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Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

Songsmith

Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

History, Society & Culture

4.58.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Unexpected behavior is on full display on today's Cabinet tour.

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0:00.0

Welcome to AirNManky's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm

0:08.7

and Mild.

0:13.0

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

0:16.3

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

0:22.2

just waiting for us to explore.

0:25.4

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

0:36.9

There's a lot that goes into making a hit song.

0:39.6

It needs to launch at the right time, with the right promotional team behind it, and it

0:44.0

has to be performed by the right musician.

0:46.6

Dolly Parton, for example, wrote her number one hit, Jolene, the same day she wrote another

0:51.3

well-known tune in 1973.

0:54.5

But despite that other song also hitting number one, it wouldn't become the classic it

0:58.7

is today for another 20 years.

1:01.5

I will always love you.

1:03.1

Wasn't a sensation until after it was reimagined by the late great Whitney Houston.

1:07.8

In fact, it's pretty common for one musician to write a song for another to sing it instead.

1:13.6

It's how some get their start before they break out on their own.

1:16.9

Others climb the ladder to start them by writing catchy jingles for TV and radio commercials.

1:22.0

There are many roads that lead to a bright career in the entertainment industry.

1:26.6

Just look at Barry Pincas.

1:29.0

Pincas was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1943.

1:31.9

He called the neighborhood of Williamsburg his childhood home before enrolling at the

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