R.I.P.. Carlos Lyra Brazilian singer, composer of numerous bossa nova classics. / He died Dec 16th, at age 80. Additional discographical, biographical information was added by Lawrence Azrin; check out the links at your leisure.
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* Some people don't actually consider this a "Big Star" record, as _only_ Alex Chilton and Jody Stephens were on this album / Listed at #220 on the "Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list, 2020
* - Recorded at McNichols Arena, Denver, October 19, 1978. / A 2014 Rolling Stone special issue on Young ranked it as Young's best song ever, and oit It is ranked #450 on Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list.
* - the original by The La's was listed at # 22 on NME's list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" / ** - only released in The Phillipines / Click on Link above, left, to view the original single
* - also their only US hit, they had 9 total in England, till 1977 / Click the Link above, left, to view the original German single, with a picture sleeve
* - Hovorka was originally from Geneva, NY. He was later in The Turbines. / **- A CD-R compiled for the 3rd "EMP Pop Conference", in Seattle, WA; held April 15th-18th, 2004 - numbered edition of 25 copies. // Click on the Link above, left to view the original single.
... ALSO ... This also chronicles the forgotten history of Motown Records; from 1970 to 1973, Motown’s "Black Power" subsidiary label, Black Forum, released politically charged albums by Stokely Carmichael, Amiri Baraka, Langston Hughes, Bill Cosby & Ossie Davis, and many others. / Click on Link above, to view this compilation.
* - Rolling Stone "500 Greatest Songs" #293 // This song was written in late 1968 and intended to be released on the 1969 album "Green Is Blues". Problems occurred, it was postponed for production, but perfected the second time around / Click on Link above, left, to view the original album