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Here’s the long and the short of it

Some early Rock and Roll music consisted of R&B songs that were “repackaged” to make them “suitable” for white America. Here’s a story about some of that music.

Just another day at the office

In 1981, two songs with the same title (written by different people and recorded by two different women: one a well known American Country Music artist, and one a relatively unknown Scot) topped the Billboard™ Hot 100.

To avoid confusion, the name of one of the songs was changed. Here’s the story.