How Good It Is
By Claude Call
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Subscribers: 5995
Reviews: 74
Episodes: 181
Wouter
Jun 2, 2025
I have loved and retro binged this podcast since I found it. Sadly it has gotten very quiet since last year. 🙁
Dec 12, 2024
Richard Palmer
Sep 17, 2024
Thank you Claude for this excellent podcast. Your careful research and spirited presentation keep me entertained.
Martin
Jun 20, 2024
I LOVE this show,please keep them coming, Claude is so interesting
superkip
Jan 24, 2024
Dana L
Aug 30, 2023
I have been enjoying this podcast since I found it. I have binged all the episodes and listened a few twice. Keep them coming Claude.
Rob W
Aug 14, 2023
Informative, entertaining and just down right fun. Love this podcast!
pete
Jul 8, 2023
I can't say enough how much I really enjoy this podcast!! your knowledge of pop music is unbridled, please never stop!!
Stefán
Jan 1, 2022
A good, fun podcast for your listening ears!
Sep 25, 2021
Jun 22, 2021
Shane H
May 30, 2021
I've been listening for quite a while but originally just stumbled upon the podcast and so glad I did! Music is a huge part of my life and to have these little flashbacks is always fun and knowledgeable. Thanks for the entertainment!
Jeremiah
Feb 10, 2021
Claude is the man
Richard Toomey
Jan 1, 2021
Superb podcast, well researched.
Mark
Oct 4, 2020
Great podcast. recommended to all music lovers
Lylah
Sep 15, 2020
Unique, highly listenable podcast that goes deeper into the hits and faves of your youth.
Oh Bugger
Sep 13, 2020
Great listen 👂 Great Information 👍.
martin drayne
Sep 10, 2020
fantastic show
Pete
Aug 19, 2020
love the show
Aug 1, 2020
David
Jul 20, 2020
Awesome and informative, relaxed and personable. This is clearly a labor of love for the host. Give it a listen, you won't be sorry, and you might just learn something you didn't know!
Description
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178: Influential Women, Part 3–Jane Asher
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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177: Influential Women, Pt.2–Rosanna Arquette
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Aug 03, 2024 |
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176: Influential Women, Pt1–Renee Fladen-Kamm
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Jul 06, 2024 |
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175: In the Still of the Night
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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174: Don’t Fear the Reaper
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Apr 06, 2024 |
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173: Wichita Lineman
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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172: A World War Two Christmas
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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171: Save the Last Dance For Me
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Dec 23, 2023 |
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170: I Fought the Law
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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169: Tiny Dancer
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Aug 13, 2023 |
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168: Windy
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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167: Without You
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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166: Daydream Believer
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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165: If You Could Read My Mind (featuring Mike Messner)
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Feb 19, 2023 |
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164: Chinese Food on Christmas
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Dec 31, 2022 |
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163: Crabs for Christmas
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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162: Reach Out (I’ll Be There)
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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161: Stagger Lee
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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160: Failing Upward, Vol 2
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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159: The Yardbirds’ Jim McCarty
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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158: Give It Away
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Jul 10, 2022 |
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157: Planet Earth’s Greatest Hits
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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Ikigai–a special message for listeners
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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156: Good Lovin’
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Apr 17, 2022 |
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155: Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl)
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Apr 02, 2022 |
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154: Everybody Have Fun Tonight
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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153: I Can Help
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Feb 20, 2022 |
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152: Sundown (with guest Mike Messner)
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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151: More Obscure Christmas
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Dec 25, 2021 |
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150: Rock Lobster
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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149: Musical Hookers
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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148: Another Chat With John Hall
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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147: 99 Luftballons
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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146: A Chat With John Hall
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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145: I Honestly Love You
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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144: Everlasting Love
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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143: Me and Bobby McGee
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May 11, 2021 |
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142: Anthony Robustelli
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May 03, 2021 |
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141: Fire and Rain
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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Where I’ve Been
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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140: Cars
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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139: And When I Die
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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138: Wish You Were Here
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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137: Same Old Lang Syne
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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136: Ain’t No Sunshine
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Dec 31, 2020 |
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135: Lesser Known Christmas Pop
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Dec 25, 2020 |
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134: Maggie May
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Dec 14, 2020 |
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133: All I Wanna Do
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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132: Knock Three Times
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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131: Candle in the Wind
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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130: The Twist
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Oct 19, 2020 |
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129: Seasons in the Sun
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Oct 12, 2020 |
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128: In Your Eyes
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Sep 28, 2020 |
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127: Foreign Influence
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Sep 21, 2020 |
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126–Kyrie
