Music Trivia: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Edition
Think you know music? Hit Parade, the pop-chart history podcast from Slate, is back with a new episode of The Bridge. In this monthly mini-episode of Hit Parade, host Chris Molanphy answers some liste...
11 Maj 201819min
Hit Parade: The You Give Rock a Bad Name Edition
Bon Jovi are many things: platinum-selling, chart-topping and now, Hall of Fame–inducted. That angers music critics, who have been slagging off this band of hard-rock prom kings since the 1980s. Among...
27 Apr 20181h 9min
Music Trivia: Welcome to Hit Parade—The Bridge
Think you know music? Hit Parade, the pop-chart history podcast from Slate, is rolling out a new feature. Every month, the show will test a listener contestant in a special mini episode called The Bri...
20 Apr 201810min
Hit Parade: The Veronica Electronica Edition
In 1998, Madonna was at a career crossroads. After dominating the ’80s with hits like “Like a Virgin” and “Open Your Heart,” she spent the first half of the ’90s wavering between roles as a provocateu...
29 Mars 20181h 11min
Hit Parade: The Def Jams Edition
Watching this year’s Grammy Awards, it’s clear hip-hop is the dominant genre in popular music. But back in the ’80s, it was an influential but still underground style looking fora place on the charts ...
23 Feb 20181h 26min
Hit Parade: The B-Sides Edition
Sometimes record executives and even the musicians themselves get it totally, completely wrong: thinking that throwaway, wacky song was destined for a single’s B-side, only to find it’s actually the N...
26 Jan 20181h 22min
Hit Parade: The Silver Medalists Edition
On the Billboard Hot 100, two can be the loneliest number. While having a No. 1 song can define an artist’s career, there’s far less glory in finishing one spot shy of the top slot. Yet some No. 2 h...
28 Dec 201751min
Hit Parade: The Queen of Disco Edition
Donna Summer was a hitmaker for two decades and a dancefloor deity for more than three. Her collaborations with Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte were formative in dance, electronic and rock music, in...
24 Nov 20171h 12min
