Episode 118: “Do-Wah-Diddy-Diddy” by Manfred Mann
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
Episode 118 of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Do-Wah-Diddy-Diddy” by Manfred Mann, and how a jazz group with a blues singer had one of the biggest bubblegum pop hits of the sixties.
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Patreon backers also have a thirteen-minute bonus episode available, on “Walk on By” by Dionne Warwick.
Tilt Araiza has assisted invaluably by doing a first-pass edit, and will hopefully be doing so from now on. Check out Tilt’s irregular podcasts at http://www.podnose.com/jaffa-cakes-for-proust and http://sitcomclub.com/ (more…)
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