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14 MFSB - LOVE IS THE MESSAGE MFSB (short for "Mother, Father, Sister, Brother") was a pool of more than thirty resident studio musicians based at Philadelphia’s famed Sigma Sound Studios. They worked closely with record producers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff and Arranger Thom Bell, and backed up such groups as The Bluenotes, O’Jays, Stylistics, Spinners, Intruders, Three Degrees, Jerry Butler, Wilson Picket, and Billy Paul. "Love Is The Message", has been a favorite of dance/disco DJs since its release, and appears in the popular videogame Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, playing on Funk radio station Bounce FM. The song is listed in the Dance Music Hall of Fame. Lyrics You can find it at Amazon.

13 AL GREEN - LET'S STAY TOGETHER "Let's Stay Together" appears on Al Green's 1972 album of the same name. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and remained on the chart for 16 weeks. It is ranked as one of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It also appears in the film, "Pulp Fiction." Let's Stay Together Lyrics It's available at Amazon.

12 FLAMINGOS - I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU "I Only Have Eyes For You" is a popular song written in 1934 by composer Harry Warren and lyricist Al Dubin, for the film Dames where it was introduced by Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler. This song was recorded in The Flamingos in 1959, and is ranked in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. This version also appears in the 1973 film American Graffiti. I Only Have Eyes for You Lyrics You can find it at Amazon.

11 OTIS REDDING - TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS "Try A Little Tenderness" is a song written by "Irving King" (James Campbell and Reginald Connelly) and Harry M. Woods. Otis Redding's cover in 1966 features a slow soulful opening that eventually builds into a frenetic R&B conclusion. The song has been named on a number of "best songs of all time" lists, including those from Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time. Try A Little Tenderness Lyrics It's available at Amazon.

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Here's an obvious choice we missed... What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong, song written by George Weiss / Bob Thiele. I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and you And I think to myself, what a wonderful world I see skies of blue and clouds of white The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night And I think to myself, what a wonderful world The colours of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky Are also on the faces of people going by I see friends shakin' hands, sayin' "How do you do?" They're really saying "I love you" I hear babies cryin', I watch them grow They'll learn much more than I'll ever know And I think to myself, what a wonderful world Yes, I think to myself, what a wonderful world Oh yeah

After being featured in the soap opera General Hospital, this song went to #1 on the Billboard charts.

The first lady of country recorded this song with the British electronica group The KLF. It became a No. 1 hit in eighteen countries the following year, and reached No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. The song gave Wynette a new following, and was her highest-charting single on the Billboard Pop charts

"Don't Give Up" is a duet recorded by Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush for Gabriel's album So. The single version spent eleven weeks in the UK Top 75 chart in 1986.

Stop Draggin' My Heart Around was the first single from Stevie Nicks' debut solo album Bella Donna. It was written by Tom Petty and Mike Campbell, and Petty sang with Nicks in the chorus and bridge, whilst his entire band played on the song. The song reached #3 on Billboard and in reaching #7 in Australia remains the only Top 10 hit which Petty has played on or written

Iggy performed this song with vocalist Kate Pierson of The B-52's - it was his only top 40 hit.

"Under Pressure" is a 1981 song by Queen and David Bowie. It marked Queen's first released collaboration with another recording artist, and is featured on their 1982 album Hot Space. The song was a hit at the time, reaching #1 on the UK Singles Chart

"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" is an R&B/soul song written by Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson in 1966. The original 1967 version of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" was a top ten hit--it peaked at number nineteen on the Billboard pop charts, and went to number three on the R&B charts.

"Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" is a 1993 hit song by American gangsta rapper Dr. Dre, from his debut solo album, The Chronic. The second single from the album, "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100. The vocals are shared by Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg (who has sole songwriting credit). "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" is listed in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. [snoop Doggy Dogg] One, two, three and to the fo' Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr. Dre are at the do' Ready to make an entrance, so back on up (Cause you know we 'bout had to rip shit up) Gimme the microphone first, so I can bust like a bubble Compton and Long Beach together, now you know you in trouble Ain't nothin' but a G thang, baaaaabay! Two loc'ed out G's so we're craaaaazay! Death Row is the label that paaaaays me! Unfadable, so please don't try to fade this (Hell yeah) But, uh, back to the lecture at hand Perfection is perfected, so I'm 'a let 'em understand From a young G's perspective And before me dig out a bitch I have ta' find a contraceptive You never know she could be earnin' her man, And learnin' her man, and at the same time burnin' her man Now you know I ain't wit that shit, Lieutenant Ain't no pussy good enough to get burnt while I'm up in it (yeah) Now that's realer than real-deal Holyfield And now all you hookas and ho's know how I feel Well if it's good enough to get broke off a proper chunk I'll take a small piece of some of that funky stuff [Hook: Snoop Doggy Dogg] It's like this and like that and like this and uh It's like that and like this and like that and uh It's like this and like that and like this and uh Dre, creep to the mic like a phantom [Dr. Dre] Well I'm peepin', and I'm creepin', and I'm creep-in' But I damn near got caught, 'cause my beeper kept beepin' Now it's time for me to make my impression felt So sit back, relax, and strap on your seatbelt You never been on a ride like this befo' With a producer who can rap and control the maestro At the same time with the dope rhyme that I kick You know, and I know, I flow some ol funky shit To add to my collection, the selection Symbolizes dope, take a toke, but don't choke If ya' do, ya' have no clue O' what me and my homey Snoop Dogg came to do [Hook: Snoop Doggy Dogg & Dr. Dre] It's like this and like that and like this and uh It's like that and like this and like that and uh It's like this, and who gives a fuck about those? So jus' chill, 'til the next episode [snoop Doggy Dogg] Fallin' back on that ass with a hellified gangsta' lean Gettin' funky on the mic like a' old batch o' collard greens It's the capital S, oh yes, the fresh N-double O-P D-O-double G-Y D-O-double G ya' see Showin' much flex when it's time to wreck a mic pimpin' ho's and clockin' a grip like my name was Dolomite Yeah, and it don't quit I think they in a mood for some mothafuckin' G shit So Dre. (What up Dogg?) We gotta give 'em what dey want (What's that, G?) We gotta break 'em off somethin' (Hell yeah) And it's gotta be bumpin' (City of Compton!) [Dr. Dre] It's where it takes place so I'm a ask your attention Mobbin like a mothafucka but I ain't lynchin Droppin' the funky shit that's makin the sucka niggaz mumble When I'm on the mic, it's like a cookie, they all crumble Try to get close, and your ass'll get smacked My mothafuckin homie Doggy Dogg has my back Never let me slip, 'cause if I slip, then I'm slippin' But if I got my Nina, then you know I'm straight trippin' And I'm a continue to put the rap down, put the mack down And if your bitches talk shit, I have ta' put the smack down Yeah, and ya' don't stop I told you I'm just like a clock when I tick and I tock But I'm never off, always on, 'til the break dawn C-O-M-P-T-O-N, and the city they call Long Beach Puttin' the shit together Like my nigga D.O.C., no one can do it better [Hook: Dr. Dre & Snoop Doggy Dogg] Like this, that and this and uh It's like that and like this and like that and uh It's like this, and who gives a fuck about those? So jus' chill, 'til the next episode"

Porgy and Bess is a 1957 album by the Jazz vocalist and trumpeter Louis Armstrong, and the Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald collaborating on this recording of selections from George and Ira Gershwin's Porgy and Bess. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001, which is a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least twenty-five years old, and that have "qualitative or historical significance."

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My Favorite Things My Favorite Things is a 1961 jazz album by John Coltrane. It is considered by many jazz critics and listeners to be a highly significant and historic recording. It was the first session recorded by Coltrane on the Atlantic label, the first to introduce his new quartet featuring McCoy Tyner (Piano), Elvin Jones (Drums) and Steve Davis (Bass). It is classed as another album in which Coltrane made a break free of bop, introducing complex harmonic reworkings of such songs as "My Favorite Things", and "But Not For Me". Additionally, at a time when the soprano saxophone was considered obsolete, it demonstrated Coltrane's further investigation of the instrument's capabilities in a jazz idiom.

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Stereogum has posted a premiere of Jose's latest video "Neon Lights" - watch it here Bonus: Jose Gonzales - Killing For Love (Beatfanatic Remix)

Fox's report on Anonymous is pretty poor reporting - it's totally overblown, and amusingly so. It's one thing to criticize the tactics of Anonymous, some of which are illegal, but quite another to suggest they are violent terrorists: Here is their satyrical esponse to Fox:

Gui Boratto - Beautiful Life from the cd, Chromophobia

"Jonathan Levine's coming-of-age dramedy "The Wackness," in which a young pot dealer in mid-'90s New York finds a mentor and customer in his shrink (Ben Kingsley), took home the Dramatic Feature Audience award," according to The Hollywood Reporter[/url]. "Man on Wire," James Marsh's documentary look at Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the Twin Towers, took home both the Grand Jury and the Audience Prize in the World Cinema category Saturday at the Sundance Film Festival." You can take a look at a clip for "The Wackness" right HERE.

Brian Auger is a jazz and rock keyboardist, who has specialised in playing the Hammond organ. His mentor was the famous organist, Jimmy Smith. A jazz pianist, bandleader, session musician and Hammond B3 player, Auger has played or toured with artists such as Rod Stewart, Tony Williams, Jimi Hendrix, Sonny Boy Williamson, Led Zeppelin, Eric Burdon and others. The original song appeared on Brian Auger & The Oblivion Express' 'Closer To It" with Julie Driscoll on vocals. Here he performs the tune with his daughter Savannah singing and his son Karma on drums. Here's 7 seconds of pure keyboard bliss :)