Hey, it's Alan, and I just wanted to let you know that you can now listen to the ongoing history of new music early and ad-free on Amazon music, included with Prime.

Every walk of life has its stars, the famous people who get all the attention.

In business, it's the CEOs.

In sports, it's the big-name athletes.

In movies, it's the actors, and to some extent, the directors.

And in music, it's the actors and to some extent the directors. And in music,

it's the musicians and the singers. But to be honest, these people are just the faces of their respective industries and pursuits. Some have real power and influence. Others are just

figureheads and puppets. Whatever the case, behind them, behind the famous people are armies of people

who made it possible for these folks to do what they do. And here's the sad part. While the star CEO

or the big-time singer gets all the glory and all the money, chances are there's a little guy

deep in the background who's not getting any credit, even though without him or her, these

other people, these famous people, wouldn't be so rich and so famous. Let me give you an example.

Chances are that you're listening to me right now on an FM radio. FM radio was invented by a dude

named Edward Howard Armstrong back in 1933. But then the mighty RCA Corporation launched

an unfounded legal challenge against Armstrong over his patents. In the end, Armstrong lost

control of his invention and was left so penniless and upset that he jumped out of his 13th floor

window. Bottom line, though, is had it not been for Edwin Howard Armstrong,

you wouldn't be hearing me as you are now.

This is the kind of stuff I want to explore on this program.

The people deep, deep, deep behind the music,

people without whom rock would be, well, very, very different

because they invented something

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