Thanks @Slate #HitParadePod listeners &subscribers for enjoying my labor of love in 2021 (special shout to the @SlatePlus community). We covered lots of ground, ranging across genres&decades. Now’s a good time to catch up on Hit Parade episodes you missed! slate.com/podcasts/hit-p…
January 2021: These Are the Good Times Edition—how Chic, a sleek, visionary disco group, helped to birth hip-hop and gave new wave its pulse. Nile Rodgers & Bernard Edwards reinvented acts from Diana Ross to David Bowie to Duran Duran. @Slate #HitParadePod slate.com/podcasts/hit-p…
February 2021: The AC/DC Rule Edition—how followup LPs open bigger on the charts than the more-beloved predecessors—from Boston to Benatar. There’s no better example than the puerile rock band who’ll always go 𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬. @Slate #HitParadePod slate.com/podcasts/hit-p…
March 2021: Don’t Know Much About History Edition—how Sam Cooke, King of Soul, journeyed from the pathbreaking pop of “You Send Me” to the conscious R&B of “A Change Is Gonna Come.” His legacy was greater than that one night in Miami. @Slate #HitParadePod slate.com/podcasts/hit-p…
April 2021: Taylor’s Version of Country Edition—how the onetime teen queen of Nashville pulled off a careful, masterful crossover, ruling the pop charts and achieving what had eluded generations of country stars from Dolly to Shania. @Slate #HitParadePod slate.com/podcasts/hit-p…
May 2021: Blame It on the Feign Edition—how Milli Vanilli, a wily German impresario’s brainchild & pop’s most infamous fraud, left a surprising legacy: blending hip-hop & dance-pop atop the charts, foreshadowing the ’90s and beyond. @Slate #HitParadePod slate.com/podcasts/hit-p…
June 2021: Say My Name, Say My Name Edition—how rappers started singing &singers rapping, blurring genre lines among hip-hop,pop&soul. It culminated w/rap-and-B’s power couple…especially when Queen Bey sang with flow like a badass MC. @Slate #HitParadePod slate.com/podcasts/hit-p…
July 2021: Tramps Like Us Edition—how Bruce Springsteen went from “new Dylan” to pop pinup when he learned to keep the catchy songs for himself. In the process he became an accidental icon, the flag-waving symbol of Reagan’s America. @Slate #HitParadePod slate.com/podcasts/hit-p…
August 2021: What a Fool Believes Edition (encore)—how a genre coined in the ’00s gave a name to smooth late ’70s–early ’80s West Coast music, from Steely Dan to Toto. (This 2020 @SlatePlus exclusive is now available to all listeners.) @Slate #HitParadePod slate.com/podcasts/hit-p…
September 2021: Spirit of ’71 Edition—how a generation of singer-songwriters & soulmen/women incubated in the ’60s came into their own at the dawn of the ’70s: George & Janis & Carole & Sly made pop great 50yrs ago. (Our 50th episode!) @Slate #HitParadePod slate.com/podcasts/hit-p…
October 2021: I Write Sins, Not Tragedies Edition—how punk went from Sid Vicious to strip mall, dominating the radio in the ’90s & ’00s. Nouveau-punks Green Day & Blink-182 and emo-rockers Fall Out Boy & Panic! made the thrashy catchy. @Slate #HitParadePod slate.com/podcasts/hit-p…
November 2021: Be the One to Walk in the Sun Edition—how Cyndi Lauper, the Bangles & Aimee Mann fought ’80s sexism while riding the major-label rollercoaster. They survived the big-hair decade &found acclaim from Hollywood to Broadway. @Slate #HitParadePod slate.com/podcasts/hit-p…
December 2021: Chestnut Roasters Edition—how once-legendary careers are condensed into one merry season, from Bing to Dean…Darlene to Mariah…even John & Paul. You may not realize Brenda Lee did more than rock around a Christmas tree. slate.com/podcasts/hit-p… @Slate #HitParadePod
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