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Hit Parade: Le Petty Prince Edition

Hit Parade: Le Petty Prince Edition

FromHit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia


Hit Parade: Le Petty Prince Edition

FromHit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia

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Length:
72 minutes
Released:
Oct 30, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In 2004, Prince joined Tom Petty onstage at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony for what is now regarded as the institution’s greatest live performance. They were both first-ballot inductees—but their similarities go much deeper. On this month’s Hit Parade, we track the surprising parallels between two artists gone far too soon: from their fights with the music industry to their hits across genres and generations—and even the songs they gave to Stevie Nicks. Petty and Prince were category-defying, label-infuriating, and among the best pop songwriters of the late 20th century. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Oct 30, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

What makes a song a smash? Talent? Luck? Timing? All that—and more. Chris Molanphy, pop-chart analyst and author of Slate’s “Why Is This Song No. 1?” series, tells tales from a half-century of chart history. Through storytelling, trivia and song snippets, Chris dissects how that song you love—or hate—dominated the airwaves, made its way to the top of the charts and shaped your memories forever.