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  • “Weird Al” Yankovic
    novelty song

    …(Dave Brubeck’s jazz number “Take Five,”a hit in 1961; Laurie Anderson’s performance art work “O Superman,” in 1981).

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    …(Dave Brubeck’s jazz number “Take Five,”a hit in 1961; Laurie Anderson’s performance art work “O Superman,” in 1981).

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  • Dave Brubeck
    Dave Brubeck

    …with the Desmond composition “Take Five,” a widely acknowledged jazz classic and the best-selling jazz single of all time. A perennial crowd-pleaser, “Take Five” became de rigueur in the group’s concert performances, during which band members would leave the stage one at a time after their respective solos until…

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    …with the Desmond composition “Take Five,” a widely acknowledged jazz classic and the best-selling jazz single of all time. A perennial crowd-pleaser, “Take Five” became de rigueur in the group’s concert performances, during which band members would leave the stage one at a time after their respective solos until…

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