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Power Pop

Rock band Fountains of Wayne perform on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" at the NBC Studios on September 10, 2003 in Burbank, California.
Rock band Fountains of Wayne perform on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" at the NBC Studios on September 10, 2003 in Burbank, California.Kevin Winter/Getty Images
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by Jake Rudh

May 05, 2023

Do you groove on the music of the Beatles, Beach Boys, Kinks, Monkees and other pop bands of the 1960s? Awesome. Because so do all the artists you're going to be hearing this week on Transmission as we celebrate power pop. I'm gonna hit you with some of the best hooks, harmonies and melodies ever packed into a three-minute song. Tunes that make you want to roll down your car window and shout out your love of rock and roll to the world. It's pop with serious power behind it, this week on Tansmission.

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