The Tender, The Moving, The Swinging Aretha …

The Queen of Soul. This one was released on August 13, 1962 ... Listen to The Tender, The Moving, The Swinging Aretha Franklin on Amazon Music ... #arethafranklin #thetenderthemovingtheswingingarethafranklin #soul #r&b #60smusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky

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Dan Fogelberg

 “There is no Eden or heavenly gates that you’re gonna make it to one day, But all of the answers you seek can be found in the dreams that you dream on the way.” ~ Dan Fogelberg b. August 13, 1951 Listen to my Fogelberg playlist on Amazon Music ... #danfogelberg #folkrock #70smusic #80smusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #rock #rockmusic

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Pronounced

“Take your time…don’t live too fastTroubles will come and they will pass …” Listen to Lynyrd Skynyrd's Pronounced album on Amazon Music ... Released August 13, 1973. It's #381 on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time." #lynyrdskynyrd #pronounced #70srock #southernrock #rock #rockmusic #ronnievanzant #classicrock #music #musicsky #musiciansky

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Look what turns 35 today …

Pixies follow-up to '89's Doolittle firmly ensconces them as one of the most important and seminal bands of the '90's. Listen to Bossanova by Pixies on Amazon Music ... #pixies #bossanova #alternativerock #garagerock #kimdeal #spacerock #surfrock #alternativerock #altrock #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky

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Sweet baby Jesus, I miss this guy.

  “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion…” pic.twitter.com/InZ58zkoAm — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 13, 2017 #44 #barackobama #leadership #potus

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The Father of The Bakersfield Sound …

b. August 12, 1929 #BuckOwens #birthday #bakersfieldsound #music #musicsky #musiciansky Listen to my Buck Owens (and The Buckaroos) playlist on Amazon Music ...

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We’re off to never-neverland …

The Black Album is released on August 12, 1991. The album debuted at number one in ten countries and spent four consecutive weeks at the top of the Billboard 200, making it Metallica's first album to top album charts. By June 2018, the album spent 488 weeks on the Billboard album chart, making it one of the ten longest running discs of all time.

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Cheap Thrills

August 12, 1968 ~ The followup to their debut album a year earlier, Cheap Thrills, reached number one on the charts for eight nonconsecutive weeks in 1968. The album features three cover songs ("Summertime", "Piece of My Heart" and "Ball and Chain"). The album also features Bill Graham, who introduces the band at the beginning of "Combination of the Two".

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