Most everyone knows “Tainted Love,” the chart-topping synth-pop hit from the early 1980s, but few know the song originated as the B-side of a single recorded in Los Angeles in 1965. The first episode ...

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is the author of four books including The First Collection of Criticism by A Living Female Rock Critic. She is the director of the award-winning docuseries Women Who Rock (Amazon/MGM+, 2022), creative ...