(MUSIC “Innocent When You Dream”/Tom Waits)
STEVE EMBER: Darlene Love was the only woman inducted this year into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The singer is most famous for a series of hit songs she recorded in the nineteen sixties with producer Phil Spector.
Darlene Love performs at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony
She began her career singing in a girl group called the Blossoms. Their first big hit was “He’s a Rebel” in nineteen sixty-two. The song was released under the name of another Phil Spector group called the Crystals. But Darlene Love sang lead vocals with the Blossoms singing background.
(MUSIC)
STEVE EMBER: Singer, songwriter and musician Leon Russell received this year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Award for Recording Excellence. It honors great musicians who are not widely known to the public.
Inductee Leon Russell performs at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony last week in New York
Leon Russell has spent more than fifty years in popular music.
(MUSIC “A Song for You”/Leon Russell)
FAITH LAPIDUS: Our program was written by June Simms and Caty Weaver who was also the producer. I'm Faith Lapidus.
STEVE EMBER: And I'm Steve Ember. Join us again next week for THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English.
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