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20th Century

A History of Pop Music – 1970

17th January 2025 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured song:  Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over troubled water This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when they [more…]

20th Century

Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)

18th December 2023 Going Postal 0

Two young men, in a souped-up old Chevy, travel across the USA, making what money they can by betting on the drag races they enter. Along the way they’re joined by a lost hippie girl, [more…]

20th Century

A History of Pop Music – Albums 1970

18th December 2020 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured Album: Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I will select a featured album for [more…]

20th Century

A History of Pop Music – 1970

25th January 2019 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured song:  Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over troubled water This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when they [more…]

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