Such Small Portions: A Saturday in the Catskills, 1969
A personal reflection from the thick of the Woodstock weekend 50 years ago
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Author: Mitchell Cohen
Summer of ’64: The Beatles and a Girl From Ipanema
Mitchell Cohen reminisces about a summer to remember for New York radio
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How Fabian Invented Hype-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
A look into the band’s polarizing fourth LP
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Blow Ye Mighty Winds: The Kingston Trio & the Folk Revival
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
Two blues giants and the pair of classics they delivered for the Woodstock era
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ALBUM DEPT: On Western Stars, Bruce Springsteen Rides in the Whirlwind
A look inside the LP being hailed as The Boss’s best since Magic
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Hello & Goodbye: Patti Smith’s Wave at 40
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
In honor of his 75th birthday, we look back at the late singer’s pivotal 1969
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Move Over Darling: The Sexy Side of Doris Day
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
A look back at the Bronx teen idol’s undelrrated ’89 return
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We’re the Young Ones: When Cliff Richard Conquered England
Before The Beatles, it was the English Elvis who made the girls scream
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Good-Bad, Not Evil
The Golden Hits of the Shangri-Las
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Soul of a Woman
“Dusty In Memphis” at 50
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Mystic Crystal Revelation
“Hair” & the Hippie-Pop Explosion
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