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CHART ATTACK!: 11/3/73
Join us for a trip back in time -- when Art Garfunkel shunned his first name, Cher sang on a horse, and Billy Preston's afro threatened to take over the world. It's a 1973
Read More »Mojo’s Cold Shot: Bo Diddley, “Drive By: Tales From the Funk Dimension”
One of the many things I love about Popdose is our collective freedom to write different kinds of posts: Sometimes you gets yourself a Cold Shot related to some bit of blues news, or
Read More »CD Review: Human Nature, “Reach Out”
“In the style of the boy-band vocal bands of the time, Human Nature became Australia’s most successful pop group of the ’90s and beyond,” according to their Allmusic.com biography, “outselling their international contemporaries Backstreet Boys,
Read More »Jesus of Cool: We Wuz Robbed! Great #2 Hits of the ’70s
Continuing his decade-by-decade look of great second-place finishes in pop music, Jon Cummings moves on to the '70s, including #2 hits from Lou Rawls, 10cc, and the King himself
Read More »Dw. Dunphy On… Adam Again
In an ongoing series, Dw. Dunphy takes an occasional look back at Christian contemporary music (CCM) of the past and makes the case for a new audience to rediscover the best of it as
Read More »Bootleg City: Marvin Gaye in Tokyo, November ’79
As mayor of Bootleg City, I’ve decided to make some changes around these parts. You see, recently I noticed that our fair city really is fair. In fact it’s downright pale. We need to
Read More »CD Review: The Revelations featuring Tre Williams, “Deep Soul”
I love soul music in each and every one of its glorious permutations, so it’s been gratifying for me to listen as a new generation of soul masters has taken the spotlight in the
Read More »CHART ATTACK!: 1/15/83
Welcome back to CHART ATTACK!, all new for 2009! This year we’ll be doing much like we’ve done in the past: ripping apart Billboard Top 10 charts for years ranging from the early ’70s
Read More »Motown at 50
Today is a very important day in the history of popular music. It was on this day in 1959 that Motown was born. An auto worker by the name of Berry Gordy borrowed $800
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