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
Musician Edwin Hawkins has died at the age of 74, and like so many other artists, his first hit was an off-the-wall discovery by a promoter and a disc...
Neil Young sang "It's better to burn out, than to fade away," but Damn, Janis, couldn't you have burned with us just a little bit longer? Janis Joplin...
Janis Joplin's last recorded song was a happy accident, and the producer decided that it didn't need instrumentation.
The first group inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame went through many configurations, but it was the combination of Dub Jones, Carl Gardner,...
In 1975, David Bowie was a known element in the rock world, but he still hadn't cracked the Top Ten in the US. Then, with a little inspiration from...