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Ramblin' on My Mind: Delta blues masterpiece cut in a hotel room

Ramblin' on My Mind is an iconic blues song cut by the Delta blues singer Robert Johnson as a part of his first...
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No Quarter: two minor modal modes of Led Zeppelin's psychedelic track

No Quarter is one of Led Zeppelin's more psychedelically inclined tracks first released on the 1973 album Houses of the...
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Harry Hippie: Bobby Womack's recollection of his brother tragic death

Harry Hippie is one of the best-known songs released by Bobby Womack who, throughout his sixty-year long career, has...
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Desafinado: a song for those who cannot sing

The Portuguese word Desafinado, meaning "out of tune" or "off-key," is a rather strange name for a classic bossa nova...
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Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On: the record that shot Jerry Lee Lewis to fame

Recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis in 1957, Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On instantly became a major hit in America, highlighting...
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Beatles songs featuring Lydian mode

One of the main reasons for the long-term popularity of The Beatles songs is undoubtedly their developed and varied...
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Burbujas de Amor: playful and saucy lyrics by Juan Luis Guerra

Burbujas de Amor is one of the best-known songs by Juan Luis Guerra, a Dominican pop singer and accomplished songwriter...
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Flat Foot Floogie: vulgar meaning of the swing hit song

Flat Foot Floogie (with a Floy Floy) is a jazz swing song that became a nationwide hit when it was released in the US in...
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The Bells of Rhymney: two major modal modes of famous protest song

The Bells of Rhymney is one of the best-known protest songs of the past century, first recorded in 1958 by the American...
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Hypnotized: Fleetwood Mac's song about aliens

Hypnotized is the best-known track from Fleetwood Mac's 1973 album Mystery To Me, written by guitarist Bob Welch who...
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Dos Gardenias: romantic lyrics of the famous Cuban bolero

Dos Gardenias is a well-known Cuban song with soulful and gentle lyrics composed in the form of bolero—a vocal style...
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Reelin' In the Years: the tandem of effective lyrics and one of the best guitar solos of all time

Reelin' In the Years is one of the most successful tracks of the American jazz-rock band Steely Dan who are known for...
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Bony Moronie: blues roots of the seminal rock and roll hit

Bony Moronie is one of the best-known tracks of New Orleans singer Larry Williams which, along with his other songs, has...
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Garota De Ipanema: world's best-known bossa nova tune came to Jobim in a bar

Garota De Ipanema is one of the best-known songs in the bossa nova genre, a dance style that originated in the 1950s as...
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Things We Said Today: the only Beatles song featuring Phrygian mode

Things We Said Today is one of the tracks written by Paul McCartney for The Beatles's 1964 A Hard Day's Night, although...
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Gimme Three Steps: the bar where Lynyrd Skynyrd's frontman almost got shot

Gimme Three Steps is the best-known track from the 1973 debut album by American rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. The...
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Firth of Fifth: impressionistic Genesis song as a prog-rock masterpiece

Firth of Fifth is a ten-minute track released by Genesis on the 1973 album Selling England by the Pound and is...
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Suavemente: meaning of Elvis Crespo's best song

Suavemente is one of the best-known songs in the merengue genre—a dance style that originated in the Dominican Republic...
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Cum On Feel the Noize: Slade's instant hit recipe

Cum On Feel the Noize is a 1973 single by the English glam rock band Slade that topped the charts a week after its...
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Terraplane Blues: first song to compare car problems with intimate relationship

Terraplane Blues is the first single released by Robert Johnson—a traveling blues performer deeply revered by many rock...
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Mambo Italiano: Bob Merrill's meaningless lyrics composed on restaurant napkin

Mambo Italiano is a timeless hit in the mambo genre written by American songwriter Bob Merrill in the 1950s on a...
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9 Beatles songs that combine harmonic major with Ionian mode

The polyphonic structure of Western classical music distinguishes it from other musical traditions such as Indian...
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D'yer Mak'er: meaning of Led Zeppelin's most controversial song

D'yer Mak'er, released on Led Zeppelin's 1973 album Houses of the Holy, remains the most controversial track the band...
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El Farsante and 7 more songs by Ozuna in Dorian and Aeolian modes

Few could have imagined that a career in music could have such an outstanding start as the one of Puerto Rican urbano...
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Yakety Yak: teenager's answer to household chores in a hit song

Yakety Yak is one of the best-known songs written by American songwriting partners Jerome Leiber and Michael Stoller...
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I Shot the Sheriff: Burnin' spliff nearly destroyed Bob Marley's original recording

I Shot The Sheriff is one of Bob Marley's best-known songs first released on the 1973 album Burnin' and popularized a... 1 comment
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La Cucaracha: the song about a stoned legless cockroach as a ridicule against Mexican dictator

La Cucaracha is a fiery Mexican song in the corrido style, a poetic form of the ballad genre prevalent in Central... 1 comment
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Muskrat Love: the polarizing song of America

Muskrat Love is a sweet and slightly strange song about a romantic relationship between two anthropomorphic muskrats,...
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Seven Seas of Rhye: song of imaginary land brought to life by Ionian and Mixolydian modes

Seven Seas of Rhye first appeared as an instrumental track on Queen's 1973 self-titled debut album and later released as...
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A Dios le Pido: Juanes' Spanish lyrics behind the song success

A Dios le Pido or I beg to God is the best-known track of the Colombian songwriter and guitarist Juanes who made history...

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