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Vivir Mi Vida: meaning and origin of Marc Anthony's jubilant salsa
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Ramblin' on My Mind: Delta blues masterpiece cut in a hotel room
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Harry Hippie: Bobby Womack's recollection of his brother tragic death
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Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On: the record that shot Jerry Lee Lewis to fame
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Flat Foot Floogie: vulgar meaning of the swing hit song
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The Bells of Rhymney: two major modal modes of famous protest song
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Flute Sonata: canonical performance of Poulenc's best-known piece
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Hypnotized: Fleetwood Mac's song about aliens
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Reelin' In the Years: the tandem of effective lyrics and one of the best guitar solos of all time
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1970s
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Bony Moronie: blues roots of the seminal rock and roll hit
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1950s
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Gimme Three Steps: the bar where Lynyrd Skynyrd's frontman almost got shot
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Concerning Hobbits: portraying home with the penny whistle
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2000s
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Suavemente: meaning of Elvis Crespo's best song
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1990s
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Terraplane Blues: first song to compare car problems with intimate relationship
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Blues
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1930s
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Mambo Italiano: Bob Merrill's meaningless lyrics composed on restaurant napkin
USA
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1950s
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Yakety Yak: teenager's answer to household chores in a hit song
USA
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Rock
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1950s
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Hedwig’s Theme: magical mood cast by the celesta melody
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Popular songs showing the submediant chord in all diatonic modes
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1960s
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1970s
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Muskrat Love: the polarizing song of America
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Rock
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1970s
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Makin' Whoopee: cautionary song warning against the trappings of marriage
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Music Theory
6 songs combining harmonic minor and Aeolian mode
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Mexicali Blues: debut song by the Grateful Dead's psychedelic poet
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Livin' la Vida Loca: why is Ricky Martin's best song so catchy?
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1990s
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Three Little Fishies: origin of the cautionary children's song
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1930s
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Pancho and Lefty: gangster song that saved Townes Van Zandt from a speeding ticket
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1970s
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Oye Como Va: meaning and origin of the best-known cha-cha-chá song
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Rock
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1960s
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1970s
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La Bamba: meaning and tragedy behind the best-known son jarocho
Mexico
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USA
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1960s
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1980s
Music Theory
6 songs to unpack Ionian mode and the major scale
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1930s
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1970s
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Sugaree: Jerry Garcia's song referencing his lyricist's criminal past
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1970s
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Lawdy Miss Clawdy: how Lloyd Price's first hit mixes blues and classics
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