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    Behind The Song: “Ordinary People,” by John Legend and will.i.am

    December 28, 2020, 4:24 am

  • How The Vince Guaraldi Trio Tune “Linus & Lucy” Became an American Standard

    December 21, 2020, 12:00 am

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    December 10, 2020, 5:18 pm

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    December 10, 2020, 11:11 am

  • Today’s Song, December 7, 2020: The Monkees, “She” by Boyce & Hart

    December 8, 2020, 2:15 am

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    Garfunkel: On Being Paul Simon’s First Champion

    December 4, 2020, 11:11 pm

  • Happy Thanksgiving Song, Part 2: “Thanksgiving” by Loudon Wainwright III

  • Happy Thanksgiving Song, Part 1: “Alice’s Restaurant” by Arlo Guthrie

    November 26, 2020, 12:51 pm

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    November 19, 2020, 8:27 am

  • Great Songwriters on Great Songs: Irving Berlin on Lorenz Hart

    November 14, 2020, 4:37 pm

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