The Greatest Songwriter You've Never Heard Of

Radio Diaries

Radio Diaries & Radiotopia

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2022

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

You probably don’t know her name, but you definitely know her songs. Rose Marie McCoy would’ve turned 100 years old today. On this episode of the Radio Diaries Podcast, we’re remembering the woman behind smash hits by Tina Turner, Elvis Presley, Diana Ross and many others.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Radio Diaries. This is Joe, and we have some exciting news from a fellow radio topia show.
0:05.7	Everything is alive has a new series called The Animals.
0:09.4	It's an interview show where all the subjects are animals. Here's a sneak peek.
0:14.2	My name is Jerry Dra. You can see me, okay?
0:17.5	Mm-hmm. Okay, good.
0:19.7	I'm a jellyfish, so that's why I always check with people.
0:22.7	We're celebrities in the natural world.
0:24.7	You know, that's the thing about being a butterfly that I don't think people understand is the pressure.
0:28.8	This is my son, Joseph, and we are kangaroos.
0:32.7	Joseph, we should say you are currently still in the pouch.
0:36.8	Yeah, I live in the pouch, still.
0:38.7	Okay.
0:40.0	The show's funny and full of heart and surprises.
0:43.0	You can listen to the animals right now and the everything is alive podcast feed.
0:48.0	Radio topia.
0:51.0	From PRX.
0:52.4	From PRX's radio topia, this is Radio Diaries. I'm Joe Richmond.
0:59.3	Yes, Tina.
1:01.3	Just trying to get next to me.
1:03.2	Funny, that was my plan from the very beginning.
1:10.1	This song is It's Gonna Work Out Pine, performed by Ike and Tina Turner in 1961.
1:15.9	There's one of the earliest crossover hits sold more than a million copies,
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