{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Sounds Like Rock & Soul : Music History 70s & beyond","title":"Sounds Like Rock & Soul | Rock Music History: Music (Part 2)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3464,"description":"The rock music history podcast. On this week's show: Learn why French House act Stardust only ever released one record; how producer Arthur Baker created one of the first cut-and-paste hiphop classics of the 1980s; how Madonna was inspired by a concert by Sting; how Dire Straits' first big hit was written about a Dixieland jazz band in a South East London pub; how Deep Purple's most famous song was written in a panic about a real-life disaster at a Swiss casino; and why The Clash, Graham Parker and the Sex Pistols all hated their record labels.\nRock music & soul history comes alive. Classic tracks from the rock music, pop, reggae & soul music archive and the stories behind the songs.  This week's theme is MUSIC and life in the music business. In Part Two: Music Sounds Better With You by Stardust, Put The Needle To The Record by The Criminal Element Orchestra, Put Your Records On by Corinne Bailey-Rae, Music by Madonna, We're An American Band by Grand Funk Railroad, Sultans Of Swing by Dire Straits, Smoke On The Water by Deep Purple, Complete Control by The Clash, Mercury Poisoning by Graham Parker & The Rumour, EMI by The Sex Pistols and Let The Music Set You Free by Santana.\nThe best 1970s music, 1980s music, 1990s music and more, with the stories behind the songs for classic rock pop reggae and soul tracks from the archive.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/IfJ-oD4H6iiSQZ_vrGfeeqaMkCaybjW-n50Q05nNF60/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83OGJi/ZDIxNmNhN2I3MWY1/YzNmNGUwOWVkYzQx/MzQ0MC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}