Fun to learn to tell the time! Children will have hours of fun with the Tell the Time magnetic learning clock as they learn...... more

Fun to learn to tell the time! Children will have hours of fun with the Tell the Time magnetic learning clock as they learn to tell the time in words, digital and 12/24 hour-clock, stage by stage. It features rotating hands and 68 colourful magnetic pieces including activity pieces to associate the time of day with their normal activity which will help reinforce genuine understanding. Also included are lots of colour coded pieces to learn minutes, hours and the time in words. The included teaching guide will help parents and teachers educate their children with this tricky but vital concept.Teaching Tips: Telling the time is quite a tricky concept for children to get to grips with, so it is best to learn in stages:- Start with O Clocks (1 o clock, 2 o clock...) and use the activity pieces to associate the time of day with their normal activity to help reinforce genuine understanding. When they are ready, introduce half-past, quarter past and quarter to the hours. Then, start to practice the digital time before moving onto more complex times eg. 25 minutes past/to... Do be patient, though! It can take weeks or months to understand a stage. As with all learning it is best to spend a few minutes regularly rather all in one go. Wherever possible refer to the time during the day so your children can see the relevance to their days. Good luck!Age: 3+ (36 x 41 cm, Pieces: 69)

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Dell PE2900III MLK TOWER TO RACK UPGDE (KIT) To help reduce the amount of time required to properly install Dell⢠components...... more

Dell PE2900III MLK TOWER TO RACK UPGDE (KIT) To help reduce the amount of time required to properly install Dell⢠components into the Dell⢠rack cabinets, we have created the Dell⢠Rack Kits. This product has been tested and validated on Dell⢠systems to ensure it will work with your computer. It is supported by Dell⢠Technical Support when used with a Dell system. Wireless Router - Find the best wireless router - Rack Mount

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The title of this book can be a little misleading because ostensibly this is just a book about how to deal with complaints. And while complaints...... more

The title of this book can be a little misleading because ostensibly this is just a book about how to deal with complaints. And while complaints are talked about on just about every single page, this book is really about a much more important and broader topic: delivering great service. Everyone knows that great service is important, yet very few companies deliver it well. Why is that? The concept of great service is a simple enough concept, but in practice it's actually a very hard thing to do right. We work at our service delivery every single day at Zappos. This book serves as a how-to guide for taking the first step to building a customer-service-oriented organization. If you can turn your organization into a complaint-friendly organization by following the steps outlined in this book, then you will be well on your way to being one of those rare companies that deliver great service. It's not an easy path, and it won't happen overnight. It happens one step at a time, and reading this book is probably one of the best first steps you can take. ----Tony Hsieh, CEO, ZAPPOS

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The free market makes the world go around. Maybe it's time we all tried to understand it a little better. Luckily Eamonn Butler is the...... more

The free market makes the world go around. Maybe it's time we all tried to understand it a little better. Luckily Eamonn Butler is the ideal teacher to get us all up to speed. Markets are everywhere. But how many of us understand how they work, and why? What does a 'free market' really mean? Do free markets actually exist? Should we have more or less of them? Most of all - do we really need to know all this? Answer: Yes we do. MAKING ECONOMICS SIMPLE SO THAT EVEN POLITICIANS CAN UNDERSTAND IT If any mention of free markets sends your mind screaming back to your musty old school economics textbook, think again. The Best Book on the Market will keep you gripped, intrigued and well informed. Abandoning complicated mumbo-jumbo, Eamonn Butler, Director of the UK's leading free market think-tank, demystifies the world of markets, competition, monopolies and cartels, prices and overspills. Using examples from our everyday lives Dr Butler explains how the markets we have, and the many more we need, can work to create a richer, freer and more peaceful world. STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE FREE ECONOMY He delves into the morality of markets and interrogates important issues such as why feckless rock-stars are paid much more than worthy nurses; whether we should worry about people trading in arms, water, healthcare etc; whether black markets are immoral; and questions of equality; sweatshops, and fair trade. "This book is about the free market and how unfree it can be when there is a lack of belief in freedom itself. Eamonn Butler presents solid arguments against government attempts to 'perfect' the markets by regulation, controls, subsidies, or by adopting measures which obstruct competition and private ownership." Vaclav Klaus, President of the Czech Republic "Vividly and simply explains competition, entrepreneurship and prices". John Blundell, Director, Institute of Economic Affairs "A great little book that gets to the heart of how and why markets work, in a very engaging and

