Category: Music
Neil Sedaka (1939–2026)
Few singer-songwriters bridged the eras of American pop with the elega [...]
Unforgettable Always — Nat King Cole: ‘Long Live the King’
Introduction: On This Day in Music History — February 15, 1965
Ther [...]
Joy to the World: Honoring Chuck Negron and the Legacy of Three Dog Night
CHUCK NEGRON: THE VOICE THAT CARRIED A GENERATION A USA Radio Museum T [...]
Rosalie Trombley: The ‘BIG 8’ Radio Hit Maker with the Golden Ear
A Tribute to the Most Influential Music Director in North American Top [...]
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 [...]