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Morning Edition: Music

Beach Boys' hit used an unusual technique

Beach Boys' hit used an unusual technique

Fifty years ago Monday the Beach Boys began recording what would become one of their most iconic songs.

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Rolling Stones coming to TCF Bank Stadium for ZIP CODE tour

Rolling Stones coming to TCF Bank Stadium for ZIP CODE tour

The tour name is a reference to the "Sticky Fingers" album design.

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Yoruban twins to perform in Minneapolis

Yoruban twins to perform in Minneapolis

Lisa-Kainde Diaz and Naomi Diaz are descendants of the Yoruba people who came to Cuba from Nigeria in the 1700s through the slave trade.

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Minnesota Orchestra season to include Audra McDonald, Yevgeny Sudbin

Minnesota Orchestra season to include Audra McDonald, Yevgeny Sudbin

Additionally, the new season will include three weeks of concerts in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of composer Jean Sibelius.

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Sly and the Family Stone album to be preserved by Library of Congress

Sly and the Family Stone album to be preserved by Library of Congress

The first Doors album, "Sixteen Tons" by Tennessee Ernie Ford and radio coverage of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's funeral were also among this year's selections.

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Marsalis father and son duo to play at the Dakota

Marsalis father and son duo to play at the Dakota

The two collaborated on "The Last Southern Gentlemen"; it's the first time that they have recorded a full album together.

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Lennon, McCartney struggled over how to start 'Eight Days a Week'

Lennon, McCartney struggled over how to start 'Eight Days a Week'

This was the first song that John Lennon and Paul McCartney brought into the studio unfinished.

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Choir of Kings College to perform in St. Paul

The choir, currently on tour in the United States, was founded in 1441 by King Henry VI to provide daily singing in his chapel.

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Modest Mouse launches an interactive website, releases new album

Modest Mouse launches an interactive website, releases new album

You can type in a phrase and an algorithm picks samples from the album to go with the words.

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Hippo Campus looks to break out at SXSW

The band members of Hippo Campus met one another while they were students at the St. Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists.

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