Hi everyone, welcome to our Suggested Listening posting for this week!
Suggested Listening postings are published on Fridays; and our next Suggested Listening posting will be out on Friday, April 18, 2025.
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Last week we listened to a collection of songs by the great bluesman Muddy Waters, who was born April 4, 1915 (or 1913 – there is some question about the year); and this week we will listen to a collection of songs by a variety of other artists who were born during the month of April.
The Little Old Lady (From Pasadena) by Jan & Dean (Jan Barry was born April 3, 1941)
Found on the LP: Jan and Dean’s Greatest Hits (1991)
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Ramrod by Duane Eddy (Duane Eddy was born in Corning, on April 26, 1938)
Found on the Album: Have Twangy Guitar Will Travel (1958)
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I Heard It Through The Grapevine by Marvin Gaye (Born April 2, 1939)
Found On The Album: In The groove (1968)
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Let’s Stay Together by Al Green (Born April 13, 1946)
Found on the Album: Let’s Stay Together (1972)
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Flying Home by Lionel Hampton (Born April 20, 1908)
Found On The Album: Flying Home (1965)
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Cantaloupe Island by Herbie Handcock (Born April 12, 1940)
Found On The Album: Empyrean Isles (1964)
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What A Little Moonlight Can Do by Billie Holiday (Born April 7, 1915)
Found On The Album: The Essential Billie Holiday (2010)
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Dedicated To You by Freddie Hubbard (Born April 7, 1938)
Found On The Album: The Body And The Soul (1964)
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Oh, Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison (Born April 23, 1936)
Found On The Album: The Essential Roy Orbison (2006)
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St. Louis Blues by Bessie Smith (Born April 15, 1894)
Found On The Album: The Essential Bessie Smith (2013)
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Have a great weekend,
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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Information on the four library catalogs
The Digital Catalog aka Libby: https://stls.overdrive.com/
The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, eAudiobooks, and digital magazines. You can use your library card and checkout content on a PC; you can also use the companion app, Libby, to access titles on your mobile devices; so you can enjoy eBooks and eAudiobooks on the go!
All card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can check out items from the Digital Catalog.
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Hoopla Catalog: https://www.hoopladigital.com/
The Hoopla Catalog features on demand checkouts of eBooks, eAudiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV shows. Patron check out limit is 10 items per month.
Hoopla is a Southeast Steuben County Library service available to all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders.
The Hoopla companion app, also called Hoopla is available for mobile devices, smart TVs & media streaming players.
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Kanopy Catalog: https://www.kanopy.com/en
The Kanopy Catalog features thousands of streaming videos available on demand.
The Kanopy Catalog is available for all Southern Tier Library System member library card holders, including all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders!
You can access the Kanopy Catalog through a web browser, or download the app to your phone, tablet or media streaming player (i.e. Roku, Google or Fire TV).
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StarCat: The catalog of physical/traditional library materials: https://starcat.stls.org
Card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can access StarCat to search for and request materials available at libraries through out the Southern Tier Library System.
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Have questions about how to access Internet based content (i.e. eBooks, eAudios or streaming videos)? Feel free to drop by the Reference Desk or call the library and we will assist you! The library’s telephone number is: 607-936-3713.
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