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Bobby Bland

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Robert Calvin Bland (né Robert Calvin Brooks; January 27, 1930 – June 23, 2013), known professionally as Bobby "Blue" Bland, was an American blues singer. [1]

91 relations: A-side and B-side, ABC Records, Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City, Al Bell, Album, Angelo Earl, Arrangement, B.B. King, Barretville, Tennessee, Beale Street, Billboard (magazine), Billboard Hot 100, Black Night (Charles Brown song), Blues, Blues Hall of Fame, Bobby Bland and B. B. King Together Again...Live, Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad), Chains of Love (Ahmet Ertegun song), Chess Records, Chitlin' Circuit, Crossover music, David Coverdale, Depression (mood), Disco, Don Robey, Driftin' Blues, Duke Records, Dunhill Records, Eddie Fisher (singer), Farther Up the Road, Germantown, Tennessee, Given name, Goin' Down Slow, Gospel music, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Grateful Dead, Here's the Man!, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Houston, I Pity the Fool, I'll Take Care of You (song), Ike Turner, It's Too Late to Stop Now, James Cotton, Jay-Z, Joel Whitburn, Johnny Ace, Junior Parker, Kanye West, Let the Good Times Roll (Louis Jordan song), ..., Long Beach Blues Festival, Malaco Records, Matthew McConaughey, MCA Records, Memphis Music Hall of Fame, Memphis, Tennessee, Michael Omartian, Mick Hucknall, Modern Records, Nat King Cole, Rhythm and blues, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Rosco Gordon, Share Your Love with Me, Simply Red, Soul blues, Soul music, St. James Infirmary Blues, Starting All Over Again (Mel & Tim song), Steve Barri, Stormy Monday Blues, Sun Records, T-Bone Walker, That's the Way Love Is (Bobby Bland song), The Beatles, The Best of Van Morrison Volume 3, The Blueprint, The Lincoln Lawyer (film), Them (band), Today I Started Loving You Again, Together for the First Time... Live, Tribute to Bobby, Tupelo Honey (song), Turn On Your Love Light, Two Steps from the Blues, UK Albums Chart, United States Army, Van Morrison, Wayne Bennett (blues guitarist), Whitesnake, WREG-TV. Expand index (41 more) »

A-side and B-side

The terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 78, 45, and 33 1/3 rpm phonograph records, or cassettes, whether singles, extended plays (EPs), or long-playing (LP) records.

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ABC Records

ABC Records was an American record label founded in New York City in 1955.

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Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City

"Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" is a 1974 R&B song, written by Michael Price and Dan Walsh, and first recorded by Bobby Bland for the ABC Dunhill album Dreamer.

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Al Bell

Al Bell (born Alvertis Isbell, March 15, 1940) is an American record producer, songwriter, and record executive.

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Album

An album is a collection of audio recordings issued as a single item on CD, record, audio tape or another medium.

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Angelo Earl

Angelo Earl is an American guitarist, record producer, songwriter and owner of Soul Street Records.

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Arrangement

In music, an arrangement is a musical reconceptualization of a previously composed work.

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B.B. King

Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015), known professionally as B.B. King, was an American blues singer, electric guitarist, songwriter, and record producer.

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Barretville, Tennessee

Barretville is an unincorporated community in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, close to the border of Tipton County, and near the community of Rosemark.

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Beale Street

Beale Street is a street in Downtown Memphis, Tennessee, which runs from the Mississippi River to East Street, a distance of approximately.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (styled as billboard) is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries.

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Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine.

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Black Night (Charles Brown song)

"Black Night" is a 1951 blues song by Charles Brown.

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Blues

Blues is a music genre and musical form originated by African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the end of the 19th century.

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Blues Hall of Fame

The Blues Hall of Fame is a music museum located in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Bobby Bland and B. B. King Together Again...Live

Bobby Bland and B. B. King Together Again...Live is a live album recorded in 1976 at the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles by Bobby Bland and B. B. King.

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Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad)

"Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad)" (commonly referred to as "Stormy Monday") is a song written and recorded by American blues electric guitar pioneer T-Bone Walker.

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Chains of Love (Ahmet Ertegun song)

"Chains Of Love", a 12-bar blues, was written by Doc Pomus (a.k.a. Jerome Solon Felder) who sold the copyright to Ahmet Ertegun in 1950 for $50.00 (referencing Doc Pomus and his family).

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Chess Records

Chess Records was an American record company, founded in 1950 in Chicago and specializing in blues and rhythm and blues.