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Quite often the problem with Morecambe and Wise "Greatest Hits" compilations is that they home in on the handful of sketches and routines, which are...... more

Quite often the problem with Morecambe and Wise "Greatest Hits" compilations is that they home in on the handful of sketches and routines, which are repeated to the point of nauseam--a dancing Angela Rippon, for example. There are certainly a few such chestnuts here--Glenda Jackson in the play "what Ernie wrote", the breakfast striptease routine and "Singing In The Rain", though that particular classic can bear up to any number of repeated viewings. Much of the stuff here, however, is less familiar. There are seemingly inconsequential sketches of Eric and Ernie in their flat and even--Laurel and Hardy-style--in bed together in which their oddly intimate, bickering relationship is better explored than in some of the stagier items. Much of the scripts and skits here haven't stood the test of time--old innuendos or obsolete references that seem to belong to the 50s, let alone the 70s. But even the creakiest material is rescued not just by Eric's punctually daft persona but also the often-patronised little Ern who, as this selection shows, was no passenger. Among guest highlights, the sight of Arthur Lowe breaking, surreally, from a Captain Bligh into a Humphrey Bogart impression is one of the many ad-lib gems here. On the DVD: Full screen, special features consisting of scene selection and artist profiles, in which it is outlined just how many years Morecambe and Wise toiled and honed down their act, in music hall radio, film and TV. By the time of their 1977 zenith, when 28 million people watched their Christmas show, they had worked together for over 30 years. --David Stubbs

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Schott Best of Spirituals & Gospels: easy arrangements for 1-2 voices; with chords for Guitar and Keyboard; Titles: Amazing Grace, Amen, And I couldnt...... more

Schott Best of Spirituals & Gospels: easy arrangements for 1-2 voices; with chords for Guitar and Keyboard; Titles: Amazing Grace, Amen, And I couldnt Hear Nobody Pray, Come And Go With Me, Deep River, Didnt It Rain, Didnt My Lord Deliver Daniel, Down By The Riverside, Dry Bones, Every Time I Feel The Spirit, Gimme That Old Time Religion, Glory Hallelujah (John Browns Body), Go Down Moses, Go Tell It On The Mountains, God Told Hezekiah, Good News! The Chariots Comin, Hallelu Hallelu, Have You Got Good Religion, Heaven, Heaven Is So High, Hes Got The Whole World In His Hands, I Am Weak But Thou Art Strong (Just A Closer Walk With Thee), If I could I Surely Would, If You Want Joy, Ill Fly Away, Im Gonna Sing, It Is Me (Standin In The Need For Prayer), Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho, Kum ba yah, Let Me Fly, Listen To The Lambs, Lord I Want To Be A Christian, Mary And Martha, Michael Row The Boat Ashore, More And More, My Lord What A Morning, Nobody Knows The Trouble Ive Seen, Oh Freedom, Oh By And By, Oh Father Abraham, Oh Happy Day, Oh My Soul My Soul (Angel Gabriel), Oh Sinner Man- Oh The Foxes Have Holes In The Ground (Hard Trials)- Oh When The Saints, Oh Wont You Sit Down, Oh You Got Jesus, Over In The Gloryland, Rise And Shine, Rock My Soul, Roll Jordan Roll, Singin With A Sword In My Hand, Somebodys Knocking At Your Door- Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child, Steal Away, Swing Low Sweet Chariot, The Angel Rolled The Stone Away, This Train Is Bound For Glory, Wade In The Water

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When the NBA released its supposedly authoritative list of the top 50 players, basketball fans everywhere begged to differ. In Who's Better,...... more

