A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
@500songspodcast.bsky.social
The official podcast account. Andrew Hickey presents a history of rock music from 1938 to 1999, looking at five hundred songs that shaped the genre.
https://500songs.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AndrewHickey
Merch: https://500-songs.teemill.com
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Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AndrewHickey
Merch: https://500-songs.teemill.com
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“But how can they know
It’s time for them to go?”🎶
The first part of a two-episode look at the song “Who Knows Where The Time Goes?” by Fairport Convention, and the intertwining careers of Joe Boyd, Sandy Denny, and Richard Thompson.
Listen via Spotify, Apple and here: 500songs.com/podcast/song...
It’s time for them to go?”🎶
The first part of a two-episode look at the song “Who Knows Where The Time Goes?” by Fairport Convention, and the intertwining careers of Joe Boyd, Sandy Denny, and Richard Thompson.
Listen via Spotify, Apple and here: 500songs.com/podcast/song...
FINALLY signed up to @500songspodcast.bsky.social on Patreon. Sorry, Andrew I keep meaning to do it.
It immediately asked me to send Andrew a message telling him what kind of content I want. I want the content Andrew creates, thanks. No notes! 10/10.
That is a weird feature!
It immediately asked me to send Andrew a message telling him what kind of content I want. I want the content Andrew creates, thanks. No notes! 10/10.
That is a weird feature!
December 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
A new episode on the late Jimmy Cliff will be up in the next few days.
December 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A new episode on the late Jimmy Cliff will be up in the next few days.
You, boy, what merch is this?
A reminder that 500 Songs Podcast official T-shirts and mugs are available to order…and can be yours in time for Christmas!
🎄🎁🎅
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A reminder that 500 Songs Podcast official T-shirts and mugs are available to order…and can be yours in time for Christmas!
🎄🎁🎅
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December 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
You, boy, what merch is this?
A reminder that 500 Songs Podcast official T-shirts and mugs are available to order…and can be yours in time for Christmas!
🎄🎁🎅
500-songs.teemill.com
A reminder that 500 Songs Podcast official T-shirts and mugs are available to order…and can be yours in time for Christmas!
🎄🎁🎅
500-songs.teemill.com
You, boy, what merch is this?
A reminder that 500 Songs Podcast official T-shirts and mugs are available to order…and can be yours in time for Christmas!
🎄🎁🎅
500-songs.teemill.com
A reminder that 500 Songs Podcast official T-shirts and mugs are available to order…and can be yours in time for Christmas!
🎄🎁🎅
500-songs.teemill.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
You, boy, what merch is this?
A reminder that 500 Songs Podcast official T-shirts and mugs are available to order…and can be yours in time for Christmas!
🎄🎁🎅
500-songs.teemill.com
A reminder that 500 Songs Podcast official T-shirts and mugs are available to order…and can be yours in time for Christmas!
🎄🎁🎅
500-songs.teemill.com
Like the ghost of Christmas past, today we’re looking back at another special festive bonus episode: Rudolph The Red Noses Reindeer by Gene Autry.
How did the 1949 recording become an American Christmas classic? 🦌❄️
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How did the 1949 recording become an American Christmas classic? 🦌❄️
Join the Patreon today to listen:
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December 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Like the ghost of Christmas past, today we’re looking back at another special festive bonus episode: Rudolph The Red Noses Reindeer by Gene Autry.
How did the 1949 recording become an American Christmas classic? 🦌❄️
Join the Patreon today to listen:
www.patreon.com/posts/500-so...
How did the 1949 recording become an American Christmas classic? 🦌❄️
Join the Patreon today to listen:
www.patreon.com/posts/500-so...
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Would make a great holiday gift!
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December 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Would make a great holiday gift!
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs is brought to you by the generosity of Patreon backers.
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December 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs is brought to you by the generosity of Patreon backers.
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I didn’t realize this season would be haunted by covers of the Huddie Ledbetter song Cotton Fields but @500songspodcast.bsky.social is like that some times. And Al Jardine sure sings pretty.
But here’s the Creedence Clearwater Revival episode:
But here’s the Creedence Clearwater Revival episode:
Song 181: “Proud Mary” by Creedence Clearwater Revival
This episode, we look at the song “Proud Mary” and the brief but productive career of Creedence Clearwater Revival. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, a…
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December 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I didn’t realize this season would be haunted by covers of the Huddie Ledbetter song Cotton Fields but @500songspodcast.bsky.social is like that some times. And Al Jardine sure sings pretty.
But here’s the Creedence Clearwater Revival episode:
But here’s the Creedence Clearwater Revival episode:
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Still tweaking this Jimmy Cliff script, hoping to record tomorrow night when I get back from the gig I'm going to (in a ska-appropriate way, it's Madness).
