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Creem magazine editor Lester Bangs discusses the future of rock and roll, and the place for the aging icons of youth such as The Rolling Stones and Black Oak Arkansas. How will culture embrace them as they grow old? What place in history will the golden age of rock and roll hold?

With in-depth interviews with musical giants such as Liberace, the garish history of Vaudeville music is explored along with its place in popular culture today.

The raw honesty and danceable beats of rhythm and blues drew executives by the flock. During segregation in America, this form has a fascinating and intensely influential relationship with white American pop culture.

Widely misunderstood and often maligned by lovers of pop music, this episode explores the links between Jazz and American popular music.

Tony Palmer takes us through the riots, the power, the inspiration, and the chaos of The Rolling Stones era music and the infamous San Francisco concert at the Fillmore.

Youth and rebellion are inextricably linked to rock music of the 1960s. Much more than an aesthetic window dressing, popular music has a strong influence over culture and politics. In this powerful episode, Tony Palmer explores the role of pop music with as protest, and propaganda.

Unquestionably American, pop music has a profound debt to blues. This episode explores the tumultuous history of blues from its New Orleans origins to its current state.

Ragtime holds an unexpectedly profound place in the history of music, and it can be said to have laid the cornerstone of American popular music.

The modern American musical - in film form or on stage - borrows and expands on many genres. A musical and narrative performance full of spectacular showmanship, the musical's place in history is explored in this episode.

A Golden Matchmaker: After a failed relationship, a Golden Retriever brings Kendra Robinson and Duncan Green together.All You Need is Love: Jenny Smith is a workaholic with little time to date. Nearing the end of her biological clock, she needs to find a man with whom to start a family. She tries online dating, but it bombs. With this experience fresh in her mind she fears going on a blind date with a friend's cousin. What happens next is a surprise...