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  2. Such a Night - Wikipedia

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    Such a Night. from the album Elvis Is Back! " Such a Night " is a popular song from 1953, written by Lincoln Chase and originally recorded by the Drifters. The Drifters featuring Clyde McPhatter recorded the song in November 1953, and Atlantic Records released it in January 1954 as the intended B-side of the McPhatter-penned "Lucille", which ...

  3. Tristan chord - Wikipedia

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    The Tristan chord analyzed as a French sixth (in red) with appoggiatura and dominant seventh with passing tone in A minor. [ 6 ] The chord is an augmented sixth chord, specifically a French sixth chord, F–B–D ♯ -A, with the note G ♯ heard as an appoggiatura resolving to A. (Theorists debate the root of French sixth chords.) The harmonic ...

  4. List of jazz contrafacts - Wikipedia

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    List of jazz contrafacts. A contrafact is a musical composition built using the chord progression of a pre-existing song, but with a new melody and arrangement. Typically the original tune's progression and song form will be reused but occasionally just a section will be reused in the new composition. The term comes from classical music and was ...

  5. In the Right Place - Wikipedia

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    Professional ratings. In the Right Place is the sixth album by the New Orleans R&B artist Dr. John. The album was released on Atco Records in 1973, and became the biggest selling album of Dr. John's career. The song "Such a Night" was also performed as part of The Band 's The Last Waltz concert, [3] made famous by Martin Scorsese 's film.

  6. Johnnie Ray - Wikipedia

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    John Alvin Ray (January 10, 1927 – February 24, 1990) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Highly popular for most of the 1950s, Ray has been cited by critics as a major precursor to what became rock and roll, for his jazz and blues -influenced music, and his animated stage personality. [ 1 ] Tony Bennett called Ray the "father of ...

  7. Chord progression - Wikipedia

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    Chord progressions are the foundation of popular music styles (e.g., pop music, rock music), traditional music, as well as genres such as blues and jazz. In these genres, chord progressions are the defining feature on which melody and rhythm are built. In tonal music, chord progressions have the function of either establishing or otherwise ...

  8. Airfoil - Wikipedia

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    For example, an airfoil of the NACA 4-digit series such as the NACA 2415 (to be read as 2 – 4 – 15) describes an airfoil with a camber of 0.02 chord located at 0.40 chord, with 0.15 chord of maximum thickness. Finally, important concepts used to describe the airfoil's behaviour when moving through a fluid are:

  9. Dominant seventh sharp ninth chord - Wikipedia

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    5–32 / 7–32. In music, the dominant 7♯9 chord[ 1 ] ("dominant seven sharp nine" or "dominant seven sharp ninth") is a chord built by combining a dominant seventh, which includes a major third above the root, with an augmented second, which is the same pitch, albeit given a different note name, as the minor third degree above the root.