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    James Cleveland vs. The Rance Allen Group: Head 2 Head No. 40 (2025) [๐Ÿ“ท: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Malaco, Inc, Tyscot Music & Entertainment; cottonbro studio, Israel Torres, KoolShooters, Los Muertos Crew, RDNE Stock project, Thomas Ronveaux from Pexels; AcatXIo from Pixabay]
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    James Cleveland vs. The Rance Allen Group | Head 2 Head

    In the 40th edition of Head 2 Head (2025), James Cleveland and The Rance Allen Group contend for the best rendition of โ€œI Stood On the Banks of Jordan.โ€

    By the musical hype, 3 weeksNovember 15, 2025 ago
    James Cleveland, I Stood On the Banks of the Jordan: Music Lifts No. 35 (2025) [๐Ÿ“ท: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Malaco, Inc; BD Jewel, Dave H, Jean-Daniel Francoeur, Joshua Brown, Vansh Mehta from Pexels; AcatXIo, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]
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    James Cleveland, I Stood On the Banks of the Jordan | Music Lifts

    In the 35th edition of Music Lifts (2025), weโ€™re uplifted by James Cleveland and The Angelic Choir performing โ€œI Stood On the Banks of the Jordan.โ€

    By the musical hype, 1 monthOctober 26, 2025 ago
    Mighty Clouds of Joy, โ€œWalk Around Heaven All Dayโ€: Music Lifts ๐ŸŽถ ๐Ÿ‹ No. 1 (2022) [๐Ÿ“ท: Arek Socha, Benjamin Balazs, Brent Faulkner, Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Curb, Ketut Subiyanto, The Musical Hype, Pexels, Pixabay, Word Entertainment]
    Columns

    Mighty Clouds of Joy, โ€œWalk Around Heaven All Dayโ€ | Music Lifts ๐ŸŽถ ๐Ÿ‹

    In the 1st edition of Lit Music That Lifts, weโ€™re uplifted by Mighty Clouds of Joy performing, โ€œWalk Around Heaven All Day.โ€

    By the musical hype, 3 yearsJuly 10, 2022 ago
    13 Utterly Celestial Heaven Gems [๐Ÿ“ท: Alex Brisbey, Brent Faulkner, Brett Sayles, The Musical Hype, Pexels, Unsplash]
    Evergreen

    13 Utterly Celestial Heaven Gems | Playlist ๐ŸŽง

    13 Utterly Celestial Heaven Gems features songs courtesy of Donna Summer, Dyllรณn Burnside, Florence + The Machine, Lizzo & Sam Smith.

    By the musical hype, 3 yearsJuly 8, 2022 ago
    11 Gloriously, Infernal HELL Songs [๐Ÿ“ท: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Mystic Art Design, RENE RAUSCHENBERGER, Pete Linforth]
    Evergreen

    11 Gloriously, Infernal HELL Songs | Playlist ๐ŸŽง

    11 Gloriously, Infernal HELL Songs features songs courtesy of Dua Lipa, Kanye West, Lizzo, Rina Sawayama & Sub Urban.

    By the musical hype, 4 yearsJune 6, 2022 ago
    Evergreen

    13 Songs Associated with Heaven and/or Paradise | Playlist ๐ŸŽง

    โ€œ13 Songs Associated with Heaven and/or Paradiseโ€ features music courtesy of Bazzi, Bruno Mars, Khalid, Julia Michaels, and MARINA.

    By the musical hype, 7 yearsApril 10, 2019 ago
    11 Songs That Explore the Afterlife [Photo Credits: Loma Vista, Pixabay, Sanctuary]
    Evergreen

    11 Songs That Explore the Afterlife | Playlist ๐ŸŽง

    Musicians with songs that explore the afterlife include Arcade Fire, David Bowie, Iron Maiden, Julia Michaels & Tyler Childers among others.

    By the musical hype, 7 yearsAugust 16, 2018 ago
    18 Songs About Angels & All Things Angelic [Photo Credits: 300 Entertainment, Capitol, Columbia, Epic, Island, Pixabay, Sony]
    Evergreen

    18 Songs About Angels & All Things Angelic | Playlist

    โ€œ18 Songs About Angels & All Things Angelicโ€ features music courtesy of Beyoncรฉ, Fall Out Boy, Halsey, Harry Styles, and Troye Sivan among many others.

    By the musical hype, 7 yearsJune 19, 2018 ago
    Fifty Shades Freed [๐Ÿ“ท: Republic]
    Music

    Julia Michaels, ‘Heaven’ | Track Review

    Grammy-nominated pop singer-songwriter Julia Michaels sounds heavenly on “Heaven,” the fourth teaser track from the ‘Fifty Shades Freed’ original motion picture soundtrack.

    By the musical hype, 8 yearsJanuary 29, 2018 ago
    Harry Styles [๐Ÿ“ท: Columbia]
    Music

    Harry Styles, Sign of the Times | Track Review ๐ŸŽต

    Harry Styles delivers a gem on thoughtful, debut solo single, โ€œSign of the Times.โ€ The maturity trumps the bubblegum nature of the songs by One Direction.

    By the musical hype, 9 yearsApril 10, 2017 ago

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