Club 99: Teresa Brewer, “Pickle Up A Doodle”
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Club 99 revisits the tongue-twisting pop hootenanny that is Teresa Brewer’s “Pickle Up A Doodle,” which peaked at #99 in 1958.…
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Before We Was Fab: Benny Spellman, “Fortune Teller”
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A look at “Fortune Teller,” the 1962 R&B B-side from Benny Spellman that became a rock cover staple.…
Club 99: Nat King Cole, “Nothing in the World”
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An unheralded Nat King Cole classic that only reached #99 on the charts in 1958.…
Club 99: Billy Williams, “I’ll Get By (As Long As I Have You)”
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In Club 99, I look at songs that peaked at position #99 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, and help to put them into context. Together we can decide if the song deserved more success…
Greatest Misses: Kiss (Spotify Playlist)
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In which I compile a Spotify playlist of Kiss’s least popular songs.…
The Ultimate Hit Collection Spotify Playlists
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Enjoy my Spotify Ultimate Hit Collection playlists containing every Top 10 single in U.S. Billboard history from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.…
Pop Culture Capsule — January 1-7, 1984
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A look at the most popular music, TV shows, movies, and books from the first week of January 1984, when Michael Jackson was still the King of Pop.…
Music from the Worst Album Covers — Merry Christmas & Happy New Year with the Mom and Dads
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If there were ever a Christmas album that sounded EXACTLY like you think it would, it’s Merry Christmas & Happy New Year with the Mom and Dads.…
Pop Culture Capsule — November 14-20, 1993
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In honor of Notre Dame’s return to the top of the college football rankings, let’s look at pop culture from the last time it happened in 1993.…