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Artist Essentials
4/19/2011
If a career has lasted for more than half a century, it's a given that some songs won't get the spotlight they so richly deserve. Each of our Tony Bennett Deep Cuts is a coulda-been/shoulda-been classi …
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Artist Essentials
4/19/2011
It's more than just his big, expressive voice, his warm, inviting presence, and a carefully perfected ease behind the mic - it's Tony Bennett's rare genius for connecting one-on-one, with millions at a …
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Artist Essentials
4/19/2011
Welcome to our Whitney Houston Deep Cuts, where we comb through the songstress-supreme's decades in hit-making and shine a well-deserved spotlight on the tracks that have lingered too long in the shado …
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Artist Essentials
4/19/2011
She is, quite simply, one of the biggest female stars of all time, with a powerful yet melodic voice that has reached across genre boundaries to appeal to just about everyone, and that has echoed throu …
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Artist Essentials
4/19/2011
While many of today's superstar MCs spent the '80s in elementary school, Too $hort was already putting his larger-than-life footprint deep in the rap game. Be sure to blast the glossy G-funk grooves of …
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Artist Essentials
4/19/2011
Years before N.W.A. brought the streets to the suburbs, Oakland's very own Too $hort slapped the East Coast scene upside its head with his steely productions and syrupy flow. And with that, Cali's bull …
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Genres & History
4/19/2011
Just when prog-rock took pop music to the outer reaches of scope and complexity, the Raspberries and Big Star peeled it back to its roots. With little more than a gorgeous melody, shimmering harmonies, …
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Artist Essentials
4/19/2011
Back in '96, when Nada Surf released their debut album, High/Low - complete with the MTV Buzz Bin track "Popular" - they appeared well on their way to joining the bulk of their one-hit-wonder br …
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Artist Essentials
4/19/2011
With Blink-182 disbanded and Green Day delving into punk rock operas, Fall Out Boy has become the voice of those who still prefer their punk poppy - light and sly in the lyric department and heavy on t …
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