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Thirty Artists Passed on “Bye Bye Love.” Then the Everly Brothers Turned It Into a Breakthrough

Everlys Brothers in concert. Photo: Savannah Grandfather / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0 A song nobody seemed to want…

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When Dolly Parton Defied Nashville: The Story Behind Her Pop Revolution

Dolly Parton and Bob Corker. Photo: United States Congress / Wikimedia Commons / Public domain The Nashville Dolly Was Supposed…

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Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett, and the Day a Ghost Walked Into Abbey Road

Pink Floyd (Narrated Audio). Photo: Speaker: Brian Newberry Authors of the article / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 An…

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How “Do Wah Diddy Diddy” Traveled From New York Girl-Group Pop to a British Invasion No. 1

Black and white close-up of a vintage jukebox turntable with song list.. Photo: ClickerHappy / Pexels A transatlantic second life…

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Elvis Presley Walked Through “Kentucky Rain” and Turned a Simple Love Story Into a Timeless Classic

Elvis-nixon. Photo: Ollie Atkins, chief White House photographer at the time. See ARC record. / Wikimedia Commons / Public domain…

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Dave Davies Took a Razor Blade to a Cheap Amp — and Helped Give The Kinks Their Breakthrough Sound

Dave Davies. Photo: ultomatt (Matt Gibbons / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0 A band nearly out of time In…

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Hank Williams Wrote “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” — And Made Loneliness Sound Beautiful

Hank Williams, Jr. (2006). Photo: Andrea Klein / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0 A song built from silence, distance,…

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The Rolling Stones Were Chased Down Broadway Before Going Live — Then Brian Jones Pulled Out a Sitar

The Sullivan road (IA sullivanroad01hard). Photo: Harding, Garrick M. (Garrick Mallery), 1827-1904 / Wikimedia Commons / Public domain A fourth…

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How Porter Wagoner Turned a Simple Moral Into a Breakthrough Country Hit

Porter wagoner 1999. Photo: Larry D. Moore / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 4.0 A big idea in simple words…

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How “California Girls” Helped Turn a State Into a Dream

Sullivan Beach Boys. Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author / Wikimedia Commons / Public domain A Pop Song That Felt Like Postcard…

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