When the NBA released its supposedly authoritative list of the top 50 players, basketball fans everywhere begged to differ. In Who's Better, Who's Best? Elliot Kalb, known to TV viewers as ABC's "Mr. Stats," enters the fray. The ultimate NBA historian and authority in armchair athletes' disputes, Kalb interweaves numbers, facts, and anecdotes to flesh out the central question in every basketball fan's mind: Who's the best? His choices are provocative (Michael Jordan isn't #1; he's not even #2), framed by discussions with unorthodox sources and respected NBA experts, players, and coaches. A tremendously satisfying book for anyone hungry for statistics and debate, this is the ultimate behind-the-numbers story of the best of the NBA.

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It's hard to escape your roots, especially when you've grown up in the South. For Third Day, it's never been truer than on Time, the...... more

It's hard to escape your roots, especially when you've grown up in the South. For Third Day, it's never been truer than on Time, the band's third release and the first to openly embrace their Southern rock traditions. While producer Monroe Jones coaxes a somewhat softer-sounding Third Day in this pleasing effort, the band still rocks hard for the most part. "Took My Place," for instance, is a Southern-fried rave-up powered by the twin guitars of Mark Lee and Brad Avery paced by the gritty vocals of Mac Powell. Yet Third Day also lessens the blows, as with the poignant ballads "I've Always Loved You" and "Your Love, Oh Lord." Fans will get the best of both worlds in the loose, rootsy "Don't Say Goodbye," one of the album's best moments. Time captures a band maturing and owning up to both its spiritual and musical legacy. --Michael Lyttle

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In 1954 popularity and controversy swirled around Dave Brubeck. On one hand, his appeal on college campuses brought him great notoriety, culminating with his...... more

In 1954 popularity and controversy swirled around Dave Brubeck. On one hand, his appeal on college campuses brought him great notoriety, culminating with his appearance on Time magazine's November 8 cover--hence the record's title. On the other hand, many musicians and critics dismissed his cool-toned, classically influenced cerebral work as decidedly non-jazz, and they were resentful of the acclaim. The recordings on this record, their first studio effort for Columbia, suggest that Brubeck and alter ego Paul Desmond felt they had something to prove. Most of the songs are up-tempo, buoyant and energetic, especially for the "cool" Brubeck. His quartet, anchored by Bob Bates and Joe Dodge, swings softly but firmly on a collection of six standards and two originals. At its best, Brubeck's group had a potent drive and pulse, even though those qualities were often subtle, submerged or implied. Desmond's alto work is playful and childlike; his airy and jumpy lines are sublimely lyrical, humorous, well constructed and chock-full of pithy quotes. Desmond's alto was the perfect foil for Brubeck's serious, angry and tense piano. The two display a tremendous rapport whether it be through contrapuntal lines or call and response. One original, "Stompin for Mili", named for photographer and film-maker Gjon Mili, generates as much heat as any Brubeck recording. Mili, who'd expressed strong doubts as to the quartet's worth, was present in the studio when it was recorded, and Brubeck himself calls the song a "musical expression of rage and frustration". --Marc Greilsamer

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From the acclaimed master of action and suspense. The all time classic Millions of pounds in gold bullion are being pirated in the Irish Sea....... more

From the acclaimed master of action and suspense. The all time classic Millions of pounds in gold bullion are being pirated in the Irish Sea. Investigations by the British Secret Service, and a sixth sense, have bought Philip Calvert to a bleak, lonely bay in the Western Highlands. But the sleepy atmosphere of Torbay is deceptive. The place is the focal point of many mysterious disappearances. Even the unimaginative Highland Police Sergeant seems to be acting a part. But why? This story is Alistair MacLean at his enthralling best. It has all the edge-of-the-seat suspense, and dry humour that millions of readers have devoured for years.

