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Morning Edition: Music

Getting 'Too Close' to the top of the charts

The song about the effects of slow dancing was the best-selling single of 1998. It's one of the top five best-selling singles of all time by a Minnesota artist.
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Ranky Tanky celebrates Gullah culture

The debut album by Ranky Tanky shot to the top of the Billboard jazz chart after the band was featured on Fresh Air in December.
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Twin Cities radio helped launch Hall and Oates' career

Hall and Oates were relatively unknown when their second album "Abandoned Luncheonette" came out in 1973. That album did not produce any national hits.
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How a glorious motorcycle poster inspired 'Born to Be Wild'

Fifty years ago this month, Steppenwolf released "Born to Be Wild," after the first two singles from their debut album flopped. Guitarist Mars Bonfire says he was inspired to write the song when he saw a poster of a motorcycle erupting out of the earth like a volcano, with fire all around it and the caption "Born to Ride."
by Cathy Wurzer

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Haim comes to the Twin Cities ... and Lizzo comes home

Haim will be performing Monday and Tuesday night at the Palace Theater in downtown St. Paul. The trio of sisters from Los Angeles may be the headliners, but their opening act on the tour will also be a big draw for Minnesota audiences: it's Lizzo, who launched her career in the Twin Cities.

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Hear Judy Garland sing about Minnesota at centennial

More than 20,000 people attended the event at Memorial Stadium on the University of Minnesota campus.
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Ry Cooder's new album reimagines old songs

Like much of Ry Cooder's work over the years, his new album "The Prodigal Son" draws inspiration from old songs, often by long-forgotten artists.
by Cathy Wurzer

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How Elton John got his name

Fifty years ago, the British blues band Bluesology was on a flight home from a gig and keyboard player Reginald Dwight was trying to come up with a stage name for his nascent solo career.
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Melvin Carter sings 'Brown-Eyed Mayor'

The St. Paul mayor played the piano and sang his own rewrite of Van Morrison's "Brown-Eyed Girl." Carter turned it into a humorous take on what it's like to be the first person of color elected the city's mayor.
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Cuban singer Dayme Arocena performs Thursday in Minneapolis

The show was originally scheduled for last November but Arocena's tour was postponed because of what she calls "unexpected changes at the U.S. Embassy in Havana."
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