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Cause Song of the Month:

HUGH MASEKELA, "Bring Him Back Home (Nelson Mandela)," 1987

South African jazz trumpeter and anti-apartheid crusader Hugh Masekela, who passed away today (Jan. 23) from prostate cancer at age 78, recorded 1987's "Bring Him Back Home (Nelson Mandela)" during his 30-year exile from his racially segregated homeland. Abroad, he had a No. 1 U.S. hit with "Grazing in the Grass;" performed on the Monterey Pop Festival; and recorded and toured with Paul Simon, among his successes. In 1990, when Mandela was finally released from prison after 27 years, Masekela returned home. In his statement upon Masekela's death, South African President Jacob Zuma said, "He kept the torch of freedom alive globally fighting apartheid through his music and mobilising international support for the struggle for liberation and raising awareness of the evils of apartheid." Buy the song here. — Karen Bliss

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Charity Song of the Month:

GRAHAM COXON, "Falling," 2017

When Luke Daniel took his own life after a battle with chronic pain last year, his friend Graham Coxon from Blur recorded Daniel's song "Falling" to raise funds for suicide prevention. Proceeds from "Falling" will go towards an organization called CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably). CALM's goal is to prevent male suicide, which the organization says is the single biggest killer of men under the age of 45 in the U.K. Buy it here. — Aaron Brophy

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Product of the Month

Enrique Iglesias has two new charity T-shirts for sale with a portion of the proceeds going to Save The Children. They feature the Spanish pop singer wearing the original heart-design charity tee he created in 2015, after his white shirt got bloodied in a severe accident when he grabbed a drone during his concert in Tijuana, Mexico. The new "heart photo" tees come in red or black, in men and women’s small to XXL; $11 from the $27.50 (USD) price benefits Save the Children’s Healing and Education through the Arts, a.k.a. HEART, programs in Mexico. The original T-shirt is still for sale and $12 goes to Save The Children’s Emergency Fund. — Karen Bliss

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