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Songs We Love: The Isley Brothers & Carlos Santana, 'Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)'

As Santana turns 70, he's still spreading the message that music has the power to heal. With The Isley Brothers, he taps into the peaceful spirit of Marvin Gaye's "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)."
The Isley Brothers & Carlos Santana's <em>Power Of Peace comes out </em>July 28.

Carlos Santana turns 70 years old Thursday. It's difficult to wrap my head around that: To me, as to so many other fans, he'll forever be the just-turned-22-year-old grimacing and grooving at Woodstock in August 1969.

Santana was the only band to perform there without an album on NPR's !), Carlos Santana enters his eighth decade still commanding sellout crowds — and releasing albums.

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