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Lithos

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Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Fri Feb 27, 2026, 06:26 PM

10 hrs ago

He was a unique talent. I know he was popular to a lot of people, but the songs themselves are part of the American Songbook.

Personally, it took me years to understand that my 6th-grade music teacher preferred his music to what I wanted to listen to at the time, which was Wings and Elton John. So, I sort of despised him. Of course, it should have been directed towards her, but I was young.

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