25 Monday May 2020
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Bob Dylan, country, folk, I Threw It All Away, Johnny Cash, music, performance, song, television
Monday morning, an amazing clip, a beautiful video of Bob Dylan on the Johnny Cash television show singing “I Threw It All Away” from the album Nashville Skyline.
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18 Monday May 2020
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Allison Young, Autumn in New York, cabaret, guitar, jazz, Josh Turner, music, performance, pop, song, Vernon Duke
Monday morning, Allison Young, a wonderful singer, joins Josh Turner for “Autumn in New York,” in a version you can enjoy in any season.
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11 Monday May 2020
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Tony Yazbeck singing, and dancing on location, the Comden-Green-Bernstein standard from On The Town.
Aside from Yazbeck’s winning performance, if you’re a New Yorker, you’ll have fun identifying the locations.
Thanks to YouTuber On The Town on Broadway
07 Thursday May 2020
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Bernie Taupin, Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, music, performance, pop, rock, song, songwriting
I can’t say I’m a huge Elton John fan, but this is one of my favorite of his–or anybody’s–songs.
Thanks to YouTuber The Dude
04 Monday May 2020
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Monday morning, 60s jazz singer Monica Zetterlund rehearses her signature song in her native Swedish with Bill Evans at the piano. Great to watch her as her doubt and pleasure register so transparently.
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01 Friday May 2020
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country, guitar, Josh Turner, Mary Spender, music, performance, song, songwriting
A better than the original cover with Mary Spender and Josh Turner. Extra special with earphones.
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27 Monday Apr 2020
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Bob Dylan, End Of The Line, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, music, performance, Roy Orbison, song, Tom Petty, Traveling Wilburys
Monday morning some traveling companions, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, and Tom Petty as the Traveling Wilburys just making some good music and having a good time.
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23 Thursday Apr 2020
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Bessie Banks, Go Now, mussic, performance, pop, song, soul
The Moody Blues did a great version of this song as well in 1964, but I prefer this original, with the soulful Bessie Banks, written by her husband Larry Banks.
Thanks to YouTuber Steven Michael Bogarat
20 Monday Apr 2020
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country, music, Only the Lonely, performance, pop, rockabilly, Roy Orbison, song
The list of singers who were influenced by Roy Orbison is long. Some of those artists join him onstage here: Elvis Costello, Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, and Bonnie Raitt.
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16 Thursday Apr 2020
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ballad, cabaret, music, Peggy Lee, performance, pop, song, songwriting, There'll Be Another Spring
Peggy Lee makes time-appropriate promises we hope she can keep.
Written by Ms. Lee.
Thanks to YouTuber skorecki7
13 Monday Apr 2020
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guitar, Here There and Everywhere, Josh Turner, music, performance, song, songwriting, The Beatles
Monday morning, shoes off, no one beats Josh Turner when it comes to arranging Beatles songs on acoustic guitar . Paul McCartney once said it was the one song that John Lennon had ever complimented him on writing.
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10 Friday Apr 2020
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John Prine died Tuesday from coronavirus at age 73.
He was a heck of a songwriter. Prolific, playful, and heartbreaking.
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06 Monday Apr 2020
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Ella Fitzgerald, How High the Moon, jazz, music, performance, scat, song
Monday morning, moon music from a social distance. Fortunately, Ella will be forever near us.
Thanks to YouTuber Nuova Canaria
02 Thursday Apr 2020
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Del-Satins, Dion, doo-wop, music, rock and roll, Runaround Sue, song, songwriting
By 1961, Dion had ditched the Belmonts, for the somewhat longer-in-the-tooth Del-Satins. Fans may remember that it was in Dion’s number one hit song for that year that Mr. DiMucci delivered to us the explosive, shocking, world-shaking news headline that Runaround Sue, “Goes out with other guys!”
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30 Monday Mar 2020
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Monday morning, the MonaLisa Twins worry about the last time. Mona on lead, ergo, Lisa on the harmonies.
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25 Wednesday Mar 2020
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Crying, music, performance, pop, Roy Orbison, song, songwriting
And you may notice Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, kd lang, and Bonnie Raitt accompanying.
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23 Monday Mar 2020
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disco, film, John Travolta, Karen Gorney, music, Night Fever, performance, Saturday Night Fever, song, songwriting, soundtrack, The Bee Gees
Monday morning, you look out the window at the empty streets and think of times when the Night Fever meant something else…
Thanks to YouTuber HD Film Tributes
16 Monday Mar 2020
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Linda Ronstadt, Motown, music, performance, pop, Smokey Robinson, song, songwriting, soul
Monday morning, Linda Ronstadt, in the prime of her career, with Tracks of My Tears, yet another great Smokey Robinson penned song.
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12 Thursday Mar 2020
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Mary Wells, Motown, music, My Guy, performance, rock, song, soul
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Mary Wells performing her 1964 hit, the first solo female hit for Motown. Smokey Robinson was the writer. She knocked The Beatles out of first place on the May 1964 charts.
Thanks to YouTuber Smurfstools Music Time Machine
08 Sunday Mar 2020
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Monday morning, Dion Di Mucci with The Belmonts, the very definition of doo-wop.
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06 Friday Mar 2020
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Everly Brothers, guitar, music, performance, pop, Reina del Cid, song, songwriting, Toni Lindgren
Reina del Cid and Toni Lindgren sing the Everly Brothers classic. With Toni nailing the electric guitar parts and the harmonies, this is one I listen to several times in a row.
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02 Monday Mar 2020
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Can't Buy Me Love, John Lennon, MonaLisa Twins, music, Paul McCartney, performance, pop, rock, song, The Beatles
March’s first Monday morning, the MonaLisa Twins from Austria check in with some Lennon-McCartney philosophy.
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27 Thursday Feb 2020
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Deportees, Joan Baez, music, performance, song, Woody Guthrie
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Woody Guthrie wrote it over 70 years ago, and Joan Baez sung this version about 30 years later. And it’s still more relevant and haunting than ever.
Thanks to YouTuber Scout4Me1
24 Monday Feb 2020
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Dick Clark, Jimmy Mack, Martha and the Vandellas, Motown, music, performance, pop, song, soul
Monday Morning, Martha and the Vandellas put out the call.
Why Berry Gordy named the group The Vandellas seems to be a mystery, but they charted 26 hits in just nine years.
Thanks to YouTuber SuperCanopus
20 Thursday Feb 2020
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Kissing Other People, Lennon Stella, music, performance, pop, song
I was at a dance theatre concert the other day, and this was one of the songs they danced to in the program. I thought it was a cute pop song, and the accompanying official video by Lennon Stella even more cute.
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