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Musician Leon Russell passed away this year. Before emerging as a major rock star under his own name in the early 1970's, Russell was a studio session�
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Singer, songwriter and record producer Gary S. Paxton passed away in 2016 at age 77.Famous for his eccentricity and colorful "hippie" humor, Paxton's�
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Morris Levy was a music industry executive known for having founded Roulette Records in New York City in 1957. Billboard magazine described him as "one of�
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Guitarist, songwriter and record producer Chips Moman passed away in June of this year at age 79. This week's My Place program celebrates the life in�
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The early 1960's professional partnership of music industry entrepreneur Lester Sill and record producer Phil Spector was turbulent and short-lived.The�
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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�
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Otis René is best known as the co-author of the 1931 song "When It's Sleepy Time Down South", co-written with his brother Leon René and this week on My�
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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.�
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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,�
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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