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Album: Aretha Now
Genre: Soul
Writer: Hal David, Burt Bacharach
Released: June, 1968
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This song is originally of the singer Dionne Warwick who included this one into her album, The Windows of the World in 1967. Aretha Franklin released it on her material Aretha Now, and until now, it is one of the most popular versions. In fact, the song reached the top ten list on Billboard Hot 100. Other artists who have included this song are: Whitney Houston, Natalie Cole and the Mexican group, Pandora. The original version got a certified gold by RIAA. The Aretha’s album reached the position number one into Black Albums in 1968. I Say a Little Prayer has been released for Aretha on her compilation album Aretha’s Gold one year later and the Aretha’s Greatest Hits Album in 1973. This year, she won a Grammy Award as Best Gospel-Soul Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group for the song Never Gonna Break My Faith with Mary J. Blige. Her last material is a Christmas album that is on stores since August, 2008 with songs like: Ave Maria, Twas the Night Before Christmas and Silent Night.
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Album: The Dock of the Bay
Genre: Memphis Soul
Writer: Otis Reding, Steve Cropper
Released: January, 1968
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It was a number one hit one US Billboard Hot 100 and US Billboard Black Singles. The song was released on January 8, 1968. (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay is a single with a different style from most of the Redding’s songs. It won two Grammy Awards as Best R&B Song and Best Male R&B Performance. The song was released days after that the band were killed when the Beenchcraft plane crashed into Lake Monona in Madison, Wisconsin, and it was recorded only three days before his death. The album was ranked on the position #161 into the 500 greatest albums of all time in 2003.
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Album: I Got You You (I Feel Good)
Genre: Soul, Funk
Writer: James Brown
Released: October, 1965
I Feel Good is the most common titled for this song also titled I Got You. The song has been used in many different films like: Good Morning Vietnam, Transformers, Garfield: The Movie, Boat Trip, Home Alone 4 among others. It reached the peak position #1 on R&B Billboard Chart. The song appeared as number seventy-eight on Rolling Stone Magazine’s 2004 list of the 500 greatest songs of all time. James Joseph Brown, Jr was considered the “King of Funk” and the “Godfather of Soul”. Other of his recognized titles include: Sex Machine, Mr, Dynamite, Mr. Please, Please, Please Please Her, Soul Brother Number One, The Boss, The Hardest Working Man in Show Business and Minister of the New New Super Heavy Funk.
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Album: Bad
Genre: Soul
Writer: Glen Ballard, Siedah Garrett
Released: 1988
This song was released in 1988, and it supposed an almost immediately big success for Michael Jackson. The song has three official versions: Instrumental, Album Version and 7″ Version. The music video included different historic events and personages like: Martin Luther King, 1984 Famine in Ethiopia, Funeral of John F. Kennedy, Adolf Hitler, South Africans marching for the release of Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa, Rainbow Warrior, John Lennon & Yoko Ono, among others. The whole album sold more than 25 million copies around the world, and it was number one hit album in Canada, U.S., France, UK, Brazil, Germany, Japan, Italy, Norway, Netherlands, New Zealand, France and Switzerland. Man on the Mirror has returned into UK charts this week. Last October 31st, the fans made a history Guinness World Record for the most people doing the Thriller dance at Madame Tussauds New York in Times Square.
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