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War’s seventh studio album Why Can’t We Be Friends? was released in June of 1975, and the title track reached Number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 that summer. It has been featured in dozens of movies and television shows and over the past 45 years while becoming an integral part of our musical vernacular.
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“Man, what is going on? This time of night you’re calling Merry to do a session?” said a somewhat aggravated Curtis Amy, a jazz saxophonist who had worked as musical director for Ray Charles.
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You wouldn’t be wrong to think the vocals on most pop hits today are made up from bits and pieces of dozens – if not hundreds – of vocal takes. It’s called comping and while it makes a vocal perfect, it doesn’t always make it human.
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The first installment in our new series Did You Hear That? takes a look at the backstory and a famous error in one of the most popular songs of the new century.
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