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Kenny Rogers
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Michael Parr and Zack Stiegler
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In this episode of In:Sound we dare to ask the question: why don’t country music fans like country music?
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Pete Chianca
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”We Are The World,” the charity single to end all charity singles (except it didn’t), was recorded 30 years ago this week. It was an instant sensation when it was…
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Matt Wardlaw
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Richard Marx joins us to talk about his new album Beautiful Goodbye, writing songs with Ringo Starr and why it’s okay to break all of the rules.
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Scott Malchus
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The 47th annual Country Music Association Awards were broadcast on ABC this week and, as in the past, the show was a pleasant blend of music, banter between the…
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Matt Wardlaw
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Kenny Rogers talks to Popdose about his reunion with Dolly and a planned duet with George Jones that unfortunately didn’t happen.
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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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Chris Holmes
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Chart Attack! is back for episode 2, covering the Top 10 from March 19, 1983.
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Will Harris
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Remember the band Player? Sure you do…and even if you think you don’t, it’ll only take three words to remind you who they are: “Baby Come Back.” That’s not by…
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Brian Boone
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A new series 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…
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Rob Smith
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Rob Smith takes the guilt out of guilty pleasures and proclaims his love for Juice Newton.
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J.A. Bartlett
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Kenny Rogers scored solo hits beginning in 1977, but many of his early singles seemed to exist out of time. They sure didn’t sound like anything else on the radio…
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Popdose Staff
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That’s a wrap on AM Gold: 1978, friends. That means we have just one more year of Time-Life treasures to explore before our little experiment comes to an end. But as a wise man once said, all mellow things must come to an end. Or something like that.
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Jason Hare
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Perfect for your soul-crushing trip to the mall on this Black Friday: A rundown of a classic Top 10 from November 1983. It’s the Popdose Podcast, Episode 22: CHART ATTACK! Edition!
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Popdose Staff
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From chicken to coffee and Jimmy Buffett to Ryan Tedder, the Popdose staff recounts those musicians whose merchandising presences are grossly oversold.
Jeff Giles
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After a few years of plundering my parents’ vinyl collection and taping songs off the radio, I finally got around to buying my first cassette in late 1985. This was…
Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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Kenny Rogers takes a break from his busy plastic surgery schedule to record yet another Christmas album, and all of us are poorer for it.
Rob Smith
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It breaks Rob Smith’s achy breaky heart that he Can’t Say No to Billy Ray Cyrus’ Hallmark holiday movie, “Christmas in Canaan.”
Rob Smith
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Rob Smith Can’t Say No to finding the answer to the ages-old question: Do they play Josh Groban music in Hell?
Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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With Mellowmas Eve just a few short days away, it’s time for Jason and Jeff to celebrate the return of Dolly Parton — or is that Cesar Romero?
Dave Steed
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Hi, this is Popdose senior editor Robert Cass, and you’re listening to Bottom Feeders, a countdown of every song that charted below #40 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the…
Rob Smith
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Long, flowing hair, a perfectly groomed beard, and millions of records sold doesn’t mean you’re too good for a little advice, does it?
Dave Steed
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Dave Steed’s got, Steed’s got, Steed’s got what you need — which is, of course, another incredible installment of Bottom Feeders. This week: the letter P!
Zack Dennis
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The first time I realized I was driving by one of the locations used in The Big Lebowski (1998)- Johnie’s Coffee Shop – I thought it would be great fun…
Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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Last year, on the Fifteenth Day of Mellowmas, we tortured ourselves by listening to Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton sing “I Believe in Santa Claus.” So what better way to…
Terje Fjelde
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Over the next year Terje Fjelde has agreed to listen to nothing but David Foster on his iPod. HeÁ¢€â„¢s loaded the thing with over 1,200 songs produced, arranged, composed, and/or…
DJ D
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SHE’S A MODERN GIRL (na na na na na) Back in the neon-colored days of the ’80s, Sheena Easton ruled the Adult Contemporary charts with a well-manicured fist. Sheena first…
The Chartburn Panel
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[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/eLhpHjmxNw8″ width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Mainstream Rock: Lenny Kravitz, “Are You Gonna Go My Way” (1993) Zack: I remember when Lenny Kravitz was first thrust upon the music world…
Darren Robbins
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Although released in late 1977, the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack would be impossible to ignore for much of 1978, with the Bee Gees’ “Night Fever” and “Stayin’ Alive,” as well…
Robert Cass
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I should start subscribing to the newspaper again on Sundays. But the only part of the paper I’m interested in is Parade magazine, particularly Walter Scott’s Personality Parade, the regular page-two…
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