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Chitlin' Circuit

The "Chitlin Circuit" is a collection of performance venues throughout the eastern, southern, and upper midwest areas of the United States that were safe and acceptable for African American musicians, comedians, and other entertainers to perform in during the era of racial segregation in the United States (from at least the early 19th century through the 1960s).

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Crossover music

Crossover is a term applied to musical works or performers who appeal to different types of audience, for example (especially in the United States) by appearing on two or more of the record charts which track differing musical styles or genres.

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David Coverdale

David Coverdale (born 22 September 1951) is an English rock singer best known for his work with Whitesnake, a hard rock band he founded in 1978.

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Depression (mood)

Depression is a state of low mood and aversion to activity that can affect a person's thoughts, behavior, tendencies, feelings, and sense of well-being.

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Disco

Disco is a musical style that emerged in the mid 1960s and early 1970s from America's urban nightlife scene, where it originated in house parties and makeshift discothèques, reaching its peak popularity between the mid-1970s and early 1980s.

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Don Robey

Don Deadric Robey (November 1, 1903 – June 16, 1975) - accessed May 2010 was an American record label executive, songwriter and record producer.

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Driftin' Blues

"Driftin' Blues" or "Drifting Blues" is a blues standard, recorded by Johnny Moore's Three Blazers in 1945.

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Duke Records

Duke Records was an American record label, started in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1952 by David James Mattis (WDIA program director and DJ) and Bill Fitzgerald, owners of Tri-State Recording Company.

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Dunhill Records

Dunhill Records was started in 1964 by Lou Adler, Al Bennett, Pierre Cossette and Bobby Roberts as Dunhill Productions to release the music of Johnny Rivers on Imperial Records.

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Eddie Fisher (singer)

Edwin John "Eddie" Fisher (August 10, 1928 – September 22, 2010) was an American singer and actor.

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Farther Up the Road

"Farther Up the Road" or "Further On up the Road" is a blues song first recorded in 1957 by Bobby "Blue" Bland.

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Germantown, Tennessee

Germantown is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States.

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Given name

A given name (also known as a first name, forename or Christian name) is a part of a person's personal name.

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Goin' Down Slow

"Goin' Down Slow" or "Going Down Slow" is a blues song composed by American blues singer St. Louis Jimmy Oden.

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Gospel music

Gospel music is a genre of Christian music.

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Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award is awarded by The Recording Academy to "performers who, during their lifetimes, have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording." This award is distinct from the Grammy Hall of Fame Award, which honors specific recordings rather than individuals, and the Grammy Trustees Award, which honors non-performers.

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Grateful Dead

The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California.

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Here's the Man!

Here's the Man!!! is the second studio album by Bobby Bland, released in 1962.

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Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop/Rap Songs is a record chart that ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by Billboard.

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Houston

Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the fourth most populous city in the United States, with a census-estimated 2017 population of 2.312 million within a land area of.

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I Pity the Fool

"I Pity the Fool" is a soul blues song originally recorded by Bobby Bland in 1961 for his first Duke Records album, Two Steps from the Blues.

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I'll Take Care of You (song)

"I'll Take Care of You" is a song written by Brook Benton and originally recorded by Bobby Bland in 1959.

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Ike Turner

Izear Luster "Ike" Turner, Jr. (November 5, 1931 – December 12, 2007) was an American musician, bandleader, songwriter, arranger, talent scout, and record producer.

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It's Too Late to Stop Now

It's Too Late to Stop Now is a 1974 live double album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison.

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James Cotton

James Henry Cotton (July 1, 1935 – March 16, 2017) was an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter, who performed and recorded with many of the great blues artists of his time and with his own band.

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Jay-Z

Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969) known professionally as Jay-Z (stylized JAY-Z), is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and entrepreneur.

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Joel Whitburn

Joel Carver Whitburn (born November 29, 1939) is an American author and music historian.

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Johnny Ace

John Marshall Alexander Jr. (June 9, 1929 – December 25, 1954), known by the stage name Johnny Ace, was an American rhythm-and-blues singer.

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Junior Parker

Herman "Junior" Parker (March 27, 1932November 18, 1971).

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Kanye West

Kanye Omari West (born June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur and fashion designer.

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Let the Good Times Roll (Louis Jordan song)

"Let the Good Times Roll" is a jump blues song recorded in 1946 by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five.

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Long Beach Blues Festival

The Long Beach Blues Festival, in Long Beach, California, was established in full in 1980, and was one of the largest blues festivals and was the second oldest on the West Coast (first being the San Francisco Blues Festival).

