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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Blow Ye Mighty Winds: The Kingston Trio & the Folk Revival

July 5, 2019July 7, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1959, George Wein, Kingston Trio, Newport Folk Festival

1959 was the year folk broke thanks to Dave Guard, Nick Reynolds and Bob Shane, and the first Newport Folk Festival they co-headlined

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B.B. and Muddy and the Summer of ’69

June 25, 2019June 25, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1969, B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf, Led Zeppelin, Muddy Waters, Otis Rush

Two blues giants and the pair of classics they delivered for the Woodstock era

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Country and/or Western North Americana Pop

ALBUM DEPT: On Western Stars, Bruce Springsteen Rides in the Whirlwind

June 18, 2019June 18, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 1 Comment Bruce Springsteen, Columbia Records, Glen Campbell, Jimmy Webb, The Wrecking Crew

A look inside the LP being hailed as The Boss’s best since Magic

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Folk New Wave Pop Punk

Hello & Goodbye: Patti Smith’s Wave at 40

May 29, 2019May 30, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Fred Sonic Smith, Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith, Patti Smith Group, Todd Rundgren

Punk’s poet laureate released her fourth album in May of 1979; it would be her last record for nearly a decade

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Something’s Coming On: The Rise of Joe Cocker & the Grease Band

May 20, 2019May 21, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1969, Fillmore East, Fillmore West, Grease Band, Joe Cocker, Woodstock 1969

In honor of his 75th birthday, we look back at the late singer’s pivotal 1969

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Pop Remembrance

Move Over Darling: The Sexy Side of Doris Day

May 20, 2019May 20, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Burt Bacharach, Doris Day, Hal David, Jack Nitzsche, RIP

The press liked to peg her as perpetually chaste, but there was a sly sensuality to the beloved actress the cool people picked up on in her films

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King of the NY Streets: Dion’s Yo Frankie Turns 30

May 7, 2019May 9, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, Dion

A look back at the Bronx teen idol’s undelrrated ’89 return

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