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12. New York, June 18, 1948
Category: Music
Duration: 00:43:31
Publish Date: 2021-06-14 05:00:00
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Long before streaming and digital music, there was the L.P., or Long Player. Also known as the album. But where did that start and how? Before the L.P., there were just collections of singles, but in 1948 all that changed. Columbia Records released a series of 12 inch and 10 inch albums. And the rest, as they say, is history. 

One of the most influential and iconic albums ever released was released 17 years later on Columbia Records by an artist born Robert Zimmerman, but we all know him as Bob Dylan. Highway 61 Revisited was a wake-up call to artists everywhere. Even The Beatles were listening. One song from that album became one of his biggest hits. How does it feel? Something is happening, but you don't know what it is, do you Mr. Jones? Something was happening all right. 

A mere six years later Carole King kicked the door down for women singer/songwriters. She wasn't the first, but Tapestry made the world sit up and take notice. One of the largest selling albums of all time, and it even kept McCartney from number one in America. Countless hits and a huge influence on artists to this day, Tapestry proved that Carole King was more than just a writer of pop songs. 

All that and charts, commercials and Tony discovers K-Pop. This week on The Way-Back Music Machine. 

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