A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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Episode 144 of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Last Train to Clarksville” and the beginnings of the career of the Monkees, along with a short primer on the origins of the Vietnam War. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode.
Patreon backers also have a seventeen-minute bonus episode available, on “These Boots Are Made For Walking” by Nancy Sinatra, which I mispronounce at the end of this episode as “These Boots Were Made For Walking”, so no need to correct me here.
Tilt Araiza has assisted invaluably by doing a first-pass edit, and will hopefully be doing so from now on. Check out Tilt’s irregular podcasts at http://www.podnose.com/jaffa-cakes-for-proust and http://sitcomclub.com/
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Episode 80: “Money” by Barrett Strong
Episode 79: “Sweet Nothin’s” by Brenda Lee
Episode 78: “What’d I Say” by Ray Charles
Episode 77: “Brand New Cadillac” by Vince Taylor and the Playboys
Episode 76: “Stagger Lee” by Lloyd Price
Episode 75: “There Goes My Baby” by the Drifters
Episode 74: “It Doesn’t Matter Any More” by Buddy Holly
Episode 73: “La Bamba” by Ritchie Valens
Episode 72: “Trouble” by Elvis Presley
Episode 71: “Willie and the Hand Jive” by Johnny Otis
Episode 70: “Move It” by Cliff Richard and the Drifters
Episode 69: “Fujiyama Mama” by Wanda Jackson
Episode 68: “Yakety Yak” by the Coasters
Episode 67: “Johnny B. Goode”, by Chuck Berry
Episode 66: “Great Balls of Fire” by Jerry Lee Lewis
Episode 65: “Maybe” by the Chantels
Episode Sixty-Four: “Reet Petite” by Jackie Wilson
Episode 63: “Susie Q” by Dale Hawkins
Episode 62: “Jailhouse Rock” by Elvis Presley
Episode 61: “That’ll Be the Day” by The Crickets
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