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Song of the Day is paying tribute to the musicians, singers and songwriters who died in 2023. Tony Bennett died July 21 in New York City. He openly shared his seven-year battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. He was 96. His signature song was "I Left My Heart in San Francisco."
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The Song of the Day is paying tribute to the singers, musicians and songwriters who died in 2023. David Crosby died January 18, 2023 in Los Angeles. His wife said he died after a long illness, however friends said he died in his sleep after a short bout with Covid-19. He was 81.
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Song of the Day is paying tribute to the singers, songwriters and musicians who died in 2023. Gordon Lightfoot died May 1 in Toronto, Canada at age 84. The Song of the Day, "If You Could Read My Mind" hit gold in the U.S. in 1970.
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The Song of the Day is paying tribute to the singers, songwriters and musicians who died in 2023. Harry Belafonte died April 25, 2023 in New York City of congestive heart failure. He was 96. "Day-O" was chosen as The Song of the Day tribute because it was Belafonte's signature song.
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This December, the Song of the Day is paying tribute to the singers, songwriters and musicians who died in 2023. Jimmy Buffett died September 1 in Sag Harbor, New York from Merkel cell carcinoma, a rare skin cancer. He was 76. Out of his massive trove of trop rock, we chose "Margaritaville" as the Song of the Day because it's the song that launched his entire enterprise.
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Freddy Mercury told the public he had AIDS on November 23, 1991. He died one day later, November 24, from bronchial pneumonia due to AIDS complications. He was 45. The Song of the Day, "Somebody to Love," was said to be his favorite.
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Long before Paul Simon’s "Graceland" album, South African music influenced American songs. Our Song of the Day, “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” had its origins in South Africa three decades before it was released in the U.S. on November 17, 1961.
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Some of the greatest songs ever written were inspired in minutes. “Uptown Funk” was not one of them.“Uptown Funk” by Bruno Mars was released as a digital download November 10, 2014.
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The Foo Fighters played in Cesena, population 97,000, on November 3, 2015, three months after receiving a video invitation. Among their play list was our Song of the Day "Learn to Fly."
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Ben E. King was the first to have a hit with our Song of the Day, "Stand by Me." He co-wrote it and recorded it on October 27, 1960.