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Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver (1976)
Song of the Day: It is hardly a stab in the dark to pick out the great American composer’s film work as the next entry in film score music, but here is an artist surely among the greatest for matching image and sound
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Miles Davis in 1958
Song of the Day: Returning to film scores but remaining on the jazz genre, a sublime example of Miles Davis in his early modal style, from his 1958 soundtrack to Louis Malle’s adaptation of a crime novel, starring Jeanne Moreau
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The Animals may have done the best-known cover version, but there are arguably others than better it
To some it’s a masterpiece, to others a dirge, but from 17th century England to 20th century New Orleans, with artists that include Woody Guthrie, Nina Simone, The Animals and alt-J it’s a song that keeps evolving
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Mahalia Jackson
Song of the Day: Following a tribute to Aretha Franklin's passing, who could possibly follow that? Very few, but perhaps one of her inspirations, the great gospel singer, with three songs that show her extraordinary power and range
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