What are you listening to?
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Great version of a Four Tops classic. Minus the orchestration, you can fully appreciate Levi's fantastic delivery. What a singer he was.
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I just read the Hollies' successfully sued Radiohead for plagiarizing this tune with Creep. Never would've picked that one!
If they're good enough to play at World Cups, why not in between?
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One of the best singers around today....
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This girl became an international disco star in the 80s.
If they're good enough to play at World Cups, why not in between?
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& here she is in 85, if no one figured it out. This song is one of those eternal disco classics, still very much in vogue on the Istanbul club scene more than 3 decades after it was released:
If they're good enough to play at World Cups, why not in between?
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There seemed to be a lot of continental European bands around in the late 80s and early 90s as electronic pop music became all the rage. But, my god, those hairdos were awful
If they're good enough to play at World Cups, why not in between?
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Billy Preston showing he could sing as good as he could play....
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This is how I sing in the shower
If they're good enough to play at World Cups, why not in between?
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Good record that. Jimmy Helms was a fine singer who never had the success he deserved ( a familiar story alas)
Jennifer Hudson is a bit modern R&B for me but boy she can sure sing....
Jennifer Hudson is a bit modern R&B for me but boy she can sure sing....
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Friday night jazz. Very tasty stuff from Gene...
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The great Sam Cooke was a massive influence on so many singers from the 60s.....
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Another terrific live offering from Jennifer. Dammit she really is something....
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Jazz doesnt get much cooler. Lovely playing from everyone....
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Sly was a great original and well ahead of his time. Couldnt mime, though!
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Just sublime....
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Shuggie when he was 14 years old!
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outstanding southern soul from the golden era. those voices, that band.....wow.
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Its on a Ry Cooder album but the stars are the great voices of Bobby King and Terry Evans.