Once again, historian/author/film producer and Memphian Robert Gordon delivers a book about the music of his hometown; a musical spectrum that spans wide and deep. Along with that book, Memphis…
Jerry Lee Lewis
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Ken Shane
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In the last couple of years, we have had powerful returns to form from classic soul men William Bell and Don Bryant. Now we can add Lloyd Price, whose new…
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Ken Shane
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Dinah Washington and Brook Benton teamed up for two smash hits in 1960
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Ken Shane
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Billy Ward launched a new era of frankness in lyrics and the careers of two future superstars
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Ken Shane
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“The Twist” was the only 45 to reach #1 in two different years. But was the success a curse?
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Ken Shane
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Ken Shane recommends some of the year’s best music books
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Ken Shane
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Lee Dorsey had a string of classic Crescent City hits in the ’60s
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Ken Shane
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The collected works of a legendary Memphis gospel soul label
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Will Harris
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If you’re a fan of catchy pop tunes and you aren’t familiar with the Paley Brothers, prepare yourself: you’re about to get an education. Andy and Jonathan Paley released their…
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Chris Holmes
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It can take a lot to kill a successful acting or music career. Just ask these five people.
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Ken Shane
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In 1964 Joe Hinton broke out with his hit cover of a Willie Nelson song. Four years later he was gone in the prime of his career.
Popdose Staff
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Popdose breaks down the first five songs from Time-Life Music’s AM Gold: 1962 compilation album, and takes time to enjoy a classic 1980s Dom DeLuise commercial.
Pete Chianca
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On ”Like Jerry Lee,” the opening track to Jason D. Williams’ new album Killer Instincts, he deals right off the bat with the uncanny similarity — in look, ability and…
Matthew Bolin
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There come times in the pop culture universe where an item is so solidly packed with cheese, befuddlement, and WTF? moments that it falls in upon itself, spiraling into a…
Kelly Stitzel
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In our new series, Kelly Stitzel and the Popdose staff bring you 27 — count ’em! — versions of the great blues-folk song “Stagger Lee.”
Jon Cummings
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Last year, in the midst of compiling my Á¢€Å“Worst Number One Songs of the Rock EraÁ¢€ series, I began contemplating the sad, sorry fate of those records that have come…
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