Morning Edition: Music

November 5, 2015 8:57 AM

Stevie Wonder did something remarkable 30 years ago

Wonder's "Part-Time Love" hit No. 1 on four Billboard lists at the same time, the first time a song had done so.

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November 4, 2015 8:56 AM

New Dylan bootleg series reveals song variation

When Dylan was recording "Highway 61 Revisited" back in 1965, a track that ended up on the album was often just one of many very different variations of the same song.

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November 3, 2015 8:59 AM

Westerberg, Hatfield team up to become The I Don't Cares

The I Don't Cares are promising a full album of new material soon.

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November 2, 2015 8:56 AM

'Yesterday' hit top 10 as cover song before Beatles version

Paul McCartney wrote the song and is the only Beatle to perform on it. When the song was done, the other Beatles didn't want to release it as a single at first because it was so different than their other songs.

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October 30, 2015 9:12 AM

Lizzo lays bare her 'blackness, womanhood' in new album

"Big GRRRL, Small World" will be released in December.

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October 29, 2015 8:58 AM

The Who's 'My Generation' born from a specific incident

Pete Townsend lived near Buckingham Palace and drove a Packard hearse, which he parked out front. Townsend says the Queen Mother saw it and was offended and ordered the police to tow it away.

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October 28, 2015 9:07 AM

Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats to perform at Turf Club and on The Current

Their self-titled new album is getting a lot of airplay on alternative music radio stations.

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October 27, 2015 8:59 AM

Neil Sedaka, with help from Elton John, hit No. 1 40 years ago

"Bad Blood" was the biggest hit of Sedaka's career.

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October 26, 2015 9:01 AM

Judy Garland made nationwide debut 80 years ago

She appeared on the "Shell Chateau Hour" radio program and sang "Broadway Rhythm."

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October 23, 2015 9:00 AM

Littering conviction got Arlo Guthrie out of war draft

The littering charge came after Guthrie and a friend tried to unload a half-ton of garbage in a municipal dump on Thanksgiving Day in 1965.

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