Fascinating folks of note, from writers and musicians/artists to business and tech leaders, are interviewed by well-known LA radio DJ Nic Harcourt about the songs, bands, and concerts that have influenced their lives from childhood to now. What are the tracks they return to over and over, and what new artists have they embraced in recent years? Would they be the person they are today without this music? With the Sound of Success, Harcourt turns his legendarily expansive knowledge of music to host revealing and relatable interviews about the artists and sounds that have meant the most to a wide range of people.
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Jason Schwartzman’s earliest musical memories are his mom playing the tape of the musical ‘Into the Woods’ in the car, and listening to Michael Jackson’s thriller on his Boombox; the first album he bought with his own
Actor, writer, and musician, Jason Schwartzman began his acting career...
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Alexi Lalas played hockey before soccer. His love of music came from his mom, who was in a group of madrigal singers, and sent him to piano lessons and taught him basic guitar chords. His first live
Former USMNT soccer star, Alexi Lalas exploded onto the international...
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Grace Potter’s first instrument was piano (her mom taught piano). Before she made money from her music she installed sheet rock and painted houses. Ace of Base are her musical guilty pleasure and Esquivel’s Mucha Muchacha
Beginning with her debut album ‘Red Shoe Rebel’ in 2002,...
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Johnny Marr’s first musical memory is of his mum and aunt playing and dancing to ‘Walk Right Back’ by The Everly Brothers. His first music purchase was ‘Jeepster’ by T.Rex and his first concert was Slaughter & the Dogs at the
Musician, songwriter, and singer Johnny Marr was the guitarist and...
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Ghanaian/Australian musician Genesis Owusu’s earliest musical memories are the Kriss Kross song ‘Jump’ & watching the Michael Jackson ‘HIStory’ DVD and trying to learn the dance moves to the ‘Thriller’ video with his cousins.
When he was just two years old musician, Kofi Owusu-Ansah...
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Emily Haines is the lead singer, keyboardist & songwriter of the band Metric, and a member of the musical collective Broken Social Scene. Her first concert was seeing Corey Hart & her favorite video is The Strokes’ ‘Ode To The
Emily Haines is the lead singer, keyboardist & songwriter of...
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14 year old Natalie Merchant spent her babysitting money on 8 track cartridges of ‘cut out’ albums by Brian Eno, Roxy Music and David Bowie from her local drugstore and her first live show was seeing the Styx Grand Illusion
Singer, songwriter and composer Natalie Merchant got her start when...
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Roger Bennett’s first musical purchase was Simon & Garfunkel’s ‘Sounds of Silence’, his first live show was Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark at the Liverpool Empire and his favorite video is for the Talking Heads song
Liverpool born, Manhattan based broadcaster, podcaster, and filmmaker Roger Bennett...
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Lyle Lovett thinks The Milk Carton Kids are a modern day Smothers Brothers, his first musical memory is seeing Nat King Cole on TV, his first album was ‘The Monkees’ and he found his first
Lyle Lovett began performing by playing acoustic sets at bars...
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Noel Gallagher’s first musical memory is Elvis’ death. His first show? the Damned at Manchester Apollo in 1980; 88-90 Acid House is his dance jam, he digs U2’s ‘Joshua Tree’ videos
This week’s guest is songwriter, producer, (and let’s just say...
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Lucinda Williams talks about her memoir ‘Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You’, and shares the music that inspired her. From Peter, Paul and Mary, Bob Dylan & Joan Baez to John Coltrane,
Lucinda Williams is one of the most celebrated singer-songwriters of...
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Film maker and Academy Award® winning documentarian Alex Gibney’s first ’45 was Herman’s Hermits ‘Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter’, his first concert experience was seeing the Jimi Hendrix Experience at age 14 and Prince
Alex Gibney is a documentarian and film maker whose body...
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Judy Greer’s first musical memory is listening to The Doobie Brothers with her dad, the first single she bought was “Eye Of The Tiger” by Survivor, and Chicago house music
Judy Greer has appeared in most of your favorite films...
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Robert Hilburn’s first assignment for the LA Times was covering Johnny Cash’s Folsom Prison concerts. His first record purchase was Bill Haley’s ‘Rock Around the Clock’, his favorite artist is John Prine, and his musical
Robert Hilburn was music editor for the Los Angeles Times...
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