Cream release their fourth and final studio album : ‘Goodbye’ featuring ‘I’m So Glad,’ ‘Sitting on Top of the World’ and ‘Badge’ (1969)

Cream‘s ‘Goodbye’ is their fourth and final original studio album released on February 5, 1969 by Polydor.

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Ray Charles begins the recording of ‘Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music’ featuring ‘I Can’t Stop Loving You’ and ‘You Don’t Know Me’ (1962)

Ray Charles‘ ‘Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music’ is a studio album recorded between February 5 & 15, 1962 and released in April 1962 by ABC-Paramount.

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Lou Rawls records his debut album : ‘Stormy Monday’ a.k.a. ‘I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water’ with the Les McCann trio (1962)

Lou Rawls‘ ‘Stormy Monday’ is his debut album also known as ‘I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water’ recorded on February 5–12, 1962, with the Les McCann trio and released the same year by Capitol.

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RCA publish Jefferson Airplane’s second album : ‘Surrealistic Pillow’ featuring ‘Somebody to Love’ and ‘White Rabbit’ (1967)

Jefferson Airplane‘s ‘Surrealistic Pillow’ feat. ‘Somebody to Love’ is their second (but the first with Grace Slick and Spencer Dryden) album, recorded during November 1966 in Hollywood, California and released on February 1, 1967, by RCA Victor.

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Horace Silver records with Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor and Louis Hayes, ‘Finger Poppin” for Blue Note (1959)

Horace Silver‘s ‘Finger Poppin” is an album recorded on January 31, 1959, with Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor and Louis Hayes and released mid-April 1959 by Blue Note.

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The Dave Brubeck Quartet records with Leonard Bernstein : ‘Bernstein Plays Brubeck Plays Bernstein’ (1960)

‘Bernstein Plays Brubeck Plays Bernstein’ by The Dave Brubeck Quartet is an album recorded on January 30 and February 14, 1960 with Leonard Bernstein as conductor and released in 1961 by Columbia.

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