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Just think of all the music that’s distinctly American. Jazz. Rock and roll. Motown. The blues. Zydeco. (And if we didn’t invent it here, we found a way to make it better.) We tap our toes, we dance, we thrill to the music of America.
Music: Holland-Dozier-Holland
If you love what’s commonly called “Soul” music, the Motown Sound in particular, then you probably know who Brian...
Read MoreSong: "Tangled Up in Blue"
When we look back on a relationship, we don’t remember it in a linear, chronological manner. Our minds flash forward and back,...
Read MoreSinger: Nat King Cole
Is this the smoothest voice in American music history? I think you could make the case that it is. Nat King Cole is almost as popular today...
Read MoreSong: "Monster Mash"
It was the biggest hit ever for Bobby “Boris” Pickett and the Cryptkickers. Okay, it was their only hit. “Monster...
Read MoreSong: "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
Paul Simon wrote it. Art Garfunkel sang it. And America loved it. “Bridge Over Troubled Water” won the Grammy Awards for both...
Read MoreSinger: Alison Krauss
If you had to choose a face for modern bluegrassmusic, you couldn’t choose one much more appealing than that of Allison Krauss. She...
Read MoreSong: "What a Wonderful World"
This Louis Armstrong song, which has become iconic in its usage in movies and TV shows, sold fewer than 1,000 copies in the U.S. when it...
Read MoreSinger: Ella Fitzgerald
What would you call the most popular female jazz singer over a period of 50 years? Who won 13 Grammys and sold more than 40 million albums?...
Read MoreSinger: Tony Bennett
Anthony Benedetto turned 83 in August, and here’s a news flash: The man can still belt a tune. My wife and I went to see him in...
Read MoreSinger: James Brown
James Brown closed his act as no one before or since. He’d give so much of himself, work himself so hard, that he appeared to finally...
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