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===__**Welcome to my page**__  Below are the 3 songs that we had to researched about their connection towards the African American music. The first song is a song from anywhere and anytime. The second song is a song from the year of 1974 or earlier. And the last song is a song from a non-Speaking-English-Language country. Below each song are each of their tittle, the artist/s/musicians, the date of publication, the genre, the lyric, and the connection to the African American music. ===  **__First Song (anywhere, anytime):__** media type="file" key="I Wished You Loved Me.mp3" **__Tittle:__** I Wished You Loved Me **__Artist:__** Tynisha Keli __**Date of Publication:**__ 2007 __**Genre:**__ R&B, Pop **[|Lyrics]**

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">__**Summary:**__ This song was released on 2008 under the //Even If It Takes Forever// album. This song related with the African music by the using her voice to express her feeling. There is also some call-and response in her songs.

__**<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Second Song (1971 or earlier) media type="file" key="17 Fire.mp3" <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Tittle **__<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">: Fire <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">__**Artist/s/musicians:**__ Jimi Hendrix <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">__**Date of Publication:**__ 1967 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">__**Genre:**__ rock<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Lyrics]  **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**__Summary:__** This song was released in the year of 1967 under the //Are You Experience// album. This song and the African songs related by the call-and-response that this song have a couple of times, and there is also a bluesy feeling in the song because of the guitar that is played. <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> __<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">**<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Last Song (non-English-Language Country):  **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">media type="file" key="Houki Boshi.mp3"(Japanese)
 * [[image:Comet_Cover.jpg width="313" height="320" align="left"]]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Tittle :**__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Houki Boshi <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">__**Artist/s/musicians:**__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Younha <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">__**Date of Publication:**__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2005 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">__**Genre:**__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">J-Pop <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**[|Lyrics]**

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**__Summary:__** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Houki Boshi or <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span class="t_nihongo_kanji">ほうき星 //<span class="t_nihongo_romaji">Hōkiboshi, // <span class="t_nihongo_comma" style="display: none;">, <span class="t_nihongo_romaji"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">stands for "comet" (in Japanese). This song was released under the //Go! Younha// album in 2005. Younha, the singer for this song, telling a story about her wanting to be a comet so that she could could stand beside her loved one that she had been longing for. Like the African music, Younha also express her feelings and emotions with her voice; and the song that she is singing have a deeper meaning than it seems.