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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125–Psycho Killer
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Aug 30, 2020 |
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124–Paradise by the Dashboard Light
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Aug 16, 2020 |
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123–Candy Everybody Wants
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Aug 03, 2020 |
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122–Hanky Panky
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Jul 27, 2020 |
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121–Take On Me
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Jul 13, 2020 |
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120–The career of Paul Pena
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Jun 29, 2020 |
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119–What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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118–Wild Thing
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Jun 15, 2020 |
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117–Come Dancing
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Jun 08, 2020 |
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116–Mister Blue Sky
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Jun 01, 2020 |
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115–Cold Turkey
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May 25, 2020 |
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114–Leader of the Pack
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May 18, 2020 |
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Episode 113–Shake It Off
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May 11, 2020 |
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112–Rhiannon
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Apr 05, 2020 |
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111–Werewolves of London
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Mar 31, 2020 |
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110–Blue Moon
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Mar 22, 2020 |
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Episode 109–Get Go-Going
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Mar 16, 2020 |
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Episode 108–Books on Vinyl
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Mar 09, 2020 |
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Episode 107–Mister Roboto
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Mar 03, 2020 |
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Episode 106–Proud Mary
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Feb 26, 2020 |
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Episode 105–Under the Covers, Part 6
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Feb 18, 2020 |
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Episode 104–I Want to Know What Love Is
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Feb 10, 2020 |
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Episode 103–A Whiter Shade of Pale
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Jan 27, 2020 |
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Episode 102–The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
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Jan 06, 2020 |
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Episode 101–In Bloom
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Dec 31, 2019 |
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Episode 100–Christmas (Baby Please Come Home
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Dec 29, 2019 |
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Episode 99–Purple Rain
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Dec 24, 2019 |
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98–What a Wonderful World
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Dec 09, 2019 |
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97–Like a Virgin
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Episode 96–Deacon Blues
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Nov 11, 2019 |
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Episode 95–Born to Run
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Nov 04, 2019 |
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Episode 94–Touch of Grey
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Oct 28, 2019 |
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Episode 93–Vehicle
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Oct 21, 2019 |
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Episode 92–Dancing in the Moonlight
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Oct 14, 2019 |
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Episode 91–Under the Covers, Part 5
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Oct 06, 2019 |
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Episode 90–Long Cool Woman (in a Black Dress)
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Aug 26, 2019 |
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Episode 89–Woodstock
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Aug 19, 2019 |
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Episode 88–Manson and the White Album
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Aug 11, 2019 |
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Episode 87–Hair
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Jul 28, 2019 |
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86–First Man on the Moon
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Jul 21, 2019 |
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Episode 85–Can’t Give It Away on Seventh Avenue
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Jul 14, 2019 |
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84–Chapel of Love
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Jul 07, 2019 |
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83–Kung Fu Fighting
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Jul 01, 2019 |
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82–Under the Covers 4
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Jun 23, 2019 |
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81–Runaway
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Jun 15, 2019 |
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Episode 80–YMCA
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Jun 03, 2019 |
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79–The Boxer
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May 28, 2019 |
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Episode 78–My Generation
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May 19, 2019 |
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77–Somebody to Love
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May 13, 2019 |
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76–You Never Even Called Me By My Name
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May 05, 2019 |
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75–Scenes From an Italian Restaurant
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Apr 29, 2019 |
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74–Quarter to Three
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Apr 21, 2019 |
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Episode 73–Classical Gas
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Apr 15, 2019 |
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72–Total Eclipse of the Heart
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Apr 01, 2019 |
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71–Whip It
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Mar 24, 2019 |
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Episode 70–Iko Iko
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Mar 18, 2019 |
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69–In the Year 2525
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Mar 11, 2019 |
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Episode 68–Different Drum
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Mar 03, 2019 |
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67–Everybody Wants to Rule the World
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Feb 17, 2019 |
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Episode 66–Heroes
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Feb 10, 2019 |
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Episode 65–Dust In The Wind
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Feb 03, 2019 |
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Episode 64–One Bad Apple
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Jan 27, 2019 |
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Episode 63–Shel Silverstein, Part 2
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Jan 19, 2019 |
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Episode 62–Almost Christmas
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Dec 23, 2018 |
