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Any Major Dude With Half A Heart

A History of Country Vol. 13: 1972-74

the traditional country stars — conway twitty, george jones, tammy wynette charlie rich, dolly parton, charley pride — were still selling many records in the 1970s, and periodically crossed over to the pop charts. singers like donna fargo evoked the good old days with happy songs like the happiest girl in the whole usa. ?these were still the opry year... (114 天前)

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The Originals Vol. 44

in this instalment of the originals, we look at the provenance of one of the biggest hit of 1978, the triumphal comeback of a bacharach/david song that flopped at its first attempt, and the original version of a marilyn monroe signature tune. remember, you can look up the originals covered so far in the originals index.*???? *???? *the righteous brothe... (119 天前)

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Song Swarm: Georgia On My Mind

georgia on my mind is most commonly associated with ray charles. it appears on every tribute album to ray, and willie nelson (who recorded the song in 1978) sang it at his funeral. ?but georgia was a standard long before ray charles made it his own.it was written by hoagy carmichael and lyricist stuart gorrell in 1930. the story goers that the georgia ... (128 天前)

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Intros Quiz – Drum edition 1

we take a break from our five-yearly cycle of intros quizzes (next up will be the year of our lord 1986), and get percussive with 20 songs that start with drums, from the 1960s to the 1990s. some of them start with just a couple of beats or a drum roll, others bang the drum for a bit before the song gets started. only one of the 5-7 second clips feature... (134 天前)

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In Memoriam – September 2011

the headline death this past month was that at 75 of sylvia robinson, who featured on this blog before with her 1973 hit “pillow talk”, a song taught donna summer all she needed to know about pleasured moaning to a disco beat. but robinson was much more important than that. as the founder of sugar hill records, she produced and released the first ever ... (134 天前)

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Step back to 1980 – Part 1

the series now hits 1980, which was a pretty good year for pop music. good enough to warrant four instalments, i think. it was the year in which i turned 14. * * *cheap trick – dream police.mp3this was the first record i bought in 1980. cheap trick probably were the first hair metal band. i didn’t really dig them very much, but i did like dream poli... (142 天前)

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A History of Country Vol. 12: 1969-71

it was the age of the country songwriter, with people such as harlan howard (heartaches by the number), hank cochran (i fall to pieces), roger miller (billy bayou), willie nelson (crazy), mel tillis (detroit city), tom t hall (harper valley pta) and the bryants (love hurts) creating many classics. some of them would become stars in their own right. none... (148 天前)

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