Rob Tannenbaum appears in the following:
The First True Hip-Hop Super Bowl Halftime Show
Friday, February 11, 2022
MTV Turns 40
Thursday, July 29, 2021
30 Years Ago, MTV Hosted The First VMAs
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Greil Marcus' Ten Songs That Embody Rock 'N' Roll; Vampire Weekend's Rostam Batmanglij Scores For Broadway; MTV's VMAs At 30
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Rise of the Video Star
Monday, February 20, 2012
The book called “I Want My MTV” chronicles the boom – and bust – of the one-time videocentric cable channel. The “father of MTV,” John Lack (who voiced the opening words of the channel on August 1, 1981: “Ladies and gentleman… rock and roll”), joins us along with co-author Rob Tannenbaum to discuss the channel’s formative days and heady times that led up to the end of MTV’s “Golden Era.”
Rise of the Video Star
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
A new book called “I Want My MTV” chronicles the boom – and bust – of the one-time videocentric cable channel. The “father of MTV,” John Lack (who voiced the opening words of the channel on August 1, 1981: “Ladies and gentleman… rock and roll”), joins us along with co-author Rob Tannenbaum to discuss the channel’s formative days and heady times that led up to the end of MTV’s “Golden Era.”
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