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Paul Anka

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Tony Bennett

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Andy Williams

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Pat Boone

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The Carpenters

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John Denver: A Lifetime of Songs

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Dick Clark

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Nat "King" Cole

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Ray Charles

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Wayne Newton

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Elvis Presley #03

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Rosemary Clooney

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Mac Davis

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Roy Orbison

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Neil Sedaka

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Frank Sinatra

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Sammy Davis Jr.

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The Four Freshmen

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Frank Sinatra

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The Beach Boys

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Frank Sinatra

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Roger Williams

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Frank Sinatra

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Neil Diamond

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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: The Album, the Beatles, and the World in 1967

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Rock & Roll in Kennedy's America: A Cultural History of the Early 1960s

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They Made a Monkee Out of Me: The Only Authorized Story

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The Story of Motown

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Never a Dull Moment: 1971—The Year That Rock Exploded

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Can't Give It Away on Seventh Avenue: The Rolling Stones and New York City

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Geoffrey Giuliano In Conversation with Denny Laine

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Stone Free: Jimi Hendrix in London, September 1966–June 1967

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1965: The Most Revolutionary Year in Music

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Storms: My Life with Lindsey Buckingham and Fleetwood Mac

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Somewhere You Feel Free: Tom Petty and Los Angeles

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The Beatles in my life

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Detroit `67 - The Year that changed Soul (Unabridged)

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America, the Band: An Authorized Biography

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Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994–2007)

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Eternal Troubadour: The Improbable Life of Tiny Tim

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Rock Me on the Water: 1974-The Year Los Angeles Transformed Movies, Music, Television and Politics

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The Most Influential Rock Stars of the 1960s

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The Held My Hand: how the Beatles saved my life

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That Thin, Wild Mercury Sound: Dylan, Nashville, and the Making of Blonde on Blonde

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Memphis Mayhem: A Story of the Music That Shook Up the World

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Def Jam, Inc.: Russell Simmons, Rick Rubin, and the Extraordinary Story of the World's Most Influential Hip-Hop Label

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Hillbilly Highway: The Transappalachian Migration and the Making of a White Working Class

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Stoned Alone: The Stones Solo

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Wrong Side of the Tracks: The Rolling Stones: In Conversation

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Outlaw: Waylon, Willie, Kris, and the Renegades of Nashville

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Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir

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I'm Glad My Mom Died

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Pretty Boys Are Poisonous: Poems

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Yes Please

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Love, Pamela: A Memoir of Prose, Poetry, and Truth

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Down the Drain

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Counting the Cost

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The Woman in Me

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Paris: The Memoir

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Whiskey in a Teacup

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The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family

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Making It So: A Memoir

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My Mother Was Nuts: A Memoir

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If You Would Have Told Me: A Memoir

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Tell Me Everything: A Memoir

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Open Book

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Taste: My Life Through Food

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Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

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Pageboy: A Memoir

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Happy People Are Annoying

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The Office BFFs: Tales of The Office from Two Best Friends Who Were There

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We're Going to Need More Wine: Stories That Are Funny, Complicated, and True

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Ep. 21 - CHIP TAYLOR ("Wild Thing"): Though a prolific singer/songwriter in his own right, Chip Taylor’s music has been covered by a wide range of artists, including Fats Domino, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Johnny Cash, George Strait, Nina Simone, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, The Pretenders, Jackie DeShannon, Ronnie Spector, Cheap Trick, and many others. He has written 39 songs that have appeared on Billboard’s pop, R&B, country, or adult contemporary charts, with many of them appearing on multiple charts simultaneously. Chip was born James Wesley Voight in Yonkers, New York, He joined a country band in high school, started writing songs, and signed a contract with King Records while still a teenager. As a songwriter he began finding success in the early 1960s with recordings by Johnny Tillotson, Aretha Franklin, and Willie Nelson. In 1966 The Troggs took Taylor’s “Wild Thing” to the #1 spot, which caught the attention of Jimi Hendrix, who covered it the following year

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S2 Ep17: I Never Thought It Would Happen - Don McLean

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Marvin Scott Jarrett (RAY GUN Magazine): Scott talks with Marvin Scott Jared, the creator of NYLON Magazine and Ray Gun Magazine. They discuss Marvin’s new book, Ray Gun: The Bible of Music and Style, about his radical 1990’s publication. They speak about Marvin’s upbringing in Jacksonville, Florida, their mutual love of magazines, Marvin’s early musical influences in Lou Reed and Mott the Hoople, Martin’s start in the publishing business, and his early forays in music playing with Johnny Van Zandt. Martin remembers raising money to buy Creem Magazine, and he shares advice on how certain failures allow you to keep pushing into other ventures. Scott and Martin get into David Bowie stories, then chat about art direction, typography, and how Martin shapes the look of his magazines. Martin remembers the inception of NYLON Magazine with Helena Christensen. Lastly, Marvin talks about his own photography and directing, as well as his involvement with Nylon TV and Popular TV. Learn more about

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The Who - Who's Next (w/ guest Mike Mehalick): Editor in Chief for Speak Into My Good Eye (speakimge.com) Mike Mehalick joins Bill and Brian for another installment of Massive Album November as we discuss the Who's Who's Next (1971, Decca). Emerging from the 60s mod scene into their own sound with...

