest Stories Behind ’90s Rock Anthems
Episode 64
We have another year-end countdown today, and this one is packed with songs that have stood the test of time, including a broke rockstar Johnny Rzeni…
10 months, 1 week ago
How Led Zeppelin Outsold Everyone Without Radio Hits – The ‘Fool in the Rain’ Story
Episode 63
Coming up next… The Final Single from the hardest-hitting, most epic rock band in history, Led Zeppelin. The song? Fool in the Rain. For a decade, Ze…
10 months, 1 week ago
Rock’s Most Unbelievable Christmas Songs: From Elvis’s Sabotage to Springsteen’s Bootleg
Episode 62
Merry Christmas a little early, everyone! Today I’ve got a once-in-a-year countdown for you that I know will put a smile on your face… For this episo…
10 months, 1 week ago
The Wild Story Behind Van Halen’s ‘Finish What Ya Started’ with Sammy Hagar
Episode 61
Coming up, one of the funniest song stories I’ve come across. Sammy Hagar was in the middle of an intimate moment with his then-wife. Ya, they were i…
10 months, 1 week ago
Tom Petty’s Right-Hand Man: Mike Campbell on ‘Free Fallin’, ‘Refugee’ & ‘Boys of Summer
Episode 60
Coming up a special full-length uncut interview with one of the great unheralded guitar heroes of rock history. One of my favorites, but not only tha…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Vanished Without a Trace: True Stories of Missing Rock Stars
Episode 58
Oh man, coming up on today, we're getting into a topic that we’ve never covered before. It’s the stories of musicians who vanished from public withou…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Top 10 Hits from 1957: The Year That Launched Rock ’n’ Roll
Episode 57
Coming up, the fantastic stories from the creme of the crop from a pivotal year in the formation of the Rock Era: 1957. Including a classic hit we al…
10 months, 2 weeks ago