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Sue Hanel was a guitarist for New York "no wave" band the Swans in 1982. With very little information about her life and her last known whereabouts, she has been missing since 1989/1990. Today, we unravel the mystery to try and piece together who really was Sue Hanel and the possible theories on what her fate might have been.

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Keith Moon was the drummer for the classic rock band The Who. During his time with the band he came in with a bang, literally. Everyone knew him for his crazy antics and the insane pranks he would pull while he was high or otherwise indisposed. Today, I talk about some of his wildest moments before his death in 1978.

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Blind Melon was an alternative rock back famous in the 90s for their hit single "No Rain". While they had a short lived career with two albums, they made a lot of waves in the music industry and were beloved worldwide. Blind Melon singer Shannon Hoon had his inner demons, and we're diving deep on the success of the band as well as the spiraling end for Shannon Hoon.

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On a chilly winter day in February 1959, three musicians that were at the top of their game during a tour perished tragically in a plane crash. This event is dubbed "The Day the Music Died", and today we look into who who these amazing musicians were and the details of that fateful day.

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Sam Cooke was known as the king of soul. He was rising in the charts as a prominent and highly successful black recording artist at a time in America in the 50s/60s when the Civil Rights Movement was taking shape more predominately. Sam was ever vocal about his strong disgust with segregation and he made a lot of moves to prove to people he was unafraid and entertaining the masses with his talented vocals. Unfortunately he was killed in December 1964 in a story that still to this day leaves more questions than answers. Today, we look at who Sam Cooke was and the details surrounding his death.

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Have you ever thought about how music is made for films? How did the history of soundtracks or scores for a film become what it's widely known as today? To understand that, we take a look back at the silent film era. Just how exactly did you tell a story with music in a movie with no sound? That's what we're gonna be discussing today!

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Def Leppard had three albums under their belt and a breakthrough album with their 1983 album Pyromania. They were rising up in the 80s hair metal ranks and acquiring an American fanbase. Things were looking up for them, that is until the night of New Years Eve 1984 changed everything for drummer Rick Allen when a near fatal car accident left him mangled and uncertain of his future with the band. Tune in this week on the accident that befell Rick, and how Def Leppard persevered through tragedy to create their best follow up album, Hysteria.

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At 21 years young, college art student Stuart Sutcliffe dies in the arms of his fiancé Astrid Kircherr on his way to the hospital. Since his death in 1962 it's been a mystery as to how a spry man like Stuart can succumb to a brain hemorrhage in Hamburg, Germany. But more than that, his story is one that's often overlooked and even forgotten in The Beatles lore. As best friend to John Lennon, and second bass player in the group, he's more than just a kid that once was apart of the most famous band of all time. Join me today to learn about who Stuart was and how tragedy befell him. 

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The Breakfast Club. Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Pretty In Pink. Home Alone. These are just some of the massively successful films that John Hughes has written and directed in his exemplary career. He found his niche in the 80s when coming of age teen movies was lackluster in Hollywood. Using his unique ear when it comes to music, he commissioned unknown artists of the time to make songs for his films. Most, if not all, of those songs became number 1 hits for all of those bands just because of it's association to the films. Join me today in how John Hughes left his office job at 30 to make films, and how some of the most culturally important songs of the 80s that defined a generation were made for his films.

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Elvis Presley had an illustrious career. His debut christmas album in 1957 has been the best selling Christmas record of all time. With a plethora of hit singles and albums under his belt before he went into the Army, he was on top of the world. The 60s was a hard decade for his career with cheesy movie after cheesy movie would flop at the box office. People thought Elvis' career was done for. That is until a proposed idea for a Christmas TV Special in 1967 would morph into something totally new that helped to revitalize his entire career. Join me today to learn about how the 68 Comeback Special was Elvis's all or nothing concert, and how it was made.

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