Memory in Top 40 Music

Ep. 14 - July 20, 1969

The Apollo 11 moon landing marked the achievement of the goal laid out by President Kennedy in 1961 to land a man on the moon before the end of the decade of the 1960’s. 

Ep. 13 - January 12, 1969

Back before it was officially known as the Super Bowl, the New York Jets of the American Football League shocked the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League to wi

Ep. 12 - Aretha Franklin - Part 2

Following her death in August 2018, we explore the groundbreaking career of Aretha Franklin.  In this, the second of two special Memory in Top 40 Music episodes dedicated

Ep. 11 - Aretha Franklin - Part 1

Following her death in August 2018, we explore the groundbreaking career of Aretha Franklin.  In this, the first of two special Memory in Top 40 Music episodes dedicated

Ep. 10 - July 4, 1976

The Bicentennial of the United States was one of the greatest days of coast-to-coast celebration in the history of the USA.  Join us in this episode of Memory in Top 40 M

Ep. 9 - August 28, 1963

The 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was designed to encourage America’s leaders to take the steps necessary to ensure the civil and economic rights of Afric

Ep. 8 - October 28, 1962

For 13 days, the USA and Soviet Union engaged in a tense and terrifying stare down over the presence of nuclear-armed missiles just 90 miles from the United States. That

Ep. 7 - September 4, 1961

Motown Records went as far in defining the sound of the 1960’s as any other label; probably more than most. And in this episode of Memory in Top 40 Music, we look back at

Ep. 6 - Olympic Songs

Music has become a large part of the Olympics experience. In this special episode of Memory in Top 40 Music, we remember the songs associated with the Olympics which made

Ep. 5 - February 3, 1959

On February 3, 1959, a plane crash took the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper). This episode of Memory in Top 40 Music goes back to

Ep. 4 - May 6, 1957

John Lennon once said, "If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'.” As that quote indicates, Chuck Berry was one of the most influe

Ep. 3 - Tom Petty

Following his death in October 2017, we explore the 40+ year rock and roll career of Tom Petty. In this episode of Memory in Top 40 Music, we focus primarily on Tom Petty

Ep. 2 - March 31, 1956

The fuel behind this thing called rock and roll really ignited when a certain hip swivelin’ country boy from Tupelo, Mississippi appeared on the scene. In this episode of

Ep. 1 - May 28, 1955

There are plenty of opinions about when and how rock music started. But identifying the first prominent rock & roll record is a lot less controversial.  In this inaugural