Saying goodbye to the Queen of Soul with a prayer from 1968
Burt Bacharach
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Ken Shane
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Craft Recordings has remastered and reissued three of the seminal albums in soul music history on vinyl. It’s a veritable Holy Trinity of the genre.
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Jason Hare
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Greetings and welcome to CHART ATTACK!, the long-defunct-but-now-resurrected series where we take a look back at a Billboard Top 10 chart from yesteryear, and try to remember what we loved about…
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Ken Shane
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Popdose has the exclusive premiere of the first single from the new Explorers Club album.
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Ken Shane
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Yes, you’re reading that title correctly. For a few years in the ’70s, Dionne Warwick added that ‘e’ to the end of her last name because her astrologer convinced her…
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Ken Shane
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Isaac Hayes’ 1970 album was a key component in the Stax Records resurgence
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Ken Shane
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The stars aligned in Muscle Shoals and produced a big hit for R.B. Greaves
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Ken Shane
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Legends, upstarts, and an honored but absent guest at this year’s festival.
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Justin Vellucci
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Jim O’Rourke can resemble a complicated musical chameleon. Since the late 80s, he has blended a patchwork career in the avant-garde with explorations into cinema, post-, folk- and alt-rock, and…
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Ken Shane
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The 5th Dimension had one of their biggest hits with a Bacharach-David classic
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Ken Shane
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A new collection celebrates the resurgence of a legendary soul label
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Ken Shane
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Shelby Lynne gave another powerful performance in MA
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Ken Shane
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When Luther Vandross died in 2005 a storied career ended
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Michael Parr
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It’s the Friday Five! Shuffle through five random tracks from your library and share it with the Popdose community.
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Popdose Staff
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A milestone, of sorts: This week, as we reach the midway point of Disc 4 of this seven-disc box set, we’re at the official halfway mark of the series. And…
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Kelly Stitzel
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After a two-year hiatus, Kelly Stitzel’s Soundtrack Saturday returns! This week, she takes a look at the Best Original Song Oscar nominees from 1982.
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Matthew Bolin
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A day late and more than a dollar short, here are my choices for the Top 10 Paul McCartney solo deep cuts.
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Dave Lifton
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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?…
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Popdose Staff
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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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Popdose Staff
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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…
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Popdose Staff
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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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Popdose Staff
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We delve deeper into AM Gold’s 1965 and find some genuine treasures.
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Ken Shane
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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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Popdose Staff
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It’s a brave new year on AM Gold – 1965 to be precise!
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Popdose Staff
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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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Popdose Staff
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AM Gold: 1964 beckons! Enjoy the Supremes and the Zombies! Make it through Gene Pitney!
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Popdose Staff
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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 1963.
Popdose Staff
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Our look at AM Gold’s 1963 entry tackles five very different tunes – from folk to soul to country.
Ken Shane
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Ken Shane celebrates the life and music of songwriter/producer Jerry Ragovoy who died this week at age 80.
Popdose Staff
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The second installment of Digging for Gold explores more of 1962’s hippest tunes. And Gene Pitney.
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