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The Bee Gees achieved their greatest commercial success during their "disco/dance" period. But Bill maintains that their best non-hit songs are from their pre- and post-disco output. He offers 27 TUNES to prove his point. Hear what you may have been missing!

The Beatles covered about 25 songs by other artists on their commercially released studio albums (& not counting the BBC Recordings & Decca Audition songs). We've chosen the top 8 songs [one for each day in a Beatles Week] covered by the Fabs (in a totally subjective list)...Yeah Yeah Yeah

Steve Ludwig, host of Steve Ludwig's Classic Pop Culture at PlanetLudwig.com, chooses his totally subjective Top Ten Garage Songs of the 60's. He'll count down the list from 10 to 1, and afterwards Steve will tell you who's who and who sang what, just in case you needed a reminder. Enjoy!

You wanted more twist instrumentals, you've got five more twist instrumentals!

Five instrumentals with "TWIST" in the title...

Five twist songs, all by Mr. Twist himself, Chubby Checker!

Yet more twisting songs for the twisting inclined!

Five more songs to twist to!

Let's Twist Again!

Twist List # 4 ~ Five more songs to twist to!

It's another group to twist to! Twist List # 3

Let's twist again with a new group of twist songs!

In our never-ending Beatles Quest to share Beatle-y stuff you've never heard, we bet you'll hear a thing or two for the first time on Beatles Hour # 75...

Before many British musicians became household names, they were in other bands during the British Music Invasion years of 1963 to 1966. Here are 20 songs by British musicians such as David Bowie, Ian Gillan, Dave Mason, Lemmy from Motorhead, Mike D'Abo, Ian Hunter, Alan White, and many others. Host Steve Ludwig tells us what groups they were in before they became famous, and then he'll play a rela...

"Apple Scruffs" is George Harrison's love-letter-in-a-song to those fans who would wait outside the Apple Corps Building (as well as other locations), hoping to catch a glimpse of one or all of The Beatles coming and going. "Apple Scruffs" appeared on George's 1970 ALL THINGS MUST PASS album. Come with us into the recording studio as George goes through take after take, working out the kinks of wh...

Steve Ludwig, of PlanetLudwig.com, combines The Moody Blues' song, "Isn't Life Strange" (from their 1972 album, SEVENTH SOJOURN) with Tom Waits's recitation of Charles Bukowski's "The Laughing Heart." Waits is heard at around the 4-minute mark...

The rock opera, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, celebrated its 50th Anniversary of the release of the original vinyl album in 2020. Here is a rare 1970 interview with its creators, Andrew Lloyd Webber (music), Tim Rice (lyrics & book), & Ian Gillan ("Jesus Christ" & lead singer of Deep Purple). Join host Steve Ludwig as he takes on the roll of interviewer in this open-ended interview from 1970. Plus, the...

What's "weird"? What's "pop"? If it's 75 minutes of music with Julian Cope, Sonny Bono, Moondog, The Osmonds, a little bit of Lennon, Boom Pacha Boom, The Shining, The Exorcist, Dee Dee Ramone, actor Robert Mitchum, The Shaggs, and about 15 other musical "things," then this collection might be it...Relax...Enjoy...

In this edition of The Beatles Hour with Steve Ludwig # 73, as in Beatles Hour # 71, host Steve shares some of his vast collection of non-commercially-released Beatles audio, much of which we're sure you've never heard before. No theme, just random Beatles coolness. No rhyme or reason - We play The Beatles simply BECAUSE...BECAUSE they're THE BEATLES! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

John Lennon Covers The Ronette's "Be My Baby." John's studio version of "be My Baby" was done so with very slow, almost dirge-like, vocals. Steve Ludwig has sped-up the vocals by 47%, making the vocals sound more like the speed at which Ronnie Spector sang it. See what you think...Music sacrilege?

On this Beatles Hour with Steve Ludwig # 72, it's BEATLES MASH-UPS ~ Sixteen mash-ups starring the Fab Four & their friends Queen, The Monkees, Green Day, Bruno Mars, Norman Greenbaum, Pink Floyd, The Knack, Ray Parker, Jr., Led Zeppelin, The Jam, Bob Marley, & Scissor Sisters. Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

The Dave Clark Five, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees, were a huge part of the British Invasion of the sixties. Here are seven tracks of extended & alternate versions, isolated vocals, and bits and pieces of pieces of bits: 1. Because - Extended version C (by "suzannesstud" from YouTube) 2. Bits & Pieces - Alternate version, stereo 3. Over and Over - Alternate version 4. Last Train To Clarksvill...

In 1970, the hit-making machine of the British Invasion band, The Dave Clark Five, disbanded. Lead guitarist Lenny Davidson left and was replaced by Alan Parker; Rick Huxley, bass & rhythm guitarist also left and was replaced by Eric Ford. Saxophonist Denis Payton left, but wasn't replaced. Dave Clark & lead vocalist remained, and the new four-man band was dubbed "Dave Clark & Friends,...

The sixties British Invasion band, Hall-of-Famers The Dave Clark Five, didn't dip into psychedelic sounds too often, but here are five times when they did: 1. Maze of Love - (from FIVE BY FIVE 1969) 2. The Red Balloon [Dave Clark, Lead Vocal] - (from FIVE BY FIVE) 3. Lost in His Dreams - (from EVERYBODY KNOWS 1968) 4. Inside and Out - (from EVERYBODY KNOWS) 5. Live in the Sky - (from IF SOMEBODY L...

Zooming from Australia with its unique brand of music: Alternative rock, pop/rock band, PRINCESS PLANET's Ros Crook, Chris Crook, and Dave Cottingham --- and Russell Diggins, aka "Russell Street," from the punk band, Z-CARS, who were at the forefront of the Melbourne punk scene in the late 70's/early 80's, join host Steve Ludwig to share plenty of awesome music along with plenty of awesome stories...