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Don Was

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Don Edward Fagenson (born September 13, 1952), known as Don Was, is an American musician, record producer and record executive. [1]

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A Bigger Bang

A Bigger Bang is the 22nd British and 24th American studio album by the Rolling Stones, released on Virgin Records in September 2005.

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Aaron Neville

Aaron Neville (born January 24, 1941) is an American R&B and soul singer and musician.

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Across the Borderline

Across the Borderline is the fortieth studio album by Willie Nelson.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide or AMG) is an online music guide.

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Amos Lee

Amos Lee (born Ryan Anthony Massaro, June 20, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter whose musical style encompasses folk, rock and soul.

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Ann Arbor, Michigan

Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County.

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Are You Okay?

Are You Okay? is the fourth album by art-funk ensemble Was (Not Was).

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Arkansas Traveler (album)

Arkansas Traveler is an alternative folk album released by American singer-songwriter Michelle Shocked in 1992.

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Avenue B (album)

Avenue B is the thirteenth studio album by American rock singer Iggy Pop released in 1999.

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Backbeat (film)

Backbeat is a 1994 Anglo-German drama film directed by Iain Softley.

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Bandcamp

Bandcamp is an American online music company founded in 2008 by former Oddpost co-founder Ethan Diamond and programmers Shawn Grunberger, Joe Holt and Neal Tucker, headquartered in California.

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Barenaked Ladies

Barenaked Ladies is a Canadian rock band.

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Bass guitar

The bass guitar (also known as electric bass, or bass) is a stringed instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, except with a longer neck and scale length, and four to six strings or courses.

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Benmont Tench

Benjamin Montmorency "Benmont" Tench III (born September 7, 1953) is an American keyboardist best known as a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

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Black Cat (Zucchero album)

Black Cat is the thirteenth studio album by the Italian blues rock singer-songwriter Zucchero Fornaciari, released on 29 April 2016.

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Blessed (Lucinda Williams album)

Blessed is the tenth studio album by Lucinda Williams, her eleventh album overall.

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Blue & Lonesome (The Rolling Stones album)

Blue & Lonesome is a covers album by the Rolling Stones—their 23rd British and 25th American studio album—released on 2 December 2016.

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Blue Note Records

Blue Note Records is an American jazz record label that is owned by Universal Music Group and operated with Decca Records.

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Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, author, and painter who has been an influential figure in popular music and culture for more than five decades.

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Bob Seger

Robert Clark Seger (born May 6, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist.

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Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Lynn Raitt (born November 8, 1949) is an American blues singer-songwriter, musician, and activist.

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Boo! (album)

Boo! is the fifth studio album by the band Was (Not Was).

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Born and Raised (John Mayer album)

Born and Raised is the fifth studio album by American musician John Mayer, and was released on May 22, 2012.

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Born to Laugh at Tornadoes

Born To Laugh at Tornadoes is a 1983 album by the art-funk band Was (Not Was).

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Born to Sing: No Plan B

Born to Sing: No Plan B is the 34th studio album recorded by Northern Irish singer/songwriter Van Morrison.

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Boys on the Side

Boys on the Side is a 1995 American comedy-drama film directed by Herbert Ross (in his final film as a director).

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Brian Wilson

Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who co-founded <!-- DO NOT CAPITALIZE -->the Beach Boys.

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Brick by Brick

Brick by Brick is the tenth studio album by American singer Iggy Pop, released in June 1990 by record label Virgin.

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Bridges to Babylon

Bridges to Babylon is the 21st British and 23rd American studio album by British rock band The Rolling Stones, released by Virgin Records on 29 September 1997.

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British Academy of Film and Television Arts

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is an independent charity that supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image – film, television and game in the United Kingdom.

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Bruce Lundvall

Bruce Lundvall (September 13, 1935 – May 19, 2015) was an American record company executive, best known for his period as the President and CEO of the Blue Note Label Group, reporting directly to Eric Nicoli, the Chief Executive Officer of EMI Group.

