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As Tears Go By (1964) – Marianne Faithfull (The Rolling Stones)

I had almost forgotten of this song until I read about it – not too long ago at Max’s blog – PowerPop. His principal version was by The Rolling Stones, but I slightly prefer the version by Marianne Faithfull. Both

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Where Does Hair Come From?

When I mean hair, I mean all hair: facial, head, chest, arms, legs, ears, nose, toes and yeh, those places at the epicentre. Obviously, strands of thousands of metres of hair aren’t lying dormant inside our bodies just being pumped

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Mighty to Save (2006) – Hillsong

Mighty to Save is the title track off Hillsong’s 2006 album. This is the third song to appear here from Hillsong. The quality and vibrance of this performance are nothing short of spectacular to my senses. The performer of today’s

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Mia & Sebastian’s Theme – La La Land (2016) – Justin Hurwitz

This look by actress Emma Stone and this song combined is one of the most impactful and romantic scenes I’ve seen in cinema. Well, there are actually three of those scenes in the movie. How is that? I’ll lay it

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Messiah (1741) – George Frideric Handel

The Messiah is the second composition from George Frideric Handel to feature here. The previous was the exquisite opening aria from his 1738 opera Serse also known as Ombra mai fu and Largo from Xerxes or Handel’s Largo. The Messiah premiered

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Memory (1981) – Elaine Paige & Betty Buckley’s rendition (Andrew Lloyd Webber)

I knew the hardest thing writing this post was deciding which version of Memory to feature at the end. Would I go with the version from Cats the Musical (image above), or another Elaine Page version at the Royal Albert

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Memories (2019) – Maroon 5

Two songs in a row featured here recommended by my children. What is going on? Sometimes after hearing ten’s of the crappiest songs there comes along a diamond in the rust. That’s a Joan Baez reference for all you kids

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Me Hace Daño Verte (2020) – Fresto

Me Hace Daño Verte (It Hurts Me to See You) is another song my kids recommended to me. It didn’t take me much time to decide to add this spectacular Salsa song to the Music Library Project. Cuban singer –

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Hold My Hand (2022) – Lady Gaga

Hold My Hand is the second song from Lady Gaga to be presented here after Always Remember Us this Way from the film A Star is Born. Today’s song was featured as the end piece of last year’s mega hit

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Leave (If You Want To) (2002) – My Friend the Chocolate Cake (David Bridie)

Leave (If You Want To) is the second song to appear here from My Friend the Chocolate Cake‘ (MFTCC)‘s fourth studio album – Curious. In the article of the previous song, It’s All in the Way from the same album

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