The Summer of 1959 qualifies as a period of transition in pop music. It was an era when ‘genuine’ rock and roll almost ceased to exist. But the inroads created by rock...

The older I get, the more I feel capable of determining which music will be deemed timeless and ‘classic’ and which can be dismissed as trendy or short-lived. Either...

With music culture being as rich as it was forty years ago, I doubt we will a single month in 1969 that doesn’t take more than one show to convey the varied and wonderful...

Despite all of the eccentricities, flat-out weirdness and even the horrific allegations, I always felt a certain connection with Michael Jackson. We were born...

In the previous four or five shows, we’ve implied that Motown appeared to be struggling for relevance, while the ratio of hits started to dwindle.

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By 1970, the material coming out of Motown was a hit-or-miss affair, even in the literal sense; There were still a few incredibly great hits emanating from the...