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By Jim Bessman

New York, New York

"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 read

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 read

"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 read

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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