July 25, 2003: Spotlight on Celia Cruz, plus 1940s - 1960s: jazz, Japanese, Hawaiian, country, etc.
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Album |
Label |
Format |
Comments |
Year |
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Mound City Blue Blowers
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Hello Lola
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Early Jazz Greats
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Jazztone
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LP
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orig. recorded 1929
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Guy Warren w/Red Saunders O.
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Eyi Wala Dong
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Africa Speaks, America Answers!
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Decca
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LP
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early 1960s
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Jimmy Rushing
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How Long
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Sings the Blues
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Vanguard
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LP
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10" LP, Sam Price, pno; Buddy Tate, tn sax; Ben Richardson, alt & clt, et al
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1955
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Coleman Hawkins
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Ol' Man River
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Tenor Sax
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Concord
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LP
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1944 recording, various artists LP
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Jimmy Rushing
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Boogie Woogie
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Sings the Blues
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Vanguard
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LP
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10" LP. Personnel: see above
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1955
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Victorians
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Trip to Mars
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Anchor
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45
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No info on personnel exc. one was Mike Ester. No info on what he played. Newark, N.J. label.
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Music behind DJ:
Bobby Donaldson
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Bash Dance
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Sylvia
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45
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1960s?
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Harmoneers Quartet
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When They Call My Name
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Bibletone
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45
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1953
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Harmonizing Four
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Farther Along
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Vee-Jay
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45
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1957
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Swan Silvertones
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Trouble in My Way
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Vee-Jay
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45
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1959
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Staple Singers
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So Soon
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Vee-Jay
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45
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1959
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Music behind DJ:
the Youngpeople
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Back to School
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Truth
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45
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1960s?
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Sakai Chieko
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Hanagasa Odori (roughly, Straw hat with flower top dance)
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Columbia
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45
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Typical folk dance music for the Japanese Buddhist memorial Obon, and festival (odori), held mid-July to mid-August. Japanese press.
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1960s?
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Tamiko Hattori
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My Dear Little Dox [sic]
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Columbia
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78
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Artist name translated for me; title as on label. Japanese press.
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early 1950s?
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Minami Kaoru & Minami Yuuko
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Song of Airan (or Arirang)
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Columbia
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78
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Artist & title names translated for me; Japanese press.
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early 1950s?
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Al Kealoha Perry & his Singing Surfriders
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Pua Hau o Maleka (A chant about the beautiful hau flower"
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Decca
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78
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1940
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Randy Oness' Select Hawaiian Serenaders
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My Hawaiian Lady
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Bell
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78
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There were many Bell labels, this one from Hawaii.
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early 1950s?
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Al Kealoha Perry & his Singiing Surfriders
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Nani Wale e Ka Mahina
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Decca
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78
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1940
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Music behind DJ:
Don Lee
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Charmaine
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Blue-Chip
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45
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1958-59
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McCoys
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Daddy's Geisha Girl
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RCA
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45
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1958
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Ernest Tubb
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Thirty Days
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Decca
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45
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1955
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Hank Snow
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For Now and Always
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RCA
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45
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1952
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Austin George
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You Only Want Me When You're Lonely
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Jessup
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45
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ca. 1967
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Larry Thornton
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You and Yesterday
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Sage
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45
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1960-61
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Billy Martin w/the Drifting Wranglers
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Till [sic] Next Saturday Night
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D
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45
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1960
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Music behind DJ:
Walter Wanderley
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Summer Samba
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Verve
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45
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1960s
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Ella Fitzgerald & Hank Jones Quintet
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Preview
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Decca
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45
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1952
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Ella Fitzgerald w/Bob Haggart O.
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Oh, Lady Be Good!
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Decca
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78
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1947
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Nancy Adams
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Lights Out
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Pepper
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45
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1959-60
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Meri Wilson
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Telephone Man
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GRT
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45
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1977
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Music behind DJ:
Jan August
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Miserlou
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Mercury
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45
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1957
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Celia Cruz w/Sonora Mantacera
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Cao Cao Mani Picao
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Seeco
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78
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1951
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Celia Cruz w/Sonora Mantacera
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Contestacion el Marinero
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Con Amor
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Tropical
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orig. rel. 1956
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Celia Cruz w/Tito Puente
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Yo Soy la Voz
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Quimbo Quimbumbia
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Tico
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LP
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1969
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Celia Cruz w/Memo Salamanca O.
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La Campeona
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Bravo
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Tico
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LP
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1967
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Celia Cruz w/Tito Puente
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La Danza de la Chiva
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Quimbo Quimbumbia
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Tico
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LP
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1969
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Celia Cruz w/Johnny Pacheco
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El Bajio
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Eternos
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Vaya
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LP
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1978
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Celia Cruz w/Tito Puente
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Quimbo Quimbumbia
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Quimbo Quimbumbia
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Tico
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LP
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1969
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Celia Cruz w/Sonora Mantancera
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Pa la Paloma
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Con Amor
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Tropical
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LP
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orig. rel. 1958
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Celia Cruz w/Sonora Mantacera
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Mata Siguaraya
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Seeco
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78
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1951
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Music behind DJ:
Herb Zane O.
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Cuban Rangers Cha-Cha-Cha
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Caravan
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45
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1956
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Ethel Waters w/J.C. Heard O.
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Am I Blue
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Shades of Blue
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Remington
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LP
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Orig. rec. 1946 on 10" LP rel. 1951
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Lil Green
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Romance in the Dark
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Groove
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45
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Orig. rel. on Bluebird, rec. 1940, reissued on 1956 45.
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Wilbur DeParis & Jimmy Witherspoon
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Good Rollin' Blues
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New Orleans Blues
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Atlantic
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LP
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1956
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Les Paul & Mary Ford
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World Is Waiting for the Sunrise
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Very Best of
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Capitol
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LP
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Orig. rec. 1950s, U.K. press.
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Spotlighters Trio feat. Elaine Jordan
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Clap Your Hands
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Pleasant
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45
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1964
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Lev Tahor
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In Glio
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Sameeach
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CD
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info: www.jewishjukebox.com
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201
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Music behind DJ:
Andre Kostelanetz O.
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Sabre Dance
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Columbia
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45
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1960s
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Edna Gallmon Cook
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My Journey Home
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21 Greatest Hits
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Nashboro
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2 LP
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Orig. rel. 1950s.
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Marie Knight w/Sam Price Trio
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Up Above My Head
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Decca
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45
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1956
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Sisters of Song (Barbara Shaw & Sarah Scott)
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Watch Your Stop
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Decca
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45
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1951
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Myrna Tingling
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Once Again the Gospel Message
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Henry's of Church of Jesus Christ, Kingston
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45
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Jamaica press
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1960s?
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Music behind DJ:
LTG Exchange
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Corazon
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Fania
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45
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1973
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Lt. Stitchie
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Obeah Wedding
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Great Ambitions
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World Enterprise
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LP
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1987?
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Donnie Elbert
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What Can I Do
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DeLuxe
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45
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1957
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Jimmy Barnes
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No Regrets
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Gibralter
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45
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East Orange, N.J. label
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1959
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