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50+ Music<p>"The Thrill Is Gone" is a slow minor-key blues song written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WestCoastBlues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestCoastBlues</span></a> musician <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RoyHawkins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoyHawkins</span></a> and Rick Darnell in 1951. Hawkins's recording of the song reached number six in the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BillboardRAndBChart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillboardRAndBChart</span></a> in 1951. In 1970, "The Thrill Is Gone" became a major hit for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BBKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBKing</span></a>. His rendition helped make the song a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bluesStandard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bluesStandard</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpC69qIe02E" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=kpC69qIe02E</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Bo Diddley" is a song by American <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rockAndRoll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rockAndRoll</span></a> pioneer Bo Diddley. It introduced the rhythm that became known as the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BoDiddleyBeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoDiddleyBeat</span></a> and topped the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BillboardRAndBChart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillboardRAndBChart</span></a> for two weeks in 1955. The song is included on many of Diddley's compilation albums including Bo Diddley (1958) and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HisBest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HisBest</span></a> (1997). <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BuddyHolly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BuddyHolly</span></a> recorded a version that posthumously became his 2nd highest-charting single in the UK after "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ItDoesntMatterAnymore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ItDoesntMatterAnymore</span></a>". <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jrIK7YB0tE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=3jrIK7YB0t</span><span class="invisible">E</span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Bo Diddley" is a song by American <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rockAndRoll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rockAndRoll</span></a> pioneer Bo Diddley. It introduced the rhythm that became known as the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BoDiddleyBeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoDiddleyBeat</span></a> and topped the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BillboardRAndBChart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillboardRAndBChart</span></a> for two weeks in 1955. The song is included on many of Diddley's compilation albums including Bo Diddley (1958) and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HisBest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HisBest</span></a> (1997). <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BuddyHolly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BuddyHolly</span></a> recorded a version that posthumously became his 2nd highest-charting single in the UK after "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ItDoesntMatterAnymore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ItDoesntMatterAnymore</span></a>". <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xy38IvwaUU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=3Xy38IvwaU</span><span class="invisible">U</span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Willie and the Hand Jive" is a song written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JohnnyOtis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnnyOtis</span></a> and originally released as a single in 1958 by Otis, reaching #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #5 on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BillboardRAndBChart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillboardRAndBChart</span></a>. The song has a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BoDiddleyBeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoDiddleyBeat</span></a> and was partly inspired by the music sung by a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/chainGang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chainGang</span></a> Otis heard while he was touring. The lyrics are about a man who became famous for doing a dance with his hands, but the song has been accused of glorifying <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/masturbation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>masturbation</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRTvQd-CHbg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=oRTvQd-CHb</span><span class="invisible">g</span></a></p>