Mastodawn

15 pop song ‘oopsies’ that were kept in recordings, turning mistakes into iconic moments

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/15-pop-songs-with-notable-mistakes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=15-pop-songs-with-notable-mistakes

The New Yorker Apr 13

Noah Kahan Makes an Unlikely Home-Town Hero

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/pop-music/noah-kahan-makes-an-unlikely-home-town-hero

50+ Music Mar 31

"Tell Laura I Love Her" is a #teenageTragedySong written by #JeffBarry and #BenRaleigh. It was a US #topTen #popularMusic #hit for singer #RayPeterson in 1960 on #RCAVictorRecords, reaching No. 7 on the #Billboard #Hot100 chart. Later that same year, it was recorded and released by #RickyValance in the United Kingdom, where it went to the No. 1 spot on the #UKSinglesChart. The song has been a hit in 14 countries, and has sold over seven million copies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTjQgkHzbTk

Ray Peterson - Tell Laura I Love Her (RCA 1960)

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50+ Music Mar 26

"Johnny B. Goode" is a song by American musician #ChuckBerry, written and sung by Berry in 1958. Released as a #single in 1958, it peaked at number two on the #HotRAndBSides chart and number eight on its pre-#Billboard #Hot100 chart. The song remains a staple of #rockNRoll music. "Johnny B. Goode" is considered one of the most recognizable songs in the history of #popularMusic. Credited as "the first rock & roll hit about rock & roll stardom".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6swgiM9vSEE

Chuck Berry with Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band "Johnny B. Goode" | Concert for the Rock Hall

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50+ Music Mar 13

"God Only Knows" is a song by the American rock band #theBeachBoys from their 1966 album #PetSounds. Written by #BrianWilson and #TonyAsher, it is a #baroque-style #loveSong distinguished for its harmonic innovation and complexity, unusual instrumentation, and subversion of typical #popularMusic conventions, both lyrically and musically. It is often praised as one of the greatest songs of all time and as the Beach Boys' finest record.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NADx3-qRxek

The Beach Boys - God Only Knows (Official Music Video)

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50+ Music Mar 10

"Johnny B. Goode" is a song by American musician #ChuckBerry, written and sung by Berry in 1958. Released as a #single in 1958, it peaked at number two on the #HotRAndBSides chart and number eight on its pre-#Billboard #Hot100 chart. The song remains a staple of #rockNRoll music. "Johnny B. Goode" is considered one of the most recognizable songs in the history of #popularMusic. Credited as "the first rock & roll hit about rock & roll stardom".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6swgiM9vSEE

Chuck Berry with Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band "Johnny B. Goode" | Concert for the Rock Hall

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Petr Nuska Mar 2

#CFP

Songs That Rewrite History
International conference on how songs (re)contextualise, challenge, and transform historical narratives in Romance-language contexts. Literary, cultural & musicological approaches welcome; lyrics and sound both central.

📍 Innsbruck
📅 3–5 December 2026

Deadline: 15/04/2026

https://www.romanistik.de/aktuelles/8834

Petr Nuska Feb 24

#CFP

Global Music Production in Times of Longevity

Interdisciplinary conference on ageing, musical aesthetics, markets, technologies, new professional competences, well-being, and knowledge transmission. Perspectives from musicology, ethnomusicology, popular music studies, sociology, neuroscience, anthropology, and practice-based research.

📅 10–12 November 2026

Deadline: 15/06/2026

https://www.cini.it/en/cini_news/global-music-production-in-times-of-longevity-aesthetics-markets-technologies-new-professional-competences-and-transmission-of-knowledge/

#Musicology #Ethnomusicology #PopularMusic #PopularMusicStudies #Anthropology