• #16: Doc Pomus Comes Back/Part 1

  • Mar 14 2019
  • Length: 23 mins
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#16: Doc Pomus Comes Back/Part 1

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  • THE EARLY STIGMA OF ROCK 'N' ROLL

    After a dormant decade, the great songwriter Doc Pomus was back in business by the late 1970s. I became his sidekick, entrenched in Doc’s late-night rock ‘n’ roll whirl, where he held court like a Buddha. He was amazed that so many of his songs became iconic anthems in a genre once vilified as teenage junk.

    Episode Links

    AKA Doc Pomus documentary trailer

    Blues in the Red (Doc’s early 78’s)

    Song under Sinatra quote: "Fat Back," by Josh Alan Band (unreleased)


    Doc Pomus at the Pied Piper in New York, 1947


    Late night at the Lone Star Cafe: Josh’s wife Peggy, Doc, (unidentified singing protege), Josh, 1982


    French Elvis Lp. Mort Shuman became a pop star in France and thus received top billing here.


    Still from documentary, AKA Doc Pomus: Josh, Doc, (unidentified), Ahmet Ertegun
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