You would not *believe* the rabbit holes I've had to go down just to firm up information that takes a single sentence.
You would not *believe* the rabbit holes I've had to go down just to firm up information that takes a single sentence.
December 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Still tweaking this Jimmy Cliff script, hoping to record tomorrow night when I get back from the gig I'm going to (in a ska-appropriate way, it's Madness).
You would not *believe* the rabbit holes I've had to go down just to firm up information that takes a single sentence.
You would not *believe* the rabbit holes I've had to go down just to firm up information that takes a single sentence.
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My other fave raves @chartmusictotp.bsky.social and @500songspodcast.bsky.social are Patreon-only for me. In case anyone is remotely interested.
December 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
My other fave raves @chartmusictotp.bsky.social and @500songspodcast.bsky.social are Patreon-only for me. In case anyone is remotely interested.
Well, well, well.
(Authentic South Liverpool accents, please)
(Authentic South Liverpool accents, please)
December 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Well, well, well.
(Authentic South Liverpool accents, please)
(Authentic South Liverpool accents, please)
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How I loooove this song, it brings me peace in times of turmoil
There’s also Episode 163: “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay”.
He produced, co-wrote and played guitar.
He produced, co-wrote and played guitar.
Episode 163: “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay” by Otis Redding
Episode 163 of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay”, Stax Records, and the short, tragic, life of Otis Redding. Click the full post …
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December 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
How I loooove this song, it brings me peace in times of turmoil
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RIP, indeed. When "Green Onions" came on the radio at the end of the news this morning, everyone's head started bopping immediately. I told the kids that this was, without a doubt, one of the coolest songs ever recorded.
Rest in peace, mighty Steve Cropper.
If you want to hear more about the fantastic guitarist, songwriter and producer he was, he features in two episodes of the podcast.
Below you can listen to Episode 105: “Green Onions” by Booker T and the MGs.
If you want to hear more about the fantastic guitarist, songwriter and producer he was, he features in two episodes of the podcast.
Below you can listen to Episode 105: “Green Onions” by Booker T and the MGs.
Episode 105: “Green Onions” by Booker T. and the MGs
Episode 105 of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Green Onions”, and how a company started by a Western Swing fiddle player ended up making the most important soul …
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December 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
RIP, indeed. When "Green Onions" came on the radio at the end of the news this morning, everyone's head started bopping immediately. I told the kids that this was, without a doubt, one of the coolest songs ever recorded.
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New York Times gifted version of his obit (I saw someone had posted this elsewhere as a gift).
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/a...
Steve Cropper, Guitarist, Songwriter and Shaper of Memphis Soul Music, Dies at 84
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM
New York Times gifted version of his obit (I saw someone had posted this elsewhere as a gift).
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/a...
Rest in peace, mighty Steve Cropper.
If you want to hear more about the fantastic guitarist, songwriter and producer he was, he features in two episodes of the podcast.
Below you can listen to Episode 105: “Green Onions” by Booker T and the MGs.
If you want to hear more about the fantastic guitarist, songwriter and producer he was, he features in two episodes of the podcast.
Below you can listen to Episode 105: “Green Onions” by Booker T and the MGs.
Episode 105: “Green Onions” by Booker T. and the MGs
Episode 105 of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Green Onions”, and how a company started by a Western Swing fiddle player ended up making the most important soul …
500songs.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Rest in peace, mighty Steve Cropper.
If you want to hear more about the fantastic guitarist, songwriter and producer he was, he features in two episodes of the podcast.
Below you can listen to Episode 105: “Green Onions” by Booker T and the MGs.
If you want to hear more about the fantastic guitarist, songwriter and producer he was, he features in two episodes of the podcast.
Below you can listen to Episode 105: “Green Onions” by Booker T and the MGs.
Spotify Wrapped, anyone? 👀
December 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Spotify Wrapped, anyone? 👀
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Seems that’s made for people like me 😁
December 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Seems that’s made for people like me 😁
Disclaimer! This T-shirt will contain mentions of the following topics…‼️
A reminder that 500 Songs Podcast official merch is now available to order! Wear the words from Andrew himself, or gift them to a music history nerd you adore.
Get yours in time for Christmas 🎅🎄
500-songs.teemill.com
A reminder that 500 Songs Podcast official merch is now available to order! Wear the words from Andrew himself, or gift them to a music history nerd you adore.
Get yours in time for Christmas 🎅🎄
500-songs.teemill.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Disclaimer! This T-shirt will contain mentions of the following topics…‼️
A reminder that 500 Songs Podcast official merch is now available to order! Wear the words from Andrew himself, or gift them to a music history nerd you adore.
