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Nov 2 2022
Lost Music: Walkin' On The Sun (Smash Mouth)
Remembering Forgotten Songs!
This morning I woke up humming Walkin' On The Sun, a popular song by a combo called Smash Mouth. Back in 1997, when the tune was a big hit single, my daughter Molly
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Oct 26 2022
Lost Music: Ghost Train (The Swanks)
REMEMBERING LOST MUSIC!
Since I'm still on a Halloween jag, today's lost song is Ghost Train by The Swanks! The Swanks were a 1960s surf / garage rock combo.
Here's some salient info from the chuckdeprima.wordpress.com
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Oct 19 2022
Lost Music: Dead Man's Stroll (The Revels)
REMEMBERING FORGOTTEN SONGS!
Today's Lost Music is one of my all-time favorite Halloween songs, Dead Man's Stroll by The Revels!
While looking for some info on The Revels, I came across the Way Back Attack website:
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Sep 23 2022
Lost Music: Ca Plane Pour Moi (Plastic Bertrand)
REMEMBERING FORGOTTEN SONGS!
Plastic Bertrand
Zoot Alors! Today's Lost Music is a kick ass dance tune credited to a fella named Plastic Bertrand that became wildly popular around the world in 1977. Plastic Bertrand is
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Sep 15 2022
Lost Music: Birdhouse In Your Soul (They Might Be Giants)
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THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS
Today's Lost Music is a quirky and happy-go-lucky song called Birdhouse In Your Soul as parlayed by a combo called They Might Be Giants. The lyrics are
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Aug 25 2022
Lost Music: The Song of The Elves (John Simon)
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John Simon - The Song of The Elves
John Simon is an American music producer, composer, writer and performer. Recognized as one of the top record producers in the United States during the late
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Aug 11 2022
Lost Music: Saturday Night (Hirth Martinez)
Remembering Forgotten Songs!
HIRTH MARTINEZ (August 21, 1945 - October 6, 2015)
Saturday Night - Hirth Martinez
SATURDAY NIGHT (Hirth Martinez)
Here it is Saturday night
Time for
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Aug 4 2022
Lost Music: Summertime in New Orleans (Anders Osborne)
Remembering Forgotten Songs!
ANDERS OSBORNE
Anders Osborne - Summertime in New Orleans
Anders Osborne's wonderful song, Summertime in New Orleans, is today's Lost Song. I first heard this song on an
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Jul 13 2022
Lost Music: Gone (John Hiatt)
Remembering Forgotten Songs
JOHN HIATT
John Hiatt - Gone
Ah yes...John Hiatt! He's one of my favorite songwriters. As a matter of fact, when I was in a band called the Freelance
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Jun 15 2022
Lost Music: Lester's Methadone Clinic (Sonia Dada)
Remembering Forgotten Songs!
Today's Lost Music track is a tune called Lester's Methadone Clinic. The song, which has a cool vibe to it, was featured on an album called A Day At The Beach by a band called
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Jun 1 2022
Lost Music: Crabwalk (American Music Club)
Remembering Forgotten Songs!
American Music Club - Crabwalk
CRABWALK
He reels around the nightclub
like the hubcaps off of a car
That just crashed into a sign that said
"This way to the
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May 25 2022
Lost Music: Sweet Emotion (Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon)
Remembering Forgotten Songs
Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon
Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon - Sweet Emotion
I've always been a rabid collector of Cover Songs. However, I'm very particular about which ones I
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May 18 2022
Lost Music: Jumpin' Jive (Cab Calloway)
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Jumpin' Jive - Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers
Cab Calloway
"Cab Calloway was an American jazz singer, dancer, bandleader and actor. He was associated with the Cotton Club…
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May 11 2022
Lost Music: Rockin' Around In NYC (Marshall Crenshaw)
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Marshall Crenshaw - Rockin' Around In NYC
Today's Lost Music is Rockin' Around In NYC by Marshall Crenshaw which appeared on his first album in 1982. In 1976, I had
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May 4 2022
Lost Music: Spanish Harlem (Levon Russell)
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Leon Russell - Spanish Harlem
Today's Lost Music post is all about a swinging instrumental track called Spanish Harlem which was recorded by Leon Russell and The Gap Band back in…
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Apr 6 2022
Lost Music: Freeway Jam (Jeff Beck)
Remembering Forgotten Songs!
As I've stated in the past on this blog, I'm a collector of all types of music; one of the type of music I collect are Instrumentals!
Today's Lost Music song is an…
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Mar 30 2022
Lost Music: Slap & Tickle (Squeeze)
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SQUEEZE - SLAP & TICKLE
Ah! Squeeze! They're one of the great English bands who broke big on the music scene starting in 1979. Today's lost music song is Slap & Tickle…
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Mar 24 2022
Lost Albums: The Ones That Got Away Expanded Edition
Over the decades, there have been a significant number of album projects that, due to one thing or another, got lost in the sauce and were never released by their respective record labels. Some projects, such as Brian Wilson's …
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Mar 16 2022
Lost Music: 7 and 7 Is (Love)
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Love - 7 and 7 Is
The band Love recorded this genuine rock classic in June of 1966 at Sunset Sound Recorders in Hollywood. At that time, Sunset Sound Recorders was one…
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Mar 9 2022
Lost Music: It's The End of the World As We Know It (and I Feel Fine) R.E.M.
Remembering Forgotten Songs!
Today's Lost Music post is It's The End of the World As We Know It (and I Feel Fine), a wild apocalyptic rock anthem by R.E.M. At first listen, this track simply knocked…
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Mar 3 2022
Lost Music: Hang Tough (Crescent City Gold)
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Crescent City Gold - Hang Tough
Ooh baby! We had a great time during our Mardi Gras week so I thought it would be fun to to post a tasty Allen Toussaint song…
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Feb 14 2022
Lost Music: I Need Your Loving (Don Gardner with Dee Dee Ford)
It's Valentine's Day!
Today's song that celebrates Valentine's Day is a great tune called I Need Your Loving...y'know, there aren't that many love songs that can top Don Garner & Dee Dee Ford's I Need Your Loving…
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Feb 9 2022
Lost Music: Second Generation Woman (Family)

Jan 31 2022
Lost Music: Kookie's Mad Pad (Ed Byrnes)
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Ed "Kookie" Byrnes - Kookie's Mad Pad
"Edward Byrne Breitenberger (July 30, 1932 – January 8, 2020), known professionally as Edd Byrnes, was an American actor, best known for his…
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