Papa Was a Rollin' Stone: Whitfield vs. the Temptations in Studio A
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong wrote Papa Was a Rollin' Stone in 1971, and Whitfield first ...
2 Marras 17min
Barrett Strong: The Money Copyright Dispute and Writing Grapevine
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Barrett Strong was born in West Point, Mississippi, in 1941, the only boy among six children of ...
2 Marras 18min
Nick and Valerie's Real Romance Behind the Marvin and Tammi Duets
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!This episode reads the songs of Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson as a running diary of their...
2 Marras 14min
Ashford and Simpson: From Let's Go Get Stoned to Solid as a Rock
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Nickolas Ashford was born in Fairfield, South Carolina, and raised in Ypsilanti, Michigan, where...
2 Marras 23min
Ewart Abner: The Accountant Who Released Introducing the Beatles
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Ewart Abner was born in Chicago in 1923, the son of a minister. After Englewood High School he e...
2 Marras 17min
The Temptations' "I Wish It Would Rain": The Heartbreaking Story Behind a Motown Classic
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In this episode of pplpod, we explore the remarkable and tragic history behind "I Wish It Would ...
2 Marras 20min
Dungeon Crawler Carl: Surviving the Apocalypse, One Floor at a Time
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In this episode of pplpod, we explore Dungeon Crawler Carl, the science fantasy series by Matt D...
2 Marras 23min
Hurricane Katrina: Leaning I-Walls, the Loop Current and FEMA's Pull System
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!On August 28, 2005, the National Weather Service office in Slidell, Louisiana, issued a bulletin...
1 Marras 20min