Get yours in time for Christmas 🎅🎄
500-songs.teemill.com
A reminder that 500 Songs Podcast official merch is now available to order! Wear the words from Andrew himself, or gift them to a music history nerd you adore.
Get yours in time for Christmas 🎅🎄
500-songs.teemill.com
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Did you know there’s Christmas bonus episodes for backers, still waiting to be opened? 🎅🎁
Today we’re travelling back to “Christmas Time is Here Again”, in which Andrew offers a suitably festive run-through of the Beatles’ Christmas records.
Available on Patreon only: 500songs.com/podcast/xmas...
Today we’re travelling back to “Christmas Time is Here Again”, in which Andrew offers a suitably festive run-through of the Beatles’ Christmas records.
Available on Patreon only: 500songs.com/podcast/xmas...
December 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Did you know there’s Christmas bonus episodes for backers, still waiting to be opened? 🎅🎁
Today we’re travelling back to “Christmas Time is Here Again”, in which Andrew offers a suitably festive run-through of the Beatles’ Christmas records.
Available on Patreon only: 500songs.com/podcast/xmas...
Today we’re travelling back to “Christmas Time is Here Again”, in which Andrew offers a suitably festive run-through of the Beatles’ Christmas records.
Available on Patreon only: 500songs.com/podcast/xmas...
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If y'all needed yet another reason to join the cool kids over on Patreon, here's some fab motivation!
the beatles are posing for a picture with purple curtains in the background
ALT: the beatles are posing for a picture with purple curtains in the background
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December 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
If y'all needed yet another reason to join the cool kids over on Patreon, here's some fab motivation!
Did you know there’s Christmas bonus episodes for backers, still waiting to be opened? 🎅🎁
Today we’re travelling back to “Christmas Time is Here Again”, in which Andrew offers a suitably festive run-through of the Beatles’ Christmas records.
Available on Patreon only: 500songs.com/podcast/xmas...
Today we’re travelling back to “Christmas Time is Here Again”, in which Andrew offers a suitably festive run-through of the Beatles’ Christmas records.
Available on Patreon only: 500songs.com/podcast/xmas...
December 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Did you know there’s Christmas bonus episodes for backers, still waiting to be opened? 🎅🎁
Today we’re travelling back to “Christmas Time is Here Again”, in which Andrew offers a suitably festive run-through of the Beatles’ Christmas records.
Available on Patreon only: 500songs.com/podcast/xmas...
Today we’re travelling back to “Christmas Time is Here Again”, in which Andrew offers a suitably festive run-through of the Beatles’ Christmas records.
Available on Patreon only: 500songs.com/podcast/xmas...
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Listened to the @500songspodcast.bsky.social patreon ep on Lee “Scratch” Perry, and one of the most (Accidental) Death of the Author moments for me was learning that Small Axe apparently wasn’t a political song about the the downtrodden standing up to the Downpressor Men.
December 1, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Listened to the @500songspodcast.bsky.social patreon ep on Lee “Scratch” Perry, and one of the most (Accidental) Death of the Author moments for me was learning that Small Axe apparently wasn’t a political song about the the downtrodden standing up to the Downpressor Men.
I wonder…
tell me of your favorite podcasts that are just one person droning about stuff. I'm so tired of jibber jabber. I want no witty repartee. Free me from the prison of chattering besties. Just one person, and some subject matter. I don't give a fuck what it is. If it doesn't have any music, even better
November 30, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I wonder…
All of us @ @andrewhickey.500songs.com
[observing someone’s obsessive passion project] wow i really like whatever’s wrong with that guy
November 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
All of us @ @andrewhickey.500songs.com
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Narration: "...a song accusing Chris Blackwell of being a vampire and killing Bob Marley, and his secretary of being a witch."
*Me* Let's see how Scratch worked that in.
🎶 Chris Blackwell is a vampire 🎶
*Me* Let's see how Scratch worked that in.
🎶 Chris Blackwell is a vampire 🎶
New bonus episode now live! 🎷
Released in 1969, Andrew delves into “Return of Django” by The Upsetters. It’s a 77-minute special on the greatest producer in reggae history, Lee "Scratch" Perry.
Become a backer to listen.
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Released in 1969, Andrew delves into “Return of Django” by The Upsetters. It’s a 77-minute special on the greatest producer in reggae history, Lee "Scratch" Perry.
Become a backer to listen.
Available exclusively on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/500-so...
November 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Narration: "...a song accusing Chris Blackwell of being a vampire and killing Bob Marley, and his secretary of being a witch."
*Me* Let's see how Scratch worked that in.
🎶 Chris Blackwell is a vampire 🎶
*Me* Let's see how Scratch worked that in.
🎶 Chris Blackwell is a vampire 🎶