This Day in Music Radio show

This Day in Music Radio

Summary: Pop music is considered to be a reflection of changing youth culture and politics. Revealing trends, attitudes and social awareness it is a barometer of the times. From Elvis to Beatlemania, punk to hip hop and all points in between, it releases our emotions and takes us to another conscience state. When radio entered in to our lives in the early 19th century, it changed everything. Broadcasting the sounds of the era to the masses, we could all access and share the tales of how music changed us. Here are the stories of how it was made, consumed and adored. Take a trip and listen/download the history of music as told by the most influential artist of all time with Pete Mitchell. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thisdayinmusic

Podcasts:

 Reach Out: The story of The Four Tops, Motown's biggest selling all male group - part II | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 764

Reach Out: The story of The Four Tops, Motown's biggest selling all male group - part II

 Reach Out: The story of The Four Tops, Motown's biggest selling all male group - part III | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 629

Reach Out: The story of The Four Tops, Motown's biggest selling all male group - part III

 The Kinks, 1961 - 64: Part 1 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1314

Ray and Dave Davies talk about their beginnings in Muswell Hill London and the groundbreaking breakthrough hit 'You Really Got Me'.

 The Kinks 1965-67: Part 2 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1070

Ray & and Dave Davies talk about in fighting, chart success and being banned from working in America.

 The Kinks 1968-90: Part III | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1239

Ray and Dave Davies talk about their American comeback, the Rock & Roll Hall of fame and their legacy.

 Twiggy's Swinging Sixties: The world's first supermodel takes us on a personnel journey through the 1960's - part I | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 962

Swinging London was underway by the mid-1960s and included music by the Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Who, and the Small Faces. It was a period of optimism and hedonism, and a cultural revolution.

 Twiggy's Swinging Sixties: The world's first supermodel takes us on a personnel journey through the 1960's - part II | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 785

Swinging London was underway by the mid-1960s and included music by the Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Who, and the Small Faces. It was a period of optimism and hedonism, and a cultural revolution.

 Going to A Go Go: The story of Smokey Robinson, the man who Bob Dylan described as America's Greatest living poet - part I | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1103

American singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive, Robinson was the founder and front man of the Motown vocal group the Miracles, for which he also served as the group's chief songwriter and producer. Robinson led the group from its 1955 origins as the Five Chimes until 1972 when he announced a retirement from the group to focus on his role as Motown's vice president.

 Going to A Go Go: The story of Smokey Robinson, the man who Bob Dylan described as America's Greatest living poet - part II | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 523

American singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive, Robinson was the founder and front man of the Motown vocal group the Miracles, for which he also served as the group's chief songwriter and producer. Robinson led the group from its 1955 origins as the Five Chimes until 1972 when he announced a retirement from the group to focus on his role as Motown's vice president.

 Going to A Go Go: The story of Smokey Robinson, the man who Bob Dylan described as America's Greatest living poet - part III | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 722

American singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive, Robinson was the founder and front man of the Motown vocal group the Miracles, for which he also served as the group's chief songwriter and producer. Robinson led the group from its 1955 origins as the Five Chimes until 1972 when he announced a retirement from the group to focus on his role as Motown's vice president.

 London Calling: The Clash. The story of one of the most influential British groups of all time - part I | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1332

The Clash formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Their third album, London Calling, released in the UK in December 1979 was declared the best album of the 1980s a decade later by Rolling Stone magazine.

 London Calling: The Clash. The story of one of the most influential British groups of all time - part II | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1192

The Clash formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Their third album, London Calling, released in the UK in December 1979 was declared the best album of the 1980s a decade later by Rolling Stone magazine.

 London Calling: The Clash. The story of one of the most influential British groups of all time - part III | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 818

The Clash formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Their third album, London Calling, released in the UK in December 1979 was declared the best album of the 1980s a decade later by Rolling Stone magazine.

 A History of the Girl Groups: Hear the Ronettes, Supremes, Marvellettes and many more, talking about their sound - part I | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1238

The late 1950s saw the emergence of all-female singing groups as a major force, with 750 distinct girl groups releasing songs that reached US and UK music charts from 1960 to 1966.

 A History of the Girl Groups: Hear the Ronettes, Supremes, Marvellettes and many more, talking about their sound - part II | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1052

The late 1950s saw the emergence of all-female singing groups as a major force, with 750 distinct girl groups releasing songs that reached US and UK music charts from 1960 to 1966.

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