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Morning Edition: Music

Prince wrote the top 2 songs on the charts 30 years ago

Prince wrote the top 2 songs on the charts 30 years ago

Today's Morning Edition music is from 30 years ago today, when "Kiss" by Prince was number one on the Billboard pop chart. In fact, Prince wrote the top two songs on the chart at the time. His composition "Manic Monday," performed by the Bangles, was in the second position.

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Replacements song touched Carrie Brownstein as a teenager

Today's Morning Edition music starts off from Bob Boilen's new book "Your Song Changed My Life." Carrie Brownstein of the band Sleater Kinney describes how much the Replacements song "Bastards of Young" meant to her when she was a teenager.

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Beatles recorded 'Eleanor Rigby' 50 years ago

Beatles recorded 'Eleanor Rigby' 50 years ago

The only thing that the Beatles contributed were the vocals. The instrumentation came from an eight-piece string ensemble that was brought in.

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Courtney Barnett hopes her music keeps evolving

Courtney Barnett hopes her music keeps evolving

"They keep revealing themselves. They morph and change form and can end up sounding completely different. I hope it's like that forever," Barnett said.

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Andrew Bird's new album more personal

Today's Morning Edition music is from Andrew Bird with "Valleys of the Young," a song from his brand new album, "Are You Serious."

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