12/28/2010
Hey, who else is gonna dig through an entire decade to unearth long-buried one-hit wonders? Where else will you find Jon & Robin's folk-pop love call "Do It Again a Little Bit Slower" on the same great …
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12/21/2010
In the '70s, pop music was a patchwork-quilt party where everybody was invited - living legends and one-hit wonders, soul sirens and cosmic cowboys, sex symbols and family bands. It all added up …
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12/21/2010
The snap and crackle of '70s pop brings back a flood of memories for those who were there and holds a platform-heeled mystique for those who missed it. The Partridge Family conjures images of matching …
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12/21/2010
Long before the punk class of '77 deflated bloated rock, long before D.I.Y. became a badge of honor on a uniform already crowded with pinned-on labels, there was garage rock. Simply put, bands learned …
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12/21/2010
Shoulder your way to the front of the stage and lose yourself in the glorious abandon of "Jump, Jive and Harmonize," courtesy of Thee Midniters, an East L.A. garage combo that famously blended pulveriz …
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12/21/2010
Queen contributes two arena-rock anthems in a single year: "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions." Raphael Ravenscroft's immortal sax line propels Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street" to the top of t …
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12/21/2010
In his alter ego (C.W. McCall), Mannheim Steamroller founder Chip Davis capitalizes on the Citizens Band radio craze in "Convoy." Elton John & Kiki Dee sit atop the charts nearly all summer with the zi …
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12/14/2010
No, the world didn't end, the power grid didn't shut down, and we weren't visited by the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse as we bid goodbye to 19-everything and partied our way into 2000. But that doesn …
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12/14/2010
In Deep Cuts, we reach out to catch a rising star - or three - who aren't just all over the map stylistically, but geographically as well. Just one year into a multi-platinum career, Montgomery Gentry …
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