There was nothing hip about Karen and Richard, and that’s why they succeeded.
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Ken Shane
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Inez and Charlie Foxx scored a big hit in ’63 but never fully broke out of the novelty box
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Ken Shane
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It’s New Year’s Eve! Everybody’s waiting for The Midnight Hour
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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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Superstars, secret stars, rising stars, and a ghost from the past hovering over it all.
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Brian Boone
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In which we look at once common curiosities of pop culture that don’t exist anymore, be it because of changing tastes, the fragmentation of culture, or merely the fickle nature…
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Popdose Staff
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Singer/songwriter Alexander Fairchild lists his five Desert Island Discs.
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Popblerd Staff
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Will the second installment of our list of the ’70s best albums leave your knickers in a bunch? Don’t worry, the Popblerd team won’t take you on the highway to hell!
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Robert Cass, Jeff Giles, and Mike Heyliger
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Join Popdose for a look back at three decades of Babyface’s wide-ranging influence as a singer, songwriter, and producer.
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Popdose Staff
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1973 didn’t end on such a high note for our humble AM Gold series, so maybe 1974 will pick things up nicely. Maybe.
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Popdose Staff
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As we float like a mellow breeze into the second installment of AM: Gold 1973, we leave behind the deep analyses of the story-song and just enjoy some great tunes.
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Dan Wiencek
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Want the whole story? Here it is, come and … oh never mind.
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Brian Boone
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Carly Simon’s song from Working Girl was the first Oscar-winning song in a decade not to be a smash hit, and also it was by the iconic Carly Simon. What gives?
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Leslie Liberatore
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A double serving of tasty tunes smothered in gravy. Served over-cooked and much-loved. (and truly hyphenated)
Dave Steed
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Dave Steed moves on to the letter T this week, with the Talking Heads, Tesla and the hair metal transformation of Andy Taylor.
Ken Shane
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Arnold McCuller calls “Soon As I Get Paid” his musical autobiography. He could haven’t chosen better songs or better players to help him to tell his story.
Mike Heyliger
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Singer/songwriter Marc Pinansky imagines himself on a desert island and comes up with 5 discs to make the trip with.
Joseph Jon Lanthier
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Joseph Jon Lanthier rounds up reissues and remasters for the month of October 2010. Among the rambunctious little doggies lassoed are the Apple Records Box Set and Brute Force’s Confections of Love.
Ken Shane
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In January of next year, Tom Rush will be 70 years old. The New Hampshire born folk-rock pioneer is still out there on the road, and still releasing albums, as…
Rob Smith
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We in the States have grown accustomed to the idea that Robbie Williams can be safely ignored, but in his latest Death by Power Ballad, Rob Smith shows us the error of our ways.
Dave Steed
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Bottom Feeders has reached the letter T, which means lots and lots of … the Temptations?
Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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Screw gingerbread and eggnog — today, Lemmy proves that the real taste of Mellowmas is whiskey and unfiltered cigarettes. Hide your pets and daughters!
Ken Shane
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Greenpeace has released a two-disc set of the live, re-mastered recording Amchitka: The 1970 concert that launched Greenpeace. The CD is available exclusively through Greenpeace, and all proceeds will benefit…
Scott Malchus
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Two years ago, when I was working on this column’s debut, I wrote about Bruce Springsteen’s “Book of Dreams” and what the song means to Julie and me. During the…
Robert Cass
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Four years ago GRP/Verve released Best of George Benson Live, recorded at a concert the veteran jazz guitarist and singer gave in Belfast, Ireland, in 2000. The set drew mainly…
Ken Shane
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Goodness gracious — Ken Shane has made his way through every moment of Neil Young’s ten-disc Archives, Volume 1. What will you get for your $280? Read his review to find out.
Jason Hare
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Jason Hare is back for another installment of Chart Attack! — and this week, he takes us all the way back to April 22, 1972, and a top 10 featuring Neil Young, Aretha, and Baba Booey. Wait, what?
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