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 70: “Move It” by Cliff Richard and the Drifters
Episode 69: “Fujiyama Mama” by Wanda Jackson
Episode 68: “Yakety Yak” by the Coasters
Episode 67: “Johnny B. Goode”, by Chuck Berry
Episode 66: “Great Balls of Fire” by Jerry Lee Lewis
Episode 65: “Maybe” by the Chantels
Episode Sixty-Four: “Reet Petite” by Jackie Wilson
Episode 63: “Susie Q” by Dale Hawkins
Episode 62: “Jailhouse Rock” by Elvis Presley
Episode 61: “That’ll Be the Day” by The Crickets
Episode 60: “You Send Me” by Sam Cooke
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Episode 59: “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” by Jerry Lee Lewis
Episode 58: “Mr. Lee” by the Bobbettes
Episode 57: “Flying Saucers Rock ‘n’ Roll” by Billy Lee Riley and the Little Green Men
Episode 56: “Bye Bye Love” by the Everly Brothers
Episode 55: “Searchin'” by the Coasters
Episode 54: “Keep A Knockin'” by Little Richard
Episode 53: “I Put a Spell on You” by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
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