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New Music: The Explorers Club, “Grand Hotel”
I love new music. And I love old music. Therefore, by extension, there are very few things I love more than when new bands make old music. Jangly Beatlesque pop? Bring it on. The
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Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 31
The third installment of our look at "AM Gold: 1969" is a grim one indeed. We can only imagine what it was like to hear these songs all the time back then
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Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 22
We’ve got some familiar names to review this week. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles return, as of course we’ve got another chart triumph for the team of Dionne Warwick, Burt Bacharach, and Hal David.
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Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 18
All of this week's AM Gold tunes but one were Top 10 hits in 1966. But only one of them was covered and surpassed by one Mr. Phil Collins
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Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 14
We delve deeper into AM Gold's 1965 and find some genuine treasures
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Soul Serenade: Chuck Jackson, “Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)”
Chuck Jackson followed a stint with the Del-Vikings with a superb solo career that reached its peak with his 1962 hit "Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)"
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It's a brave new year on AM Gold - 1965 to be precise!
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Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 10
As our Time-Life "AM Gold" series rolls on with the next batch of tunes from 1964, let's all take a moment to recognize the genius of the Bacharach/David team
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AM Gold: 1964 beckons! Enjoy the Supremes and the Zombies! Make it through Gene Pitney!
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Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 8
And just like that, 1963 is in our rear-view mirrors. But before we speed ahead to '64 let's fire up the old transistor radio and check out the final group of tunes from
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