Former Rolling Stones Bass Player Launches Radio Miniseries

Bill Wyman performs with Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings at De Montfort Hall And Gardens in Leicester, United Kingdom.

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Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman is set to host a three-part series showcasing his favorite blues and rock musicians on Sirius XM Radio beginning this week. In addition to playing old records, Wyman will talk about his artistic influences and tell anecdotes from his career in music.

The first episode of the series will be broadcast on Sirius channel 70 on Thursday at 9:00 p.m. ET. The debut episode will focus on Chicago blues and include music by Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf. The second episode will center on early rock & roll, and the finale will feature the music of the Rolling Stones and other British invasion acts of the Sixties.

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“Push It”

Salt-N-Pepa | 1987

Originating as a B side to their cover of the Stax classic “Tramp,” Cheryl “Salt” James, Sandi “Pepa” Denton and Dee Dee “DJ Spinderella” Roper came up with the goods on this career-making, Grammy-nominated platinum single about working it on the dancefloor. “Push It” has been sampled and spliced to death since it debuted in 1987, yet the original track is as fresh and fly as when SNP — among the few original women of hip-hop — debuted it. “Most men will never believe ‘Push It’ was never about sex,” said James. “And that’s why the record went to Number One,” said Denton. “Everybody thought it was about sex.”

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