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Sing Along With Alan Haber’s Pop Tunes Deejay Show: See the Latest Playlists
By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio It is absolutely normal to want to sing along with the songs I play on my Pop Tunes Deejay Show, the latest playlist for which has just been posted in the Notes section of the show’s Facebook page. Show number 20’s playlist is chock full of new and… Continue reading
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Pure Pop’s Shows Pop Large This Week: Classic Ben Folds Interview from 1996 on In Conversation; Songs About Radio and a World Premiere Spin from Dave Caruso on the Pop Tunes Deejay Show
Such a week ahead! Let’s get right to the details… A Classic Ben Folds Interview from 1996 on Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation This week’s Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation (Wednesday, 9 pm ET) rolls back 21 years to March 26, 1996–just one year after the weekly Pure Pop Radio show began–for a classic interview… Continue reading
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Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation Podcasts: Scott Gagner (Airdate: October 4, 2017)
By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio Singer-songwriter Scott Gagner, whose 2014 album Rise and Shine was a big Pure Pop Radio favorite, has made a welcome return to the melodic pop landscape with Pins and Needles, another top-flight collection of songs peering into the effects of the human condition, always with a melody in… Continue reading
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Pure Pop’s Retro Week Looks Back at an Iconic In Conversation Chat with the Knack’s Doug Fieger, and the Origins of the Pop Tunes Deejay Show. And…
By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio Next week, we celebrate the origins of Alan Haber’s Pop Tunes Deejay Show, and look back at an iconic on-air interview with The Knack’s late leader Doug Fieger during Pure Pop’s Retro Week. Flashback to 1998 with The Knack’s Doug Fieger On Wednesday, October 11 at 9 pm… Continue reading
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Alan Haber’s Pop Tunes Deejay Show Checks In with Top-Flight New and New-to-You Melodic Tunes
By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio Every Monday and Wednesday night at 8 pm ET, Alan Haber’s Pop Tunes Deejay Show rolls along with an hour’s worth of catchy melodic pop music from across the decades, from the songs that constitute the soundtrack of our lives to the latest releases from our favorite artists.… Continue reading
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And the Winners of Coke Belda’s Bee Gees Tribute CD Are…
By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio …James Lowe and Rick Vittenson. Congratulations, James and Rick; both of you will be receiving a copy of Coke Belda’s fantastic album, Coke Belda 3 (Gs): A Tribute to the Bee Gees. Thanks to all who entered our contest. More cool contests are coming soon! Pure Pop Radio’s… Continue reading
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Kurt Baker, Terry Draper, Bill DeMain, The Timewhys, The Rubinoos, Bill Lloyd, Fountains of Wayne, Jeff Larson and Scott Gagner Star in this Week’s Pure Pop Shows
By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio Two sparkling brand-new editions of Alan Haber’s Pop Tunes Deejay Show, and an all-new, typically in-depth Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation ride the melodic pop airwaves this week. Tonight’s Alan Haber’s Pop Tunes Deejay Show (8 pm ET) is a merry mix of new and new-to-you spins and… Continue reading
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Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation Podcasts: The Corner Laughers’ Karla Kane and Khoi Huynh, and Fun of the Pier’s Mark and Helen Luker (Airdate: September 27, 2017)
By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio The September 27 edition of Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation took on a bit of an international flavor: California popsters and husband and wife Karla Kane and Khoi Huynh from the Corner Laughers sat side-by-side with Nottingham, England’s Mark and Helen Luker, from Fun of the Pier. The… Continue reading
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Win Coke Belda 3 (Gs): A Tribute to the Bee Gees CD
By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio Coke Belda 3 (Gs): A Tribute to the Bee Gees is a loving embrace of the quality songwriting and performances that the Brothers Gibb came to be, and still are, known for. The album’s dozen tracks are performed Coke Belda-style, which is to say that Coke has melded… Continue reading
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Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation Podcasts: Marc Jonson (Airdate: September 20, 2017)
By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio On September 20, singer-songwriter Marc Jonson, best known for his seminal 1992 album 12 in a Room, joined me on Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation to talk about his 1972 debut album Years, released on the Vanguard label. Along the way, Marc met up with such luminaries as… Continue reading
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