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The first free song will be "Joker Man" by Bob Dylan. 's online iTunes Store to obtain the free music. Customers will be able to redeem the cards before the end of the year at Apple Inc. 000 stores will hand out "Song of the Day" cards to customers with an approximate amount of 1.5 million cards will be given out daily, more than 10, from October 2nd through November 7th. The undisputed leader in ultra chic coffee houses has announced that it will give away 50 million free digital songs to promote a new wireless iTunes music service that will soon debut in select markets. Starbucks has done it again.

And Band of Horses, annie Lennox, dave Matthews, john Mayer, other artists eager to partake in the promotion are Joss Stone. Paul McCartney and Joni Mitchell were the first two in a list of 37 artists to sign on with Starbucks' own Hear Music label.

Also offered will be a limited edition re-loadable card that includes two free iTunes downloads when customers register online. The latter contains much awaited new music from Pearl Jam front man Eddie Vedder. The first two albums to be featured will be KT Tunstall's "Drastic Fantastic" and the soundtrack to the film "Into the Wild". The cards will allow an entire music album and bonus materials to be downloaded online. Starbucks will start selling iTunes digital release cards on October 2nd, additionally.

basically, The promotion is the product of a partnership between Starbucks and Apple that was announced earlier this month.

There will also be a free signal for users to browse and download music from iTunes. Will be able to download the music they hear playing in the store, as well as a laptop using iTunes, users with these devices. The Starbucks logo will light up on the iPhone and the new iPod Touch whenever a user is within range of a Starbucks? Wi-Fi signal.

Declined to release any information on comparisons between the company's digital music sales and CD purchases but said that music in both formats has been selling well, president of Starbucks' entertainment division, ken Lombard. Some have questioned the wisdom of adding free music to the list. Starbucks has been selling CDs in its store for many years and added iTunes to its music catalog last fall.

Lombard said, "We're going to see huge improvement in terms of the amount of tracks" that are downloaded. Expectations remain high for the upcoming promotion.

Cities over the next year. Expanding to other major U.S, the promotion will launch in New York and Seattle.