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Ep. 76 - MEL TILLIS ("Detroit City"): As an artist, Mel Tillis scored 36 Top 10 country hits between 1968 and 1984, including six #1s. But Tillis was writing hit songs long before he found success as an artist  As a songwriter he hit the Top 20 an astounding 49 times, most often as the creator behind songs made famous by iconic artists such as Carl Smith, Kitty Wells, Ernest Tubb, Brenda Lee, Faron Young, Ricky Skaggs, and many others. His long list of songwriting successes includes "Burning Memories" and "Heart Over Mind" by Ray Price, "Detroit City" by Bobby Bare, "Honky Tonk Song" and "I Ain't Never" by Webb Pierce, "Mental Revenge" by Waylon Jennings, "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, and Mel's own recording of "Sawmill." He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1976, the same year he was named the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year. He was named Comedian of the Year by the CMA six different times in

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Ep. 41 - Daniel Donato: Daniel Donato is one of the best guitar players in today’s music scene. He’s 27 years old and his musical style has been said to blend the best of Nashville honky-tonks with an improvisational spirit rooted in the ethos of the Grateful Dead. Daniel t...

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Music History Monday: The Fifth Beatle: We mark the birth on January 3, 1926 – 96 years ago today – of the English record producer, arranger, conductor, composer, audio engineer, and musician Sir George Martin, the putative “Fifth Beatle.”

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Ep. 127 - MARTY STUART ("Tempted"): Five-time Grammy winner Marty Stuart discusses what he learned from Johnny Cash about the craft of songwriting; the three people he considers THE standard of country songwriting; the album that cost him a record deal, a band, a manager, and a publicist; how a photo of Louis Armstrong gave him a sense of mission for his band; why his greatest songwriting motivation is a deadline; and the reason he used to send Harlan Howard and Ralph Mooney $100 at the start of every year. American Songwriter Podcast Network: https://americansongwriter.com/podcasts

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#324 - Tracy Lawrence on Why Radio Stations Didn’t Want to Play One of His Hits + The Story of When He Got Shot 4 Times + Celebrating 30 Years in Country Music

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Martin Sexton, ep. 136: Martin Sexton's career was built by his work as a street musician on the Boston scene in the 80's and early 90's. His audience knows him for being connector by making them a part of the magic he, the performer, creates onstage. On the street, he would use tricks like strategically placing himself in an area that would bottleneck a crowd and keep people around with delightful audience participation and soaring, imaginative vocal aerobics: imitating a flute or saxophone or singing into a vocal processor like his hero Peter Frampton. All the while, Sexton, who goes by "Marty," was writing incredible music. The tricks made them listen, but the songs made them stay. Marty's from a big family: 12 kids in Syracuse, NY, featuring different orientations, occupations, political views and just plain differing opinions. From that structure, he's learned how to get along, how to love and how to talk to people he disagrees with. His message of unity has been going strong sin

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Ep. 164: Take A Daytrip: And The Writers Are… Denzel Baptiste and David Biral of TAKE A DAYTRIP!

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The Year MTV Took Over the Charts: In 1982, synth-pop came in strong, Hall and Oates crossed over into R&B, and Paul McCartney learned about racial harmony.

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Ep. 35 - BILL ANDERSON ("Whiskey Lullaby"): In 1995, Billboard magazine listed the Top 20 countrysongs of the previous 35 years. Bill Anderson wrote four of those20 songs, and has continued writing them ever since, becoming theonly country songwriter to land a Top 40 hit in seven consecutivedecades. After signing with the Decca label in 1959, Andersonreleased 37 records as an artist that reached the Top 10 onBillboard’s Country singles chart - eight of which climbedto the #1 position. Though wildly successful as a performer, Billis also a prolific songwriter who penned most of his own hits,including the classics “Po Folks,” “Mama Sang a Song,” “8 X 10,”and “Still,” which was named Billboard magazine’s Song ofthe Year in 1963. His initial songwriting success began in 1958when Ray Price took “City Lights” to the top of the charts for 13weeks. The song became a standard that charted repeatedly in the1950s, 60s, 70s, and 80s. Similarly, his “Tips of My Fingers,”reached the Top 10 four diff

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Ep. 52 - Matt Buechele: Jack Lawless sits down with comedy writer & musician, Matt Buechele, in this episode of the "Here, There, and Everywhere" podcast.   Matt is a writer, composer, and musician who’s written comedy and original music for Netflix, Comedy Central, and...

