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Rick Hall with Wilson Pickett and the great Muscle Shoals guitarist Jimmy Johnson
Song of the Day: Today's song could be one of many masterpieces, because it's really a tribute to its co-writer, the recently departed Rick Hall, who founded the magical musical well known as Fame Studios at 603 East Avalon Avenue in Muscle Shoals, Alabama
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The Spinners, also known as he Detroit Spinners, not to be confused with the skiffle and folk group from Liverpool
Song of the Day: As relatives and lovers continue their post-Christmas journeys to and from their homes in hazardous weather, two versions of another classic that might help the journey
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The Four Tops: Levi Stubbs, Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Renaldo "Obie" Benson and Lawrence Payton
Song of the Day: A Motown classic from 1966, and the follow-up to Reach Out I'll Be There from the Reach Out album. Also written by Holland- Dozier-Holland, there are strong musical similarities, especially in the chorus, but this song is all about heartbreak
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Beyoncé's Crazy In Love, but where does the inspiration come from, other than Jay-Z?
Song of the Day: You ready? Uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, oh, no, no. An uncharacteristically commercial behemoth to be appearing on SOTD, and while it's hard to resist a song that is so undeniably catchy and brilliant, passionate pop, where does the inspiration, and indeed music, come from?
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Gnarls Barkley
Song of the Day: From one crazy song to another, another by a great singer, this time the Atlanta-born CeeLo Green in collaboration with New York producer Danger Mouse from their acclaimed 2006 album St Elsewhere
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Nicole Atkins
Song of the Day: Two beautiful songs for a Sunday from a new album, Goodnight Rhonda Lee, by the New Jersey-born singer who possesses one of the most tender, powerful and soulful voices around today
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Shuggie Otis in his days as teenage prodigy. He is now 63 and still going strong
Song of the Day: A psychedelic soul classic from Shuggie, aka Johnny Alexander Veliotes Jr, the California singer-songwriter from his 1971 album Freedom Flight, which 1977 became a funk hit produced by Quincy Jones
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The Cardigans, with singer Nina Persson
Song of the Day: Two wonderful 90s tracks from the Swedish band, both looking at relationship problems in wry and musically inventive ways
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Foxygen
Song of the Day: Particularly known for their theatrical, extravagant performances, the Californian duo of Jonathan Rado and Sam France can sound, as on these tracks, like a throwback to early-70s hippy psychedelia or stage musicals, but these are some of many styles they can play with
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Swan song? St Vincent in the New York video
Song of the Day: Two contrasting songs from the artist also known as Annie Clark, mixing sassy, satirical techno pop with intelligent social observation, the other a soulful love song. Both are about opposite cities of the US and from her forthcoming album Masseduction
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Charles Bradley
Song of the Day: Soulful classic double from a man with an equally turbulent life who was first raised in Florida, and a timely theme from his 2013 album Victim of Love. But this could be from any era, with the vocal class of James Brown, Al Green to Marvin Gaye blowing right through it
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