Category: Music
Hey Hey, We’re the Monkees! — and Televised Pop Music Was Never the Same Again
INTRO: The Story of How a TV Show Became a Band, and a Band Became a T [...]
Break On Through: The Doors’ 1967 Release and Birth of a New American LP Sound
Introduction: The Album That Opened a New Door in American Rock Music
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Motown’s Motortown Revue at the Fox Theatre: Detroit’s Holiday Gift to Itself (1963-1969)
Overture: Detroit Wintry Nights Under the Fox Theater Lights
Ev [...]
When Radio Changed Everything: James Carroll, WWDC, and the Beatles’ First U.S. Spin
Introduction: A Nation on the Brink of New Sound for 1964
In late 1 [...]
Steve Cropper Memorialized: The Guitarist Who Defined the Soul of Memphis
Introduction: Steve Cropper —The Soulful Architect of Stax Remembered
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December 6, 1969: Altamont Speedway—The Day the Music Turned Dark
Introduction: From Woodstock to Altamont
The summer of 1969 had giv [...]
Supremes at the Summit: On This Day, 1968 — ‘Love Child’ Knocks ‘Hey Jude’ from No. 1
This Day in Pop Music History: A Social Taboo Subject Becomes a Motown [...]
November 11, 1965 — ‘Rubber Soul’ Completed: The Beatles’ Leap Toward LP Mastery
Introduction: Rubber Soul and the Studio Awakening of The Beatles
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Yesterday, Today, and Always: Celebrating 60 Years of the Most Covered Song in Pop Music History
Introduction: How One Beatles' Ballad Became a Cultural Standard
On [...]
October 10, 1956: Remembering Elvis’s First Tender Moment On the Radio
Introduction: The Day Elvis Tendered Softness In Song to America
Th [...]