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Ep. 68 - HUGH PRESTWOOD ("The Song Remembers When"): Hugh Prestwood has written twenty charting singles on the Billboard rankings, including eight Top 10 hits. He began his professional career as a folk singer/songwriter in Greenwich Village in the 1970s before finding commercial success as a writer when Judy Collins began recording his songs toward the end of the decade. In the 1980s he appeared on the country charts with the #1 singles “The Sound of Goodbye” by Crystal Gayle and “The Moon Is Still Over Her Shoulder” by Michael Johnson. By the following decade Prestwood was regularly topping the charts with titles such as Randy Travis’ “Hard Rock Bottom Of Your Heart,” which earned him the BMI Country Song of the Year Award. Similarly, Trisha Yearwood’s recording of “The Song Remembers When” earned him NSAI’s Song of the Year honors and an Emmy award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics. Other artists who’ve recording his songs include Alison Krauss, Anne Murra

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Episode 91: Damon Linker / David Bowie [Part 3]: Scot and Jeff discuss the third and final part of David Bowie's career (1982-2016) with Damon Linker.

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Sammy and Dino Episode 8: Generation Gap

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Curtis Stigers: Singer, songwriter and saxophonist Curtis Stigers tells us true stories with a cast of characters including Van Morrison, Eric Clapton and Bob Dylan. A fan from way back (“Bob is the perfect creation. He’s an art form in himself”), his jazzy cover versions include Things Have Changed (“people go nuts for that song. Their heads explode”). A committed conversationalist with a huge wealth of musical knowledge, Curtis has strong opinions about Shawn Colvin, Jim Croce, The Carter Family, Neil Diamond, Jimmie Rodgers, Frank Sinatra, Bertolt Brecht and Larry Klein (who produced both Joni Mitchell and Curtis). His cover of Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right “always lights up the room”, he says. We feel the same about Mr. Stigers. Born in Los Angeles, Curtis Stigers grew up in Boise, Idaho. His interest in music began as a teen when he played in punk and blues bands. He moved to New York to pursue rock music but attracted label attention as the saxophonist/vocalist of a jazz trio

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Ep. 24 - David Bennett: David Bennett is a professional pianist, published composer, and YouTube educator. His YouTube channel has 700,000 subscribers and his videos are viewed by millions worldwide who are interested in learning about music and music theory. David joins Ja...

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434 - Big Star - #1 Record - Ronnie Barnett: The Muffs bassist Ronnie Barnett shares memories from his wide-eyed youth as well as his life as a touring musician inspired by the power pop of Big Star's 1972 debut album #1 Record. For guest playlists, new music influenced by this album, and full show notes, go to The500podcast.com. Join the movement.

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S1E44: Richard Thompson: This week on Rockonteurs we meet Fairport Convention founder Richard Thompson. Richard rose to fame in the 1960’s as the lead guitarist and songwriter in Fairport and in this open and honest conversation he talks to Guy and Gary about his passion for m...

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Lost CanRock Bands of the 90s: Part 2

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Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Run Through The Jungle": Creedence Clearwater Revival were quite the phenomenon from 1967 to 1972. During that short period-- only 5 years-- they racked up ten songs in the Top 20, 5 of them making it to #2. In the middle of that run, they released "Run Through The Jungle" in April 1970. The song is often identified with the Viet Nam war, but we explore the true roots of the song and listen to the individual elements that make up this great track.

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Interview: Jonathan Taplin: The Band: A History sits down road manger, producer, professor and author Jonathan Taplin.

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David Lee Roth - Sonrisa Salvaje

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Season 3 Ep. #9 - Bill Stone

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“I’m ALWAYS a practicing OPTIMIST…” Scott Matthews: On this Scott Matthews interview, how Hendrix changed his life, getting Robert Plant to sing on his 2nd album, putting 19 songs on his first record, why he didn’t sing until his late 20’s, The Cotswolds, dealing with loss, Ballerina Lake, being...

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#42 (1968 Part 1) The Beach Boys, The Pretty Things, The Zombies, Small Faces & more: The Album Years' time machine lands in 1968!

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Episode 8: Patrick Humphries - interviewing Bruce and memories of the 1980/81 River Tour

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Mark Messerly: Music maker for life: Mark Messerly has been a key player in the Cincinnati music scene for decades, and he's still going strong. Mark was the longtime co-leader of Messerly & Ewing, which won 97Xposure in 2002, and he joined Wussy as their bassist that same year when the...