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Is Smokey Robinson Underrated? An Appreciation
Now in his ninth decade, we look back at his legendary songwriting and recording achievements, and honors. Yet, it’s possible that he’s still underrated
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Yoko Ono: A ‘Lost’ Interview, From the Dakota
In honor of this true individualist, we present a “lost” interview from 2003, when Yoko was emerging as a dance music star.
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Tom Petty—’American Girl’: Take it Easy, Baby
Though the second single from the Heartbreakers’ 1976 self-titled debut failed to chart on Top 40, its story about the girl alone on the balcony overlooking U.S. Route 441 resonates with his fans
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The Surprising Return of Tracy Chapman
Her self-titled 1988 debut was one of the music industry’s great artist development stories. But she has mostly been out of the public eye for well over a decade
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Beatles in India: Photos From Pattie Boyd
A rare group of photographs documenting the group’s historic visit to Rishikesh, India, in 1968, have surfaced in a portfolio compiled by George Harrison’s former wife
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When the Mood Strikes: 10 Classic Rock Love Songs
Songs from Van Morrison and a Rolling Stones’ rarity are side-by-side with ones from Bob Dylan, Joe Cocker, Hall & Oates and Foreigner
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16 Classic Double-Sided Hit Singles of the ’60s
Singles, for the most part, housed just one memorable song. That, like so much else, began to change with the arrival of the Beatles.
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Ray Manzarek Interview on The Doors’ 6 Studio Albums
“Robby or Jim would come up with the original idea. But boy, the four of us would get together, change and modify and polish the songs.”—Ray Manzarek
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Burt Bacharach Was Popular Music’s Masterful Composer
The award-winner teamed, often with lyricist Hal David, on such classics as “The Look of Love” and “(They Long To Be) Close To You”
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Al Kooper Interview: Dylan, the Stones, and ‘Super Session’
He’s played with Dylan and the Stones, discovered Lynyrd Skynyrd, started Blood, Sweat & Tears. We chat with the new Rock Hall inductee.
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