CBS Records

New Wave Rock 

Tentative Decisions: How Talking Heads Grew up in Public

March 13, 2026March 13, 2026 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1976, CBS Records, Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Max's Kansas City, Rhino, Talking Heads, Tentative Decisions: Demos & Live, Tina Weymouth

Hear New Wave being invented on a box of early live and demo tracks 

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Pop Rock 

Sports Talk with Huey Lewis

October 2, 2023October 2, 2023 Katherine Yeske Taylor 1 Comment 40th Anniversary, CBS Records, Chrysalis Records, Heart and Soul, Huey Lewis, Huey Lewis and the News, I Want a New Drug, If This Is It, LinnDrum, Sheb Wooley, sports, The Heart of Rock & Roll, Walking On A Thin Line

The singer discusses what made his third album with The News such a success

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New Wave 

Kings of the Wild Frontier: 40 Years of Antmusic

December 22, 2020December 22, 2020 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1980, Adam and the Ants, Adam Ant, CBS Records, Chris Hughes, Dog Eat Dog, Kevin Mooney, Kings of the Wild Frontier, Marco Pirroni, Merrick, Terry Lee Miall

How Adam & The Ants’ daft cultural collision began the ‘80s with a bang

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New Wave 

Get Happy!! Turns 40

February 25, 2020March 3, 2020 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1980, Armed Forces, Bruce Thomas, CBS Records, Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Get Happy!!, My Aim Is True, Pete Thomas, Steve Nieve, This Year's Model, Trust

How Elvis Costello’s soul searching about face expanded the New Wave lexicon in 1980

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Disco Pop 

Winner Take All: Inside ABBA’s Final Years

February 18, 2020February 18, 2020 Carey Allan 4 Comments 1976, ABBA, Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, CBS Records

One former music exec reflects on the significance of his favorite song by the Swedish supergroup

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