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61–Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Indian)
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Dec 16, 2018 |
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60–Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
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Dec 09, 2018 |
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59–Another Brick in the Wall
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Nov 25, 2018 |
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58–Alice’s Restaurant Massacree
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Nov 18, 2018 |
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57–Shel Silverstein, Part I
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Nov 10, 2018 |
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56–Shout
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Nov 03, 2018 |
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55–Ghostbusters
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Oct 28, 2018 |
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54–Walk on the Wild Side
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Oct 20, 2018 |
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Episode 53–Both Sides Now
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Oct 13, 2018 |
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52–Into the Night
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Sep 23, 2018 |
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51–Barbara Ann
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Sep 15, 2018 |
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50–Exchange Students
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Sep 08, 2018 |
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49–School’s Out
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Sep 01, 2018 |
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48–Under the Covers, Part 3
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Aug 27, 2018 |
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47–Remembering Aretha Franklin
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Aug 18, 2018 |
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46–Mellow Yellow
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Aug 11, 2018 |
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45–Rapture
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Aug 04, 2018 |
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Episode 44–Smoke on the Water
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Jul 28, 2018 |
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Episode 43–Where Did Our Love Go
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Jul 21, 2018 |
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Episode 42–Baker Street
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Jul 07, 2018 |
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41–Summertime Blues
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Jun 30, 2018 |
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Episode 40–Murray Head
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Jun 23, 2018 |
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39–Under the Boardwalk
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Jun 16, 2018 |
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Episode 38–Killing Me Softly With His Song
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Jun 09, 2018 |
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Episode 37–Walk This Way
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Jun 02, 2018 |
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36–Sultans of Swing
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May 26, 2018 |
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35–(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
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May 12, 2018 |
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34–Thompson Twins
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May 06, 2018 |
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Episode 33–Ron Dante
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Apr 28, 2018 |
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Episode 32–Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
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Apr 21, 2018 |
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32–Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
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Apr 21, 2018 |
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Episode 31–The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
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Apr 14, 2018 |
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30–Angel Baby
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Apr 07, 2018 |
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29–Rockin’ Robin
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Mar 18, 2018 |
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28: You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling
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Mar 10, 2018 |
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Episode 27–Bette Davis Eyes
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Mar 03, 2018 |
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Episode 26–Stairway to Heaven
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Feb 25, 2018 |
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Episode 25–I Only Have Eyes For You
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Feb 17, 2018 |
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Episode 24–Fingertips Part 2
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Feb 10, 2018 |
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Episode 23–Lady Marmalade
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Feb 04, 2018 |
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Episode 22–Under The Covers II
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Jan 28, 2018 |
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Episode 21–Edwin Hawkins
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Jan 20, 2018 |
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Episode 20–Mercedes Benz
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Jan 13, 2018 |
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Episode 19–The Coasters
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Jan 07, 2018 |
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Episode 18–Fame
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Dec 30, 2017 |
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Episode 17–Home for Christmas
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Dec 23, 2017 |
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Episode 16–Light My Fire
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Dec 09, 2017 |
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Episode 15–Thriller
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Dec 02, 2017 |
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Episode 14: Six Feet From Stardom
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Nov 18, 2017 |
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Episode 13: MacArthur Park
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Nov 11, 2017 |
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Episode 12: El Paso by Marty Robbins
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Nov 04, 2017 |
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Episode 11: Failing Upward
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Oct 28, 2017 |
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10–Free Bird
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Oct 20, 2017 |
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Episode 9: Under the Covers
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Oct 13, 2017 |
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Episode 8: Like a Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan
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Oct 06, 2017 |
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Episode 7: Tequila by The Champs
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Sep 30, 2017 |
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Episode 6: This Song by George Harrison
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Sep 22, 2017 |
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Episode 5: In The Air Tonight by Phil Collins
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Sep 15, 2017 |
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Episode 4: Get Together
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Sep 08, 2017 |
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Episode 3: The Buckinghams’ Greatest Hits
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Sep 01, 2017 |
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Episode 2: Sukiyaki by Kyu Sakamoto
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Aug 25, 2017 |
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Episode 1: I’m Not In Love by 10cc
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Aug 18, 2017 |