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Let Me Love You Baby - Buddy Guy, G.E. Smith and the SNL Band (live performance from 1996, originally released in 1970) (www.youtube.com)
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Even if you don't know Buddy chances are your favorite classic rock bands were inspired by him

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Steely Dan - FM (www.youtube.com)
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Roxy Music - Grey Lagoons (Live On Full House / November 1972) (www.youtube.com)
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She was seaside sittin... (lemmy.world)
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Basket Case - Green Day [1994]. In 2021, "Basket Case" was ranked number 150 in Rolling Stone's updated list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". #1 US Alternative Airplay (Billboard). (www.youtube.com)
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Welcome to Paradise - Green Day [1994]. It was the fifth track on the band's album, Dookie (1994), and released as the album's third single. # 7 US Alternative Airplay (Billboard), #17 UK Rock & Metal (www.youtube.com)
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Green Day - When I Come Around [1994]. Released: January 16, 1995. #2 US Mainstream Rock, #2 UK Rock & Metal, #1 US Alternative Airplay. It's the band's second best-selling single of the 1990s. (www.youtube.com)
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Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) was their best-selling song of the 1990s.

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Longview - Green Day [1994]. The song was ranked at number three on the list of the "Best Singles of 1994" by Rolling Stone. #1 US Alternative Airplay (Billboard), #3 UK Rock & Metal (OCC) (www.youtube.com)
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Foghat - 𝓢𝓵𝓸𝔀 𝓡𝓲𝓭𝓮 [1975]. It was the lead single from their fifth studio album, Fool for the City. #20 US Billboard Hot 100, #14 Canada Top Singles (RPM). (www.youtube.com)
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𝓣𝓮𝓻𝓻𝓪𝓹𝓵𝓪𝓷𝓮 𝓑𝓵𝓾𝓮𝓼 - Foghat [1975]. Cover of the 1936 Robert Johnson song. The album Fool for the City was certified Platinum. It hit #23 on the US Billboard 200 & #85 Canada Top Albums (www.youtube.com)
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Tonight - Ozzy Osbourne [1981]. Released: 1982 (US). Randy Rhodes' guitar outro alternates sadness, despair, and hope. (www.youtube.com)
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"Over the Mountain" is the opening track of heavy metal musician Ozzy Osbourne's second studio album Diary of a Madman [1981]. The song debuted at #42 on the Billboard Top Tracks chart and reached #38 (www.youtube.com)
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Flying High Again - Ozzy Osbourne [1981]. It eventually reached the #2 spot on the Billboard publication's Top Tracks chart for rock music and and related styles in 1982. (www.youtube.com)
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The Clash - Rock the Casbah [1982]. Released on 11 June 1982 as the second single from their fifth studio album, Combat Rock. It reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US. (www.youtube.com)
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The Clash - Know Your Rights [1982]. "This is a public service announcement... with guitar!" The first single from the album Combat Rock. #43 on UK Singles (OCC) (www.youtube.com)
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The Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go [1982]. It charted on the Billboard Hot 100 without reaching the top 40. In 2009 it was ranked 42nd on VH1's program 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs. (www.youtube.com)
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Need You Tonight - INXS [1987]. The lead single from the album Kick. #3 in Australia, the song became a chart hit worldwide, peaking at #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart; their only #1 US single. (www.youtube.com)
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New Sensation - INXS [1987]. It reached No. 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100, No. 9 in Australia, No. 25 in the United Kingdom, and No. 1 in Canada. (www.youtube.com)
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Devil Inside - INXS [1987]. Released as the second single (third in the UK) from the band's album, Kick (1987), in February 1988. The song reached number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 for 2 Weeks. (www.youtube.com)
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Cocaine - Eric Clapton [1977]. "Cocaine" is a song originally written and recorded in 1976 by singer-songwriter JJ Cale. Clapton's version hit #30 US Billboard Hot 100. #3 Canada Top Singles (RPM). (www.youtube.com)
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Lay Down Sally - Eric Clapton [1977]. It reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It is a roots rock/country rock song performed in the style of J. J. Cale. (www.youtube.com)
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Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton [1977]. The ballad is on Clapton's 1977 album Slowhand. It peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 15 July 1978, spending seven weeks in the top 40. (www.youtube.com)
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"Back on the Chain Gang" - The Pretenders [1984]. #5 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, #4 on the Billboard Rock Top Tracks chart, #17 on the UK Singles Chart. (www.youtube.com)
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"2000 Miles" - The Pretenders [1984]. It peaked at # 15 on the UK Singles Chart. In the US, it was released as the B-side of the band's hit "Middle of the Road". (www.youtube.com)
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"Middle of the Road" - The Pretenders [1984]. The third single from the album Learning to Crawl. The single was released in the US in November 1983 (#5), then in the UK in February 1984 (reached #11) (www.youtube.com)
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