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50-Year-Old Hits

50-Year-Old Hits

FromThe Gist


50-Year-Old Hits

FromThe Gist

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Length:
24 minutes
Released:
Apr 16, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Today on The Gist, we listen back to Billboard hits from 1965. Our regular guest Chris Molanphy explains why many of these songs remain utterly immortal. He writes Slate’s Why Is That Song No. 1 column. For the Spiel, more about the sexagenarian gyronaut who panicked the Washington press corps.

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Released:
Apr 16, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

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