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Big Star #1 RECORD

Big Star
#1 RECORD

Though Big Star failed to strike commercial success initially, their 1972 debut, #1 Record, is now widely hailed as a rock ‘n’ roll milestone. Heavily influenced by the British Invasion yet markedly original, Big Star offered a distinctly new sound characterized...

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Collective Soul Hints, Allegations And Things Left Unsaid

Collective Soul
Hints, Allegations And Things Left Unsaid

With grunge hitting like a tidal wave in the early 90s – you know the roll call: Nevermind, Badmotorfinger, Ten – all eyes were on...

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Count Five Psychotic Reaction

Count Five
Psychotic Reaction

Count Five blended British Invasion influences with elements of the more local San Francisco Sound to create something energetic, aggressive and exciting that became the...

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Dave Grusin The Goonies: Original Motion Picture Score

Dave Grusin
The Goonies: Original Motion Picture Score

Goonies never say die! It’s been 35 years since the cult classic adventure flick was released and quickly became a pop culture institution. The Dave...

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JOHN LEE HOOKERBURNIN'

JOHN LEE HOOKER
BURNIN'

Known as the “King of the Boogie,” Mississippi-born bluesman John Lee Hooker rose to prominence performing an electric guitar-style adaptation of Delta blues. The hypnotic drone of a...

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CELIA CRUZ & JOHNNY PACHECOCELIA & JOHNNY

CELIA CRUZ & JOHNNY PACHECO
CELIA & JOHNNY

Celia & Johnny came out on New York’s Fania Records, a label as synonymous with salsa as Stax Records is with soul. Fania made salsa nationally popular during...

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Little RichardHere's Little Richard

Little Richard
Here's Little Richard

Little Richard (born Richard Wayne Penniman) combined the passionate spirit of gospel, the bawdiness of the blues and the swing of New Orleans jazz to create something altogether fresh: rock & roll.  When the young artist was signed by Specialty Records’ Art Rupe in the mid-‘50s, he...

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Violent FemmesViolent Femmes

Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes

Violent Femmes were one of the most inventive bands to emerge during the '80s college-rock boom. Hailing from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the stripped-down trio uniquely combined...

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BOOKER T. AND THE M.G.'SMCLEMORE AVENUE

BOOKER T. AND THE M.G.'S
MCLEMORE AVENUE

Booker T. & the M.G.'s’ instrumental R&B/funk groove laid the blueprint for the sound of Southern soul. As Stax Records’ house band, they played on...

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