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!).
This week we’re offering ten pop/rock & blues classics from the early to mid twentieth century. Enjoy!
First the songs:
No Particular Place to Go by Chuck Berry
Found on the Album: 20th Century Masters: The Best Of Chuck Berry – The Millennium Collection (1999)
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Today I Sing The Blues by Aretha Franklin
Found on the Album: Aretha (1961)
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Oh, Boy! by Buddy Holly
Found on the Album: The Chirping Crickets (1957)
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Bye Bye Love by The Everly Brothers
Found on the Album: The Very Best Of The Everly Brothers (1964)
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Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right by Bob Dylan
Found on the Album: The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (1963)
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Ruby Baby by Dion
Found on the Album: Ruby Ruby (1963)
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Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone
Found on the Album: Wild Is The Wind (1966)
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St. Louis Blues by Bessie Smith
Found on the Album: Smith, Bessie: St. Louis Blues (1924-25) (2003)
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Make Someone Happy by Dinah Washington
Found on the Album: The Complete Roulette Collection (2011)
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5-10-15 Hours by Ruth Brown
Found on the Album: Rockin’ In Rhythm – The Best Of Ruth Brown (2005)
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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, via the Kanopy app or through the Kanopy website found at https://www.kanopy.com/
Mainstream Streaming Pick of the Week
The Pitt, Season 2 (2026) (HBO Max)
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Kanopy Streaming Pick of the Week
The Friend Trailer
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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.


