classic

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Gadson backed Withers in 1972 for a concert at Carnegie Hall that was recorded for a classic live album; the record opens with a version of “Use Me” that stretches past the eight-minute mark.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

That’s good enough to put it in the top 17% of balanced funds that follow the classic 60/40 stock/bond strategy, according to Morningstar.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

"There's a thing I miss in in pop music today, which is that kind of Motown feeling, that classic feeling, that analogue feeling," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

There were storyboards of the classic “1984” ad, color studies for Apple’s rainbow logo and drafts of the seminal memo laying out the company’s guiding principles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Like the classic it has become, the Farewell Address has demonstrated the capacity to assume different shapes in different eras, to change color, if you will, in varying shades of light.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis