My Place
Saturdays, 7 p.m.
Host Joel Najman weaves musicology, anthropology, sociology, and even psychology among the music of the '50s and '60s, creating a snapshot of life at that time. With My Place, you enjoy the music as well as the story behind the song.
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Latest Episodes
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This week on My Place, hear the story behind the big 1950s pop hit "Rockin' Robin," in this concluding spotlight on the Class Records Company of Los鈥� -
Class Records operated in Los Angeles from 1951 through 1963 and released some of the finest rhythm and blues and rock and roll of that period. This week鈥� -
Both the Excelsior Record Company and the Exclusive Record Company operated in Los Angeles from 1944 to 1950.Each company was owned by one of two鈥� -
Otis Ren茅 is best known as the co-author of the 1931 song "When It's Sleepy Time Down South", co-written with his brother Leon Ren茅 and this week on My鈥�
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Mac Davis is a singer/songwriter from Lubbock, Texas, who not only charted 30 hits under his own name, but also wrote four major hits for Elvis Presley.鈥� -
This week on My Place, we'll feature an hour of recordings by married couples who recorded together. You can hear memorable songs made by Sonny & Cher,鈥� -
This week on My Place, we present an hour full of famous and not-so-famous female rock-and-roll singing groups of the 1960s.All these early rock groups鈥� -
This week on My Place, we'll shine the spotlight on vintage popular songs that prominently mention birds in the song title and lyrics. We'll hear鈥� -
Tenor saxophonist Andrew Love and trumpeter Wayne Jackson formed a partnership incorporated as "The Memphis Horns." Over a four-decade period beginning in鈥� -
As a key member of the Stax Records house rhythm section and a founding member of the Memphis Horns, tenor saxophonist Andrew Love played on hundreds of鈥�
