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Thursday, September 24, 2020

Mixed-Up Kids: Times Square at 40

September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments “Down in the Park, “Grinding Halt", “I Wanna Be Sedated, “Take This Town, “Walk on the Wild Side, ” Ramones, ” the Talking Heads, ” Tubeway Army, 1980, Allan Moyle, D.L. Byron, Garland Jeffreys, Lou Reed, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Times Square, Patti Smith Group, Robert Stigwood, Robin Johnson, Roxy Music, RSO, The Clash, The Cure, The Sex Pistols, The Tubes, XTC

Looking back at the quintessential rock ‘n’ rebel experience of 1980

Soul

Dig the Slowness: Roberta Flack’s Chapter Two at 50

September 11, 2020September 13, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 3 Comments 1970, Aretha Franklin, Atlantic Records, Bernard Purdie, Brothers Four, Chad Mitchell Trio, Chapter Two, Chuck Rainey, Donny Hathaway, Eumir Deodato, Harry Belafonte, Hugh McCracken, King Curtis, Kingston Trio, LaVern Baker, Marianne Faithfull, Peter Paul & Mary, Quiet Fire, Richard Tee, Roberta Flack, The Smothers Brothers

The portrait of an artist looking for an audience at the intersection of enlightened soul and contemporary singer-songwriter pop

Pop

Closing Time: “Save the Last Dance for Me” Turns 60

September 6, 2020September 6, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1960, Atlantic Records, Buck Owens, Doc Pomus, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Eric Church, Jerry Lee Lewis, Save The Last Dance For Me, Sun Records, The Drifters, The Mavericks, Tom Jones, Willy DeVille

Written by Doc Pomus, The Drifters turned this song about love, trust and frustration into a Number One single that remains a paean to true romance

Pop Soul

Down Crossover Road: Ray Charles and Sam Cooke in 1960

August 20, 2020August 20, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1960, Ahmet Ertegun, Atlantic Records, Copacabana, Jerry Wexler, Leiber and Stoller, Ray Charles, RCA Victor, Sam Cooke, Tom Dowd

How two soul giants set the stage for pop music at the cusp of the Civil Rights era

Country and/or Western Soundtracks and Film Scores

“The Lure of Irresponsibility”: Willie Nelson’s Honeysuckle Rose Turns 40

August 12, 2020August 12, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1980, 40th Anniversary, Amy Irving, Dyan Cannon, Emmylou Harris, Hank Cochran, Honeysuckle Rose, Johnny Gimble, On The Road Again, One Trick Pony, Paul Simon, Willie Nelson

Loosely based on the 1939 film Intermezzo, the Red Headed Stranger’s hit Hollywood turn introduced him to a new generation of music fans

Dead

Mi Verano De Los Muertos

July 18, 2020July 18, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1970, Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir, Crosby Stills & Nash, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, Pigpen, Robert Hunter, The Band, Uncle John's Band, Workingman's Dead

The Grateful Dead in 1970

Experimental Pop

California Suite: The 25th Anniversary of Orange Crate Art

July 15, 2020July 17, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, Brian Wilson, I Just Wasn't Made For These Times, Omnivore Recordings, Orange Crate Art, SMiLE, Van Dyke Parks, Warner Bros.

How the unsung 1995 collaboration between Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks resonates even more in 2020

Rock

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 1 Comment 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

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