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September 27, 2014 (September 25, 2014)

Beyond “El Paso”: a story song survey

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Story songs had won love from an admiring public since the days when drunken Vikings flung wandering skalds into a nearby volcano. When the wireless came along, story songs filled […]

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September 26, 2014 (September 18, 2014)

Happy birthday, Marty Robbins

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Country music superstar Marty Robbins was born on September 26, 1925. In three decades as a singer and songwriter Robbins placed a staggering 94 songs on Billboard’s country music charts. […]

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