On this date in 1934, the late Robert Moog was born in New York City. Moog is one of the most influential minds in the world of popular music — especially with any sort of synthesizer involved. He invented the first commercially available synth, which bears his last name. It debuted in 1964, and the Minimoog followed in 1970.

The Beatles, the Doors, the Grateful Dead, the Rolling Stones, were among early adopters to the technology, and in the ‘70s the Moog accented music from Pink Floyd, Donna Summer, Parliament, Heart, Yes, Tangerine Dream, and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, ABBA, and Giorgio Moroder. As time has passed Gary Numan, Kraftwerk, Nine Inch Nails, Portishead, and many others have used Moog’s products.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, which songs featuring Moog synthesizers should we play?

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