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John Lennon – imagine

Soul Music / 1971 / Soft Rock / 3.03 min / Photographer Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Change of guards Windsor Castle / LoadingBookmark

This classic song written and performed by John Lennon, Imagine is his most successful solo release. The song was inspired by poems from Yoko Ono’s book Grapefruit…

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Emerson, Lake & Palmer – fanfare for the common man

Mind Music / 1977 / Instrumental Rock, Progressive Rock / 9.46 min / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Landscape, Granada Spain / LoadingBookmark

Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP) adapted Aaron Copeland’s classical work. ELP have brought a classical piece into the rock arena making it more accessible to a modern age…

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Janis Ian – photographs

Soul Music / 1979 / Soft Rock / 2.45 min / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Arthouse frame, Sydney, Australia / LoadingBookmark

Photographs appears on the album Night Rains by Janis Ian. The song is written, sang and piano played by Janis Ian. She is accompanied by Ron Carter on bass, Gloria Agostini on harp …

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Stevie Wonder – visions

Soul Music / 1973 / Soul / 5.23 min / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph - Seagull flying away, Cronulla, Sydney, Australia / LoadingBookmark

Generally known by his stage name Stevie Wonder is Stevland Hardaway Morris. He was born in Saginaw, Michigan in the United States as Stevland Hardaway Judkins…

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Elton John – song for guy

Soul Music / 1978 / Easy Listening / 5.12 min / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph - View from the window, Courmayeur, Italy / LoadingBookmark

Elton John wrote this song one Sunday when he was reflecting on death, how it would feel to leave your body and float over it…

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Luciano Pavarotti – nessun dorma

Mind Music / 1972 / Opera / 2.55 min / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph - La Scala Theatre poster, Milan, Italy / LoadingBookmark

Nessun Dorma was popularised by the late great Luciano Pavarotti in 1972 and it went on to be his signature aria. Nessun Dorma, translated to None shall Sleep…

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Earth Wind & Fire – fantasy

Soul Music / 1978 / R&B, Disco / 3.54 min / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph - Approaching Lake Garda, Italy / LoadingBookmark

Fantasy is on the classic album of Earth Wind and Fire All ‘N All released in 1977. Fantasy as a single was released in 1978 …

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Bill Conti – gonna fly now

Mind Music / 1977 / Orchestral / 2.48 min / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph - Mall of the emirates, Dubai, United Arab Emirates / LoadingBookmark

A truly inspirational piece that transcends time possibly because the movie and this song are strongly intertwined. Gonna Fly Now is an original composition by Bill Conti and lyrics…

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Cat Stevens – morning has broken

Soul Music / 1971 / Soft Rock, Gospel / 3.20 min / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph - Sunrise in Uluru, NT, Australia / LoadingBookmark

This was originally a hymn of the 1930s. Morning Has Broken was recorded by Cat Stevens and is on the album Teaser and the Firecat…

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John Lennon – mind games

Mind Music / 1973 / Rock, Pop / 4.13 min / Photographer - Janet Zenari / Photograph - Rodin sculpture garden, Rodin Museum, Paris, France / LoadingBookmark

Mind Games was written and performed by John Lennon and is the title track to the album Mind Games. It is Lennon’s fourth album and is the first self-produced album…

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George Benson – the greatest love of all

Soul Music / 1977 / Soul, R&B / 5.34 min / Photographer - Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph - Sculpture Rome, Italy / LoadingBookmark

The Greatest Love of all was originally recorded by George Benson for the biographical movie of Muhammad Ali …

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