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| Hihache Lafayette Afro Rock Band - Soul Makossa - 01973 - High and Fly Records |
| Celebrating the birthday of piano maker Henry E. Steinway [b. 01797] as well as composer Brian Holland [b. 01941] of Holland-Dozier-Holland. |
| Blind Man, Blind Man Herbie Hancock - My Point Of View - 01963 - Blue Note |
| My World Is Empty Without You Wendell Stuart and the Downbeaters - S/T - 0197? - Elite Records |
| (I'm a) Roadrunner Bill Cosby - Hooray For The Salvation Army Band - 01968 - Reprise |
| You Keep Me Hanging On Vanilla Fudge - S/T - 01967 - ATCO |
| Slang Quiz to acknowledge the death of Big L on this day in 01999 |
| Ebonics Big L - The Big Picture - 02000 - Rawkus |
| Bakardi Slang Kardinal Offishal - 12" - 02001 - MCA 
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| A string of songs for the 01972 US Federal copyright law protecting music recordings. |
| You Showed Me The Turtles - 45 - 01969 - White Whale |
| Transmitting Live From Mars De La Soul - Three Feet High and Rising - 01989 - Tommy Boy |
| Caught, Can We Get A Witness? Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back - 01988 - Def Jam |
| Funky Drummer James Brown - Mark 45 King Compilation - 01970 - King [Originally] |
| And now more births and [sadly] deaths.
Joe Cuba died on this day in 02009 and David Brown [bass player with Santana] and Alvin Cash celebrate birthdays. |
| Bang! Bang! Joe Cuba Sextet - 45 - 01966 - Tico |
| Gaujira Santana - 45 - 01971 - Columbia |
| Twine Time Alvin Cash & The Crawlers - 45 - 01964 - Mar-V-Lus |
| Let's Do Some Good Timing Alvin Cash & The Registers - 45 - 01966 - Mar-V-Lus |
| And now a musical imposter. |
| Respect Googoosh - VA - Persian Funk - 02011 - Secret Stash |
| Eleanor Rigby Aretha Franklin - 45 - 01970 - Atlantic |
| And now to celebrate the fact that John Lennon got his driver's licence on this day in 1965 |
| No Wheels The Chordettes - 45 - 01959 - Cadence |
| Beep Beep The Playmates - 45 - 01958 - Roulette |
| Moto Thierry et le muddle machine - 45 - 197? - Gamma |
| And for the Daytona 500 on this day in 1988 |
| Daytona 500 Ghostface Killah - Ironman - 01996 - Epic |
| A money related song to acknowledge the decimalisation of the British pound in 01971. |
| Cash (Cash Money) Prince Charles and the City Beat Band - 12" - 01982 - Virgin |
| Sipote Louis Xavier & Synchro-Rythmic Ecclectic Language - 45 - Jazzman |
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