
No Mixcloud this week due to the number of tracks by Manfred Mann. Check out Tilt’s irregular podcasts at and Tilt Araiza has assisted invaluably by doing a first-pass edit, and will hopefully be doing so from now on. Patreon backers also have a thirteen-minute bonus episode available, on “ Walk on By” by Dionne Warwick. Download file | Play in new window | Recorded on March 28, 2021Įpisode 118 of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Do-Wah-Diddy-Diddy” by Manfred Mann, and how a jazz group with a blues singer had one of the biggest bubblegum pop hits of the sixties.Ĭlick the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode.
