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How Music Changed

How Music Changed

250 different artists and topics that changed music history forever. Most of them analyzed in great detail, with historical information, opinions, and various bits of trivia.

What Is This Thing Called Love - Billie Holiday

The Life and Music of Billie Holiday: The War Years

Episode 11

As strange as it may sound, it doesn’t seem as if World War II had any sort of profound effect on Billie Holiday – she apparently had enough of her own problems to worry about.

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    Mort Shuman and Doc Domus

    Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman

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      W.C. Handy

      The Birth of The Blues: W.C. Handy

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        The Birth of The Blues: Work Songs and Folk Music

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          The Birth of The Blues: Field Recordings

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            Phil Spector

            Phil Spector: The Fall

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              Phil Spector

              Phil Spector: The Rise

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                 Cynthia Weill and Barry Mann

                The Brill Building Songwriters - Barry/Greenwich & Mann/Weill

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                  Sam Morgan’s Jazz Band

                  The Birth of Jazz: From the Civil War Era to Dixieland

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                    Carole King and husband Gerry Goffin

                    The Brill Building Songwriters - Gerry Goffin/Carole King

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                      Al Jolson

                      The Birth of American Pop Music

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                        Freddie King - Albert King - Earl King

                        We Three Kings - Albert, Earl & Freddie King

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                          Stephen Foster

                          The Birth of an American Identity

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