A Special For the Record: The 80s PREVIEW!

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06/09/22 • 5 min

Many of you have asked for it, so here it is: For the Record: The 80s! The first episode to this companion podcast to For the Record: The 70s is available now! Check out this preview on Episode 1: Heartland Rock is Not Just about the Heartland and if you like what you hear, head over to your app and subscribe!

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Ep. 33 - Zaire '74, Muhammad Ali, and "The Rumble in the Jungle"

"The Rumble in the Jungle" featured heavyweight boxing legends, Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, but they were not the only legends who gathered in Zaire in the fall of 1974. The music festival known as Zaire '74 brought African and African American music icons such as B.B. King, Bill Withers, Manu Dibango, and the Godfather of Soul, James Brown together in what Lloyd Price envisioned as a day "the beat would return to its roots." This episode of For the Record: The 70s examines the importance of both the fight and the music festival in an era when Ali and many of the musicians who performed in Zaire were at turning points in their careers.

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Ep. 31 - The Spirit of '76: Pop Music on America's Bicentennial

Suffice to say that America's spirit in 1976 was a bit...mixed. The first half of the 70s carried the weight of war, social discord, and assorted political drama that began in the 60s. Even the very question of whether or not the U.S. should celebrate and, if so, how, was up in the air. This episode examines the collective mood of the U.S. on the occasion of its 200th birthday and takes a look at songs that made it to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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