Ward, Ed, 1948-2021

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December 26, 1989

06:57

Music at the Turn of the Last Decade, Part 1.

Rock historian Ed Ward look back ten years, to what was happening in music in 1980.

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December 19, 1989

06:56

A Cool Yule with Black Musicians.

Rock historian Ed Ward plays a retrospective of Santa Claus songs by black popular musicians from Charles Brown singing "Merry Christmas, Baby" in the 1940's to James Brown's "Santa Claus Goes Straight to the Ghetto" in the 1960's. Also features songs from: the Pilgrim Travelers, Roy Milton, Oscar McLollie and His Honey Jumpers, the Voices, the Marquees (not the Stax group), andClyde Lasley.

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December 12, 1989

06:58

The Come-Back of General Johnson.

Rock historian Ed Ward profiles General Norman Johnson, and the long, convoluted path that led him to the group, the Chairmen of the Board.

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Music at the Turn of the Last Decade, Part 1.

A Cool Yule with Black Musicians.

The Come-Back of General Johnson.

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