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California Years

California Years is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Jill Sobule, released on April 14, 2009, on Sobule's own label, Pinko Records.

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Carly Simon

Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and children's author.

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Carol Hall

Carol Hall (born April 3, 1936 in Abilene, Texas) is an American composer and lyricist.

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Chief Statistician of the United States

The Chief Statistician of the United States is a position in the U.S. federal government's Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

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Chocabeck

Chocabeck is the eleventh studio album by Italian blues rock singer-songwriter Zucchero Fornaciari released in 2010.

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Closer to the Bone

Closer to the Bone is the twentieth studio album by Kris Kristofferson.

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Cosmic Thing

Cosmic Thing is the fifth studio album by American new wave band the B-52's, released in 1989.

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Countryman (album)

Countryman is the fifty-third studio album by Willie Nelson.

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DAR Constitution Hall

DAR Constitution Hall is a concert hall located at 1776 D Street NW, near the White House in Washington, D.C. It was built in 1929 by the Daughters of the American Revolution to house its annual convention when membership delegations outgrew Memorial Continental Hall.

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David Crosby

David Van Cortlandt Crosby (born August 14, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.

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David Was

David Jay Weiss, known as David Was, is an American musician.

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Days of Thunder

Days of Thunder is a 1990 American sports action drama film released by Paramount Pictures, produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Tony Scott.

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Delbert McClinton

Delbert McClinton (born November 4, 1940) is an American blues rock and electric blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, harmonica player, and pianist.

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Detroit

Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan, the largest city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of Wayne County.

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Detroit blues

Detroit blues is blues played by musicians residing in and around Detroit, Michigan, particularly in the 1940s and 1950s.

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Dreaming My Dreams (Waylon Jennings album)

Dreaming My Dreams is the twenty-second studio album by country music singer Waylon Jennings.

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Duets: Re-working the Catalogue

Duets: Re-working the Catalogue is the 35th studio album recorded by Northern Irish singer/songwriter Van Morrison.

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El Equilibrio de los Jaguares

El Equilibrio de los Jaguares is an album recorded by Mexican rock band Jaguares.

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Elton John

Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is an English singer, pianist, and composer.

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Eve 6

Eve 6 (sometimes typeset as EVE 6 or EVƎ 6) are an American rock band from Southern California, who are most well known for their hit singles "Inside Out", "Here's to the Night", and "Victoria".

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Exile on Main St.

Exile on Main St. is a double album by English rock band the Rolling Stones, released on 12 May 1972 on LP by Rolling Stones Records.

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Floy Joy (band)

Floy Joy was an English group formed in Sheffield, England, who recorded two albums and had minor success with a small few singles.

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Fly (Zucchero album)

Fly is the tenth studio album by the Italian blues rock singer-songwriter Zucchero Fornaciari, released on 22 September 2006.

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Forever’s a Long, Long Time

Forever's a Long, Long Time is an album of Hank Williams covers performed by Don Was to Was's own music.

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Garth Brooks

Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962) is an American singer and songwriter.

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Gershwin Prize

The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song is an award given to a composer or performer for their lifetime contributions to popular music.

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Glenn Frey

Glenn Lewis Frey (November 6, 1948 – January 18, 2016) was an American singer, songwriter, actor and founding member of the rock band the Eagles.

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Good Stuff

Good Stuff is the sixth studio album by new wave band the B-52's, released in 1992.

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Grammy Award for Album of the Year

The Grammy Award for Album of the Year is presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales, chart position, or critical reception." Album of the Year is the most prestigious award category at the Grammys having been presented since 1959.

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Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

The Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical is an honor presented to remixers for quality remixed recordings at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.

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Greatest Hits (Chris Gaines album)

Greatest Hits, also titled Garth Brooks in...

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Gregg Allman

Gregory LeNoir Allman (December 8, 1947 – May 27, 2017) was an American singer-songwriter and musician.

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Hank Williams

Hiram "Hank" Williams (September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953) was an American singer-songwriter.

