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Social Dist-dancing: “The Twist” at 60

June 22, 2020June 21, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1960, American Bandstand, Cameo-Parkway Records, Chubby Checker, Dee Dee Sharp, Dick Clark, The Twist

Chubby Checker’s signature hit promoted the no touch dance for entirely different reasons six decades ago

Blues Rock

Dion’s American Tune

June 5, 2020June 5, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Billy Gibbons, Blues With Friends, Bruce Springsteen, Dion, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Vivino, Patti Scialfa, Paul Simon, Rory Block, Sam Cooke, Samantha Fish, Van Morrison

On Blues With Friends, Mr. DiMucci enters his seventh decade in rock with a gang of famous pals

Bossa Nova jazz Pop

The Girl from Ipanema and the Infinite Sadness of Astrud Gilberto

May 12, 2020May 12, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1965, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Astrud Gilberto, Bossa Nova, Brazil, Stan Getz, The Astrud Gilberto Album, The Girl From Ipanema, Verve Records

Looking back at The Astrud Gilberto Album at 55

Remembrance Rock

Ready, Set, Go Man, Go: The Legacy of Little Richard

May 9, 2020May 9, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Alan Freed, Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Lucille, Prince, The Beatles, Tutti Frutti

Remembering the life of the one true King of Rock & Roll

Uncategorized

Stranger Things: Randy Newman’s 12 Songs Turns 50

April 29, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 12 Songs, 1970, Cat Stevens, Elton John, Harry Nilsson, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Ladies of the Canyon, Mona Bone Jakon, Moondance, Norman Lear, Randy Newman, Sweet Baby James, Van Morrison

A quarter century before meeting Woody and Buzz, the L.A. songwriter walked the razor’s edge of sarcasm on his second studio LP

Elvis Records Rock

Dirty, Dirty Feelings: Elvis Is Back! at 60

April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Ann Margaret, Bye Bye Birdie, Colnel Tom Parker, Ed Sullivan, Elvis Is Back!, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra

Elvis Presley returned from the Army to create a rock album even Frank Sinatra loved

jazz Pop

The October of His Years: Sinatra’s Watertown at 50

March 24, 2020March 24, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1970, Bing Crosby, Don Costa, Frank Sinatra, Frankie Valli, My Way, Randy Newman, Reprise, Rod McKuen, The Four Seasons, Watertown

Once seen as an anomaly in his catalog, a half century of fermentation sees a newfound respect for the Chairman’s dark masterpiece

Blues Pop Soul

The Entertaining Mr. Jones

November 17, 2019November 17, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1969, Delilah, Hard To Handle, Janis Joplin, Las Vegas, Richard Burton, Tom Jones, Tom Jones Live in Las Vegas, What's New Pussycat

Looking back at Tom Jones’ Vegas era

Blues Rock

The Animals, The Kinks, and the British Invasion’s Second Wave

November 4, 2019November 4, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Dave Davies, Eric Burdon, Manfred Mann, Ray Davies, The Animals, The Kinks, The Nashville Teens

As 1964 began coming to a close, the flood of U.K. acts reached critical mass

Psychedelics Soul

Psych-Soul and Tevye’s Lament: The Puzzle of the Temptations

October 8, 2019October 8, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 2 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, Berry Gordy, Dennis Edwards, Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin, Motown, Norman Whitfield, Puzzle People, The Band, The Beatles, The Funk Brothers, The Supremes, The Temptations

A look back at a crown jewel of the band’s storied psychedelic era

Records Rock

Just A Shot Away: Through the Past, Darkly at 50

September 18, 2019September 18, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, Bill Wyman, Brian Jones, Charlie Watts, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones, Through The Past Darkly

Second volume of their “Big Hits” series found the Rolling Stones at the crossroads

Rock

Such Small Portions: A Saturday in the Catskills, 1969

August 15, 2019August 15, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Bethel, Jefferson Airplane, New York State Thruway, NY, The Grateful Dead, The Keef Hartley Band, Woodstock 1969

A personal reflection from the thick of the Woodstock weekend 50 years ago

Bossa Nova Pop Rock

Summer of ’64: The Beatles and a Girl From Ipanema

August 5, 2019August 6, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 2 Comments Astrud Gilberto, Brazil, Dave Clark 5, Dusty Springfield, George Harrison, Joao Gilberto, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, She Loves You, Stan Getz, Summer 1964, The Beatles, The Girl From Ipanema, WNEW

Mitchell Cohen reminisces about a summer to remember for New York radio

Pop

How Fabian Invented Hype-Pop

July 29, 2019July 30, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 16 Magazine, 1959, American Bandstand, Dick Clark, Fabian, Teen pop

A look back at how a pop star went viral before computers, let alone the Internet

Rock

The Doors Unhinged: The Soft Parade at 50

July 15, 2019July 16, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Ray Manzerek, Robbie Krieger, The Doors

A look into the band’s polarizing fourth LP

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