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Morning Edition: Music

Paul Simon to perform new and old songs in Minneapolis

Paul Simon to perform new and old songs in Minneapolis

Today's Morning Edition music is from Paul Simon with "The Riverbank," a track from his new album "Stranger to Stranger."

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Madonna put spotlight on AIDS with 'Live to Tell' performance

Madonna put spotlight on AIDS with 'Live to Tell' performance

In 2006, during her Confessions tour, she sang it while hanging on a giant mirrored cross and wearing a crown of thorns. The number 12 million flashed behind her, an estimate of the number of children orphaned by AIDS in Africa.

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Diana Ross went disco and hit No. 1

Diana Ross went disco and hit No. 1

"Love Hangover" was Ross's first attempt at disco, which was all the rage at the time.

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Macklemore raps about racism

Macklemore raps about racism

Macklemore says he was inspired to write about racism and white privilege after getting a message from an unnamed hip-hop legend.

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Percy Sledge's 'When a Man Loves a Woman' was No. 1 50 years ago

Percy Sledge's 'When a Man Loves a Woman' was No. 1 50 years ago

One night, Sledge says he was feeling so blue over a breakup that he couldn't bring himself to sing pop tunes. Instead he improvised what would become the lyrics to this song.

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Dakota Dave Hull releases two new albums

Dakota Dave Hull will be celebrating the release of two new albums during a performance Saturday night at the Celtic Junction in St. Paul.

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Whitney Houston's 'Greatest Love of All' was sued for plagiarism

Whitney Houston's 'Greatest Love of All' was sued for plagiarism

Gordon Lightfoot says when he heard the song on an elevator, he recognized that a 24-bar section of the tune had been lifted from his 1971 hit "If You Could Read My Mind."

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Paul Simon creates new instruments on new album

Paul Simon creates new instruments on new album

The singer's new album "Stranger to Stranger" comes out Friday.

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