Big Mama Thornton
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Ken Shane
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Big Mama Thornton was a seminal figure in the development of rock and roll but she’s never gotten her due
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Ken Shane
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What was the first rock and roll song? It depends on who you talk to and to some extent how you define rock and roll. Some would say it was…
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Ken Shane
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Johnny Ace was one of the biggest stars of the ’50s until one fateful Christmas Day in Houston
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Matthew Bolin
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The sixth episode of Songs of Freedom focuses on the subject of cultural — especially musical — appropriation, using the inexplicable success of the “Harlem Shake” meme as a jumping-off…
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Ken Shane
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The world of soul, R&B, and funk lost three of its greatest artists last week. Ken Shane remembers Etta James, Johnny Otis, and Jimmy Castor.
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Ken Shane
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Jerry Leiber, a founding father of rock and roll, and one of the greatest songwriters in the history of popular music, died this week. Ken Shane pays tribute.
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