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Honeymoon in Vegas

Honeymoon in Vegas is a 1992 comedy film directed by Andrew Bergman and starring Nicolas Cage, James Caan and Sarah Jessica Parker.

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Hootie & the Blowfish

Hootie & the Blowfish is an American rock band that was formed in Columbia, South Carolina, in 1986 by Darius Rucker, Mark Bryan, Dean Felber and Jim Sonefeld.

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Hootie & the Blowfish (album)

Hootie & the Blowfish is the fourth studio album by Hootie & the Blowfish, released on March 4, 2003.

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Hope Floats

Hope Floats is a 1998 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Forest Whitaker and starring Sandra Bullock, Harry Connick Jr., and Gena Rowlands.

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I Just Wasn't Made for These Times

"I Just Wasn't Made for These Times" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Tony Asher for American rock band the Beach Boys, with lyrics about depression and social alienation.

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I'm Alive (Jackson Browne album)

I'm Alive is the tenth album by American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne, released in 1993 (see 1993 in music).

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Iggy Pop

James Newell Osterberg Jr. (born April 21, 1947), known professionally by his stage name Iggy Pop, and designated the "Godfather of Punk", is an American singer, songwriter, musician, producer and actor.

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Into the Hot (Floy Joy album)

Into the Hot is the debut album by English band Floy Joy.

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Jackson Browne

Clyde Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and musician who has sold over 18 million albums in the United States.

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Jaguares (band)

Jaguares is a Mexican alternative rock band formed by former Caifanes lead singer Saúl Hernández, ex-Caifan Alfonso André (drums), and two long-time friends Federico Fong (bass guitar) and José Manuel Aguilera (lead guitar).

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Jessi Colter

Mirriam Johnson, known professionally as Jessi Colter (born May 25, 1943),Ankeny, Jason is an American country music artist who is best known for her collaboration with her husband, country singer and songwriter Waylon Jennings, and for her 1975 country-pop crossover hit "I'm Not Lisa".

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Jill Sobule

Jill Sobule (born January 16, 1961) is an American singer-songwriter best known for the 1995 single "I Kissed a Girl", and "Supermodel" from the soundtrack of the 1995 film Clueless.

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Joe Cocker

John Robert "Joe" Cocker, OBE (20 May 1944 – 22 December 2014) was an English singer and musician.

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John Coltrane

John William Coltrane, also known as "Trane" (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967),.

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John Mayer

John Clayton Mayer (born October 16, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer.

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John Sinclair (poet)

John Sinclair (born October 2, 1941) is an American poet, writer, and political activist from Flint, Michigan.

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Johnny Hallyday

Jean-Philippe Léo Smet (15 June 1943 – 5 December 2017), better known by his stage name Johnny Hallyday, was a French rock and roll and pop singer and actor, credited for having brought rock and roll to France.

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Journeyman

A journeyman is a skilled worker who has successfully completed an official apprenticeship qualification in a building trade or craft.

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Keith Richards

Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943) is an English musician and songwriter, best known as a guitarist and founder member of the Rolling Stones.

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Khaled (album)

Khaled, released in 1992, is Khaled's self-titled album.

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Khaled (musician)

Khaled Hadj Ibrahim (خالد حاج إبراهيم, born 29 February 1960), better known by his mononym Khaled, is an Algerian musician, singer and songwriter born in Oran, Algeria.

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King of Hearts (Roy Orbison album)

King of Hearts is a posthumous album of Roy Orbison songs put together from master sessions and demos by Jeff Lynne for Virgin Records, and Orbison's 23rd album overall.

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Kris Kristofferson

Kristoffer Kristofferson (born June 22, 1936) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor.

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Kurt Elling

Kurt Elling (born November 2, 1967) is an American jazz vocalist, composer, lyricist and vocalese performer.

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Last Days at the Lodge

Last Days at the Lodge is the third studio album by singer-songwriter Amos Lee, released on June 24, 2008 through Blue Note.

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Leon Russell

Leon Russell (born Claude Russell Bridges; April 2, 1942 – November 13, 2016) was an American musician and songwriter who was involved with numerous bestselling pop music records over the course of his 60-year career.

