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Video Classics: ‘Highway 61 Revisited’ – Bob Dylan

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Bubbling Under: Wha-Koo

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Rock Flashback: Sonny Bono
Founding Fathers

Founding Fathers: Bobby Charles

There's Very Little Footage of Bobby Charles Performing, Save For This Outtake from "The Last Waltz" (YouTube)There's Very Little Footage of Bobby Charles Performing, Save for This Outtake From "The Last Waltz" (YouTube)

By | December 13, 2011
A celebrated Founding Father of the genre known as "Swamp Pop," Bobby Charles was fifteen years old when he first heard Fats Domino. From that moment on, his die was cast. Tell Me His Story Read more »
Top 10

Top 10 Bruce Springsteen Covers

Bruce and Fellow New Jerseyan Danny DeVito (Bobby Bank/Getty Images)Bruce and Fellow New Jerseyan Danny DeVito (Bobby Bank/Getty Images)

By | December 2, 2011
Bruce Springsteen has covered plenty of other artists in his time and plenty have covered him. Sifting through all the badly executed YouTube recordings of commensurately bad folk singers, we've found the Top 10 Bruce Springsteen Covers. Care to… Read more »
Bubbling Under

Bubbling Under: Bob Dylan

Frank Micellotta/AFP/Getty ImagesFrank Micellotta/AFP/Getty Images

By | October 23, 2011
Although we don't generally consider Bob Dylan a singles artist, he's charted approximately two dozen since his first, "Subterranean Homesick Blues," in 1965. He put one or two on the charts in every year but one between 1965 and 1977. And in his… Read more »
Top 10

Top 10 Covers Of “Who Do You Love?”

Ronnie Hawkins and the Band Ask the Musical Question: "Who Do You Love?" (YouTube)Ronnie Hawkins and the Band Ask the Musical Question: "Who Do You Love?" (YouTube)

By | October 8, 2011
It's not the first Bo Diddley tune to be built around the famous "Bo Diddley beat," but it's probably the most-covered. Listening to Dion's version last night (from his excellent Bronx in Blue set) inspired me to come up with the best 10 covers out… Read more »
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Top 10 Greatest Rock And Roll Quintets Of All Time

By | August 28, 2011
If Only Because They Have 'Quintet' in the Name (YouTube) For you drummers, that means five pieces: you, three musicians and an extra guitar player to drive the van. Gimme the List Read more »
Rock Flashback

Rock Flashback: The Stones in America, 1966

By | June 25, 2011
This elaborate marquee greeted the Rolling Stones for a 2002 show in Los Angeles. Things were a lot simpler when the Stones toured the States in 1966. (Getty Images/David Klein) … Read more »
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Top 10 Songs For Susie (and Suzie and Suzy)

By | June 8, 2011
Amen Corner Perform "Hello Susie" (YouTube) Beatrice doesn't get a lot of play in pop music but everybody loves Susie. Herein we list our Top 10 Susie songs. What Are They? Read more »
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Top Ten Strawberry Songs

By | May 21, 2011
Beatles Bounding Backwards Into Strawberry Fields (YouTube Video) It's spring and today is National Pick Strawberries Day, a chance to go out and get dirty in the strawberry patch with Sally. Are There Really 10 Strawberry Songs? Read more »
Best Sellers From The 60's

Best Sellers From The ’60′s: The Band

By | May 11, 2011
The Band's Levon Helm, performing "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" (from The Last Waltz, 1978) … Read more »
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Top Twenty Songs For “Yo Mama” (Part 2)

By | May 7, 2011
The Little Darlings Have Already Drawn Their Mother's Day Cards. Have You? (Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images) … Read more »