Hit Story
Summary: Hit Story is the podcast that tells the fascinating tales behind hit songs and the people who create them. Former CBC Radio 2 radio personality Tim Tamashiro produces and hosts the show. The goal of this podcast is to give you context for the songs that you already love and hopefully the songs will become even MORE MEANINGFUL to you.
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Podcasts:
Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye's comeback hit... or was it?
Hotel California - It all started because of rattlesnakes
Bob and The Boss (repeats)
Physical - Olivia Newton John transforms from princess to prowler
The Message - Hip Hop gets serious with a song about poverty.
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen spends five years searching for perfection
Come On Eileen - A young man begs for carnal pleasure in a song.
Candle In The Wind - Elton John sings at Princess Diana's funeral
Take On Me - The perfect #1 pop song
This is Hit Story, the podcast that tells the tales of tasty tunes. The goal of this podcast is to give you context for the songs that you already love and hopefully the songs will become even MORE MEANINGFUL to you. I’m Tim Tamashiro. This edition of Hit Story is all about a song of devotion written by the man in black, Johnny Cash, I Walk The Line.
Welcome to a special edition of Hit Story: the podcast that tells the tales of tasty tunes. Today we celebrate the life of Glen Campbell who died on August 8th, 2017. This edition of Hit Story is all about Glen Campbell’s wonderful song about a lonely man who was talking on the phone at the top of a telephone pole when songwriter Jimmy Webb drove by. This is the Hit Story of Wichita Lineman.
God Only Knows - Brian Wilson builds an important part of his soul
The Times They Are a'Changin' - Bob Dylan writes his anthem
Respect - Aretha Franklin powerfully changes a song from he to she.
Born to Run - Bruce's ode to the car, the road and the girl.
