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5/12/2009
From his first smash single, Tyrone Davis proved that women find few words sexier than "I'm sorry" - assuming, of course, that they're delivered with T.D.'s almond-butter baritone and puppy-dog pout. F …
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5/12/2009
Many a bedroom-based songwriter has gone the 4-track-and-a-dream route after getting shot in the ear by the inspirational indie rock of Guided By Voices. And who can blame them after hearing the compre …
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5/12/2009
For the first five years of her career, hits surged from Laura Nyro like steam from a teakettle, then she walked away, cutting all ties with the music business for half a decade. If the basics of her c …
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Artist Essentials
5/12/2009
As many ears as Roy Ayers turned inside-out when he first burst onto the scene, his star has grown even brighter over the years, as his famous fans in hip-hop and R&B sampled his juicy jazz-funk jams a …
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Artist Essentials
5/12/2009
It boggles the mind to think how far-reaching Roy Ayers' influence has been - his early albums became the sacred scrolls of acid jazz, his laid-back instrumentals set a standard that jazz-pop's smoothe …
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Artist Essentials
5/12/2009
Given the boldly dramatic, jazz-infused strains of Astor Piazzolla's famous 1974 composition "Libertango," listeners might never know that the great, Argentine-born tango master had, at age 52, recentl …
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Artist Essentials
5/12/2009
Four years before the hornet nest synths of "Milkshake" brought Kelis to the crowded schoolyards of Top 40 radio, the ultra-modern R&B singer seemingly appeared out of nowhere on Ol' Dirty Bastard's sw …
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5/12/2009
You could search long and hard before you came up with the original recording of the endlessly covered Barry/Greenwich tune "Hanky Panky" - or you could just download our Brill Building Deep Cuts and h …
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5/12/2009
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'." "Stand by Me." "The Loco-Motion." "Walk On By." When you think of the great songs of American pop, certain titles will always stand out. But when you consider the min …
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