My first exposure to the bizarre genius of U-Men came when I first tracked down a vinyl copy of the scene-setting C/Z Records comp. Deep Six back in the early…
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Dw. Dunphy
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If you remember the ’90s movie Singles, helmed by Cameron Crowe, you’ll recall the band Citizen Dick. Or rather, you’ll recall Pearl Jam stalwarts Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard and Jeff…
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Chris Holmes
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When singer/songwriter Jesse Belvin died in a car accident on February 6, 1960, he became the first artist of the rock ‘n’ roll era to join the as-yet-unnamed 27 Club….
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Chris Holmes
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The story behind one of the great rockabilly/swamp boogie tunes of all-time, Dale Hawkins’ “Susie Q.”
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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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What does one of Ben E. King’s greatest songs with the Drifters have to do with the ’60s Counterculture movement? Let’s find out and live for today.
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Chris Holmes
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Let’s count down the 10 best pre-Buckingham/Nicks Fleetwood Mac songs, shall we?
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Chris Holmes
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Listen to the first song from Eisley’s upcoming Currents album, “Drink the Water.”
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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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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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Chris Holmes
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This week’s spotlight shines on a great 1959 Cadence single by the Everly Brothers, “Poor Jenny.”
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Chris Holmes
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This week we explore one of the great, early sides from the legendary vocal group the Andrews Sisters, “Hold Tight, Hold Tight (Want Some Sea Food, Mama).”
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Chris Holmes
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In the wake of Scott Weiland’s firing from Stone Temple Pilots, Chris Holmes counts down the top ten songs from STP’s six albums.
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Chris Holmes
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In the late summer of 1961, a doo-wop group out of Steubenville, Ohio released one of the unheralded gems of group vocal harmony – “I Really Love You.”
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Chris Holmes
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In early 1963, Johnny Cymbal cracked the Top 20 with “Mr. Bass Man.”
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Chris Holmes
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This week’s column highlights one of the greatest songs ever inspired by a coffee commercial.
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Chris Holmes
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The first edition of the new Chart Attack! podcast kicks off with the Top 10 singles from the week ending February 15, 1986.
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Chris Holmes
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This week the pre-Beatles spotlight shines on Atlantic’s Queen of R&B, the one and only Ruth Brown.
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Chris Holmes
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In the spring of 1959, the Flamingos achieved immortality with one of the most beautiful pop songs ever released.
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Chris Holmes
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There was musical life before the Beatles, and Before We Was Fab has the proof.
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Chris Holmes
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Just because a song gets stuck at #3 on the charts doesn’t mean it’s not an all-time great.
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Popdose Staff
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With this, the fourth installment of our look at AM Gold: 1979, the Digging for Gold series comes to a close. Thanks to everyone for reading, listening, and mellowing with us!
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Popdose Staff
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One more. Just one more installment of Digging for Gold after this week’s and our journey through Time-Life’s AM Gold series is at an end. Here we go with the third batch of tracks from AM Gold: 1979.
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Popdose Staff
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Thanks to this week’s “Digging for Gold,” in which we look at the second batch of songs from AM Gold: 1979, you can now cross the words “shriveled testicles” off the list of phrases you thought you wouldn’t read on the internet today.
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Popdose Staff
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It’s 1979! That also means it’s the final year of our look at the AM Gold series.
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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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Popdose Staff
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This week’s installment of AM Gold: 1978 features no Bee Gees songs, but two songs written by the Brothers Gibb.
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Popdose Staff
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In the words of our own Jason Hare, esteemed curator of all things mellow, this second part of AM Gold: 1978 is, “seriously, the Mellow Goldiest list of all.”
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Popdose Staff
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We hope you’ve been enjoying our collective journey through the fields of AM Gold so far, because the end is nearly in sight.
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Popdose Staff
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It’s the beginning of the Carter Administration and the malaise has started in the world of AM Gold.
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