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The Ronettes never had a number one hit - only one of their songs ever made the top 20 – and yet they may be the most important and influential girl groups ...read more
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Some would call it irony, others would call it sexism, but there’s little doubt that Phil Spector was the single most important progenitor of the girl ...read more
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To some, the Girl Group phenomenon was simply a trend that came and went, but to judge whether or not a fad is truly influential, all you need to do is ...read more
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Some historians would lead you to believe that the girl group sound popped up almost out of nowhere in the year 1960.
While it is true that virtually ...read more
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In the beginning, rock and roll looked like some sort of males only club. Elvis, Little Richard, Chuck, Jerry Lee…I could go on and on. With very few ...read more
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In the ‘How Music Changed” series, we attempt to find the music that had the most profound impact on popular culture and the way that music styles ...read more
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When I started to plan for this series, it felt near impossible to cover the early history of piano with any degree of chronological accuracy.
My ...read more
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This show is exciting because it covers some of the most incredibly innovative playing imaginable. Fats Waller was the perfect showman and an extraordinary ...read more
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The second part of our series dedicated to the development of piano music and its influence on the stylistic development of popular music finds us covering ...read more
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The history of piano music is extraordinarily complex, but the importance of the piano to the development of an American music culture is often ...read more
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