Happy New Year! During the holidays I decided to determine once and for all how long I’ve been writing this column. I searched the Popdose archives for that first column…
Capitol Records
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Ken Shane
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“Drift Away” was a smash in 1973 and then again 30 years later
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Ken Shane
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Otis Rush died recently but not before leaving a lasting blues and soul legacy
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Ken Shane
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This oft-covered Christmas hit had its origins in the late 1940s
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Ken Shane
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He had never had much commercial success but Young Jessie released one of the coolest records ever in 1955
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Ken Shane
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Barrett Strong had an early hit but found real success as a Motown songwriter
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Rob Ross
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Objectivity be damned; this is The Beatles we’re talking about. The single, most important cultural entity to happen in my lifetime; merely a rock and roll band who re-shaped traditions…
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Ken Shane
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The brothers from Providence had their first big hit in 1973
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Rob Ross
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As a lifelong Beatles obsessive, I could ruminate and pontificate about the various permutations of Beatles albums. As we all know, Capitol Records in the U.S. saw fit to reconfigure…
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Chris Holmes
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Before We Was Fab checks in for the first time with the Chairman of the Board, circa 1955.
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Chris Holmes
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A look at the first big hit for The Four Freshmen, 1952’s “It’s a Blue World.”
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Ken Shane
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Lou Rawls is remembered as a great entertainer. He was an equally great soul singer.
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Chris Holmes
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A look at the songs and the story behind 50 years of the Beach Boys, American’s greatest pop band.
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Chris Holmes
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Chris Holmes offers the first part of his overview of thrash metal legends Megadeth’s discography, covering their first ten years and seven albums.
Ken Shane
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Last year I saw Eli “Paperboy” Reed and his band the True Loves at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park. I came away a little disappointed. I’d been following their…
Tom Werman
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In this week’s column, Tom Werman recounts the strange new world of the mid-’90s, and his struggles to prove his worth after hair metal fell out of fashion.
Jon Cummings
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Purchase this CD (Amazon) George Harrison was an intensely spiritual man, but the compilation gods have never been kind to him. His first best-of Á¢€” actually a kiss-off from Apple/Capitol…
Ken Shane
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The Hazards of Love (Capitol Records), the fifth Decemberists album, is a romantic fairy tale, albeit one with some extremely dark passages, and a very sad ending. Musically, Colin Meloy…
John C. Hughes
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Charlie’s Angels chanteuse Cheryl Ladd was known for two spectacular things: her acting and her singing. What? What’d you think I was gonna say? Anyhoo, Ladd got her start as…
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