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This Week's Theme: Was It A Top 40 Hit? My move back into fully developed Faux Shows started last week, after a few months of simpler shows, with a theme that used my favorite music reference - Joel Whitburn's Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. I enjoyed that research so much that this week and … Continue reading Radio Faux Show Volume 2, Number 22 (June 26, 2022): Was It A Top 40 Hit?
This Week's Theme: Album Openers This is the first of several Faux Shows that are going to have a lot less content due to constraints on my time. The themes of the shows are going to be less complex for a while and require a lot less research. The shows are also going to be … Continue reading Radio Faux Show Volume 2, Number 17 (April 24, 2022): Album Openers
This Week's Theme: Bassist Richard Davis One of my favorite themes is a celebration of the often overlooked, highly influential session musicians and other background figures that helped create the music of the 20th century. Stars get all of the recognition, but most of them can not make the music they are known for without … Continue reading Radio Faux Show Volume 2, Number 15 (April 10, 2022): Bassist Richard Davis
This Week's Theme: Electronic Music This is the last of the old Faux Show's left to migrate over to this blog. If this was a new show, I would provide a lot more information than I am going to present here, especially since this is such a rich topic and this show is the first … Continue reading Radio Faux Show Volume 1, Number 15 (June 13, 2021): Electronic Music
This Week's Theme: Female Artists from N to Z This week's show is part two of two, and focuses on female musicians throughout the decades. These artists present a variety of music across genres and eras, including several of the most successful artists of their time. Although there are many famous artists, including two legends, … Continue reading Radio Faux Show Volume 1, Number 33 (October 17, 2021): Female Artists from A to Z (Part 2 – N to Z)
This Week's Theme: Saxophones This week's Faux Show is a Super-Theme and every song features saxophones. The songs selected cover a wide range of saxophone use across many decades. As usual, the songs are presented in mini-themes when possible. The songs selected are not meant to represent the history of saxophones throughout the last one … Continue reading Radio Faux Show Volume 1, Number 17 (June 27, 2021): Saxophones
This Week's Theme: Artists from California This week's theme is a super theme because all of the songs have one thing in common. They are recorded by artists who were either born in or began their career in California. No matter the genre, CA can claim ownership of many of the most important artists throughout … Continue reading Radio Faux Show Volume 1, Number 23 (August 8, 2021): California Artists
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