Jump To It by Aretha Franklin

Once again, lovers of music from decades past have been saddened to hear of the passing of Aretha Franklin from cancer.  To say that Ms. Franklin had a long and successful recording career, quite honestly, doesn’t do justice to the influence she had on many, many others.

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I’ll See You In My Dreams by Giant

Readers of this site know that, in many cases, two types of songs which find themselves forgotten by radio after their initial release are one-hit wonders and power ballads.  I suppose it goes without saying that a song that is both is more likely still to be forgotten.  Add to that the fact that the song was released in 1990, a mostly forgotten year in pop music, and you very nearly have the perfect storm.  Such was the case for the one hit for the hard rock* group Giant.

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