20th Century Jukebox: Recent Episodes
Auscast Network
Stories and reflections on the music of the 20th Century host by John Kenneally.
John started in the music business in the early 70s, working in retail before moving into radio.
He then spent 26 years in radio as a programmer, producer and presenter, always maintaining a close association with music. He still does the occasional music spot on-air and is still exploring his favourite subject.
The song still stands up today as one of the great singles of the 60's
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One of the most enigmatic and obsessive of all the swing era band leaders
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A member of 10CC, he wrote some of the best pop hits of the 60’s and 70’s
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Pink Floyd's classic album has spent the equivalent of 18 years on the charts!
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Lou Bega’s career didn’t take off until he discovered Perez Prado
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A 20th century troubadour who had a profound influence on musical life in America
Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman interviewing Pete Seeger in 2004 https://youtu.be/UXbf7o8HGv0
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In the 60's, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass challenged even The Beatles for album sales.
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Kristofferson's songs brought a gritty realism to Nashville
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One of the most inspiring stories in the 20th Century Jukebox
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The Bee Gees had a whole career any other group would have been proud of well before Saturday Night Fever
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Gershwin’s Summertime is the most recorded song in history
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Frank Ifield was so big in the early 60’s The Beatles missed a night at the Cavern Club to open for him
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Sunrises and sunsets have been a constant source of inspiration for songwriters
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The story of the most famous Christmas carol in the world
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The telephone has been in constant use in the 20th Century Jukebox
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Kubrick’s music choices for “2001: A Space Odyssey" were just one of many groundbreaking aspects of this remarkable film.
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Great Rock intros, it’s the game the whole family can play
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One of the most successful and enduring songs of the century had an unusual pedigree
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Was Abba simply music to a formula?
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The Real Thing was Australia’s most outlandish and biggest-selling single of 1969
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The Bond movies gave rise to their own genre - the Bond Theme
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He’s been called the luckiest man in show business, but was he really?
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Donovan talks about a special moment for him in the Swinging London of 1965
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Elektra had to wait 16 years for their first #1 hit.
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One of Johnny Mercer’s biggest hits had an unlikely genesis
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One of the great arrangers of popular music, his career spanned four decades
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Bandleader and multi-instrumentalist Billy Vaughn was the first musician to be awarded a platinum disc.
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Dave Brubeck's jazz explorations of time generated two surprise 'crossover' hits
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Written by a songwriting team that deserve to be better known.
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There was more to SVB than Afternoon Delight
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'Like A Rolling Stone' gave Al Kooper his moment in the sun.
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The first man to produce The Beatles had a very successful career in his own right.
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The world's first telecommunications satellite inspired a classic intrumental
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A song its creator never much cared for, written in five minutes, becomes universally loved.
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“Suspicious Minds” signalled the return of The King
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It was New Years Eve 1953, and pianist Johnnie Johnson had a problem....
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The Hollywood Western gave birth to a uniquely American pop music phenomenon - the gunfighter ballad.
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1975 still remains the magical year for Stevie Nicks
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Mitch Miller was a much more interesting figure than his Sing-a-long image might suggest.
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The Early 70's found Paul McCartney working hard to establish an identity separate to The Beatles
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There was more to Dave Clark than his clean-cut good looks.
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In the late 70's Willie Nelson took a left turn that blindsided everybody........except Willie
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Many of our biggest hits in the 60’s actually came from sunny Italy.
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One of the most polished vocal groups in popular music, Manhattan Transfer are still following founder Tim Hauser's dream.
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From 1939 until his disappearance in 1942, Glenn Miller was the most successful of all the Big Bands of the Swing Era.
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The Mamas and the Papas were a defining force in the music scene of the counterculture of the 1960s. Their string of perfect pop hits became a soundtrack for the Summer Of Love.
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