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| Bobby Bland | Two Steps from the Blues | 1961 |
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| The Byrds |
Sweetheart of the Rodeo | 1968 |
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| Bob Dylan |
John Wesley Harding | 1967 |
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| Aretha Franklin | Lady Soul | 1968 |
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| Grateful Dead | Workingman's Dead | 1970 |
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| Howlin' Wolf | Moanin' in the Moonlight | 1959 |
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| Simon and Garfunkel | Bookends | 1968 |
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| Paul Simon |
There Goes Rhymin' Simon | 1973 |
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| Bruce Springsteen | Tunnel of Love | 1987 |
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| Richard and Linda Thompson | Shoot Out the Lights | 1982 |
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