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Top 100 Seventies Singles

That’s groovy: The Top 100 Seventies Singles. An excellent selection of songs. Each single has its own page, with the trajectory of the singer or band, the story of it and a link to the lyrics. If you are planning … Continue reading

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Christmas Music Linkdump

Merry Christmas with tons of songs! 10 + 100 Creative Commons Christmas Songs: 111 free and legal Christmas songs. (via Creative Commons) Bedazzled!: Johnny Cash Christmas Show Part 1 “12 Days Of Christmas”. Big Rock Candy Mountain posted some links … Continue reading

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Les Girls

This is not a post about Cukor’s film Les Girls; it’s a post to introduce you to a few blogs that I like a lot, where you can find girls singing in French. Blowupdoll was the first audio blog that … Continue reading

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Midnight Ukulele Disco

Midnight Ukulele Disco: an excellent archive of music videos of people playing Ukulele. (Quicktime videos) Related post: While my ukulele gently weeps

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Radio Oh-la-la

Here is a great suggestion of Mordi from blowupdoll: check out the new site Radio Oh-la-la – Franco à gogo. It brings you French music from the 50s, 60s, and 70s, with new music being added every week. Sing along … Continue reading

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Notes on … Series: Analysis of Beatles’ songs

Something for Beatlesmaniacs or curious people: Alan W. Pollack’s Notes on … Series In 1989 the American musicologist Alan W. Pollack started to analyze the songs of the Beatles. He published his first results on internet. In 1991 – after … Continue reading

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While my ukulele gently weeps

While my ukulele gently weeps is an impressive video with the song While my guitar gently weeps played by Jake Shimabukuro with an ukulele (cavaquinho). (Thanks André!)

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Global Sound

Global Sound Smithsonian Global Sound (SGS) is a project of the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. By preserving and disseminating a broad range of the world’s music, SGS assists local traditions by using the power of the Internet … Continue reading

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This day in Music

This day in Music – What was No.1 on the day you were born?. For me it was Rivers Of Babylon by Boney on UK and If I Can’t Have You by Yvonne Elliman on US. I don’t have any … Continue reading

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Turtle’s “78 RPM” Jukebox

Turtle’s 78 RPM Jukebox: popular Victor, Edison and Columbia Recordings from 1900 – 1930. All the songs are free for download as MP3: you just have to choose and download them. (via MetaFilter)

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