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Jim Bessman

Aug 13, 20205 min

Trini Lopez--An appreciation

"If I Had a Hammer" He made the Top 10 only once, yet Trini Lopez’s hitmaking career, which peaked in 1963 with the No. 3 single “If I...

Jim Bessman

Aug 10, 20205 min

Miss Tee Alston--An appreciation

Miss Tee doing what she loved--serving people Usually Manhattan’s Upper West Side home of joyous musical celebration, Ashford & Simpson’s...

Jim Bessman

Apr 14, 20203 min

Hal Willner--An appreciation

"Saturday Night Live"s tribute to Hal Willner Most popular music producers necessarily take a backseat to the artists they produce, with...

Jim Bessman

Mar 23, 20206 min

Kenny Rogers--An Appreciation

One of the major tenets of music criticism is that great artists must take risks. By that criterion, there was no greater artist than...

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