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Sometimes you like a song at first, but the more you hear it, the less you can tolerate it. The great ones are different. They express the thoughts…preserve the moments…and capture the imagination. Winner: “I Can’t Make You Love Me.” Loser: “MacArthur Park.”
Song: "What’s Going On"
When we listen to the early Motown songs released by Marvin Gaye and his duets with Tammi Terrell, we hear a pop singer at the top...
Read MoreSong: "God Only Knows"
The Beach Boys changed with the times during the sixties — or maybe, they made the times change. Known originally for surfing...
Read MoreSong: "I Will Always Love You"
Most of us associate this song with Whitney Houston, which is only natural: Her version is one of only a handful of singles that have sold...
Read MoreSong: "White Christmas"
My favorite Christmas album in my childhood was Bing Crosby’s Merry Christmas, which was released as an LP in 1949 and has never...
Read MoreSong: "Rock Around the Clock"
Here are two minutes and eight seconds that forever changed the music world. It’s sometimes said that “Rock Around the...
Read MoreSong: "I Walk the Line"
Seems like you can almost hear a train in the rhythm of many of Johnny Cash’s songs. That distinctive sound is one of the...
Read MoreAlbum: "Thriller"
Remember music videos? Okay, music videos are still being made, so let me put it another way: Remember when music videos mattered?...
Read MoreSong: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
This is a testament to what inclusion in a movie can do for a song. “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” was written...
Read MoreAlbum: Tapestry
Carole King isn’t one of the great singers of our times. Nor is she one of the great entertainers. But she is one of the great...
Read MoreSong: "El Paso"
American music used to include a genre called “Country and Western.” Maybe you’ve heard of it. Somewhere in the...
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