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It Makes You Move
It Makes You Move* calls up 100 years of rock ‘n’ roll history, looking only at songs that will make your body move... dance music that's irresistible. *IMYM focuses on the ROCKING and the ROLLING, but also on song impact, where to find specific songs today, and the history of pop culture, 1927 to 2027. Discover song creation and popularity information, song excerpts, and additional dance and pop-rock songs from each year! Note, IMYM is the subjective view of one music super-fan, who welcomes…
Episodes
It Makes You MoveS2E2 - IMYM 1938 Rock It for Me
Episode Notes Ella Fitzgerald had one of the most memorable, velvety, and sparkling voices imaginable. People believe she has nothing to do with rock and roll…
It Makes You MoveS2E1 - UPD IMYM 1937 Good Morning School Girl
Episode Notes Sonny Boy WIlliamson I broke all kinds of ground with his blues harmonica. He was a cheerful, good-natured guy who nonetheless was murdered at…
It Makes You MoveS2E2 - IMYM 1938 Rock It for Me
Episode Notes Ella Fitzgerald had one of the most memorable, velvety, sparkling voices imaginable. People believe she had nothing to do with rock and roll --…
It Makes You MoveS2E1 - IMYM 1937 Good Morning School Girl
Episode Notes Sonny Boy Williamson--the 1st--broke all kinds of ground with his blues harmonica themes. He was a cheerful, good-natured guy who nonetheless was…
It Makes You MoveTrailer IMYM S2
Episode Notes Season 2 kicks off with brief profiles of Benny Goodman and Robert Johnson--entries into the year 1937, which was full of tunes that'll make you…
It Makes You MoveS1E10 - IMYM 1936 Rough Treatment - Hot Nuts
Episode Notes Amos Easton, AKA Bumble Bee Slim, was a tough yet sympathetic man who protested "Rough Treatment" in 1936. Lil Johnson mostly recorded risque…
It Makes You MoveS1E9 - IMYM 1935 Shave 'Em Dry
Episode Notes Lucille Bogan was suggestive and sometimes explicit in recording exactly the way things were. Her single "Shave 'Em Dry" and her life and era are…
It Makes You MoveS1E8 - IMYM 1934 Milk Cow Blues
Episode Notes James "Kokomo" Arnold has received no awards and is not a household name. Why is that? #bluesmusic #rockmusic #blueshistory #rockhistory…
It Makes You MoveS1E7 - IMYM 1932b You Gotta Ho-De-Ho
Episode Notes Cab Calloway -- the under-appreciated and the originator(?) of hip-hop(?) -- says "You Gotta Ho-De-Ho"! See ItMakesYouMove.com or…
It Makes You MoveS1E6 - IMYM 1932a Don't Mean a Thing
Episode Notes Duke Ellington and music with "that swing" contributed mightily to rock 'n' roll. For full Show Notes and Transcripts, visit either…
It Makes You MoveS1E5 - IMYM 1931 Blue Yodel No. 9
Episode Notes Jimmie Rodgers: more awards and recognition than perhaps are believable! See Buried-Truth.com or ItMakesYouMove.com for full Show Notes and…
It Makes You MoveS1E4 - IMYM 1930 Runaway Blues - Bumble Bee
Episode Notes For 1930 we focus on two women, Ma Rainey and Memphis Minnie. Please see ItMakesYouMove.com or Buried-Truth.com for SHOW NOTES and TRANSCRIPTS…
It Makes You MoveS1E3 - IMYM 1929 Train Blues - Boogie Woogie
Episode Notes This episode covers Meade "Lux" Lewis and Clarence "Pinetop" Smith, two pianists who played boogie-woogie like nobody's business. For full show…
It Makes You MoveS1E2 - IMYM 1928 HLHL Blues - Tight Like
Episode Notes Leroy Carr with HOW LONG HOW LONG BLUES and Tampa Red and Georgia Tom with IT'S TIGHT LIKE THAT are the selections that make you move for 1928…
It Makes You MoveS1E1 - IMYM 1927 Kansas City Blues
Episode Note Jim Jackson was said to know by heart the largest number of 19th and early 20th century songs of any bluesman ever recorded. But he had his eye on…
It Makes You MoveTrailer IMYM
Episode Notes It Makes You Move is a history of rock 'n' roll music, but only the music that actually gets us to move. Its creator, Sarah Blaxon, is a music…