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9/25/2002
Not to be confused with doo-wop, these are some examples of tight vocal harmony groups that probably mostly had to pay the rent as backup singers, but deserve more audience than they probably ever got. …
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9/17/2002
Some folks when depressed like to listen to depressing music, to keep the mood going, but during the Great Depression what people wanted, apparently, were optimistic tunes to keep their minds off the b …
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9/5/2002
The course of true-romance comics never did run smooth -- most of the classic girl-group tunes are pretty bouncy & upbeat, but sometimes it's all just so sad, you know? In spite of which most of these …
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8/31/2002
Mood music for the next couple of days. I know Rhino once put out a commercial release of a collection of barbecue songs, but I think this is a far better selection than theirs.
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8/27/2002
"when you shake it like that, you drive me wild as a bat" - how can you beat lyrics like that? Kind of a loose baggy collection here, probably mostly from the 50's & 60's but a few that just jumped in …
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8/20/2002
Girl-group songs have a pretty limited range of subject matter, or you might say just one subject, & this set just tightens the focus a bit. If it comes out sounding a little obsessive, well, that's th …
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8/14/2002
A friend sent me 27 versions of "These Boots Are Mad for Walkin'" & I thought I'd respond with an assortment of shoe songs, but somehow ended up with this instead -- that probably doesn't explain anyth …
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5/8/2002
Of all sports, surely baseball has the most & the best music, doesn't it? - (Credit: several of these tracks came from the "Diamond Cuts" series of baseball-themed CD's produced by the Hungry for Music …
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5/1/2002
A number of these are instrumentals, most all feature a honking tenor sax break, but more importantly they all have that 3 a.m roadhouse feel. Honk if you love Jesus!
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