A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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Episode ninety-two of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” by The Tokens, and at a seventy-year-long story of powerful people repeatedly ripping off less powerful people, then themselves being ripped off in turn by more powerful people, and at how racism meant that a song that earned fifteen million dollars for other people paid its composer ten shillings. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode.
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Episode 116: “Where Did Our Love Go?” by The Supremes
Episode 115: “House of the Rising Sun” by the Animals
Episode 114: “My Boy Lollipop” by Millie
Episode 113: “Needles and Pins” by The Searchers
Episode 112: “She Loves You” by The Beatles
Episode 111: “Heat Wave” by Martha and the Vandellas
Episode 110: “Be My Baby” by the Ronettes
BONUS: A Tribute to Gerry Marsden
Episode 109: “Blowin’ in the Wind” by Peter, Paul, and Mary
Episode 108: “I Wanna Be Your Man” by the Rolling Stones
BONUS: I Read The NewsToday Oh Boy: The Kennedy Assassination
Episode 107: “Surf City” by Jan and Dean
Episode 106: “Louie Louie” by the Kingsmen
Episode 105: “Green Onions” by Booker T. and the MGs
Episode 104: “He’s a Rebel” by “The Crystals”
BONUS: I Read The News Today Oh Boy — The Profumo Affair
Episode 103: “Hitch-Hike” by Marvin Gaye
Episode 102: “Twist and Shout” by the Isley Brothers
Episode 101: “Telstar” by the Tornados
BONUS: I Read The News Today, Oh Boy: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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