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Library of Congress

The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the de facto national library of the United States.

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Lions (album)

Lions is the sixth studio album by American rock band The Black Crowes.

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Live Licks

Live Licks is a double live album by The Rolling Stones and was released in 2004.

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Longing in Their Hearts

Longing in Their Hearts is the twelfth album by Bonnie Raitt, released in 1994.

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Love Shack

"Love Shack" is a 1989 single by new wave band The B-52's.

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Lucinda Williams

Lucinda Williams (born January 26, 1953).

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Luck of the Draw (album)

Luck of the Draw is the eleventh album by Bonnie Raitt, released in 1991.

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Maroon (Barenaked Ladies album)

Maroon is the fifth full-length studio album by Barenaked Ladies.

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Melody Road (album)

Melody Road is Neil Diamond's debut album as an artist signed to Capitol Records.

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Metro Times

The Detroit Metro Times is an alternative weekly located in Detroit, Michigan.

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Michael (1996 film)

Michael is a 1996 American fantasy film directed by Nora Ephron.

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Michael McDonald (musician)

Michael McDonald (born February 12, 1952) is an American singer, songwriter, keyboardist and record producer.

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Michelle Shocked

Michelle Shocked (born Karen Michelle Johnston; February 24, 1962) is an American singer-songwriter.

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Miles Davis

Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.

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MTV Unplugged (Bob Dylan album)

MTV Unplugged is a live album by Bob Dylan, released in May 2, 1995 by Columbia Records (reissued in 2007 by Sony).

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Muruga Booker

Steven Bookvich known as Muruga Booker (born December 27, 1942) is an American drummer, composer, inventor, artist, recording artist, and a priest in the Celtic Orthodox Church.

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Music executive

A music executive or record executive is a person within a record label who works in senior management, making executive decisions over the label's artists.

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Music of Detroit

Detroit, Michigan is a major center in the United States for the creation and performance of music, and is the birthplace of the musical subgenres known as “The Motown Sound" and Techno.

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Musician

A musician is a person who plays a musical instrument or is musically talented.

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Neil Diamond

Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actor.

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New wave music

New wave is a genre of rock music popular in the late 1970s and the 1980s with ties to mid-1970s punk rock.

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Nick of Time (album)

Nick of Time is the 10th album by the American singer Bonnie Raitt, released on March 21, 1989.

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No Pier Pressure

No Pier Pressure is the eleventh studio album by Brian Wilson released April 7, 2015 on Capitol Records.

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Oak Park High School (Michigan)

Oak Park High School is a public high school located in Oak Park, Michigan an inner suburb of Detroit.

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Old Crow Medicine Show

Old Crow Medicine Show is an Americana string band based in Nashville, Tennessee, that has been recording since 1998.

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Organic (Joe Cocker album)

Organic is the fifteenth studio album by Joe Cocker, released on October 14th, 1996 (see 1996 in music) in the UK.

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Out of the Ashes (Jessi Colter album)

Out of the Ashes is the 11th studio album by American country artist Jessi Colter, released 2006 on Shout! Factory Records.

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Outlaw Country (Sirius XM)

Outlaw Country is a Sirius XM Radio channel devoted to Outlaw country music, along with various related genres including classic honky tonk, alternative country and roots rock.

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Paradise Valley (album)

Paradise Valley is the sixth studio album by musician John Mayer.

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Paul Westerberg

Paul Harold Westerberg (born December 31, 1959) is an American musician, best known as the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter in The Replacements, one of the seminal alternative rock bands of the 1980s.

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Phenomenon (film)

Phenomenon is a 1996 American romantic fantasy drama film directed by Jon Turteltaub, written by Gerald Di Pego, and starring John Travolta, Kyra Sedgwick, Forest Whitaker, Robert Duvall, and Jeffrey DeMunn.

