The Thinking Man's Joel Whitburn
The stories behind the charts in all their glory - each episode a mesmorizing journey back into the commercial history of pop music. The sole knock against it is that is that is only MONTHLY! Still, I eagerly await inevitable topics like: simultaneous competing song versions (e.g., 1974's "Americans"); the history of novelty songs; and the late 70s pop chart "disco invasion".Read full review »
Good Seats Still Available via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 03/11/18
More reviews of Hit Parade
I’ve been devouring the back catalog of this podcast the past 2 days. It’s perfect for music nerds like myself. Some thoughts of the War Against the Singles episode: I think some key points were missing in the discussion. First, I came of music-buying age in the early 80’s. My first musical...Read full review »
tanyandave via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 03/29/18
This is the perfect marriage of subject — chart-topping music — and form — podcasting. Whenever I read an article about pop music history, I always want to hear the songs discussed…and here you do! The host/writer’s deep knowledge and true passion for his subject comes out in each episode that...Read full review »
Stevesnyc00 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 04/29/18
This is a surprisingly detailed and accurate podcast that uses storytelling, aided by deep and detailed research, rare and appropriately well loved music clips, that explains how we got to hear the hits that we know and love, as well as the less well known experiments along the way. This is the...Read full review »
Mark via Apple Podcasts · Australia · 03/31/18
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