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On Beyond ABBA
For those who can’t get enough of the Swedish supergroup, we may have good news for you. Just three years ago, ABBA surprised everyone by releasing their first album of new material in forty years…
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The Story Behind the Song: Lawdy Miss Clawdy
In 1952, 19-year old Lloyd Price was just another poor kid in New Orleans who dreamed of making it big. His mother owned a sandwich shop where Lloyd liked to hang out and play the…
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Rock’s Top 10 B-Sides
In the heyday of Top 40 radio, when the 45 was king, record labels typically put all their effort into only one side of single, the A-side. B-sides were considered throwaways. The Beatles were the…
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The Essential Boomer Album Collection Part 12 – Who’s Next
The Who’s Tommy LP had been a blessing and a curse. It was a blessing in that it finally established the Who as a headline rock act in the United States and most of the…
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The Story Behind the Song: Hotel California
The best-selling American band of all time is the Eagles. And their best-selling, non-greatest-hits LP is Hotel California. Released in 1976, that album has racked up sales of over 30 million certified copies and ranks…
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Daddy’s Girl: Nancy Sinatra Revisited
Because her biggest hit, “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’” was so huge, there is a tendency to overlook the rest of Nany Sinatra’s recording career. That’s a shame because she lent her voice to…