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Columbia publish Fishbone ‘s econd album : ‘Truth And Soul’ (1988)

Fishbone's 'Truth and Soul' is their second album produced by David Kahne and released on September 13, 1988 by ColumbiaTrack Listing : 1.Freddie'S Dead (Curtis Mayfield) - 04:31 . 2.Ma...

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Bad Boy Records publish The Notorious B.I.G.’s first album : ‘Ready To Die’ (1994)

The Notorious B.I.G.'s 'Ready to Die' is his debut studio album produced by Sean 'Puffy' Combs among others and released on September 13, 1994, by Bad Boy / Arista RecordsTrack...

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This week In Soul Artists 36/52

How well do you know the music of Billy Preston, Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye, Gloria Gaynor, Rufus, Funkadelic, Salt-N-Pepa & En Vogue, Destiny's Child, Earth, Wind & Fire, Macy Gray,...

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We remember Elvis Presley. ‘King Singer’

This day (August 16, 1977), in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., died Elvis Aaron Presley simply known as Elvis Presley and even 'the King' , an American singer and actor. Tracklist :...

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We remember Joe Tex. ‘Initial Rapper’

This day (August 13, 1982), in Navasota, Texas, died Joseph Arrington, Jr. a.k.a Joe Tex, an American Southern soul singer.Tracklist : 1 . Ain’T Gonna Bump No More (1977) 2...

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Usher releases his third album : ‘8701’ featuring ‘U Remind Me’ ‘U Got It Bad’ (2001)

Usher '8701' is his third studio album released on August 7, 2001 by Arista Records. Track Listing : 1.Intro-Lude 8701 (Usher Raymond Iv) - 00:44 . 2.U Remind Me (Anita...

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We remember Rick James. ‘Le Superfreak, C’est Rick’

This day (August 6, 2004), in Burbank, California, U.S., died Rick James, an American singer, songwriter and musician.Tracklist : 1 . Super Freak 2 . w/ The Temptations - Standing...

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Isaac Hayes releases ‘Shaft,’ the soundtrack of the Gordon Parks movie ‘Shaft’ (1971)

Isaac Hayes' 'Shaft' is the soundtrack (released on July 2, 1971 by Enterprise) of the eponymous American 'blaxploitation' film directed by Gordon Parks.Track Listing : 1.Theme From Shaft (Isaac Hayes)...

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Me:nu Du Jour – July 1 in Music (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Donny Hathaway, The Band, Puff Daddy, Incognito, Maxwell, George Benson, Joe Pass, Bud Powell, Al Di Meola, Crowded House, Napalm Death We Celebrate Luther...

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This month In ’60s Throwback’ 06/12

Otis Redding, The Byrds, Aretha Franklin, The Temptations, Them, Small Faces, Joan Baez, Peggy Lee, Manfred Mann, The Beatles, The Yardbirds, Elvis Presley

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Me:nu Du Jour June 17 (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Barbra Streisand, Ben Harper, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Elvis Presley, En Vogue, Marillion, Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock We Celebrate Barry Manilow We...

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Bobby Hutcherson records ‘Dialogue’ for Blue Note (1965)

Bobby Hutcherson's 'Dialogue' is an album recorded on April 3, 1965 and released in 1965 by Blue Note.Track Listing : 1.Catta (Andrew Hill) - 07:19 . 2.Idle While (Joe Chambers)...

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We Remember Tupac Shakur

September 12, 1996- American rapper, Lesane Parish Crooks known as Tupac Shakur or 2Pac or Makaveli, was shot and killed in Las Vegas, Nevada,, aged 25. He is remembered.Tracklist :...

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Neither mother, nor bitch, Courtney Barnett tell us how we feel. Well, it feels a bit like Kurt meets Chrissie spirit!

Courtney Barnett's 'Tell Me How You Really Feel' is her second solo studio album she produced with Burke Reid & Dan Luscombe and released on May 18, 2018 by Milk!...

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Let’s Rock

From 'Buddy's Rock' to 'I Want To Rock' , we have mixed 16 'Jazz' tunes around the theme of 'Rock'. It has Buddy Rich, Bradley Leighton, Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington...

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