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The Weekend Stream: May 6, 2023

May 6, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 6 Comments

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there’s plenty of great new/old music to usher you into the weekend. Today’s might be our biggest and best round-up of the spring: classic rock remixes, classic soul legends, rising rap icons, all kinds of ’80s pop, a classic Broadway album making its belated digital debut – plus two urgent social causes we really want you to know about. David Bowie, Golden Years (TOKiMONSTA Remix) (Parlophone) (iTunes / Amazon) Created…

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The Weekend Stream

Formats:

Digital Download, Digital Streaming

Genres:

Blues, Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

Tags:

Book of Love, Chance The Rapper, Daryl Hall and John Oates, David Bowie, Doris Day, Edgar Winter, James Brown, Les Brown, Oingo Boingo, Robyn Hitchcock, Squeeze, Stephen Sondheim, Tavares, The Hooters, Zero Mostel

Sentimental Journeys: Real Gone Music Celebrates Doris Day Centennial with Two New Releases

February 28, 2022 by The Second Disc | 5 Comments

Doris Day Early Day Rare Songs from the Radio

“That kid is a real hot singer!” Cincinnati bandleader Barney Rapp was quick to recognize young Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff. The leader of the New Englanders urged the young vocalist to change her name, taking his cue from the song with which she left him smitten: “Day After Day.” She became Doris Day, and the rest is history. On April 1, Real Gone Music celebrates the centennial year of the timeless artist, actress, and passionate animal rights advocate who died in 2019 at the age of 97 with two landmark releases. Early…

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News

Formats:

CD, Vinyl

Genres:

Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal

Tags:

Andre Previn, Bob Hope, Doris Day, Jimmy Wakely, Les Brown