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Modern Notebook for April 28 - May 4, 2024 (Ep. 243)
From: WSMR
Series: Modern Notebook
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On the next Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline: States of discord: like struggle, disagreement, dispute, and division - is the subject matter of Clar...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KECG, WDAV Classical Public Radio, and KCNP


  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 4
Modern Notebook for March 31 - April 6, 2024 (Ep. 239)
From: WSMR
Series: Modern Notebook
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On this week’s Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline, tune in for a work by Kerry Politzer for solo piano titled “Microclimates,” and a buzzing work by ...

Bought by Morehead State Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), KECG, WDAV Classical Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 25, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:01
  • Purchases: 7
1-4-1
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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In the pop music Baby Boomer Era, 1955-1985, there were 600 #1 hits. 210 of them were #1 for one week, 1-4-1. Several had significance for one reas...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 10, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 1
Oddballs: All #1 Hits
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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Why? How? America bought and brought all these oddball hits to #1. Many off-the-wall. Others weird premises. But they all had "cart topper" status.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 25, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 1
Black Roots on the Harlem Jukebox
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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The second half of the 20th century saw the beginning of the culmination of American Black Music styles explode into the mainstream. But the genesi...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Song Writers - 4 Teams
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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Song writers are behind every hit we have ever heard. Here are four songwriting teams that gave use hundreds of our favorite songs in the '60s and ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 21, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 1
1964: The Year That Changed Pop Music Forever
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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With the British invasion of 1964 a new era of pop music was ushered in. But it was more than the Brits making noise in 1964.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 14, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 1
Double Talk - (Major Rework)
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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Many many song titles contain one word repeated two or three or more times. Listen to 34 of them here.

Bought by WMNR, KSRQ, and WEZU


  • Added: Dec 07, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Billboard's 500 Best Pop Songs
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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Billboard Magazine's Hot-100 celebrated its 65th Anniversary in 2023. On this occasion the 500 "best" POP songs to have ever been on the chart were...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 29, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 1
MOTOWN DETROIT: 1959-1972 (Can be tailored to your fundraiser)
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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Magical music was born in a little bungalow in Detroit, Michigan by an incredible team of visionaries and talented musicians. That music changed th...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2023
  • Length: 01:35:59
The Banned Played On
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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For over a century, songs deemed "inappropriate" were banned from the radio. Their success managed to get out anyway.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 15, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 1
Production Numbers Make Us Smile
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound
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Fill a stage with the whole company, dance, belt, lights. That's a production number. And we smile – at least.

Bought by WMNR


  • Added: Sep 29, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 1
Hispanic Heritage Spotlight
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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Through the decades, singers and groups of Hispanic Heritage have made great music. To celebrate that legacy here are 32 examples.

Bought by KSRQ, WMNR, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Sep 29, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Kissin' Time
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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Look in those eyes. Melt. Kiss. Love.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 24, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 1
In 3/4 Time
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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While the vast majority of pop, rock, folk, country and soul songs are written in 4/4 time, some really big hits caught us by surprise in 3/4 time....

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 17, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Travel Show (Reworked)
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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Song titles with city and state names take us traveling around the US, and a few beyond.

Bought by WMNR and WEZU


  • Added: Sep 04, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 2
It's a Family Affair
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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Countless family members have had major critical and commercial success by combining the relatives into a duo or group. Parents, siblings, cousins ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 27, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 1
It's About Time
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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Time, turn back time, what time, minutes, hours, days, years. Midnight! Songs about time. Lots of 'em.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 20, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Beatles' American Tours: '64, '65 & '66
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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For three years the Beatles set out on tour in America. Although they were paid handsomely, it soon became a horrendous undertaking. After three ye...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 13, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 1
Singing the Difficult & the Devastating
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound
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Broadway musicals are loaded with difficult, intricate, dynamic, hard-to-sing songs. And, there is no shortage of emotionally devastating songs eit...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Aug 06, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 1
Pickin' the Hits: 30 Years 1953 - 1983
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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When Tony Bennett died at age 96 I got to thinking of my early exposure to his records. That led me to starting the show with his Rags to Riches in...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 23, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 1
Bang or Bust?
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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Legendary recording artists started either with a "bang," with a huge hit and immediate public recognition, or with a "bust," flops on flop.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 18, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Summer of Love
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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1967 is called The Summer of Love. The end of business as usual as young people rebelled against the status quo and converged on San Francisco.

Bought by WMNR, WEZU, and KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 08, 2023
  • Length: 01:57:54
  • Purchases: 3
My Guy
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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Mothers name their baby boys all sorts of names. Many of those names find their way into songs. Here are many of them.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 25, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 1
What's That Instrument?
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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A look at some "different" instruments used in some of our favorite records in the the '60s and '70's

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 11, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 1