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That Crazy Mood

February 11, 2019February 13, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Alex Chilton, Big Star, Chet Baker, The Box Tops

Alex Chilton goes to cool school

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What’s Purple and Filled with Regret?

January 31, 2019January 31, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, Columbia Records, Moby Grape, Skip Spence

Moby Grape ’69 at 50

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Soul ’69 at 50

January 29, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, Aretha Franklin, Atlantic Records

Aretha swings the blues

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Country and/or Western Pop Rock

Sing Me Back Home

January 16, 2019January 16, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1968, Lenny Waronker, The Byrds, The Everly Brothers, Warner Bros.

The Everly Brothers’ Roots at 50

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Stranded By The Shore

January 3, 2019January 3, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Al Jardine, Brian Wilson, Bruce Johnston, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys in 1968

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The Dawn of Spector

January 2, 2019January 2, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1958, Phil Spector, The Beatles, The Teddy Bears

“To Know Him Is To Love Him” at 60

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Hopes, Dreams & Guitars

December 14, 2018December 14, 2018 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Broadway, Bruce Springsteen, Columbia Records, New York City, The Bottom Line

Springsteen on Broadway

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The Girl at the Party

December 9, 2018 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments British Invasion, Keith Richards, Marianne Faithfull, Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones

Marianne Faithfull in the sixties

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Before The Beatles

December 6, 2018December 7, 2018 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1963, Bobby Rydell, Dick Clark, JFK, The Beatles

The state of pop in late 1963

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“I do Lou Reed better than anybody”

November 26, 2018November 26, 2018 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1978, Lou Reed, RCA, Robert Christgau

Live: Take No Prisoners Turns 40

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Country and/or Western

I Hear You Singing in the Wire

November 3, 2018November 3, 2018 Mitchell Cohen 1 Comment 1968, 50th anniversary, Glen Campbell, Guns 'N' Roses, Jimmy Webb, R.E.M.

Glen Campbell’s Jimmy Webb-penned signature hit “Wichita Lineman” turns 50

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Only the Lonely

October 22, 2018October 22, 2018 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1958, 60th anniversary, Billy Strayhorn, Capitol Records, Frank Sinatra, Nelson Riddle

Sinatra’s Noir Masterpiece Turns 60

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Pop Progressive Rock

These Foolish Things at 45

October 9, 2018October 10, 2018 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1973, Bob Dylan, Brian Ferry, Roxy Music, The Beach Boys

Remembering Bryan Ferry’s expansive vision of pop

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Born and Reborn Walden Robert Cassotto

September 27, 2018September 27, 2018 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 50th anniversary, 60th anniversary, Bobby Darin, Robert Kennedy, The Byrds

Celebrating the bookend debuts of Bobby Darin

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1963: The Year Girl Groups Broke

August 30, 2018August 30, 2018 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1963, Dan Ingram, Murray the K, The Chiffons, The Crystals, The Ronettes, WABC

Talkin’ ’Bout Boys with the Girls of Summer ’63

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