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Malaco Records

Malaco Records is an American independent record label based in Jackson, Mississippi that has been the home of various major blues and gospel acts, such as Johnnie Taylor, Bobby Bland, Z. Z. Hill, Denise LaSalle, Benny Latimore, Dorothy Moore, Little Milton, Shirley Brown, Tyrone Davis, Marvin Sease, and the Mississippi Mass Choir.

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Matthew McConaughey

Matthew David McConaughey (born November 4, 1969) is an American actor, producer, model, writer and director.

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MCA Records

MCA Records was an American record label owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group (now Universal Music Group), which the label was part of until its dissolution in 2003.

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Memphis Music Hall of Fame

The Memphis Music Hall of Fame, located in Memphis, Tennessee, honors Memphis musicians for their lifetime achievements in music.

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Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city located along the Mississippi River in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee.

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Michael Omartian

Michael Omartian (born November 26, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter, keyboardist, and music producer.

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Mick Hucknall

Michael James Hucknall (born 8 June 1960) is an English singer and songwriter.

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Modern Records

Modern Music was an American record company and label formed in 1945 in Los Angeles by the Bihari brothers.

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Nat King Cole

Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American jazz pianist and vocalist.

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Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, commonly abbreviated as R&B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African American communities in the 1940s.

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, located on the shore of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, recognizes and archives the history of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, engineers, and other notable figures who have had some major influence on the development of rock and roll.

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Rosco Gordon

Rosco N. Gordon III (April 10, 1928 – July 11, 2002) was an American blues singer and songwriter.

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Share Your Love with Me

"Share Your Love with Me" is a song written by Alfred Braggs and Deadric Malone.

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Simply Red

Simply Red are a British soul and pop band which formed in 1983 in Manchester.

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Soul blues

Soul blues is a style of blues music developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s that combines elements of soul music and urban contemporary music.

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Soul music

Soul music (often referred to simply as soul) is a popular music genre that originated in the African American community in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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St. James Infirmary Blues

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Starting All Over Again (Mel & Tim song)

"Starting All Over Again" is a 1972 song by Mel & Tim.

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Steve Barri

Steve Barri (born Steven Barry Lipkin in Brooklyn, New York on February 23, 1942) is an American songwriter and record producer.

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Stormy Monday Blues

"Stormy Monday Blues" is a jazz song first recorded in 1942 by Earl Hines and His Orchestra with Billy Eckstine on vocals.

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Sun Records

Sun Records is an American independent record label founded by Sam Phillips in Memphis, Tennessee in 1950.

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T-Bone Walker

Aaron Thibeaux "T-Bone" Walker (May 28, 1910 – March 16, 1975) was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, who was a pioneer and innovator of the jump blues and electric blues sound.

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That's the Way Love Is (Bobby Bland song)

"That's the Way Love Is" is a 1963 R&B single by blues singer Bobby Bland.

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The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960.

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The Best of Van Morrison Volume 3

The Best of Van Morrison Volume 3 is a compilation album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, that was released on 11 June 2007 in the UK with a digital version released in the U.S. on iTunes Store, on 12 June 2007.

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The Blueprint

The Blueprint is the sixth studio album by American rapper Jay-Z, released on September 11, 2001, by Roc-A-Fella Records and Def Jam Recordings.

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The Lincoln Lawyer (film)

The Lincoln Lawyer is a 2011 American neo noir legal thriller film adapted from the novel of the same name by Michael Connelly.

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Them (band)

Them were a Northern Irish band formed in Belfast in April 1964, most prominently known for the garage rock standard "Gloria" and launching singer Van Morrison's musical career.

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Today I Started Loving You Again

"Today I Started Loving You Again" is a song written by Merle Haggard and Bonnie Owens.

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Together for the First Time... Live

Together for the First Time...

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Tribute to Bobby

Tribute to Bobby is a 2008 album by Simply Red frontman Mick Hucknall and his first solo album.

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Tupelo Honey (song)

"Tupelo Honey" is a popular song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and the title song from his 1971 album, Tupelo Honey.

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Turn On Your Love Light

"Turn On Your Love Light" is a rhythm and blues song recorded by Bobby Bland in 1961.

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Two Steps from the Blues

Two Steps from the Blues is the debut album by Bobby Bland, in 1961.

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UK Albums Chart

The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming in the United Kingdom.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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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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Wayne Bennett (blues guitarist)

Wayne Talmadge Bennett (December 13, 1931 – November 28, 1992) was an American blues guitarist.

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Whitesnake

Whitesnake are an English hard rock band formed in 1978 by David Coverdale, after his departure from his previous band Deep Purple.

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WREG-TV

WREG-TV, virtual channel 3 (UHF digital channel 28), is a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to Memphis, Tennessee, United States.

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References

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

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