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God, I love the music of 1968. There is such a wonderful balance to most of it, combining melody and pop appeal with creativity, originality and nuance.
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I know it’s been said that things were much simpler 50 years ago, and that may have been true in many other ways, but I don’t think it applied to popular ...read more
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I’m ashamed to say that I was unaware of Bo Diddley’s passing for more than a week. Much of it is my own fault, due to a schedule that barely allows me ...read more
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Recently, a beautiful book of photography was brought to my attention. “On the Brink of Fame – Pop Stars in the Swinging ‘60s” is a gorgeous collection of ...read more
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Ten years is a long time…or is it? In my personal life, virtually everything has changed in the past ten years, but in the music scene, it appears as ...read more
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1978 was an interesting year for popular music, if only for the diversity that it offered. On this show, we look at the pop charts and the album charts to ...read more
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Rather than go on (again) about how great pop music was in 1968, I figured it would be a good idea to just let the songs speak for themselves. To prep for ...read more
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The charter for American Hit Radio has been based on hits, which translated to hit singles. In the past year or so, we’ve broadened our coverage to include ...read more
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Once again, we dig into our bag of tricks and go back forty years, this time covering music that debuted in April 1968. Once again, we are amazed by the ...read more
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It was before I was born, so I can’t say firsthand that 1958 was a great year to be a music fan, but I have to admit that the evidence sure points in that ...read more
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