Though the late '60s may be the main source of inspiration for Coyote, more contemporary comparisons can be made: In "I Can't Make It, " the playful melodies and spoken lyrics sound as if they could have come from the early Gay Parade era of Athens pop sensation, Of Montreal.

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There came a moment, around that time, when pop music went into a Jackson era.

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Her kinetic passion, her chatty-seatmate prose, and her detail-heckling made her a pop-culture oracle in an era that desperately needed one.

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And that's the stuff that make us fall in love with pop songs, regardless of genre, era or language.

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Bernstein mixes well-known pop songs with a lost style of jazz that predates the big band era.

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They play tricks and dance to the accompaniment of the Baroque-era music of the Jesuit missions, then around midnight fireworks pop from the top of their wide-brimmed hats, symbolizing the gift of light and vision to live respectfully.

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Los Angeles (CNN) -- Innovative music producer Phil Ramone, whose work with the major artists of the modern era won him 14 Grammys and prompted the nickname "Pope of Pop, " died Saturday morning in a New York hospital, his son, Matt, told CNN.

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