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Remember that glorious and ever-so brief period in the mid- to late-80s when every NFL team had its own rap? Let’s travel back in time, shall we?
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Sesame Street played a key role in disco and hip hop history. Find out how…
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10 tips for the novice record collector. Start building your pile today.
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From Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit” to Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power,” from Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World” to The Sex Pistols’ “God Save the Queen,” a chronological history of American protest music.
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From Dolly Parton’s 1974 country chart-topper to Whitney Houston’s earth-shattering 1992 soundtrack rendition, the history of “I Will Always Love You.”
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What happened to Iron Butterfly bassist Phillip Taylor Kramer? Was it suicide? Murder? Did O.J. do it? We may never know…
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Happy Thanksgiving, friends! This holiday marks a few of my favorite traditions–football, gorging, and the airing of long-simmering family tension. It’s also a great time to reflect on history–the good, the bad, and the ugly. Casey Kasem’s Top 40 Countdown for Thanksgiving week of 1982 has a bit of all three. November 20th, 1982—The Week […]
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“Apache” is a cornerstone in the foundation of hip hop. But how did a 1960 instrumental novelty by a British ukulele player become “The Hip-Hop National Anthem”? The story starts as so many hip-hop stories do—with a Burt Lancastar film. British songwriter Jerry Lordan was inspired to compose the instrumental after watching classic American western […]
