I’m a paleontologist listening to all the Billboard top 100s so I can learn something about popular music and history. Here are my previous years : 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947. The eighth year of my run through the history of pop music, 1948, is after the establishment of the Cold War. We […]
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1943 – A Paleontologist listens to all the top 100s
I’m a paleontologist listening to all of the Billboard top 100s so I can learn something about popular music and history. Here are my previous years : 1941, 1942. The third year of my run through the history of pop music, 1943, is interesting because of the musicians strike that ran from August 1942 to […]
1942 – A Paleontologist listens to all the top 100s
I’m a paleontologist listening to all of the Billboard top 100s so I can learn something about popular music and history. Here’s my previous year: 1941. OK, On to the second year of my run through the history of pop music: 1942. The USA was in its first year of World War 2, and I […]
1941 – A Paleontologist listens to all the top 100s
I’m not a musician, but I love music. I played the tuba in the band in high school and college, so I have a bit of musical knowledge, but no real expertise. I decided that I wanted to know more about popular music in America, so I am going to listen to all the Billboard […]