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20th Century

A History of Pop Music – 1971

31st January 2025 Phil the Ex Test Manager 2854 Comments

Featured song: Slade: Cuz I Love You 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 stopped making it. [more…]

20th Century

A History of Pop Music – Albums 1971

25th December 2020 Phil the Ex Test Manager 2083 Comments

Featured Album: T-Rex – Electric Warrior 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 each year and the [more…]

20th Century

A History of Pop Music – 1971

1st February 2019 Phil the Ex Test Manager 3890 Comments

Featured song: Slade: Cuz I Love You 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 stopped making it. [more…]

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