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The summer of ’75 is a little bit soft, a little bit funky, and a whole lotta “Hustle.” It was a peak era for lite-FM, the dawn of disco, and the final toll for Richard Nixon’s presidency. Casey Kasem’s countdown has a few classics in its midst. But really, this one is more a tribute…
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Rupert Holmes had a #1 hit and helped to popularize the pina colada. But the one-hit wonder has a deep dark secret. He doesn’t actually drink pina coladas.
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If you don’t love songs about boats, one-night stands, and breezy California nights, you’ve come to the wrong place. Yacht Rock embodies the singer-songwriter soft rock that dominated FM radio playlists in the ’70s. Combine slick L.A. production, earnest singing, and a touch of lite-country songwriting, and chances are, you had a Top 40 hit.…
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Jimi, Jerry and Fogerty in the army? Before they became visible and vocal critics of the Vietnam War, these hippie rock stars served in the military. Read the stories here.
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Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller formed perhaps the greatest rock and roll songwriting partnership of the Golden Age. Leiber and Stoller are credited with pathbreaking compositions like “Hound Dog,” “Kansas City,” and “Love Potion No. 9.” And as the in-house writing team for the coasters, they penned classics like “Poison Ivy,” “Yakety Yak,” and “Searchin’”.…
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Glenn Danzig thinks censorship is stupid. He wrote a song about it. Find out who the titular “Mother” is in Danzig’s biggest hit.
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In 1966, the Bobby Fuller Four rocketed up the charts with “I Fought the Law.” Months later, Bobby Fuller was found dead in his car. The cause of his death remains an unsolved mystery to this date. What happened to Bobby Fuller?