Hi everyone, here is our weekly Suggested Listening and Viewing post; featuring ten songs and two streaming video recommendations, one from a mainstream service and the other from Kanopy, the library’s free to access streaming service (all you need is a library card!).
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This week we’re going to take a listen to music by musicians who were born in December. Happy listening!
First The Songs:
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy by Bette Midler (Born December 1, 1945)
Found on the Album: The Divine Miss M (1973)
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Diamonds on my Windshield by Tom Waits (Born December 7, 1949)
Found on the Album: The Heart of Saturday Night (1974)
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Light My Fire by The Doors with Jim Morrison on vocals (Born December 8, 1943)
Found on the Album: The Doors (1967)
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The Candy Man by Sammy Davis Jr. (Born December 8, 1925)
Found on the Album: Twentieth Century Masters: Sammy Davis Jr. (2002)
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B-a-b-y by Carla Thomas (Born December 21, 1942)
Found on the Album: Stax Classics (2017)
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Cheeseburger in Paradise by Jimmy Buffet (Born December 25, 1946)
Found on the Album: Songs You Know By Heart: Jimmy Buffett’s Greatest Hits (1985)
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Gimme Shelter by Merry Clayton (Born December 25, 1948)
Found on the Album: Gimme Shelter (1970)
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Would I Lie To You? by The Eurythmics featuring Annie Lennox (Born December 25, 1954)
Found on the Album: The Ultimate Collection (2005)
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Who Do You Love by Bo Diddley (Born Ellas McDaniel on December 30, 1928)
Found on the Album: His Best (Chess Records) (1997)
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Freedom Trilogy by Odetta (Born December 31, 1930)
Found on the Album: Odetta at Town Hall (1962)
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Second The Videos:
A new title available through one of the usual U.S. streaming services, followed by a Kanopy title that you can check out with your library card and stream on-demand.
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New General Streaming Title of the Week
The Abandons (2025) (Netflix)
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Kanopy Streaming Pick of the Week (A title available to library card holders)
Aging in America Survive & Thrive (2023) (PBS)
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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.
And The Digital Catalog/Libby features titles that may be checked out via the one-copy-one-user lending model, just like print books.
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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 checkout 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.
Titles in the Hoopla Catalog are available to be checked out on-demand by all library card holders, with the caveat of being able to check out a maximum of ten titles per month, per card.
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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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