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This week’s episode of the podcast is now up! This one’s on “Train Kept A-Rollin’” by Johnny Burnette and the Rock ‘n’ Roll Trio, and how a novelty song about cowboys written for an Abbot and Costello film became a … Continue reading →

https://www.500songs.com/e/episode-43-i-gotta-know-by-wanda-jackson/ The latest episode of A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs is up! This one’s on “I Gotta Know” by Wanda Jackson, and the borders between rockabilly, Western Swing, and the Bakersfield Sound. There’s also a Patreon backer-only … Continue reading →

Yes, a second blog post in a week. I am spoiling you! Or not, as this is in fact something that should be very worrying to you all. I have been working for a while on a big review of … Continue reading →

The new episode of A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs is now up! This one’s on “Ooby Dooby” by Roy Orbison, and how even Sam Phillips could make very bad mistakes. And a reminder that backers also have … Continue reading →

Yes, despite what you may have thought, I do still have a blog. It’s just been a weird few months, and it’s taken literally all my writing time to produce the 5000 words a week of finished content (which comes … Continue reading →

https://www.500songs.com/e/episode-41-be-bop-a-lula-by-gene-vincent-and-the-bluecaps/ The new episode of A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs is now up! This one is on “Be-Bop-A-Lula” by Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps, and features a motorbike crash, a car crash, Fidel Castro, and probably … Continue reading →

https://www.500songs.com/e/episode-40-drugstore-rock-n-roll-by-janis-martin/ Episode forty of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Drugstore Rock ‘n’ Roll”, by Janis Martin, an early rockabilly classic by the woman known as “the Female Elvis”, musical gentrification, misogyny, and third acts … Continue reading →