What random song are you thinking of?

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Farida Khanum sings the ghazal “Aaj jaane ki zid na karo.”

The pictures in the video are of the actress Madhubala. Is there a connection between the actress and the song or singer? Not that I know of. Anyway, enjoy this sublimely beautiful song by the “Queen of the Ghazals.”

Two versions of Gimme the Ting by Lord Kitchener: First, the only one that I knew. BTW, notice the label? Charlie’s. Yes, The one, the only, Charlie’s Calypso records on Fulton near Nostrand.

Anyone want to see that 45’s jacket less fuzzy? Here it is:

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London-born pop musician David Bowie in concert at Paris’ Olympia Theatre in 2002, leading a superlative band of four guitarists, two keyboard players, and one drummer, in a lavish arrangement of his spacey 1980 song “Ashes to Ashes.” Galactic keyboard solo from 4:49 to end.

Two songs by the popular South African group Mafikizolo. While being fun dance music contemporary with the Kwaito genre, it is also a playfully syncretic reframing of the older Kwela, Marabi, and Mbaqanga genres. Second video clip’s postmodern choreography brimming with charm and good humor.

Mafikizolo - Ndihamba Nawe

Mafikizolo - Majika