Memory in Top 40 Music
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Memory in Top 40 Music
Memory in Top 40 Music rekindles old memories as we revisit the top of the charts through the eyes of history. In each episode, we select one week during the rock era for our walk down Memory Lane as we look at the songs, the artists and what else was happening at that time.
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14 episodes
Ep. 14 - July 20, 1969
The Apollo 11 moon landing marked the achievement of the goal laid out by President Kennedy in 1961 to land a man on the moon before the end of the de...
Ep. 13 - January 12, 1969
Back before it was officially known as the Super Bowl, the New York Jets of the American Football League shocked the Baltimore Colts of the National F...
Ep. 12 - Aretha Franklin - Part 2
Following her death in August 2018, we explore the groundbreaking career of Aretha Franklin. In this, the second of two special Memory in Top 40 Musi...
Ep. 11 - Aretha Franklin - Part 1
Following her death in August 2018, we explore the groundbreaking career of Aretha Franklin. In this, the first of two special Memory in Top 40 Music...
Ep. 10 - July 4, 1976
The Bicentennial of the United States was one of the greatest days of coast-to-coast celebration in the history of the USA. Join us in this episode o...
Ep. 9 - August 28, 1963
The 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was designed to encourage America’s leaders to take the steps necessary to ensure the civil and econ...
Ep. 8 - October 28, 1962
For 13 days, the USA and Soviet Union engaged in a tense and terrifying stare down over the presence of nuclear-armed missiles just 90 miles from the...
Ep. 7 - September 4, 1961
Motown Records went as far in defining the sound of the 1960’s as any other label; probably more than most. And in this episode of Memory in Top 40 Mu...
Ep. 6 - Olympic Songs
Music has become a large part of the Olympics experience. In this special episode of Memory in Top 40 Music, we remember the songs associated with the...
Ep. 5 - February 3, 1959
On February 3, 1959, a plane crash took the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper). This episode of Memory in Top 4...
Ep. 4 - May 6, 1957
John Lennon once said, "If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'.” As that quote indicates, Chuck Berry was on...
Ep. 3 - Tom Petty
Following his death in October 2017, we explore the 40+ year rock and roll career of Tom Petty. In this episode of Memory in Top 40 Music, we focus pr...
Ep. 2 - March 31, 1956
The fuel behind this thing called rock and roll really ignited when a certain hip swivelin’ country boy from Tupelo, Mississippi appeared on the scene...
Ep. 1 - May 28, 1955
There are plenty of opinions about when and how rock music started. But identifying the first prominent rock & roll record is a lot less controversial...