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What are the all-time best dishes America has to offer, the ones you must taste before they vanish, so delicious they deserve to...... more

What are the all-time best dishes America has to offer, the ones you must taste before they vanish, so delicious they deserve to be a Holy Grail for travelers? Where's the most vibrant Key lime pie in Florida? The most sensational chiles rellenos in New Mexico? The most succulent fried clams on the Eastern Seaboard? The most memorable whoopie pies, gumbos, tacos, cheese steaks, crab feasts? In 500 Things to Eat Before It's Too Late, "America's leading authorities on the culinary delights to be found while driving" (Newsweek) return to their favorite subject with a colorful, bursting-at-the-seams life list of America's must-eats.Illustrated throughout with mouth-watering color photos and road maps, this indispensable guide is organized by region, then by state. Each entry captures the food in luscious detail and gives the lowdown on the café, roadside stand, or street cart where it's served. When "bests" abound?hot dogs, hamburgers, pizza, apple pie, doughnuts?the Sterns rank their offerings. Sidebars feature profiles of idiosyncratic creators, recipes, and local attractions.

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Want to fire up creativity in your company? When Sparks Fly just might be the fuel you're looking for. Dorothy Leonard and Walter Swap describe...... more

Want to fire up creativity in your company? When Sparks Fly just might be the fuel you're looking for. Dorothy Leonard and Walter Swap describe a method that can help people become more innovative and better at teamwork. "Whether you lead a group of three in a non- profit foundation or 300,000 in a Fortune 500 business, the basic process of creativity is the same," writes Leonard, a Harvard Business School professor, and Swap, a Tufts University dean. The process involves five steps: Selecting the right mix of people to spark creativity; identifying the problem needing novel ideas; developing alternatives; taking time to consider choices, and selecting one option. Leonard and Swap bolster their ideas with real-life examples of corporate creativity and analysis of dozens of psychological studies about human innovation. The Xerox Palo Alto Research Centre (PARC), for instance, generates breakthrough ideas by teaming up such diverse people as artists, anthropologists and computer scientists. And to support diversity's role in creativity, they cite a 1992 study of 199 bank CEOs. The research found that top management teams are more innovative if they include people with different expertise. Each of the book's chapters begins with a fictional management scenario and concludes with a summary of key points. It also includes chapters on designing the best physical and psychological environments for igniting new ideas. When Sparks Fly is a good tool for managers and others interested in fanning the flames of creativity. --Dan Ring, Amazon.com

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This book looks at the presenting scientist from a novel angle: the presenter-host. When scientists give a talk, the audience ('guests') expects...... more

This book looks at the presenting scientist from a novel angle: the presenter-host. When scientists give a talk, the audience ('guests') expects the title of the talk to determine presentation content, they require understandable slides, and they demand visible and audible scientific authority. To each expectation corresponds a set of skills: personal (voice, host qualities, time control), technical (presentation tools and slide design), and scientific (Q&A, slide content). The author takes an original human factor view of the presentation delivery, in which the audience is easily distracted, rapidly forgetful, and increasingly impatient. Thus, insightful pointers are given on how to deliver the talk, how to craft the slides, and how to prevent the computer from rendering the presenting host-scientist into a 'ghost'. In addition, the book goes in-depth over the treatment of questions by examining the motives and style of the questioners, and advising on how best to answer to each type of questioner. The book comes with a DVD for audio and video examples, and includes essential PowerPoint and keynote techniques that a presenter cannot live without.

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Acclaim for "Bringing Out the Best in Yourself at Work": 'This is the first Enneagram book that I have endorsed. The Enneagram is a...... more