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Prêt-à-Porter (film)

Prêt-à-Porter, released in the US as Ready to Wear (Prêt-à-Porter), is a 1994 American satirical comedy-drama film co-written, directed, and produced by Robert Altman and shot on location during the Paris Fashion Week with a host of international stars, models, and designers.

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Record producer

A record producer or track producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performer's music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album.

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Richie Sambora

Richard Stephen "Richie" Sambora (born July 11, 1959) is an American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Bon Jovi for 30 years.

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Ringo Starr

Sir Richard Starkey (born 7 July 1940), known professionally as Ringo Starr, is an English musician, songwriter, singer, and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for the Beatles.

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Road Tested

Road Tested is a live album by Bonnie Raitt, released in 1995.

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Roy Orbison

Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer, songwriter and musician known for his impassioned singing style, complex song structures, and dark emotional ballads.

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Some Girls

Some Girls is the 14th British and 16th American studio album by the Rolling Stones, released in 1978 on Rolling Stones Records.

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Southern Blood (album)

Southern Blood is the eighth and final studio album by American singer-songwriter Gregg Allman, released on September 8, 2017 by Rounder Records.

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Spirit of Music

Spirit of Music is a 1999 studio album by Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers.

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Spoiled Girl

Spoiled Girl is singer-songwriter Carly Simon's 13th album, and 12th studio album, released in 1985.

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Stone Temple Pilots

Stone Temple Pilots (often abbreviated as STP) are an American rock band from San Diego, California, that originally consisted of Scott Weiland (lead vocals), brothers Robert DeLeo (bass, backing vocals) and Dean DeLeo (guitars), and Eric Kretz (drums).

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Stone Temple Pilots (2010 album)

Stone Temple Pilots is the sixth studio album by American rock band Stone Temple Pilots.

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Strange Weather (Glenn Frey album)

Strange Weather is the fourth solo studio album by Glenn Frey, the guitarist and co-lead vocalist for the Eagles.

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Stripped (The Rolling Stones album)

Stripped is an live album by The Rolling Stones released in November 1995 after the Voodoo Lounge Tour.

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Suicaine Gratifaction

Suicaine Gratifaction is the third solo album from former The Replacements leader Paul Westerberg.

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Sundance Film Festival

The Sundance Film Festival, a program of the Sundance Institute, takes place annually in Park City, Utah.

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Switch (1991 film)

Switch is a 1991 comedy film written and directed by Blake Edwards.

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Tennessee Pusher

Tennessee Pusher is the third studio album by folk/country/old time band Old Crow Medicine Show.

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The B-52's

The B-52s (styled as The B-52's prior to 2008) are an American rock band, formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1976.

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The Black Crowes

The Black Crowes were an American rock band formed in 1989.

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The Chieftains

The Chieftains are a traditional Irish band formed in Dublin in 1963, by Paddy Moloney, Sean Potts and Michael Tubridy.

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The Fire Inside

The Fire Inside is the fourteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Seger.

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The Freshman (1990 film)

The Freshman is a 1990 American crime comedy film starring Marlon Brando and Matthew Broderick, in which Brando parodies his portrayal of Vito Corleone in The Godfather.

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The Gate (Kurt Elling album)

The Gate is a 2011 studio album by Kurt Elling, produced by Don Was.

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The Highwaymen (country supergroup)

The Highwaymen was an American country music supergroup, composed of four of the genre's biggest artists, known for their pioneering influence on the outlaw country subgenre: Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Paper (film)

The Paper is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Ron Howard and starring Michael Keaton, Glenn Close, Marisa Tomei, Randy Quaid and Robert Duvall.

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The Rainmaker (1997 film)

The Rainmaker is a 1997 American legal drama film based on John Grisham's 1995 novel of the same name, and written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

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The Restless Kind

The Restless Kind is American country artist Travis Tritt's fifth album, released on Warner Bros.

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The Road Goes On Forever (The Highwaymen album)

The Road Goes on Forever is the third and final studio album released by American country supergroup The Highwaymen.

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The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London, England, in 1962.

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The Tennessean

The Tennessean (known until 1972 as The Nashville Tennessean) is the principal daily newspaper in Nashville, Tennessee.

