Hit Parade: Spirit of 71, Part 1
b'At any given time, the music world is celebrating some anniversary, but 1971 has received more than its share of commemorations this year. And with good reason: Carole King. Marvin Gaye. Joni Mitchell. Sly Stone. Janis Joplin. The Who. All released their best work a half-century ago.\\nFor our 50th episode of Hit Parade, we go back 50 years, celebrating the semicentennial of the year when, critics claim, \\u201cmusic changed everything.\\u201d The Quiet Beatle became the Favorite Beatle, when Mick Jagger sang lyrics even he regrets, when Carole King graduated from songwriter to singer-songwriter, and commercial juggernaut, when blaxploitation took over the charts and the Oscars, and when the radio was somehow awash in Osmonds. It wasn\\u2019t a perfect year\\u2014but Hit\\xa0Parade host Chris Molanphy is fond of \\u201971 for personal reasons.\\n\\xa0Podcast production by Asha Saluja with help from Rosemary Belson.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'