Steve Greenberg

record producer, CEO of S-Curve Records and host of “The Speed of Sound” podcast

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Bobby “Boris” Pickett was an aspiring actor in LA when he recorded "Monster Mash" in 1962.

‘Monster Mash’: Bobby Pickett combined cultural crazes to make the hit Halloween song

Bobby “Boris” Pickett was an aspiring actor in LA when he recorded "Monster Mash" in 1962.

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In September 1979, the Sugarhill Gang released “Rapper’s Delight,” the song that ultimately pushed rap/hip-hop music onto the radio and into the mainstream.

‘Good Times’ disco song helped give birth to hip-hop

In September 1979, the Sugarhill Gang released “Rapper’s Delight,” the song that ultimately pushed rap/hip-hop music onto the radio and into the mainstream.

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A gospel hymn to the devil from Lázaro Cristóbal Comala’s 2022 LP ‘Belmont,’ the soaring vocals of Chéjere, and Los Amparito’s Guadlajaran folktronica.

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