Acclaim for "Bringing Out the Best in Yourself at Work": 'This is the first Enneagram book that I have endorsed. The Enneagram is a powerful tool for self-understanding - the gist of emotional healing and a major factor in personal evolution. Here is a good book undertaking to bring the Enneagram to the business world at a time when it has become apparent that the business world controls the world and that our fate depends on the psychospiritual condition of those in it' - Claudio Naranjo, M.D., Enneagram pioneer and author of "Character and Neurosis: An Integrative View". 'This solid, well-written book can be used by those new to the Enneagram and those who already know the system and want ways to apply it in the business world' - Don Riso and Russ Hudson, founders of the Enneagram Institute and authors of the bestselling "The Wisdom of the Enneagram". 'User-friendly...Ginger Lapid-Bogda's explanation and interpretation of the Enneagram way of learning more about one's self is unsurpassed' - W. Warner Burke, Ph.D., author of "Organization Change: Theory and Practice". 'A must-have for your 'go-to' bookshelf' - Beverly Kaye, Ph.D., co-author of the internationally bestselling "Love 'Em or Lose 'Em: Getting Good People to Stay". The Enneagram is a popular, proven psychological system for determining personality types as a path for self-improvement. Now, Enneagram teacher and organizational consultant Ginger Lapid-Bogda gives clear, easy-to-follow instruction for using this powerful tool in the workplace, including techniques for bringing out your strongest leadership skills, improving your weaker areas, and preventing and resolving conflict. You'll work better, increase the effectiveness of your teams, and build relationships with your co-workers.

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CD-1:1-Walkin' Back To Happiness 2-Tell Me What He Said 3-Beyond The Sea (La Mer) 4-It's In His Kiss 5-Please Mr Postman 6-Let's Talk About Love 7-Keep...... more

CD-1:1-Walkin' Back To Happiness 2-Tell Me What He Said 3-Beyond The Sea (La Mer) 4-It's In His Kiss 5-Please Mr Postman 6-Let's Talk About Love 7-Keep Away From Other Girls 8-Will You Love Me Tomorrow? 9-Basin Street Blues 10-Daddy Couldn't Get Me One Of Those 11-He Knows How To Love Me 12-It Might As Well Rain Until September 13-Kiss 'N' Run 14-Queen For Tonight 15-My Guy 16-You Wouldn't Come Home 17-Woe Is Me 18-When I'm With You 19-Look Over Your Shoulder 20-It's So Funny I Could Cry CD-2:1-Don't Treat Me Like A Child 2-Little Miss Lonely 3-Are You Lonesome Tonight? 4-It's My Party 5-You Don't Know 6-Walk On By 7-Lipstick On Your Collar 8-I Was ONly Kidding 9-Look Who It Is 10-Sometime Yesterday 11-Shop Around 12-Walking In My Dreams 13-A Teenager In Love 14-Move Over Darling 15-I Walked Right In 16-Tomorrow Is Another Day 17-Cry My Heart Out 18-Ole Father Time 19-Marvellous Lie 20-Fever (2005/EMI) 40 tracks 1961-65 with 12 page booklet

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Sam Lightnin' Hopkins made his first recordings back in 1946. He was always the archetypal cranky porch strummer, his parched vocals and free-time...... more

Sam Lightnin' Hopkins made his first recordings back in 1946. He was always the archetypal cranky porch strummer, his parched vocals and free-time guitar embellishments putting him amongst the best of the authentic blues troubadours. This Texas bluesman's catalogue is so vast that it's an impossibly tall order to claim a single disc for "Very Best Of" status. This one makes a valiant try, picking from his early-1960s period when Hopkins was starting to reap rewards from the US folk-blues boom. The booklet is thin on documentation, but the music speaks strongly for itself. Tradition virtually double their sometimes skimpy playing time to an hour, presenting Lightnin' in solo acoustic mode, with small electric-band settings to round off the collection. To start with, Hopkins dismantles evergreens like "Trouble In Mind" and "See See Rider", the later live band cuts featuring guest appearances from Big Joe Williams , Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry. Then, the idiosyncratic "Shaggy Dad" and "Mr. Dillard's Store" are bolstered by bass, drums and swaggering trombone, Lightnin's guitar amp vibrato turned right up to full power. --Martin Longley

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The Doobie Brothers' career is best be divided into two camps. The band originally started out as a good-time party band, as their name...... more

