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The Music Time Machine

Larry Hackenberg

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Frequency: 1 episode/9d. Total Eps: 5

Master storytellers Larry Hackenberg and Jennifer Tessane tell the stories behind the music you grew up listening to. If you've ever owned a car with a cassette tape player, this podcast will what was really going on in the lives of the artists who created the soundtrack of your life.

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1974 - Part 1

Episode 4

Monday, June 30, 2025 • Duration 38:08

If you remember the year 1974, you probably remember Henry Aaron circling the bases as he broke Babe Ruth’s 45 year old career home run record. But, this was also the year Paul and Linda McCartney lost the original demo tape of “Band On The Run” to a robber with a knife. That’s just one of the stories that made 1974 such a memorable year.

Join us as we remember artists like Jim Croce, Barbra Streisand, Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight. Don’t forget “the Pips.”

Here are some of the songs that formed the soundtrack of your life in 1974:

• Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce

• You’re 16 - Ringo Starr

• The Way We Were - Barbra Streisand

• Feel Like Making Love - Roberta Flack

• The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace

• Until You Come Back to Me - Aretha Franklin

• Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me - Gladys Knight and the Pips

• Come and Get Your Love - Redbone

• Band On The Run - Wings

• You Make Me Feel Brand New - Stylistics

• Sundown - Gordon Lightfoot

• Please Come to Boston - Dave Loggins

• Billy, Don’t be a Hero - Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods

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And The Year Is: 1979 - Part 3

Episode 3

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 • Duration 38:23

Vietnam is over and 1979 was a transitional year, trying to leave the anger behind. Love was in the air … and on the airwaves.

In this episode we cover the musical hits we enjoyed during the last third of 1979. Most of all we delve into the stories behind those hits.

Think back to what you were doing in late 1979. Were you heading back to school? Starting a new job? Preparing to pop the question to someone you loved? Or hoping you’d find love. Whatever you were doing, the soundtrack to your life was a melting pot of different artists and creative styles. Disco. Village People. Chic Sister Sledge, The Pointer Sisters, Anne Murray. Dionne Warwick. Olivia Newton-John, The Eagles. Styx. Toto. Rupert Holmes and more.

With the divisiveness of Vietnam finally behind us, the music scene became a hodgepodge with no seeming sense or symmetry. But, everything felt a lot lighter, and the music of the day filled the airwaves with love.

Pull up a chair and join us as we relive a special time in your life and ours, on The Music Time Machine podcast. Here's some of the many hits we discuss in this episode:

Oh Boy - Buddy Holly
Oh Donna - Richie Valens
Le Freak - Chic
Good Times - Chic
We Are Family - Sister Sledge
YMCA - Village People
Gold - John Stewart
Fire - Pointer Sisters
I Just Fall In Love Again - Anne Murray
My Sharona - The Knack
I'll Never Love This Way Again - Dionne Warwick
A Little More Love - Olivia Newton-John
The Devil Went Down to Georgia - Charlie Daniels
Heartache Tonight - Eagles
Don't Bring Me Down - ELO
What You Won't Do For Love - Bobby Caldwell
Babe - Styx
Hold the Line - Toto
Escape - Rupert Holmes

And the Year is: 1979 Part 2

Episode 2

Wednesday, June 11, 2025 • Duration 37:57

This episode includes music selections from the following artists:

• Too Much Heaven - The BeeGees

• Islands In The Stream - Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton

• Sail On - The Commodores (with Lionel Ritchie)

•. Still - The Commodores (with Lionel Ritchie)

• I Just Want to Stop - Gino Vanelli

• After the Love is Gone - Earth, Wind & Fire

• Boogie Wonderland - Earth, Wind & Fire

• We’ve Got Tonight - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band

• She Believes In Me - Kenny Rogers

• You’ve Got to Know When to Hold ‘Em - Kenny Rogers

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And the year is: 1979 Part 1

Episode 1

Tuesday, June 3, 2025 • Duration 34:19

What were you doing in 1979? Getting married? Looking for someone special? Listening to the music enjoyed by an older sibling? Graduating school? Whatever was happening in your life, chances are artists like the Doobie Brothers, Gloria Gaynor, Barbara Streisand or Neil Diamond was providing the background music. This episode includes intriguing stories about all of them, and more,.

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