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Motown
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J.A. Bartlett
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Over the years, certain television programs became iconic because of their historical value—the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show, Elvis Presley’s 1968 “comeback” special, Nirvana on MTV Unplugged. Others have…
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Michael Parr
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What is lurking in the corners of your music library? Hit shuffle and join in this week’s Friday Five.
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Michael Parr
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From Motown to Scotland in five songs, what is on your Friday Five?
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J.A. Bartlett
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I quit buying 45s when I was 13 years old. After that, I considered myself an album consumer, but that sometimes created an economic conundrum: when a cool new song…
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Michael Parr
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Time to shuffle up and deal! Join in this week’s Friday Five!
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J.A. Bartlett
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The list of great Motown albums doesn’t start to fill in until 1971 or so, when Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder used their new creative freedom to make fully realized…
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Ken Shane
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Believe it or not, the Miracles only had one #1 hit while Smokey Robinson was their singer. Ken Shane recalls “The Tears of a Clown.”
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Popdose Staff
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1969 –The year Hair dominated the American airwaves. The first of several Hair cover songs debuts on AM Gold this week.
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Mike Heyliger
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Temptations lead singer Dennis Edwards gets the Jheri Curl Fridays treatment with his 1984 video “Don’t Look Any Further.”
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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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It’s a brave new year on AM Gold – 1965 to be precise!
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Popdose Staff
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Another Wednesday, another batch of AM Gold for your listening pleasure. This week rolls on with the third installment from 1964.
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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!
Popdose Staff
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We wrap up our look at Time-Life’s AM Gold: 1962 compilation this week, and learn just how popular death songs were back then.
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.
Mike Duquette
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It’s been two years since Michael Jackson died, and several of Popdose’s Michaels paid tribute in this special Popdose Podcast extra.
Something Else! Reviews
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Marvin Gaye’s 1971 masterpiece What’s Going On doesn’t simply boast the gospel influence that marks so much of America’s most transformative works in blues and R&B. The album actually has…
Ann Logue
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Berry Gordy, Jr. served in Korea, returned to Detroit, got a job at Ford, and started writing songs for his friend Jackie Wilson. Gordy figured out two things. First, there…
Ken Shane
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May 21 marked the 40th anniversary of the release of Marvin Gaye’s landmark album What’s Going On. Ken Shane has an appreciation.
Robert Cass
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The Boston-area band released only three albums before breaking up in 2000, but have reunited for a series of shows in Europe. Robert Cass takes a look back at their brief but stellar discography.
Ken Shane
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Ken Shane reflects on the first birthday of his weekly Soul Serenade column and gifts another classic soul megamix to our readers.
Something Else! Reviews
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Hall & Oates are, of course, the poster boys for what happens when hair gel meets R&B. Funny thing is, they were originally anything but polished. Hall had reportedly been…
Ken Shane
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The Temptations’ hit “My Girl” is the very definition of a Motown standard. This week Ken Shane unearths a rare a cappella version of the soul classic.
Ken Shane
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Eddie Holland had moderate success as a recording artist, but his greatest contribution came as a member of one of the leading songwriting teams in history.
Ken Shane
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In 1967, Stevie Wonder co-wrote a classic song of romantic longing, but it remained largely unknown until the Queen of Soul released her smash cover in 1973.
Ken Shane
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Ken Shane celebrates the six-month anniversary of his Soul Serenade column with an awesome mix that includes every song that has appeared in his column so far.
Jeff Giles
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Iām sure there are plenty of places that people would love to hear Phil Collins go back to. Sitting behind Peter Gabriel in a reunited Genesis, maybe. Or back to…
Ken Shane
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It’s surprising to me that we’re now several months into Soul Serenade, and I have yet to feature a track by the Temptations. They are, after all, my favorite soul…
Mike Heyliger
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Mike Heyliger continues his guide to Michael Jackson’s discography with a look at the King of Pop’s early solo years.