This week we're getting grateful at Vinyl with a seven-day tribute to help us keep in mind what this holiday is all about, giving thanks.
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SONG OF THE monDAY
Gratitude is from the live Earth, Win & Fire album of the same name. Released in 1975 the album spent three weeks at No. 1 on Billboard Pop Album chart and six weeks atop Soul. The song earned the band a Grammy nomination.
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SONG OF THE tuesDAY
Sly & the Family Stone recorded Thank You in 1969. It was originally intended to be on an album that was never finished with the songs Everybody Is a Star and Hot Fun in the Summertime. Instead they were included on Greatest Hits.
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SONG OF THE wednesDAY
Released in 1998 on the album, Alanis Morissette wrote Thank U after taking a trip to India. The song earned a Grammy nomination, and the music video caused a stir because it has her naked in the streets in LA.
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SONG OF THE thursDAY
Thanksgiving Song was written by Mary Chapin Carpenter for her 2008 Christmas album Come Light, Come Dark: Twelve Songs of Christmas. Thanksgiving Song is one of six songs Carpenter wrote for the album.
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SONG OF THE friDAY
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SONG OF THE saturDAY
Thank You for Being a Friend was written by Andrew Gold and originally released in 1978 on the album, All This and Heaven Too. The song was later recorded by Cynthia Fee for the TV show, The Golden Girls.
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SONG OF THE sunDAY
Thank You for the Music is by Swedish pop band ABBA and originally released as part of their fifth stdio album, The Album (1977). It was also included in ABBA: The Movie, which features songs from The Album.
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