Byron said:

79: Fleetwood Mac- Dreams

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#80

Aerosmith - Dream On (from Aerosmith, '73)

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Thanks.

80. I Feel Love-Donna Summer

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82) Love T.K.O. - Teddy Pendergrass

83) Duke Ellington - Black, Brown and Beige




• President Lyndon Johnson presented Duke Ellington with the President’s Gold Medal in 1966.

• President Richard M Nixon presented Duke Ellington with the Medal of Freedom in 1969.

• Duke Ellington received 13 Grammy Awards.

• Duke Ellington received the Pulitzer Prize

• Was awarded the French Legion of Honor in 1973.

• Has a United States Commemorative stamp with his image on it issued in 1986.

Simply put, Ellington transcends boundaries and fills the world with a treasure trove of music that renews itself through every generation of fans and music-lovers. His legacy continues to live onand will endure for generations to come. Winton Marsalis said it best when he said "His music sounds like America." Because of the unmatched artistic heights to which he soared, no one deserved the phrase “beyond category” more than Ellington, for it aptly describes his life as well. He was most certainly one of a kind that maintained a llifestyle with universal appeal which transcended countless boundaries.

Duke Ellington is best remembered for the over 3000 songs that he composed during his lifetime. His best known titles include; "It Don't Mean a Thing if It Ain't Got That Swing", "Sophisticated Lady", "Mood Indigo", “Solitude", "In a Mellotone", and "Satin Doll". The most amazing part about Ellington was the most creative while he was on the road. It was during this time when he wrote his most famous piece, "Mood Indigo"which brought him world wide fame.

When asked what inspired him to write, Ellington replied, "My men and my race are the inspiration of my work. I try to catch the character and mood and feeling of my people".

Duke Ellington's popular compositions set the bar for generations of brilliant jazz, pop, theatre and soundtrack composers to come. While these compositions guarantee his greatness, whatmakes Duke an iconoclastic genius, and an unparalleled visionary, what has granted him immortality are his extended suites. From 1943's Black, Brown and Beige to 1972's The Uwis Suite, Duke used the suite format to give his jazz songs a far more empowering meaning, resonance and purpose: to exalt, mythologize and re-contextualize the African-American experience on a grand scale.

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Thanks for the compliments. Cool thread topic.

It was unclear to me who this list was for.
Just folks here, folks that don't listen to a lot of music, folks who do, folks who only listen to one genre, etc.
So I figured if i'm going to ask someone to give up valuable pre-death time to listen to something, at least have some justification beyond, "Check out this tune."



Music for adventurous listeners


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84. Sade- Smooth Operator

85. Fool For The City ~ Foghat

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86) Long, Long Time - Linda Ronstadt

87. Don't Believe The Hype- Public Enemy

theAudience said:

So I figured if i'm going to ask someone to give up valuable pre-death time to listen to something, at least have some justification beyond, "Check out this tune."

Well, "check out this tune" is a good enough reason, too lol

The list isn't really "for" anyone, basically just a way to get folks thinking, participating, offering up some music that some may never have heard of...or just reiterating how good some better-known songs really are. Plus, it's pretty cool to actually listen to each of the 500 songs that will be on the list (thanks to Hudson lol)...

88) Melodies Of Love - Joe Sample

89) In Time - Sly & The Family Stone

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#91

Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You (from Led Zeppelin III, '70)

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GUNS N ROSES - ESTRANGED

93) I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston

(Original version by Dolly Parton)

^ I'm sure we've all already heard this song, but it deserves to be on the list. I'm shocked nobody mentioned it yet.. I'm not even a huge fan, but that's just an amazing performance.

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94) Jimmy Cliff - "Many Rivers To Cross"

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