The Clear Channel 9-11 Memo
File under: strange but true, a partial list of songs that a major radio network didn’t want you to hear in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001. #strangebuttrue #september11 #clearchannel
Category Archives: Politics and Music
The Power of Friendship
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first ever major, large-scale charity benefit and album that all came about because one person who felt powerless asked another very famous friend for help. The result was first-ever major musical charity event: The Concert for Bangladesh. #bangladesh #georgeharrison #charity
Really Old School Vol. 5: Early Hip-Hop 88-89
How do you know when you have made it? When the lawyers start coming around. As Hip-Hop was becoming more a part of the mainstream daily, all of sudden, the checks got bigger. At least it did for some. What started out as Black, block party music in New York City over a decade prior was now very big business, and about to get bigger, which also drew the attention of an unfair, racist system that wanted it gone. #hiphop #oldschool
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Really Old School Vol. 4: Early Hip-Hop 86-87
Nineteen Eighty-Six was the year mainstream America could no longer ignore Hip-Hop. It exploded nationally in the middle part of the year and then did something that took it even further: white kids from the suburbs became fascinated with it in a major way. This was also the era where Hip-Hop sub-genres, such as New Jack Swing and Hip-Hop Soul, were hitting the Pop charts regularly, along with female rappers and dance remixes further pushing it everywhere. #hiphop #rap #hiphipsoul #newjackswing #oldschool
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TSOP Legacy Pt. 2
A look back at recordings from the greatest and most important R&B label of the 1970’s, Philadelphia International Records, on their 50th anniversary with a selection of songs that go far beyond better known recordings to many lost gems and fan favorites spanning almost their entire 20 year output. #TSOP50 #PIR #Soul #randb #blackmusic #4thofjuly #1970s #1980s