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Monthly Vintage Music Chart Highlights: Top 20 Tracks Across 15 Genres Feb 2, 2025 edition

This month’s vintage music charts bring updates across a variety of genres. From Armand Van Helden maintaining his top spot in Big Beat to Cast claiming first place in Britpop,...

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‘Music For The Dancers’ N°610 – 2010s Music Videos

How well do you know the music of Rizzle Kicks’ funky "Mama Do the Hump," produced by Fatboy Slim, blends cheeky wordplay and nostalgia, while Demi Lovato’s "Sorry Not Sorry"...

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This week In Guitar Virtuosi 05/52

How well do you know the music of Santana’s “Once It’s Gotcha” layers Latin jazz percussion with Carlos Santana’s subtle guitar and vocals, while Bill Frisell’s “Outlaws” shifts between jazz...

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‘L’Amour Toujours’ N°305 – Vintage 80s Music Videos

How well do you know the music of Sheena Easton’s "The Lover in Me" rewired her sound with sultry vocals and crisp beats, while Bonnie Tyler brought grit to "The...

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This week In Male Balladeers 04/52

How well do you know the music of D’Angelo’s "Devil's Pie," a gritty DJ Premier collaboration, critiques materialism through stripped-back funk, while José James’ “Trouble” channels Bill Withers and Sly...

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‘L’Amour Toujours’ N°95 – Vintage 2000s Music Videos

How well do you know the music of Modjo’s "Lady (Hear Me Tonight)" blends French house smoothness with Chic’s disco flair, while Mariah Carey’s heartfelt "We Belong Together" lingers with...

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Happy Birthday Sade Adu. ‘Much Adu About Love Thing’

This day (January 16, 1959), in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, is born Helen Folasade Adu known as Sade Adu or simply Sade an English singer-songwriter, lead vocalist of the British...

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‘L’Amour Toujours’ N°90 – Vintage 90s Music Videos

Basia’s jazz-pop gem "Drunk on Love" stands out with scat vocals and Latin rhythms, reigning on dance charts in 1995. The Corrs deliver sharp wit in the folk-infused "I Never...

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Aretha Franklin records ‘Amazing Grace,’ a live album for Atlantic (1972)

Aretha Franklin's 'Amazing Grace' is a live album (& the biggest selling live gospel album of all time) recorded on January 13 & 14, 1972 and released on June 01,...

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We remember Teddy Pendergrass. ‘For Every Lady, Teddy’

This day ( January 13, 2010), in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, died Theodore DeReese Teddy Pendergrass, an American R&B/soul singer and songwriter.Tracklist : 1 . Lady 2 . Close The Door...

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Kudu Records publish Grover Washington, Jr’s debut album : ‘Inner City Blues’ (1972)

Grover Washington, Jr's 'Inner City Blues' is his debut album produced By Creed Taylor and released on January 3, 1972 by Kudu Records.Track Listing : 1.Inner City Blues (Marvin Gaye)...

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Funky Saxophones

Something stirs mid-'60s, and by the 1970s, it thunders: Funk. Electric bass and drums form a backbone steeled by staccato guitars, with African-American origins breathing through a mesh of R&B...

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Motown Records publish Edwin Starr’s album : ‘War & Peace’ featuring ‘War’ (1970)

Edwin Starr's 'War & Peace' is an album featuring the hit 'War,' produced By Norman Whitfield and released on January 1, 1970 by Motown Records.Track Listing : 1.War (Barrett strong,...

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Hip-Hop & Soul N°227 – Vintage 2000s Music Videos

How well do you know the music of Lumidee, Ja Rule, Sonique, Lisa Maffia, Nelly, Michael Jackson, Beyoncé, Lethal Bizzle, Gabrielle, Mary J. Blige, Jay-Z, Wyclef Jean ? Take our...

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‘L’Amour Toujours’ N°289 – Vintage 80s Music Videos

How well do you know the music of Céline Dion, The Christians, Dionne Warwick, Jeffrey Osborne, Bon Jovi, Paul Young, Foreigner, Bruce Springsteen, Alison Moyet, Lou Reed, Thompson Twins, The...

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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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On TV today, The Beach Boys at ‘Shindig’ (1964)

December 23, 1964 - The Beach Boys are on the ABC musical variety series "Shindig!" sharing the bill with The Righteous Brothers, Marvin Gaye and more.

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On TV today, The Righteous Brothers at ‘Shindig’ (1964)

December 23, 1964 - The Righteous Brothers are on the ABC musical variety series "Shindig!" sharing the bill with The Beach Boys, Marvin Gaye and more.

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Columbia publish Neil Diamond’s thirteenth album : ‘September Morn’ (1979)

Neil Diamond's 'September Morn' is his thirteenth album released on December 22, 1979 by Columbia.Track Listing : 1.September Morn (Gilbert Bécaud, Neil Diamond) - 03:51 . 2.Mama Don'T Know (Gilbert...

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Me:nu Du Jour December 15 (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Marvin Gaye, Eartha Kitt, Parliament, The Who, Dr. Dre, Woody Shaw, Cecil Taylor, Max Roach We Celebrate Haim, Eddie Palmieri, Rufus Thomas, Stan Kenton,...

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