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back when the rolling stones had shocked parents everywhere. my how times have changed. >> i see hustling and icy killing. that's what i rap about. >> you can take me out the but you can't 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 we're getting down to real commerce. >> are these girls crazy? >> yeah! [ music ] you may think of it as the channel that rattles your channel, occasionally your teeth and hypnotizes her children but what...

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. it's 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, warrant. >> a lot of hairspray going on. a lot of sexually suggestive lyrics. it's not deep music bu...

>> 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 were's still routinely marginalized within every aspect of the industry. there was not a lot of the space in pop culture for young woman's thoughts, feelings, and -- were taken seriously. >> there was such a strange dichotomy to gwen stephani. super girly but kind of stuck tough and in a band of all guys.

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 wouldn't 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 stars like michael jackson and rod stewart, she exploded onto the music scene in 1993 with her alb...

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. that's 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 children's choir in 1978. her mother is a well-known gospel singer led some of the music programs h...