Track 093 min read
Artist: Bee Gees, Album: Saturday Night Fever
The drummer flew home, so a loop of tape played on "Stayin' Alive"
1977UKDisco
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A record from Bahia, a classical conductor and a choir of friends
- Artist
- Baden Powell & Vinicius de Moraes
- Album
- Os Afro-Sambas
- Year
- 1966
- Country
- Brazil
- Genre
- Samba
It all started with a record a friend brought from Bahia. Then came a classical conductor, a choir of friends and a psychiatrist in a white coat.
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