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The Story Behind 'Lunatic Fringe': A One-Hit Wonder That Was Never a Hit in America
Today’s band Red Rider was a well-kept secret in their time and they had multiple hits in their homeland of Canada. In the early 80s inspired by seve…
2 years ago
From Fired to Headliner: How Lemmy Kilmister Made Motörhead a Metal Icon
"Coming up…the story of metal rock icon, Lemmy Kilmister who toiled behind the scenes as a roadie for the great Jimi Hendrix, and was fired from a ba…
2 years ago
How Cass Elliot Overcame Rejection and Became the Voice of the Mamas and the Papas
Coming up… the strange tale of how a lead pipe falling at a construction site allegedly gave Cass Elliot of the Mamas and the Papas one of the most i…
2 years ago
How 'You Make My Dreams' Became Hall & Oates’ Most Beloved Song Decades Later
Coming up next, one of my favorite singers ever and one of the most celebrated singer-songwriters of the past 50 years, Daryl Hall tells us the stori…
2 years ago
Why Kansas Almost Left 'Carry On Wayward Son' Off the Album and How It Became a Classic
For just short of a decade today’s classic song Carry On Wayward Son by Kansas was the most-played song on rock radio... and it was almost never rele…
2 years ago
How The Carpenters’ 'Goodbye to Love' Accidentally Invented the Power Ballad
Coming up… we get into the story behind a Top 10 hit from one of the biggest duos EVER, The Carpenters. Known more for their angelic harmonies and li…
2 years ago
The Untold Story of Pink Floyd: Brilliance, Chaos, and the Greatest Albums of All Time
Okay, it doesn’t get any bigger than this. I’ve got an impossible task ahead of me and I don’t know how I’m going to do this. For this episode, I’m t…
2 years ago
The Story of 'La Bamba': Ritchie Valens’ Legacy and the Coin Flip That Changed History
You can’t make this up… a foreign language song that was originally released as a B-side all of a sudden became a massive worldwide #1 smash nearly 3…
2 years ago
Naked Rock Star Used Joan Jett’s Iconic Song as a Pickup Line at Her Hotel Door
Coming up, the story of an epic collaboration between one of rock’s most iconic rebels Joan Jett and one of the most prolific songwriters of the era …
2 years ago
Teen Forgot Lyrics to 'Hanky Panky,' Made Up His Own, and Scored a #1 Hit
Coming up next… an interview with Tommy James, a legend who technically recorded his first hit at just 15 years of age. He snuck into a club and hear…
2 years, 1 month ago