A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

Episode ninety-seven of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at Song To Woody by Bob Dylan, and at the Greenwich Village folk scene of the early sixties. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript

Episode ninety-six of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at The Loco-Motion by Little Eva, and how a demo by Carole Kings babysitter became one of the biggest hits of the sixties. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more in

Episode ninety-five of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at You Better Move On, and the sad story of Arthur Alexander. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode. Patreon backers

This is a special extra episode of the podcast, not one of the proper five hundred. A book Ive written, on the TV series The Strange World of Gurney Slade, has just become available for pre-order from Obverse Books, so to publicise that Ive don

Episode ninety-four of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at Stand By Me by Ben E. King, and at the later career of the Drifters. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode. Patre

Episode ninety-three of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at Please Mr. Postman by the Marvelettes, and the career of the first group to have a number one on a Motown label. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more informa

Episode ninety-two of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at The Lion Sleeps Tonight by The Tokens, and at a seventy-year-long story of powerful people repeatedly ripping off less powerful people, then themselves being ripped off in turn

Episode ninety-one of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at The Twist by Chubby Checker, and how the biggest hit single ever had its roots in hard R&B. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcr

Welcome to the seventh and final in the Pledge Week series of episodes, putting up old bonus episodes posted to my Patreon in an attempt to encourage more subscriptions. If you like this, consider subscribing to the Patreon at http://patreon.com/join/and

Episode ninety of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at Runaway by Del Shannon, and at the early use of synthesised sound in rock music. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode.