Suggested Listening November 6, 2020

Hi everyone, welcome to our Suggested Listening posting for this week!

Our Suggested Listening postings focus on the music of the past, with a few new songs mixed in for good measure.

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Suggested Listening postings come out weekly, on Fridays, and the next Suggested Listening posting will be out on Friday, November 13, 2020.

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Bye Bye Blackbird by Miles Davis (Genre: Jazz)

Bye Bye Blackbird is from Davis’s seminal album ‘Round About Midnight (1957).

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I.G.Y. by Donald Fagen (Genre: Pop-Rock, Jazz)

A great album from Steely Dan co-founder Donald Fagen; from his terrific album The Nightfly (1982).

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In The Midnight Hour by Wilson Pickett (Genre: R&B, Vocal, Pop)

A classic song from Pickett’s vintage, and appropriately titled, album The Exciting Wilson Pickett (1966).

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I’ve Been Loving You too Long by Otis Redding (Genre: R&B, Vocal, Pop)

A classic song from one of the best American singers. I’ve Been Loving You Too Long is from Redding’s 1965 album Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul.

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Make Someone Happy by Jimmy Durante (Genre: Vocal, Pop, Soundtrack)

Durante recorded the song Make Someone Happy for his 1965 album Jimmy Durante’s Way of Life; more recently the song appeared on the soundtrack to the Tom Hanks & Meg Ryan film Sleepless in Seattle (1993).

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One Day by Yellowjackets & WDR Big Band (Genre: Jazz)

One Day is a smooth, upbeat song from the new album XL by Yellowjackets & WDR Big Band.

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Strike The Bell by Fisherman’s Friends (Genre: Folk)

Sea shanties are front and center! Courtsey of the wonderful ten-piece Cornish band Fisherman’s Friend!

Strike The Bell is from the group’s 2018 release Sole Mates.

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Soul Shake by Delaney & Bonnie (Genre: Roots Rock)

Delaney & Bonnie were singer and guitarist Delaney Bramlett and singer Bonnie Bramlett who recorded several terrific roots rock albums in the 1970s, including the album that features Soul Shake – To Bonnie from Delaney (1970).

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This Little Babe by Clare College Choir, Cambridge with Graham Ross conducting (Genre: Choral, Classical, Holiday)

From the Clare College Choir’s new album Britten: A Ceremony of Carols (2020).

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When You Wish Upon A Star by Cliff Edward (AKA Jiminy Cricket)

Cliff Edwards, also known as Ukulele Ike, is best known today for singing this upbeat song, from the soundtrack of Walt Disney’s Pinocchio.

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Hoopla Pick of the Week

The new Joni Mitchell album Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963-1967) – available for instant check out via Hoopla (Southeast Steuben County Library card required)

About The Album:

ARCHIVES VOL. 1 reveals just how prolific a songwriter Mitchell was at the time. In addition to early versions of songs that would appear on Song To A Seagull (“Michael From Mountains” and “I Had A King”), the set also features songs destined for later albums: “Chelsea Morning” “Both Sides Now” (Clouds, 1969); “The Circle Game” (Ladies of the Canyon, 1970); and “Little Green” (Blue, 1971).

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More than a just historic document, these recordings crackle with energy thanks to a vibrant and enchanting Mitchell. On many, you can hear her turning tuning her guitar and telling a story about the song before playing it. That includes her rare 1967 cover of Neil Young’s “Sugar Mountain,” a song she says inspired her to write “The Circle Game.”

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The collection begins in 1963 with her earliest-known recording as a 19-year-old Mitchell performs at CFQC AM, a radio station in her hometown of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The box culminates with a stirring, three-set 1967 nightclub performance recorded at the Canterbury House in Ann Arbor, Michigan. – collection summary by Rhino Records

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Have a great weekend!

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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REFERENCES:

Print References

The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits by Joel Whitburn

Online References

AllMusic: https://www.allmusic.com/

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