As Daylight Savings Time comes to an end this week, we're paying tribute to all things time-related.
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SONG OF THE monDAY
Time in a Bottle is a single from Jim Croce's 1972 debut album, You Don't Mess Around With Jim. Croce wrote the song after his wife told him she was pregnant. Originally it wasn't intended to be a single, but ABC Records changed their mind after Croce died in a plane crash in 1973.
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SONG OF THE tuesDAY
In the Midnight Hour was originally performed by Wilson Pickett in 1965. It was composed by Pickett and Steve Cropper at the historic Lorraine Motel in Memphis where Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated in 1968. This year, the song was preserved in the National Recording Registry.
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SONG OF THE wednesDAY
Time After Time was written and recorded by Cyndi Lauper for her debut album, She's So Unusual (1983). The song became Lauper's first No. 1 hit in the US and was nominated for a Grammy. The title came from a TV Guide Lauper had seen about the 1979 movie, Time After Time.
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SONG OF THE thursDAY
Rock Around the Clock was written by Max C. Freeman and Jimmy De Knight. Bill Haley & His Comets recorded a version in 1954 that hit the top of the US and UK charts. The song wasn’t the first in rock and roll history, but it is known as the one that brought the genre into the mainstream.
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SONG OF THE friDAY
Time is the fourth track on Pink Floyd's 1973 album, The Dark Side of the Moon. The single was released in 1974 and is shorter than the album version. The album version has opening clock chimes, a long introduction, and was the last song credited to all four members of the group.
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SONG OF THE saturDAY
Written by Danny Flowers, Tulsa Time was recorded by Don Williams and released in October 1978 as the first single from the album Expressions. The song became Williams’ eighth number one hit on the country charts. Tulsa Time was also recorded by Eric Clapton for his 1978 album Backless.
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SONG OF THE sunDAY
Final Hour is from Lauryn Hill's 1998 debut solo album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Though Final Hour wasn't released as a single, the album garnered ten Grammy nominations and won five, making Hill the first female to earn that many nominations and awards in one night.
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