Justin Bieber Plans Acoustic Album

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The list of Justin Bieber-related gifts available this holiday season just grew by two: the singer has announced he'll release both an acoustic album and a unisex fragrance the week of "black Friday."

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Unplugged Acoustic, which arrives November 23rd, will feature acoustic renditions of tracks from My World and My World 2.0. "Taking it back to how we started," Bieber tweeted. It will also include a new song Bieber recorded recently in Hawaii, MTV reports.

Bieber's My World fragrance, which will come infused in wristbands (for girls) and dog tags (for the fellas), will come to Wal-Mart on the actual black Friday, November 26th, WWD writes.

Bieber edging into Kiss territory with his merchandising: There are also holiday plans for a nail polish line and Bieber dolls. Bieber's book First Step 2 Forever: My Story was released earlier this month, and already it ranks Number One on several Amazon book charts.

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“Everyday People”

Sly and the Family Stone | 1968

"Everyday People" managed to trailblaze in two different ways -- it was one of the first pop hits to deal with the subject of racial harmony, and it utilized Larry Graham's "slap" technique on the bass guitar, which would soon be copied by countless other bassists. Graham once said about his pulsating style, "I'd never done that before … that's where the freedom of creativity came in for the band, that we'd be allowed to do that." In 1978, the song's line "Different strokes for different folks" would be borrowed for the title of the hit television show Diff'rent Strokes.

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