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Mormon Tabernacle Choir

This post is a little different than others I have written. One reason I stopped posting was I felt the posts were too formulaic. I like putting all of the information in the posts, but I think I’d like this blog to be more personal.I love music, especially pop, top 40 music from the 20th […]

Bill Haley - The Start of Rock and Roll

Let’s begin this journey through the music of the 20th Century with a song that is looked on by most people as the first Rock and Roll record. I’m talking about “Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley and His Comets. The song hit number one on the Billboard charts on July […]

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