Jordan Runtagh
Contributing Writer at Rolling Stone
Contributing Writer at People Magazine
Executive Podcast Producer and Host at iHeartMedia
podcast host/exec. producer @iHeartmedia (Too Much Information, Off the Record, Inside the Studio, Rivals) + contributor @rollingstone, @ew, @people, @vh1
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people.com | Jordan Runtagh
John Lennon and Paul McCartney in London in May 1967. Photo: Jeff Hochberg/Getty John Lennon and Paul McCartney changed the world with the 162 songs they wrote for the Beatles, but few demonstrate the creative and emotional complexities of their relationship quite like “Getting Better,” from the band’s 1967 opus, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
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flipboard.com | Jordan Runtagh
20 hours agoHow Documentary ‘One To One: John And Yoko’ Mirrors America In 2025"When my editor, Sam Rice-Edwards, and I were making this, we could not believe that almost every day we were looking at it and saying, 'Oh my God. This is exactly what’s going on in America right now,'" recalls director Kevin Macdonald as we discuss new documentary One to One: John and Yoko.
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1 month ago |
people.com | Jordan Runtagh
Prince performing at the Fabulous Forum in 1985. Photo: Michael Montfort/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Prince famously turned down an opportunity to join the recording session for the 1985 charity single "We Are the World,"40 year later, fans never received a clear answer as to why he decided not to attend the recording, refusing to give a straight answer before his death in 2016.
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Jordan Runtagh
Prince famously turned down an opportunity to join the recording session for the 1985 charity single "We Are the World,"40 year later, fans never received a clear answer as to why he decided not to attend the recording, refusing to give a straight answer before his death in 2016. Based on comments from others familiar with the situation, it seems Prince's feud with Michael Jackson may have contributed to his decision not to participate.
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1 month ago |
people.com | Jordan Runtagh
Forty years ago, “We Are the World,” by the Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie-helmed supergroup USA for Africa, was released to the public. Since then, the star-studded charity single has raised an astonishing $80 million for Ethiopian famine relief and other humanitarian causes. But it also gave the world something else: a truly priceless glimpse of Bob Dylan looking miserable.
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RT @JordanRuntagh: I'm revisiting the Beatles Anthology to get in the mood for Get Back, and it reminded me that George steals the show. Ev…
Resurfacing this in hopes of a revamped Beatles Anthology...
I'm revisiting the Beatles Anthology to get in the mood for Get Back, and it reminded me that George steals the show. Everything he says is funny, irreverent and brutally honest. Doesn't give a damn! In his honor, enjoy this list of GEORGE HARRISON'S MOST DGAF ANTHOLOGY QUOTES! https://t.co/3OiinhfEZq
Did a deep dive into why Bob Dylan looked like he wanted to k himself at the "We Are the World" session 🥳
In honor of "We Are the World" turning 40, I investigated why Bob Dylan looked so not OK at the session. After writing this, I can't say I blame him for entering a dissociative fugue state. Learn why Pop's Greatest Night™️ was Dylan's darkest day! https://t.co/L7lktM7xdg https://t.co/CzRWlaxFWG