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Episode 110: “Be My Baby” by the Ronettes
Jan 09, 2021Episode 110 of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Be My Baby”, and at the career of the Ronettes and Ronnie Spector. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more inform...
BONUS: A Tribute to Gerry Marsden
Jan 03, 2021I just heard the sad news that Gerry Marsden, of Gerry and the Pacemakers, has died today aged seventy-eight. As the latest episode of the podcast is late due to personal issues, I thought I’d make th...
Episode 109: “Blowin’ in the Wind” by Peter, Paul, and Mary
Dec 23, 2020Episode one hundred and nine of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Blowin’ in the Wind”, Peter, Paul and Mary, Bob Dylan, the UK folk scene and the civil rights movement. Those of...
Episode 108: “I Wanna Be Your Man” by the Rolling Stones
Dec 16, 2020Episode 108 of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “I Wanna Be Your Man” by the Rolling Stones and how the British blues scene of the early sixties was started by a trombone player....
BONUS: I Read The NewsToday Oh Boy: The Kennedy Assassination
Dec 16, 2020The third in the occasional series of ten-minute looks at topics in the news during the time we’re looking at covers the Kennedy assassination. Click through for the transcript: (more…)
Episode 107: “Surf City” by Jan and Dean
Dec 08, 2020Episode 107 of A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs looks at “Surf City” and the career of Jan and Dean, including a Pop Symphony, accidental conspiracy to kidnap, and a career that both started and e...
Episode 106: “Louie Louie” by the Kingsmen
Dec 02, 2020Episode 106 of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Louie Louie” by the Kingsmen, and the story of how a band that had already split up accidentally had one of the biggest hits of t...
Episode 105: “Green Onions” by Booker T. and the MGs
Nov 24, 2020Episode 105 of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Green Onions”, and how a company started by a Western Swing fiddle player ended up making the most important soul records of the ...
Episode 104: “He’s a Rebel” by “The Crystals”
Nov 16, 2020Episode 104 of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “He’s a Rebel”, and how a song recorded by the Blossoms was released under the name of the Crystals. Click the full post to read ...
BONUS: I Read The News Today Oh Boy — The Profumo Affair
Nov 16, 2020This month’s ten-minute extra bonus episode on news events at the time we’re looking at is on the Profumo Affair, and how a sex scandal transformed Britain. Click through to the full post to read a tr...