Joan B. Kennedy was a classically trained pianist.
October 08, 2025
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Describes Joan B. Kennedy's formal musical training.
Olivia Rodrigo released the song "All-American b----" in 2023.
January 01, 2023
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Release year of the song by the recording artist Olivia Rodrigo.
Todd Snider co-wrote a song with Loretta Lynn that appeared on Loretta Lynn's 2016 album 'Full Circle'.
January 01, 2016
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songwriting collaboration appearing on another artist's album
Todd Snider released albums on John Prine's independent label Oh Boy Records in the early 2000s, including the 2004 collection 'East Nashville Skyline'.
January 01, 2004
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association with Oh Boy Records and notable album
D'Angelo's 2000 single 'Untitled (How Does It Feel)' was released with a minimalist, shirtless music video that became a cultural touchstone for conversations about artistry, sexuality, and vulnerability in Black male representation; the song won the Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and his 2000 album 'Voodoo' topped the Billboard 200 and won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album.
January 01, 2000
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Artistic impact of a single and corresponding album commercial and award achievements.
D'Angelo collaborated with Lauryn Hill on the duet 'Nothing Even Matters', which appeared on Lauryn Hill's 1998 album 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill'.
January 01, 1998
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Notable cross-artist collaboration appearing on a landmark album.
D'Angelo's debut studio album 'Brown Sugar' was released in 1995, was certified platinum, produced the singles 'Lady' and 'Brown Sugar', and earned him multiple Grammy nominations.
January 01, 1995
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Commercial and critical milestones for an artist's debut album.
Members of the Grateful Dead were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
January 01, 1994
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction year for the Grateful Dead.
D'Angelo (Michael Eugene Archer) blended hip-hop grit, emphatic soul, and gospel-rooted emotion into a sound that helped spearhead the neo-soul movement of the 1990s.
January 01, 1990
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Describes artistic style and influence within a musical movement.
Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot memorialized the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald in the ballad 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald'.
November 01, 1975
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Cultural response to the Edmund Fitzgerald disaster.
The 1972 Jamaican film The Harder They Come was among the first major commercial film releases from Jamaica, and its soundtrack is widely cited as one of the greatest and contributed to reggae's international popularization.
January 01, 1972
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Positions the film and its soundtrack as a durable cultural touchstone and turning point for reggae's global reach.
The film The Harder They Come (1972) was the first major commercial film released from Jamaica, and its soundtrack is widely cited as among the greatest and as a turning point in reggae's international rise.
January 01, 1972
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Positions the film and its soundtrack as culturally significant for Jamaican cinema and the global spread of reggae.
Don McLean's 1971 song "American Pie" referred to the February 3, 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "Big Bopper" Richardson as "the day the music died."
January 01, 1971
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Cultural reference linking a 1971 song lyric to the 1959 plane crash.
Donna Jean Godchaux was a featured singer with the rock band Grateful Dead for much of the 1970s and appeared on the albums 'Terrapin Station', 'Shakedown Street', and 'From the Mars Hotel'.
January 01, 1970
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Band membership and album credits during the Grateful Dead's 1970s period.
Donna Jean Godchaux provided backing vocals on 1960s soul recordings, including Elvis Presley's 'Suspicious Minds' and Percy Sledge's 'When a Man Loves a Woman'.
January 01, 1960
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Session and backing-vocal credits from 1960s popular recordings.
Donna Jean Godchaux worked as a session singer in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and at the Memphis-based American Sound Studio in the 1960s.
January 01, 1960
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Muscle Shoals and American Sound Studio were prominent recording centers for soul and R&B in the 1960s.
Jimmy Cliff was a Jamaican reggae singer and actor who emerged from Kingston's 1960s music scene and was a pioneer of reggae alongside contemporaries Bob Marley, Toots Hibbert, and Peter Tosh.
January 01, 1960
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Describes Cliff's origins and his role within the development of reggae in Jamaica.
Jimmy Cliff wrote the song 'Many Rivers to Cross' after encountering racism while living in England in the 1960s.
January 01, 1960
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Explains the personal and historical inspiration behind one of Cliff's best-known songs.
"Many Rivers to Cross" is a gospel-style song written by Jimmy Cliff after he encountered racism in England in the 1960s.
January 01, 1960
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Provides the song's style and the personal experience that inspired its composition.
Buddy Holly died on February 3, 1959, in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, that also killed musicians Ritchie Valens and J.P. "Big Bopper" Richardson.
February 03, 1959
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Historical fact about the 1959 plane crash involving early rock and roll musicians.
The French rap song 'Un Zder, Un Thé' by Josman thematically addresses isolation, exhaustion, and escapism.
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Summary of the song's themes as described in coverage.
Buddy Holly was born and raised in Lubbock, Texas.
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Background information about the rock and roll musician Buddy Holly.
Todd Snider's music combined elements of folk, rock, and country.
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musical style
Jimmy Buffett's record label Margaritaville released Todd Snider's first two albums: 'Songs for the Daily Planet' (1994) and 'Step Right Up' (1996).
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early releases and label association
Prakazrel "Pras" Michel was a founding member of the hip-hop group the Fugees alongside Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean.
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Biographical background about the artist's role in the musical group
The Fugees won two Grammy Awards and sold tens of millions of albums.
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General commercial and critical achievements of the band
The Fugees, a musical group founded by Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, and Prakazrel 'Pras' Michel, have sold tens of millions of albums and have won two Grammy Awards.
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Background information about the musical group referenced in the article.