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‘We Are Live’ N°124 – 2010s Music Videos

Foster the People’s “Pumped Up Kicks” hides a dark, unsettling story beneath its sunny indie-pop melody, while The 1975’s funky “Ugh!” mixes humor with raw introspection about addiction. Kelly Clarkson’s...

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Billie Holiday records ‘Songs for Distingué Lovers’ with Harry Edison, Ben Webster, Barney Kessel et al (1957)

Billie Holiday's 'Songs for Distingué Lovers' is an album recorded from January 3 till January 9, 1957 with Harry Edison, Ben Webster, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel & more and released...

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Frank Sinatra records ‘Sinatra at the Sands,’ his first live album with Count Basie and his orchestra, conducted by Quincy Jones (1966)

Frank Sinatra's 'Sinatra at the Sands' is his first live album recorded in January 1966 with Count Basie and his orchestra, conducted and arranged by Quincy Jones and released in...

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Elvin Jones finishes the recording of ‘Elvin!’ for Riverside (1962)

Elvin Jones' 'Elvin!' is an album recorded on July 11 & December 27, 1961 and January 3, 1962 and released the same year by Riverside.Track Listing : 1.Lady Luck (Elvin...

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Chet Baker records the album ‘Chet’ with Herbie Mann, Pepper Adams, Bill Evans, Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers and Connie Kay (1958)

Chet Baker's 'Chet' is an album recorded on December 30, 1958 & January 19, 1959 with Herbie Mann, Pepper Adams, Bill Evans, Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers and Connie Kay. Track...

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Toots Thielemans records ‘Man Bites Harmonica!’ an album for Riverside (1958)

Toots Thielemans' 'Man Bites Harmonica!' is an album recorded on December 30, 1957 and January 7, 1958.Track Listing : 1.East Of The Sun (Brooks Bowman) - 07:14 . 2.Don'T Blame...

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Bill Evans records, with Paul Motian and Scott LaFaro, ‘Portrait in Jazz’ for Riverside (1959)

Bill Evans' 'Portrait in Jazz' is an album recorded on December 28, 1959 with Paul Motian and Scott LaFaro and released in 1960 by Riverside.Track Listing : 1.Come Rain Or...

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Helen Merrill records with Clifford Brown ‘Helen Merrill,’ her eponymous debut album for Emarcy (1955)

'Helen Merrill' is her eponymous debut studio album recorded on December 22-24, 1954, with Clifford Brown and released in 1955 by Emarcy.Track Listing : 1.Don'T Explain (Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie...

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Chet Baker records the album ‘Embraceable You’ (1957)

Chet Baker's 'Embraceable You' is an album recorded on December 9, 1957 and released in 1995 by Pacific Jazz .Track Listing : 1.The Night We Called It A Day (Tom...

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Betty Carter records the album : ‘Finally’ live in New York City (1969)

Betty Carter's 'Finally' is a live album recorded on December 6, 1969 in New York City and released in 1975 By Roulette.Track Listing : 1.Medley - 08:25 . - Seems...

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‘Vous Avez Dit Bizarre’ N°287 – Vintage 90s Music Videos

How well do you know the music of Eels, Sting, The Offspring, Blind Melon, The Dust Brothers, Reef, Morrissey, Metronomy, Pretenders, Leftfield, The Aloof, Babybird ? Take our 12-track quiz.

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Mariah Carey releases her ninth album : ‘Charmbracelet’ (2002)

Mariah Carey's 'Charmbracelet' is her ninth studio album released on December 3, 2002 by Island Records.Track Listing : 1.Through The Rain (Mariah Carey, Lionel Cole) - 04:48 . 2.Boy [I...

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Alicia Keys releases her second album : ‘The Diary of Alicia Keys’ featuring ‘You Don’t Know My Name,’ ‘If I Ain’t Got You’ and ‘Diary’ (2003)

'The Diary of Alicia Keys' feat. 'You Don't Know My Name' is her second studio album released on December 2, 2003 by J Records. Track Listing : 1.Harlem'S Nocturne (Alicia...

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‘Look Ma, No Mike!’ N°127 – 2010s Music Videos

How well do you know the music of Olly Murs, JLS, Luminites, Ed Drewett, One Direction, Jamie Woon, McBusted, Alexa Goddard, Alistair Griffin, The Script, Craig David, Vaults ? Take...

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Island publish Brian Eno’s second solo album : ‘Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)’ (1974)

Brian Eno's 'Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)' is his second solo album featuring Phil Manzanera, and released in November 1974 by Island.Track Listing : 1.Burning Airlines Give You So Much...

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Reprise publish Frank Sinatra’s album : ‘She Shot Me Down’ produced by Don Costa (1981)

Frank Sinatra's 'She Shot Me Down' is an album produced by Don Costa and released in November 1981 by Reprise.Track Listing : 1.Good Thing Going (Going Gone) (Stephen Sondheim) -...

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Cowboy Junkies record their second album ‘The Trinity Session’ at a Church in Toronto (1987)

Cowboy Junkies' "The Trinity Session" is their second album recorded at the Church of the Holy Trinity in Toronto on November 27, 1987 and released in 1988 by Latent RecordingsTrack...

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The Roots release their fifth album ‘Phrenology’ recorded with Cody Chesnutt, Musiq Soulchild, Talib Kweli and Jill Scott (2002)

The Roots' 'Phrenology' is their fifth studio album featuring Cody ChesnuTT, Musiq Soulchild, Talib Kweli and Jill Scott and released on November 26, 2002 by Mca, Geffen.Track Listing : 1.Phrentrow...

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Def Jam / Roc-A-Fella publish Kanye West’s fourth album : ‘808s and Heartbreak’ (2008)

Kanye West's '808s & Heartbreak' is his fourth studio album featuring Kid Cudi and Lil Wayne among other guests and released on November 24, 2008 by Def Jam / Roc-A-FellaTrack...

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Hip-Hop & Soul N°216 – Vintage 90s Music Videos

How well do you know the music of Coolio, Luther Vandross, Black Sheep, TLC, Diana King, Trey Lorenz, N.W.A., Janet Jackson, The Boys, Onyx, Brand New Heavies, Groove Theory ?...

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