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Dance Music Sex Romance! Just in time
for Valentine's Day, read all about the most romantic albums in the history of recorded music (according
to me). Then, check out Love Stinks - five
records for spurned lovers and broken hearts. Guaranteed to put you in the mood (or not)! read
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Welcome To Randy's Rodeo!
When people complain that the charts are full of crap, they forget one crucial thing: that even when they were brilliant, they were full of crap. Crap is what the charts are made to be full of... (Giles Smith). If you enjoy my website, please support me by clicking through and shopping at Amazon, iTunes,
and Sheet Music Plus - your purchases there benefit my work here. [read
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100 Greatest Romantic Albums Of All Time. Amazon has compiled a list that puts my own little list to shame. It's short on details, perhaps, but it's long on sweet, sweet lovin'. Check it out... [browse & buy ] |
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A graceful farewell. We said goodbye to Eddy Arnold recently when he passed away at age 89. A couple of years ago, Eddy has issued his 100th album, After
All These Years - his planned final recording. Read the amazing story of country music's most successful - and underappreciated - stars. [read more & listen] |
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Satch, Redux. Recently, I've dug a lot deeper into the deep, deep catalog of Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, and I've written an article to match. Not many musicians can claim to be a true American icon, but "Pops" can. [read
more & listen] |
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Hey, Bread Fans! Hot on the heels of Lost
Without Your Love, Wounded Bird Records has reissued four albums by Bread leader David Gates, including two CD debuts - Never Let Her Go (1975) and Falling In Love Again (1980). [read
more or purchase] |
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Still Raving On. Power pop gods Artful Dodger are back - at least on CD. The little American Beat label has reissued their second LP, Honor Among Thieves (1976). We can only hope there's more to come, especially the band's masterful swan song, Rave On (1980) - never issued on CD. [learn more] |
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Actor? Songwriter? Singer? Most people recognize
Hoyt Axton as the hapless dad in Gremlins, or as the man who wrote that
song about Jeremiah (a bullfrog). But, this amiable Oklahoman conducted a recording career that
spanned nearly thirty years. [learn more & listen] |
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I'm In Love With Emma Peel. The song, that is, not
the sultry heroine of the 60's TV show, The Avengers. This little-known
power pop gem by a long-forgotten band, The Allies, was a minor sensation
on Seattle radio and MTV. But, I'd never heard it till recently... [read
more & listen] |
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I Used To Be A Zombie. Keyboardist Rod Argent is remembered
mainly for his stint with the Zombies, but he sold more records with the 70's prog rock outfit
that bore his name. Argent is often considered a one-hit-wonder,
but there's more to them than "Hold Your Head Up." [read more & listen] |
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The Beat Of Bread. When Mike Botts, drummer for 70's
superstars Bread died in December 2005, he improbably became the group's
second alumnus to join the great gig in the sky that year - bandmate James Griffin passed in
January. For more about Botts, Griffin, and Bread, click here. |
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Goodbye Again. Revisit the gentle, spirited music
of dearly departed John Denver, including his prodigious Christmas catalog.
People forget how positively huge Denver was during the 70's, selling millions of records
before disco and punk swept him out to pasture. But, I haven't. [read
more & listen] |
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We Were Neighbors. When the Chi-Lites' lead singer,
Eugene Record, passed away, we lost one of soul's purest voices. On songs like "Oh
Girl," "Have You Seen Her," and "A Letter To Myself," Record's pure, strong,
unadorned tenor defined loneliness for a generation. [read more & listen] |
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The Courtney Love Of Country Music. Lynn
Anderson's antics have made her something of spectacle recently - for all the wrong reasons. But
this powerhouse has quite a legacy and a new Greatest
Hits CD that makes it plain. Learn more on my newly expanded page. [read
more & listen] |
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A Rather Dismal Day. I was saddened to learn of the death of James Griffin, the other singer and songwriter in Bread.
Unlike his bandmate, David Gates, Griffin never graced the Top 40. Still, he had a unique talent,
and a warm voice, and he added a certain roughness to Bread's sweet sound. [read more] |
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Baby, She Lied. Deborah Allen was one of the more
distinctive voices to emerge from Nashville in the 80's - and she wasn't hard on the eyes, either.
Like many singers of that era, she succumbed to her baser instincts, striving for pop glory
rather than artistic achievement. [read
more] |
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Pledging His Love. Our Johnny Ace page has been updated
in honor of Hip-O Select's long-overdue, sterling upgrade of his Memorial Album.
This primordial R'n'B crooner is a key link between the blues and soul music. Get to know him! read
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The Perry Como Of Country Music. Eddy Arnold charted
140 country records spanning five decades, but he is best remembered for the maudlin pop sides
he waxed in the 60's. There is much more to "The Tennessee Plowboy" than that - take
a gander on my updated page. read more |
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