This week on the program, we continue our occasional feature focusing on Earth’s elements. We focused on “Water” a few weeks ago, and this week we’ll feature songs about “Wind,” following many different themes in songs that use the mighty … Continue reading →
Prelude: Battle for the Charts, Battle of the Sexes In 1966, Cher released “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down),” her biggest solo hit of the 1960s and her first to make the top ten on Billboard’s Hot 100 – … Continue reading →
Bob Dylan Shadows In The Night Columbia 88875057962 www.columbiarecords.com I once asked the late Mimi Baez Farińa what Bob Dylan is like as a person. She replied that she didn’t know because she hadn’t … Continue reading →
Louis Armstrong SatchmoIf there’s any one person to thank for bringing this bit of murderous, Marxist musical-theater satire to a large English-language audience, it’s none other than Louis Armstrong. He was not the first performer of an English version of … Continue reading →
