Original radio documentaries, interviews, album reviews and news about the music you loved from the 60s, 70s and 80s (and more)
Click on the musical notes to listen to the podcast About this Episode In the 1970s, the most popular song of the decade was Debby Boone’s “You Light Up My Life,” which spend 10 weeks at the top of … Continued
Click on the musical notes to listen to the podcast About this Episode The latest episode of Documenting Popular Music takes a look at Rita Coolidge’s latest album, Safe in the Arms of Time. The songs on the album reflect … Continued
Click on the musical notes to listen to the podcast About this Episode That unmistakable sound of West Coast smooth rock was all over the radio in the late 1970s and early 1980s with groups such as Hall&Oates, Player, … Continued
Click on the musical notes to listen to the podcast About this Episode The Monkees TV show debuted in September of 1966 and ran until March of 1968. During that time, the band saturated the music charts and radio … Continued
Click on the musical notes to listen to the podcast About this Episode The Monkees TV show debuted in September of 1966 and ran until March of 1968. During that time, the band saturated the music charts and radio … Continued
Click on the musical notes to listen to the podcast About this Episode For this ‘Throwback Thursday’ (TBT) episode of Documenting Popular Music, we are replaying our 2014 review of Neil Diamond’s Melody Road album. To date, it is … Continued