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Don Cornelius Is Dead and I Don’t Feel So Good Myself

The Man Himself, 2005 (Getty Images/Frederick M. Brown)

By J.A. Bartlett | February 1, 2012

The year is 1974. I am 14 years old, growing up in a lily-white farm community in southern Wisconsin. Yet every Saturday, I can be found up in my room, tuned to Soul Train. I watched American Bandstand, but I adored Soul Train. Read More Read more »

Number 1 With A Bullet

Number 1 With A Bullet: The Temptations And “Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone”

The Temptations - "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" (Gordy, 1972)

By Michael Verity | January 7, 2012

What a difference a few months -- and a bigger name -- makes when it comes to spinning a hit record. That was the story in 1972 when the Temptations hit #1 with "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone." Tell Me More Read more »

Number 1 With A Bullet

Number 1 With A Bullet: The Temptations And “Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)”

The Temptations - "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)" (Motown, 1971)

By Michael Verity | December 2, 2011

At the beginning of their career, the Temptations' primary producer was the great Smokey Robinson (the man responsible for co-writing and co-producing their gem, "My Girl'). … Read more »

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Video Classics: ‘Solid Rock’ – Dire Straits

Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler in 207 (Sebastian Willnow/AFP/Getty Images)

By The Archivist | October 13, 2011

Number 1 With A Bullet

Number 1 With A Bullet: The Temptations’ “My Girl”

By Michael Verity | August 31, 2011

The Temptations, c. 1965 (YouTube) … Read more »

Rock Flashback

Rock Flashback: The Summer of ’69

By J.A. Bartlett | June 28, 2011

This man is one of the most significant musicians of the 20th Century, with 14 charted singles, dozens of hit albums, four Oscars and 20 Grammys. This image is taken from a 2003 postage stamp issued in his honor. Who is he? (Getty Images/Frederick M.… Read more »