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Morning Edition: Music

Spontaneity plays a key role in David Bowie's 'Fame'

The song owes its origins to a studio session with John Lennon and a bit of wordplay.

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Rapping about Alexander Hamilton

The musical "Hamilton" tells the story of revolutionary Alexander Hamilton -- in rap.

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20 years ago: 'Gangsta's Paradise' by Coolio tops pop chart

It's one of the few Coolio tracks that does not include profanity.

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Keith Richards out with a new solo album

Keith Richards out with a new solo album

"Crosseyed Heart" is the first solo album by The Rolling Stones' guitarist in 23 years.

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40 years ago: Glen Campbell's 'Rhinestone Cowboy' hit No. 1

Larry Weiss said his song "Rhinestone Cowboy" was written about the cowboys like Roy Rogers and Gene Autry, who he saw in movies and on television when he was a kid.

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Heritage Blues Orchestra mixes many types of music

The orchestra was a crowd favorite at the Rock Bend Folk Festival last weekend in St. Peter, Minn.

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Low's 'Ones and Sixes' enjoying much praise

"This is an album that cracks and sizzles, bursting with an electric energy and swelling into enormous, cavernous moments," writes one critic.

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'Tutti Frutti': An accidental song that changed the world

'Tutti Frutti': An accidental song that changed the world

It's been named among the songs that changed the world, but if it wasn't for a lunch break 60 years ago during a New Orleans recording session, Little Richard's 'Tutti Frutti' wouldn't have existed.

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High school band Bruise Violet to play on The Local Show

The band, made up of three St. Paul high school students, joins Downstairs Attic and others for the back to school edition of the Sunday evening radio show.

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60 years ago: 'The Yellow Rose of Texas' trumps 'Rock Around the Clock'

Mitch Miller and the Gang's version of the old American folk song sold more than one million copies in the United States and hit No. 2 in Britain.

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