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back when the rolling stones had shocked parents everywhere. my how times have changed. >> i see hustling and icy killing. thats what i rap about. >> you can take me out the but you cant take the of out of me though. >> is pretty ironic that people related to it. >> platinum record. >> country music has taken over the airwaves and the record charts. >> the honeymoon is over. now were getting down to real commerce. >> are these girls crazy? >> yeah! [ music ] you may think of it as th...

we are getting down to real commerce. >> are these girls just crazy? >> yes, they are. >> you may think of it as the channel that rattles your china occasionally your teeth and hypnotizes your children but what you may want to know is that mtv is responsible for complete revolution in the music business in this country. mtv makes the hits. its as if there was just one national radio station for new songs. ending the 80s in terms of rock music you have a lot of hairbands. poison, rat, w...

>> after years of for singing backup for michael jackson and rod stewart he exploded onto the music scene in 1993 with her album, tuesday night music club. >> female artist like sheryl crow or liz fehr, even though they have success they weres still routinely marginalized within every aspect of the industry. there was not a lot of the space in pop culture for young womans thoughts, feelings, and -- were taken seriously. >> there was such a strange dichotomy to gwen stephani. super girly but kind...

Mcintyre. martina mcbride. the dixie chicks. shania twain. i remember when shania twain came out, i was just obsessed with her. i thought it was because i was really attracted to her but i just wanted to be her best friend. >> the prerogative to have a little fun. totally crazy. >> in all fields in our society now, women i wouldnt say dominating i think they are just rising to their true place. >> i feel like a woman. >> it became a great decade to be a girl. >> after years of singing backup for...

Fans around the world are mourning the loss of legendary singer whitney houston. no more than in her hometown of newark, new jersey. where houston first dazzled audiences at a local baptist church. thats where anna corman is with live reaction. what kind of support are you seeing from the community? >> jamie, hundreds, literally hundreds of people have been coming in to new hope baptist church in newark, new jersey. this is where whitney houston got her start. singing in the boss pel choir, the ...

A lot of people saying rest in peace, talking about the impact she had on them musically, whether they were growing up or her gospel influences, and just wanting to connect through this so-called social media that ends up being this very modern sort of tool of sending condolences these days. of course, whitney houston burst onto the scene taking the country and the world by storm in the 80s and 90s, she started out singing in church, of course, and ended up singing backup for some of the greats,...

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