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Ray Charles records ‘Genius + Soul = Jazz,’ an album arranged by Quincy Jones for Impulse! (1960)

Ray Charles' 'Genius + Soul = Jazz' is an album arranged by Quincy Jones, recorded on December 26–27, 1960 with members of The Count Basie Band and released in March...

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Wynton Marsalis’ ‘Crescent City Christmas Card’ is a holiday album featuring Kathleen Battle and Jon Hendricks (1990)

Wynton Marsalis' 'Crescent City Christmas Card' is a holiday album featuring Kathleen Battle and Jon Hendricks and released in January, 1990 by Columbia.Track Listing : 1.Carol Of The Bells (Mykola...

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Twist Craze

From the contagious rhythm of the Twist to the regional ripples it creates, the evolution of this dance unfolds before your eyes. Experience the twists and turns of music history...

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Me:nu Du Jour December 23 (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To James Brown, Funkadelic, Nine Inch Nails, The Meters, Taj Mahal, Milt Jackson, Wes Montgomery, Willie Colón, Rubén Blades We Celebrate Eddie Vedder, Arcángel, Esther...

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Tony Bennett records ‘In Person!’ an album with the Count Basie Orchestra (1958)

Tony Bennett's 'In Person!' is an album recorded on December 22 & 30, 1958 with the Count Basie Orchestra and released in 1959 by Columbia.Track Listing : 1.Just In Time...

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Albert Ayler records ‘In Greenwich Village,’ an album for Impulse! (1967)

Albert Ayler's 'In Greenwich Village' is a live album recorded on December 18, 1966 and February 26, 1967 and released in 1967 by Impulse!.Track Listing : 1.For John Coltrane (Albert...

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Motown publish Stevie Wonder’s eighth album : ‘For Once in My Life’ featuring ‘Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day’ next to the title track (1968)

Stevie Wonder's 'For Once in My Life' is his eighth studio album recorded when he was eighteen years old and released on December 8, 1968.Track Listing : 1.For Once In...

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Mary J. Blige releases her second album : ‘My Life’ featuring ‘Be Happy’ and ‘I’m Goin’ Down’ (1994)

Mary J. Blige's 'My Life' is her second studio album produced by Puff Daddy and released on November 29, 1994 by Uptown Records.Track Listing : 1.Intro (Mary J. Blige, Sean...

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Atlantic publish Solomon Burke’s fifth album : ‘Rock N Soul’ featuring ‘Cry to Me’ (1964)

Solomon Burke's 'Rock 'n Soul' is his fifth studio album featuring 'Cry to Me,' produced by Bert Berns and released in November 1964 by AtlanticTrack Listing : 1.Goodbye Baby [Baby...

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The Band record ‘The Last Waltz’ with Eric Clapton, Neil Diamond, Dr. John, Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison and more guests (1976)

The Band's 'The Last Waltz' is a triple live album recorded on November 25, 1976 at Winterland Arena, San Francisco and released on April 7, 1978 by Warner Bros. Records...

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Joni Mitchell releases her eighth album : ‘Hejira’ featuring ‘Coyote’ and ‘Amelia’ (1976)

Joni Mitchell's 'Hejira' is an album with a title derived from the Arabic word 'hijra', journey, released in November 1976 by Asylum.Track Listing : 1.Coyote (Joni Mitchell) - 05:01 ....

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Santana release their nineteenth album : ‘All That I Am’ featuring among others Michelle Branch, Steven Tyler, Sean Paul et al (2005)

Santana's 'All That I Am' is their nineteenth studio album recorded in collaboration with other artists and released on November 1, 2005 by Arista.Track Listing : 1.Hermes (Carlos Santana) -...

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Atlantic publish Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s second album : ‘American Dream’ (1988)

'American Dream' by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young is their second album released on November 1, 1988 by Atlantic Records.Track Listing : 1.American Dream (Neil Young) - 03:15 . 2.Got...

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Oscar Peterson begins the recording of ‘With Respect to Nat’ in tribute to Nat King Cole (1965)

Oscar Peterson's 'With Respect to Nat' is a studio ( in tribute to Nat King Cole who had died earlier that year) album where Peterson sings on all tracks but...

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Ella Fitzgerald records ‘These are the Blues’ with Roy Eldridge and Wild Bill Davis for Verve (1963)

Ella Fitzgerald's 'These are the Blues' is an entire album of blues songs recorded on October 28-29, 1963 with Roy Eldridge and Wild Bill Davis and released the same year...

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Island publish Amy Winehouse’s second album : ‘Back to Black’ featuring ‘Rehab’ and ‘You Know I’m No Good’ (2006)

Amy Winehouse's 'Back to Black' is her second (and the last released in her lifetime) studio album released on October 27, 2006 by Island Records.Track Listing : 1.Rehab (Amy Winehouse)...

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Deutsche Grammophon publish Sting’s ninth album : ‘If on a Winter’s Night…’ (2009)

Sting's 'If on a Winter's Night...' is his ninth studio album released on October 26 & 27, 2009 by Deutsche Grammophon.Track Listing : 1.Gabriel'S Message (Traditional) - 02:34 . 2.Soul...

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‘Vous Avez Dit Bizarre’ N°257 – Vintage 90s Music Videos

How well do you know the music of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Kylie Minogue, Pixies, Sheryl Crow, Temple Of The Dog, Placebo, U2, Billy Joel, James, Deep Blue...

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Me:nu Du Jour October 23 (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Robert Plant, Alison Krauss, Basia, Derek and the Dominos, Eric Clapton, Al Green, Robbie Williams, Focus, Art Blakey, PJ Harvey, My Chemical Romance, Joanna...

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Count Basie records with his orchestra ‘The Atomic Mr. Basie’ for Roulette (1957)

Count Basie's 'The Atomic Mr. Basie' is an album a.k.a. 'E=MC2' and originally called 'Basie' recorded with his orchestra. on October 21 & 22, 1957 and released in 1958 by...

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