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Music in this episode:
The Beatles - “The End” (1969)
The Swan Silvertones - “Oh Mary Don't You Weep” (1959)
Eddie Harris - “Listen Here” (1961)
James Brown - “Maybe The Last Time” (1964)
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet - “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy” (1966)
Joe Cocker - “Feelin' Alright” (1969)
The Rolling Stones - “You Can't Always Get What You Want” (1969)
Bob Marley - “Lively Up Yourself” (1974)
INXS - “Need You Tonight” (1987)
Deee-Lite - “Groove Is In The Heart” (1990)
The Orb - “Little Fluffy Clouds” (1991)
Mississippi John Hurt - “Liza Jane/God's Unchanging Hand” (1963)
The Staple Singers - “This May Be the Last Time” (1961)
Betty Davis - “They Say I’m Different” (1974)
Little Walter Jacobs - “Juke” (1952)
John Lee Hooker - “Boogie Chillen” (1948)
Lightnin’ Hopkins - “My California” (1948)
Ray Charles - “You Are My Sunshine” (1962)
References:
Richard Ripani - The New Blue Music: Changes in Rhythm & Blues, 1950-1999
Trevor de Clercq - The Practice of Popular Music: Understanding Harmony, Rhythm, Melody, and Form in Commercial Songwriting
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