How Good It Is
Each episode I choose a song from the 50s through the 90s and dive into its history, the story behind the song and other items of interest. Find more stuff at www.howgooditis.com
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58–Alice’s Restaurant Massacree
No, that's not a typo; "massacree" is a real word, and it's part of the Arlo Guthrie song that has become a Thanksgiving tradition at radio stations...
57–Shel Silverstein, Part I
Shel Silverstein was a poet, a cartoonist, a humorist and a songwriter who wrote more hits than most people would suspect.
56–Shout
The Isley Brothers' first charting hit from 1959 got its start not as a song, but as a bit they'd do to extend another song they were already singing...
55–Ghostbusters
Ray Parker Jr wasn't the first person approached to come up with a pop song to support this film, but he was the last, and the best.
54–Walk on the Wild Side
Lou Reed's signature song (he once joked that he knew his obituary would start with "doot, di-doot, di-doot...") has its origins in people he knew and...
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