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There has been a resurgence of interest and performance in recent years of the work of American 20th century composer Florence Price, helped by the discovery in 2009 of a vast collection of her works and papers found in her abandoned summer home in St Anne, Illinois. 

Florence Price was the first African-American woman to have a work played by a major orchestra.

Captain's log, star date 1968

William Shatner was the original Captain Kirk in Star Trek. But he also had a side line in singing; or rather talking his way through popular songs and Shakespeare plays. What was he up to? Who knows, but here's a song written by Bob Dylan, made famous by the Byrds and then beamed up to the USS Enterprise in Shatner's head. Enjoy.

Time to spin a classic. Happy weekend.

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In the week the Prince of Darkness Ozzy Osbourne died, here's a nocturne by Chopin. Actually Ozzy has been due to feature in the Bulletin for some time, but not necessarily in Song of the Week. Watch this space. 

RIP Ozzy (if appropriate in your case).

The pianist is Canadian Jan Lisiecki.

The Reid brothers disliked their contemporaries' music so much that they decided they had to do something different. What they did was smother their sound in feedback and distortion. But underneath the noise, lay this pop classic.

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'Pub Rock' was as deliberately grubby as an East End of London boozer. But it threw up the odd classic like this one. Hang in there for the chorus.

Watch any Glastonbury? Go to Glastonbury? Maybe not your thing?  Well, controversy aside, the one thing you have to say about Glasto is that musicians have to be truly terrible to not be loved or get great reviews. The vibe is so positive that all faculties are suspended. And, you know, that's no bad thing.

Olivia Rodrigo closed Sunday night to great acclaim (unsurprisingly). So for the young and less young among you, here she is with Robert Smith of the Cure. 

The put-down song has a long and honourable tradition in music right up to the present day (Taylor Swift is keen). Dee Dee Warwick, Dionne's sister, clearly means every word. Check out the last 25 seconds.