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Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia

The Bridge: Nostalgic for Number Ones

Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia

Slate Podcasts

Music, Music History, Music Commentary

4.82.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

In this monthly mini-episode of Hit Parade, host Chris Molanphy is joined by Tom Breihan, senior editor at Stereogum and writer of their long-term blog project “The Number Ones,” a chronological review of every song that’s hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Tom gives Chris his reviews of the three Lennon-McCartney hits Chris discussed in the last full-length Hit Parade episode. Plus, Chris quizzes a Slate Plus listener with some music trivia, and the contestant turns the tables with a chance to try to stump Chris with a trivia question of her own. While this episode is available to all listeners, only Slate Plus members are allowed to be on the show. Once you become a member, you can enter as a contestant here. You can also enter if you’re already a Slate Plus member. Want your question featured in an upcoming show? Email a voice memo to [email protected]. Podcast production by Asha Saluja. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:04.0

whether it's a tropical break in Thailand,

0:07.0

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0:09.0

or ultimate relaxation in the Maldives.

0:12.0

But remember, it's not just about where you're going, it's

0:16.1

how you get there. Fly Emirates and start your holiday with delicious regional dining,

0:22.0

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0:26.0

entertainment.

0:27.0

Emirates, fly better. Okay, here I'll stay with my loneliness.

0:37.0

Hey, everybody. This is Chris Malanfe, host of Hit Parade,

0:42.0

Slate's podcast of Pop Chart History.

0:44.6

Welcome to The Bridge.

0:47.0

And in a while, I will see my true love smile. She may come. That's the bridge of the song A World Without love,

1:00.0

That's the bridge of the song A World Without Love, by Peter and Gordon, a number one hit from the summer of 1964, and the first of three hits written

1:07.2

by John Lennon or Paul McCartney that topped Billboard's Hot 100 and were not Beatles recordings.

1:14.7

As we told you in last month's hit parade,

1:17.2

Paul McCartney had to write this bridge

1:19.8

to finish a world without love,

1:22.1

which he then bequeathed to his 19-year-old housemate Peter

1:25.7

As

1:26.8

Peter and Gordon.

1:28.1

As Paul knew, a well-structured pop hit needs a bridge. And these mini episodes, Bridge are full-length

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