July 26, 2002: Spotlights on Little Esther & Don Gibson, along with rockabilly, punk/garage, jazz, Tex/Mex, Jamaican ska & rock steady, and more!
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Rugbys
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Walking the Streets Tonight
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Highs in the Mid Sixties, vol. 8: the South
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AIP
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LP
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Pinky & the Killers
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Buttons & Bows (mostly in Japanese)
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? [title in Japanese]
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DDeluxe
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LP
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Japanese press
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1969
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Lynn Hope
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Summertime
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Aladdin
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45
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1956
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"D" Train
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You're the One for Me
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You're the One for Me
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Prelude
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LP
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1982
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Jerry Murad's Harmonicats
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Lezghinka
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Jerry Murad's Harmonicats
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Mercury
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LP
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Song is their adaption from Aram Khatchaturian's Gayne Ballet Suite, which contained "Sabre Dance." 10" LP.
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ca. 1955
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Music behind DJ:
Saxophone Circus
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Lion Sleeps Tonight
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Avco
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45
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Equitables
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Soca Up the Party
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Warming Up
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Straker's
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LP
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Celia Cruz
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Oyeme Aggayu
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Homenaje a los Santos
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Seeco
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LP
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1964
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Margie Day
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Little Red Rooster
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n/a
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45
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Jamaican bootleg press, orig. issued on Dot in 1954.
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Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
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Katie May
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RCA
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45
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1949
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Music behind DJ:
Al Sears
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King
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45
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1950s
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Charles Alexander
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Petty Blue
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CB
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45
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1964-65
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Charles Alexander
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Memories of Racing
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CB
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45
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1964-65
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Al & the Echoes
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Baby Remember Me
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Echo
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45
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1966
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Ray Sharpe
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Monkey's Uncle
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Jamie
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45
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1959
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Bobbettes
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Mr. Lee
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Atlantic
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45
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1957
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Mills Blue Rhythm Band 1934-36
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Truckin'
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Jazz Archives
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LP
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Henry "Red" Allen vocal
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Cab Calloway
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Minnie the Moocher
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Vocalion 4753
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78
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1931
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Trixie Smith
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Trixie's Blues
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Decca 7469
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78
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1930s
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Music behind DJ:
Jerry Murad's Harmonicats
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Harmonica Boogie
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Jerry Murad's Harmonicats
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Mercury
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LP
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10" LP
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1955
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Clarendonians
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Be Bop Boy
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Coxsone
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45
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Jamaican press
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1960s
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Toots & the Maytals
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It's You
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BMN
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45
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Jamaican press
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Soul Syndicate
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Ali
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Pep
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45
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Jamaican press
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1974
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Toots & the Maytals
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Daddy
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BMN
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45
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Jamaican press
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Owen Gray
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Walk All Over
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Tranquility
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45
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Music behind DJ:
Pancho Villa Orch.
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Symbol
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45
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1963
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Four Buddes w/Little Esther vocal
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Four Buddies Complete on Savoy
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Savoy
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LP
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orig. rec. 1950
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Little Esther
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Talkin' All Out of My Head
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Decca
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45
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1953
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Little Esther
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T'Ain't Whatcha Say It's Whatcha Do
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Savoy
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45
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1956
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Little Esther
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If It's News to You
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Savoy
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45
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1956
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Little Esther
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The Chains
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Warwick
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45
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1960
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Little Esther Phillips
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No Headstone on My Grave
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Atlantic
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45
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1963-64
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Esther Phillips
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My Prayer
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You've Come a Long Way, Baby
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Mercury
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LP
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1977
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Music behind DJ:
The Film Sounds
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Zorba the Greek
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London
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45
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Japanese press
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Rosetta Tharpe
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My Man and I
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Decca 2503
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78
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1938
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Spirit of Memphis Quartet
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Every Time I Feel the Spirit
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Vogue 122
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78
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French press, rel. in U.S. on King label
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1951
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Swan Silvertone Singers
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My Rock
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Specialty 836
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78
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Dueto Monterrey
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Aquellas Noches Felices
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Azteca 5167
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78
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Conjunto Matamoros
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Ven Pa' la Loma
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Victor 23-0004
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78
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Music behind DJ:
Fred Norman & the Delaware Water Fall
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Nickelodeon Rag
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Cotillion
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45
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Manny Albam - Ernie Wilkins & their Orch.
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Bristling
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The Drum Suite
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RCA
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LP
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1956
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Anita O'Day
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Mack the Knife
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Cool Heat - Sings Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements
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Verve
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LP
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1959
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Mildred Bailey
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It's a Woman's Prerogative
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Me and the Blues
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Regent
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LP
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Music behind DJ:
Milt Buckner
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Count's Basement
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Capitol
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45
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Ognir & the Nite People
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I Found a New Love
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Samaron
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45
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1965
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Bobby & the Bengals
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Double Rock
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B-W
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45
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1960
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Fogcutters
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Cry, Cry, Cry!
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Carthay
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45
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1964-65
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Flowerz
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Talken About Love
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Kingston
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45
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1969
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Fabulous Silver Tones
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Hey Sally Mae
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West Coast
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45
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1960s
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Sensors
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Side Tracked
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Ty Tex
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45
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1965
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Flowerz
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Flyte
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Kingston
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45
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1969
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Music behind DJ:
Jan August
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Misirlou
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Mercury
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45
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Neil Sedaka with the Tokens
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I Love My Baby
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Neil Sedaka with the Tokens & others
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Mount Vernon
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LP
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reissue of Melba 104
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orig. 1956
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Bo Diddley
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She's Alright
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Have Guitar, Will Travel
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Chess
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LP
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ca. 1960
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Circus Maximus
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Wind
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Circus Maximus
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Vanguard
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LP
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ca. 1967
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Jim Hall
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Two's Blues
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Concierto
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CTI
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LP
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1975
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Don Gibson
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Ice Cold Heart
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Columbia
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45
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1954
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Don Gibson
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I Ain't Gonna Waste My Time
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MGM
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45
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1956
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Don Gibson
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Sea of Heartbreak
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Rockin' Rollin'
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Bear Family
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LP
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German press
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orig. 1961
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Don Gibson
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Sweet Sweet Girl
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Rockin' Rollin' v. 2
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Bear Family
|
LP
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German press
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orig. 1958
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Don Gibson
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Blue Blue Day
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Rockin' Rollin'
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Bear Family
|
LP
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German press
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orig. 1957
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Don Gibson
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Oh Lonesome Me
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Rockin' Rollin'
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Bear Family
|
LP
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German press
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orig. 1958
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Don Gibson
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Ah-Ha
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MGM
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45
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1956
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Mack Self
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Mad at You
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Phillips International
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45
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1959
|
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Bill Moss & Lee Reynolds
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It's Been So Nice
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Skyrocket
|
45
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1962?
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Toots & the Maytals
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Monkey Girl
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Beverley's
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45
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Jamaican press
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Clarendonians
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Rudie Bam-Bam
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Coxsone
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45
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Jamaican press
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Alton & Eddy
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Muriel
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Tranquility
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45
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Melodians
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Lay It On
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Coxsone
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45
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Jamaican press
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Tennors
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Pressure and Slide
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Studio One
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45
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Jamaican press
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Tonnets
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Every Time
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Coxsone
|
45
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Jamaican press
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Pinky & the Killers
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Over the Rainbow
|
? [title in Japanese]
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DDeluxe
|
LP
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Japanese press
|
1969
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