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The New Releases page has been updated to include music CD, DVD and Blu-ray releases for May.

Highlights for May include:

• Rod Stewart’s “Time” (14 May US, 7 May UK)
• Huey Lewis and the News’ “Sports 30th Anniversary” deluxe edition (14 May)
• David Bowie’s “Zeit 77-79” box set (14 May)
• “The Beach Boys Live – The 50th Anniversary Tour” double album (21 May)
• Burt Bacharach’s “Anyone Who Had a Heart: Art of the Songwriter” 6-CD box set (21 May)
• North American debut for the Rolling Stones’ “Crossfire Hurricane” on DVD/Blu-ray (21 May)
• Wings’ reissue of “Wings Over America” in standard and deluxe editions (28 May)
• John Fogerty’s new duets album “Wrote a Song For Everyone” (28 May).

Sam Cooke’s “A Change is Gonna Come” is Song of the Week on Classic Pop Icons.

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PBS’s latest “In Performance at The White House” show has celebrated Memphis soul music, with contributions from Sam Moore, Eddie Floyd, Mavis Staples, Charlie Musselwhite, Queen Latifah, Cyndi Lauper, Justin Timberlake, Ben Harper, William Bell, the Alabama Shakes, Steve Cropper, and 21-year-old Joshua Ledet, whose duet with Sam Moore on “Soul Man” kicked off the entertainment.

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The New Releases page has been updated to include music CD, DVD and Blu-ray releases for April.

Highlights for April include:

• Deluxe editions of Transvision Vamp’s “Pop Art” and “Velveteen” (2 Apr)
• “The Eagles – The Studio Albums 1972-1979” 6-CD box set (2 Apr) and “History of the Eagles” DVD and Blu-ray (30 Apr)
• The Beatles’ iTunes debut for “Let It Be… Naked” (2 Apr)
• OMD’s brand new “English Electric” album in standard, deluxe and vinyl editions (9 Apr)
• Deluxe 2-CD edition of Bob Marley and the Wailers’ “Kaya” (23 Apr)
• Iggy & The Stooges’ new album “Ready to Die” on CD and vinyl (30 Apr)
• Deep Purple’s new album “Now What?!” in standard, deluxe and vinyl editions (30 Apr).

Ray Charles’ signature hit “What’d I Say” is Song of the Week on Classic Pop Icons.

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