I Fall to Pieces

"I Fall to Pieces" was written by the team Hank Cochran and Harlan Howard and first offered to Brenda Lee, who turned it down. It was then offered to Patsy ...
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Before Elvis

Before he became a movie idol and Las Vegas headliner, Elvis Presley was heavily influenced by African American blues artists, who are the subjects of a great new book: Before ...
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Rescue Me

"Rescue Me" was written in 1965 by Raynard Miner, Carl William Smith, and Fontella Bass (although she did not get credit until much later). Released by Chess Records that same ...
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Hot Sardines

The Hot Sardines were "founded in 2011 by Elizabeth Bougerol and Evan Palazzo over a mutual love of Fats Waller." They got their start at underground parties in Brooklyn, and ...
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Girl from the North Country

[I originally had this queued up for mid-June, but we just saw A Complete Unknown, which I recommend, so I decided to rearrange the schedule.] "Girl from the North Country" is on ...
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Hey Jude

"Hey Jude," a 1968 non-album single, was the first cut released on the Beatles' Apple label. The original working title was "Hey Jules," written by Paul McCartney to comfort Lennon's ...
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Got My Mojo Working

"Got My Mojo Working" is closely identified with Muddy Waters, but it was actually written for Ann Cole by Preston "Red" Foster in 1956.  Cole was a moderately successful R&B ...
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