Music Composer Richard Adler 1921-2012

This week Joel Najman’s My Place program celebrates the life in music of composer and lyricist Richard Adler with an hour of his biggest hits and most famous songs from both on the radio and on the Broadway stage. Memorable recordings by Doris Day, Sarah Vaughan, Eddie Fisher and others are among the selections featured.
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Motown Overseas

This week Joel Najman’s My Place program presents a collection of rarely heard recordings by the Supremes, Four Tops, Stevie Wonder and others singing phonetically in Spanish, Italian and French.

Donald “Duck” Dunn 1941-2012

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn passed away at age 70 this past May 13 2012 while on tour in Japan. Duck Dunn during the 1960’s as house band bassist for Memphis’ Stax Record Company was responsible for laying the bedrock for some of the biggest soul-inflected R&B hits of that decade, as well as for numerous hit instrumentals as longtime bassist for Booker T and the MG’s. This week Joel Najman’s My Place program celebrates the life in music of Duck Dunn with an hour of significant early studio recordings on which he played electric bass.
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The Songs Of Carole King – Revisited

This week Joel Najman’s My Place program celebrates the release of Carol King’s memoir and cd containing original demo recordings of some of her most famous pop music compositions, with an hour of songs written or co-written by her as recorded by the artists that first released them commercially.