April 2008 Features

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• Songwriter of the Month: Bob Merrill
• Artist of the Month: Jimmie Rodgers
• This month's "Forgotten Gem": "Glow Worm"The Mills Brothers
• This month's Tidbits: Dino, Rosemary & the Chipmunks.

March 2008 Features

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• Songwriter of the Month: Jimmy Webb
• Artist of the Month: Dinah Shore
• Tidbits & Trivia The phenomenon of "Girl Singers" and crossover stars of country music
• This month's "Forgotten Gem": "Islands in the Stream"Kenny & Dolly

February 2008 Features

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• Songwriter of the Month: Lee Hazlewood
• Artist of the Month: Billy Vaughn
• This month's "Forgotten Gem": "Wishing You Were Here" Chicago
• Tidbits & Trivia There's a reason they're called "standards."

January 2008 Features

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• Songwriter of the Month: George Gershwin
• Artist of the Month: Perry Como
• This month's "Forgotten Gem": "I Believe in Music" Mac Davis
• Tidbits & Trivia Some songs just aren't meant to be hits.

November/December 2007 Features

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• Songwriter of the Month: Richard Rodgers
• Artist of the Month: Andy Williams
• This month's "Forgotten Gem": "Secret Love" Doris Day
• Tidbits & Trivia More connections, just for fun.

October 2007 Features

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• Songwriter of the Month: Sammy Cahn
• Artist of the Month: Frankie Laine
• This month's "Forgotten Gem": "We've Only Just Begun" The Carpenters
• Tidbits & Trivia Good Old Vinyl -- Everybody's got a box of old records. Are yours worth anything, or just scrap plastic?

September 2007 articles

• Songwriter of the Month: Jerome Kern
• Artist of the Month: Vaughn Monroe
• This month's "Forgotten Gem": "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" The Four Aces
• Tidbits & Trivia Pop Chart Longevity -- How many artists have hit the Top Ten in four different decades? Not as many as you might think...

August 2007 articles:

• Songwriter of the Month: Cole Porter
• Artist of the Month: Kitty Kallen
• This month's "Forgotten Gem": "First of May" The Bee Gees
• Tidbits & Trivia Dominant #1 Songs -- A roster of songs that have spent 10 weeks or more at the top of the pop charts, with an analysis of why they have, and why some songs haven't. Did you know that 1947's "Near You" spent more weeks at the top than any other song in history?

July 2007 articles:

• Songwriter of the Month: Irving Berlin
• Artist of the Month: a critical look at two of Neil Diamond's under-appreciated album efforts. A must-read for Diamond fans.
• July 2007 Tidbits: a fun collection of connections...from Anne Murray to Hank Williams to the rise of go-go dancing!
• Forgotten Gem: a look at one of those songs that everybody knows but for some reason doesn't have on the i-pod..."House at Pooh Corner."

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Bonus Features:

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• Albums of the Rock Era a bit off topic as we look at classic "listening experiences" from the age of the rock album
• The Pop Music Names a brief outline of the evolution of pop music from the standards of the 1950s to the hip-hop and various genres we have today. Excellent article by Sharon White.

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