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Bumpy, Bikers And The Story Behind 'Leader Of The Pack'

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A Nostalgic — But Bumpy — Journey With The Beach Boys

All it takes is two seconds of hearing "Round round get around / I get around" and you're there — in the sun, on the beach, in the '60s. The Beach Boys vaulted up the charts while branching out from...

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When Memphis Made A Move On Nashville's Country Monopoly

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The Soul Singer Who Never Quite Made It

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The Animals: The British Invasion That Wasn't

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A Label Paramount To Early Blues And Jazz

There's nothing a certain type of record collector likes better than finding a stack of 78s on the Paramount label.

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Box Set Looks Back On Pioneering '5' Royales

Soul music is often defined as the moment when gospel and blues met and formed a new sound. Ray Charles is often given credit for this, but there were others, most notably the "5" Royales, who had...

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The Story Of Little Feat's Fame, Destruction And Revival

Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. Our rock historian Ed Ward describes Little Feat as the archetypal '70s band. They had a...

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The Mysterious Case of Arthur Conley, Otis Redding's Protege

Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. Arthur Conley was Otis Redding's protege, his special project, and had a number of hits...

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Bob Dylan's 'Basement Tapes' Formed A Legend

Bob Dylan's career was interrupted in 1966 when he crashed his motorcycle while riding near his home in upstate New York. He wasn't badly injured, but used the occasion to disengage from the grind of...

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