Video links to MUSICAL BACKSTORIES

Chuck Negron & Danny Hutton tell Story of THREE DOG NIGHT’s soft rock Hit ONE | Professor of Rock

MUSICAL BACKSTORIES

The Most MISUNDERSTOOD Songs in Music History

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How "Hotel California" by the Eagles was written and recorded - Don Felder

SPOTLIGHT

Graham Nash On Why Neil Young Joined Crosby Stills & Nash

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A Group Who Released Only One Studio Album Is Iconic Because Of The Song It Released On This Day.

The Girl From Ipanema is a far weirder song than you thought

RAY MANZAREK-RIDERS ON THE STORM

Legendary Artist Gets vulnerable on Story of Two of his Greatest Songs | Professor of Rock

THE UNTOLD TRUTH 💛 JOHN DENVER

Story of a band Who created a classic rock song that blew up the 70s | Professor of Rock

Story of the Most Misunderstood Classic Rock Song of the 70s | Professor of Rock

Eddie and the Cruisers Making of a Hollywood Flop and Rock Cult Hit

Story of a Band That Had The Most #2 Hits in HISTORY | Professor of Rock

Robert Palmer Girls

The Shadows At Sixty - BBC4 Programme 01/05/2020

A History of The Moody Blues

David Crosby on the start of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

MUSICAL BACKSTORIES

Bonnie Raitt - I Can’t Make You Love Me | The story behind the song

Survivor – Eye Of The Tiger | The story behind the song | Top 2000 a gogo

Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight | The Story Behind The Song | Top 2000 a gogo

The Four Seasons - December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) | The Story Behind The Song

Petula Clark – Downtown | The story behind the song | Top 2000 a gogo

Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin | The Story Behind The Song | Top 2000 a gogo

Jim Croce - Time In A Bottle | The Story Behind The Song | Top 2000 a gogo

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Our House | Story behind the song | Top 2000 a gogo

Don McLean - Vincent | The Story Behind The Song | Top 2000: The Untold Stories

Santana - Smooth - Professor of Rock’s The Story Of

Jimmie Rodgers: What Damaged his career? (Jerry Skinner Documentary)

How Dick Clark's Mistake Made "Rebel Rouser" a Hit for Duane Eddy

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How Dusty Springfield’s Lifelong Difficulties Were Catching Up with Her?

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