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Remembering Lost Music!

Today's Lost Music is a fantastic single circa 1966 by the Talon Brothers, I Think There Is Something Sleeping In My Refrigerator!  I first came across this gem of a song on my …Read more

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 …Read more

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.

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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: …Read more

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 …Read more

Remembering Forgotten Songs!

 

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 …Read more

Remembering Forgotten Songs! 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 …Read more

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 …Read more

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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 …Read more

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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 …Read more

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 …Read more

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 …Read more

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 …Read more

Remembering Forgotten Songs!

 

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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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 …Read more

Remembering Forgotten Songs

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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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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Remembering Forgotten Songs!

 

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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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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Remembering Lost Songs!

 

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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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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Remembering Forgotten Songs!

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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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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Remembering Forgotten Songs!

Family - Second Generation Woman

Today's Lost Music is about a great British band called Family.  The English band Family emerged in the 1960s rock scene and soon became a household name…

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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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