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Moods
Plaintive
Overview
Albums
Songs
Plaintive Song Highlights
Keep on Pushing
Curtis Mayfield
The Impressions
Friend of the Devil
John Dawson
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Jerry Garcia
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Robert Hunter
Grateful Dead
Bhimpalási
Ravi Shankar
Dancing Queen
Stig Anderson
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Benny Andersson
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Björn Ulvaeus
ABBA
Brown Eyed Girl
Van Morrison
Van Morrison
Enjoy the Silence
Martin Gore
Depeche Mode
Superstition
Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder
Crazy
Willie Nelson
Patsy Cline
Mojo Hand
Lightnin' Hopkins
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Sam Hopkins
Lightnin' Hopkins
I Could Fall in Love
Keith Thomas
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Keith Thomas
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Keith Thomas
Selena
Where Have All the Flowers Gone
Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger
Keep on the Sunny Side
A.P. Carter
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Gary Garett
The Carter Family
The Streets of Baltimore
Tompall Glaser
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Harlan Howard
Bobby Bare
Personal Jesus
Martin Gore
Depeche Mode
Sunday Morning Coming Down
Kris Kristofferson
Johnny Cash
Wouldn't It Be Nice
Tony Asher
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Brian Wilson
The Beach Boys
I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl
Tim Brymn
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Nina Simone
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Bert Williams
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Hans Zimmer
Nina Simone
Watermark
Enya
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Roma Ryan
Enya
Old Marcus Garvey
Burning Spear
Burning Spear
Coat of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton
My Back Pages
Bob Dylan
The Byrds
I Can't Be Satisfied
Big Bill Broonzy
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Muddy Waters
Big Bill Broonzy
Any Day Now
Burt Bacharach
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Bob Hilliard
Ronnie Milsap
Me and Paul
Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson
Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind
Darlene Shafer
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Sanger D. Shafer
George Strait
Got the Blues for Murder Only
Lonnie Johnson
Lonnie Johnson
Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8)
Jimmie Rodgers
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George Vaughn
Jimmie Rodgers
That's Amore
Jack Brooks
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Harry Warren
Dean Martin
Drivin' Nails in My Coffin
Jerry Irby
Ernest Tubb
Earl's Breakdown
Earl Scruggs
Flatt & Scruggs
(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
Steve Cropper
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Otis Redding
Otis Redding
Nada Será Como Antes
Ronaldo Bastos
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Milton Nascimento
Lô Borges
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Milton Nascimento
He Stopped Loving Her Today
Bobby Braddock
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Curly Putman
George Jones
Everything in Its Right Place
Radiohead
Radiohead
Say It Isn't So
Daryl Hall
Daryl Hall & John Oates
The Bottle Let Me Down
Merle Haggard
Merle Haggard
Mr. Blue Sky
Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra
Hello Darlin'
Conway Twitty
Heart of Gold
Neil Young
Stray Gators
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Neil Young
Uncle Pen
Bill Monroe
Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
Hello Walls
Willie Nelson
Faron Young
Lady Sings the Blues
Billie Holiday
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Herbie Nichols
Billie Holiday
I've Got the World on a String
Harold Arlen
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Ted Koehler
Frank Sinatra
I've Got a Woman
Ray Charles
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Renald Richard
Ray Charles
Together Again
Buck Owens
Buck Owens
(I'd Be) A Legend in My Time
Don Gibson
Don Gibson
She Moves Me
Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters
Take It Easy
Jackson Browne
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Glenn Frey
Eagles
Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues
Charley Patton
Charley Patton
Chelsea Hotel No. 2
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
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