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Remember when life was this simple (BTW - The band seems to have had terrible taste in albums)?

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The Story Behind the Song: Lawdy Miss Clawdy
In 1952, 19-year old Lloyd Price was just another poor kid in New Orleans who dreamed of making it big. His mother owned a sandwich shop where Lloyd liked to hang out and play the…
Rock’s Top 10 B-Sides
In the heyday of Top 40 radio, when the 45 was king, record labels typically put all their effort into only one side of single, the A-side. B-sides were considered throwaways. The Beatles were the…
The Essential Boomer Album Collection Part 12 – Who’s Next
The Who’s Tommy LP had been a blessing and a curse. It was a blessing in that it finally established the Who as a headline rock act in the United States and most of the…
The Story Behind the Song: Hotel California
The best-selling American band of all time is the Eagles. And their best-selling, non-greatest-hits LP is Hotel California. Released in 1976, that album has racked up sales of over 30 million certified copies and ranks…
Daddy’s Girl: Nancy Sinatra Revisited
Because her biggest hit, “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’” was so huge, there is a tendency to overlook the rest of Nany Sinatra’s recording career. That’s a shame because she lent her voice to…
True Story: Our Lips Are Sealed
The song that broke the Go-Go’s into the major leagues came about because Go-Go’s guitarist Jane Weiden was looking for love in all the wrong places. (hey, that might make a catchy song, too!) While…