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The List: Giving Thanks

As with people, these songs -- the 11 Top 40 hits of the '50s, '60s, and '70s which thanked someone in their titles -- say "thank you" in various ways: they can be heartfelt, sappy, ironic, or sardonic. But while some got their chart mojo from their gratit...
About Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:24:56 +0000

Profile: Carole King

Carole King had already helped create the girl-group phenomenon, establish a new generation of rock songwriters, and make unprecedented advances in the record industry for women when she released her 1971 Tapestry album. But that monster smash not only cre...
About Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:02:20 +0000

The Beatles Rock Band: ''With A Little Help From My Friends''

The latest in a series of song histories based on the classic tunes in the video game The Beatles: Rock Band... it may be forever linked to the opening fanfare of the most famous album in history, but Ringo's good-natured wink at the audience was actually ...
About Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:37:39 +0000

The Oldies Encyclopedia: ''Mod''

Not just a bunch of dilettantes wearing tailor-made suits and putting around on Italian scooters, the Mods helped bring a new strain of American R&B over to the UK -- in the process developing a real genre of music while opening a sharp class divide t...
About Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:00:38 +0000

The Top Ten Oldies Christmas Albums

Whatever your religious beliefs, the holidays are (almost) upon us again... and while oldies music tends to be Christmas-oriented, there's no reason anyone can't enjoy these ten CD collections -- spanning rock and roll, pop, R&B, country, blues, jazz,...
About Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:23:24 +0000

The Ultimate Guide To Disco

Love it or loathe it, disco was the musical phenomenon of its era... in America, anyway. But disco also brought R&B finally into America's living rooms, romanticized soul, revived an earlier era of ballroom dancing, reduced funk to the basics, and bir...
About Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:26:38 +0000

Solid Gold Spotlight: ''Monster Mash''

The "national anthem of Halloween" may be the most popular song of the costuming season, but, as this history proves, it only got that way with a lot of help. Wondering how the Hollywood Argyles' "Alley Oop," Ronny and the Daytonas, and Leon Russell fit i...
About Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:35:11 +0000

RIP: Maurice Gibb

The Bee Gees' bassist and wildest member dies at age 53
About Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:35:11 +0000

Brill Building

A basic guide to "Brill Building" music, its best and most popular artists, bands, singers, and songs, and a history of how the style fits into other areas of pop and rock music. From the Oldies music guide at About.com.
About Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:35:11 +0000

Top 40 Christmas Oldies #11

A countdown of the greatest Christmas and Holiday songs of the '50s, '60s, and '70s, presented by your Oldies Guide at About.com, including song history, recording info, chart action, and more.
About Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:35:11 +0000

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