The Doobie Brothers' career is best be divided into two camps. The band originally started out as a good-time party band, as their name implies, churning out a string of rock hits like "Jesus Is Just Alright," "Take Me in Your Arms," and "Black Water." The guitar intro to "China Grove" is a rock classic, lending itself to every bar band in the world. There was something infectious about the early hits--strong melodies, great harmonies, and a genre-bending beat lifted the songs above the ordinary. That rollicking, rocking edge was all but abandoned when Michael McDonald joined. McDonald brought an urban, white-funk feel to the band, as best exemplified by "It Keeps You Runnin'" and "Takin' It to the Streets." Best of The Doobies draws more heavily upon the hits before his arrival, which, to many, should make the collection almost perfect. --Steve Gdula

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Explores the hidden dimensions of time, looking at everything from when the present becomes the past to the tribe that see the future...... more

Explores the hidden dimensions of time, looking at everything from when the present becomes the past to the tribe that see the future backwards, from when sex is best to why the years seem to speed by as we age. This book reveals how we can learn to live in harmony with the secret clock within us, altering our perceptions to transform our lives.

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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2.4 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES:...... more

United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2.4 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: A factual drama telling the remarkable, but little known story of George Best's relationship with his alcoholic mother. The film will have a tragicomic tone and focus on Best's year long retirement from football aged 26. A year in which Best decided he was going to enjoy himself. Sod Manchester United. Sod football. Sod everyone and everything except himself. But the harder Best tries to establish himself in the life of a Soho dandy, the more surprised he is to find himself pulled back to his raw Belfast roots. George is trying to concentrate on dating three Miss Worlds at the same time and building up his collection of night-clubs and sports cars when he discovers his formerly tee-total 'mam' has taken to heavy drinking. And he thinks it's all his fault... Through the course of this 90 minute film the black farce of Best's life - his carousing, his evasion of those trying to save him or lure him back to football, his stumbling into the politics of Northern Ireland - will be counter-pointed by the tragedy of his mother's slow death from alcoholism. Until finally Best gives up on hedonism and puts on his boots again... only to discover his genius has gone. The Bests will be an unfamiliar telling of a very familiar story. It will capture Best at a point where his future, his mother's future and the future of Belfast are all hanging in the balance. It's the forgotten year of the George Best legend but it may just be the most important. ...Best: His Mother's Son ( Best )

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* When A Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge * Always And Forever - Heatwave * Everybody Plays The Fool - The Main Ingredient * If You Don't Know Me...... more

* When A Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge * Always And Forever - Heatwave * Everybody Plays The Fool - The Main Ingredient * If You Don't Know Me By Now - Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes * Nothing's Gunna Stop Us Now - Starship * So Into You - Atlanta Rhythm Section * Lead Me On - Maxine Nightingale * Tell Me Like It Is - Aaron Neville * Everlasting Love - Howard Jones * My Girl - Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes * I Don't Know How To Love Him - Helen Reddy * Betcha By Golly Wow - The Stylisitcs * Kiss You All Over - Exile * Everytime You Go Away - Paul Young * You Send Me - Sam And Dave * Love Is Strange - The Everly Brothers * You've Really Got A Hold On Me - The Miracles * Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - The Delfonics * Cross My Broken Heart - Sinitta * Fooled Around And Fell In Love - Starship * Warm And Tender Love - Percy Sledge * La-La Means I Love You - The Delfonics * I'm Stone In Love With You - The Stylisitcs * Do That To Me One More Time - The Association * You're My Latest, My Greatest Inspiration - Teddy Pendergrass * Teddy Pendergrass - Mike Pender's Searchers * Oh Girl - The Chi-Lites * Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye * Don't Pull Your Love - Hamilton, Joe Frank And Reynolds * I Had A Love - Ben E. King * I Can't Leave You Alone - George McCrae * China In Your Hand - T'pau * Hooked On A Feeling - BJ Thomas * Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations * You Keep Me Hanging On - Vanilla Fudge * Jane - Starship * Da Doo Ron Ron - The Crystals * Like To Get To Know You Well - Howard Jones * Special Lady - Ray, Goodman And Brown * I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany

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