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The Union (Elton John and Leon Russell album)

The Union is a collaboration studio album by singer-songwriters Elton John and Leon Russell, released on 19 October 2010 in the US and on 25 October in the UK.

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The Ward Brothers

The Ward Brothers were a British pop-rock band, who scored a top 40 hit in the UK with their 1986 single "Cross that Bridge".

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post is a major American daily newspaper founded on December 6, 1877.

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The Wide World Over

The Wide World Over is a 40th anniversary, greatest hits-like compilation by the Irish musical group The Chieftains.

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Thelma & Louise

Thelma & Louise is a 1991 American road film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Callie Khouri.

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This Old Road

This Old Road is an album by Kris Kristofferson, released in 2006 on New West Records.

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Thousand Roads

Thousand Roads is the third solo studio album by the rock artist David Crosby, a founding member of Crosby, Stills, and Nash.

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Time Takes Time

Time Takes Time is the 10th studio album by Ringo Starr, released in 1992, his critically acclaimed comeback album.

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Tin Cup

Tin Cup is a 1996 romantic comedy film co-written and directed by Ron Shelton, and starring Kevin Costner and Rene Russo with Cheech Marin and Don Johnson in major supporting roles.

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To Be Continued... (box set)

To Be Continued... is a four-disc box set detailing Elton John's music from his days with Bluesology to the then-present day.

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Todd Snider

Todd Daniel Snider (born October 11, 1966) is an American singer-songwriter with a musical style that combines Americana, alt-country, and folk.

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Toy Story

Toy Story is a 1995 American computer-animated buddy comedy adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures.

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Travis Tritt

James Travis Tritt (born February 9, 1963) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and actor.

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Under the Red Sky

Under the Red Sky is the twenty-seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on September 10, 1990 by Columbia Records.

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Undiscovered Soul

Undiscovered Soul is the second solo studio album from Richie Sambora the guitarist from New Jersey band Bon Jovi.

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University of Michigan

The University of Michigan (UM, U-M, U of M, or UMich), often simply referred to as Michigan, is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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Van Morrison

Sir George Ivan Morrison (born 31 August 1945) is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter, instrumentalist and record producer.

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Voodoo Lounge

Voodoo Lounge is the 20th British and 22nd American studio album by British rock band The Rolling Stones, released in July 1994.

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Was (Not Was)

Was (Not Was) is an American pop group founded by David Weiss and Don Fagenson, who adopted the stage names David Was and Don Was.

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Was (Not Was) (album)

Was (Not Was) is the debut album by art-funk ensemble Was (Not Was); it was released in 1981.

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Waylon Jennings

Waylon Arnold Jennings (pronounced; June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician.

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Weak in the Presence of Beauty (album)

Weak in the Presence of Beauty is the second and last album by English band Floy Joy.

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Welder (album)

Welder is the fifth studio album by American country musician Elizabeth Cook.

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What Up, Dog?

What Up, Dog? is a 1988 album by Was (Not Was).

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Wild and Free

Wild and Free is the fourth solo studio album of Jamaican singer, Ziggy Marley.

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Willie Nelson

Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, author, poet, actor, and activist.

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Y Not

Y Not is the 16th studio album by Ringo Starr, released on 12 January 2010 on the UMe and Hip-O Records labels.

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Ziggy Marley

David Nesta "Ziggy" Marley (born 17 October 1968) is a Jamaican musician and leader of the band Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, and the son of reggae icon Bob Marley and Rita Marley.

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Zucchero Fornaciari

Adelmo Fornaciari Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (born 25 September 1955), more commonly known by his stage name Zucchero Fornaciari or simply Zucchero, is an Italian singer-songwriter and musician, with an Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.

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1 Hopeful Rd.

1 Hopeful Rd. is the third studio album by Vintage Trouble, released on August 14, 2015 by Blue Note Records.

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8 Seconds

8 Seconds is a 1994 American biographical drama film directed by John G. Avildsen.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Was

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