Keepers:
The Fat Man
Ain’t That a Shame
All by Myself
Poor Me
I’m in Love Again
Blueberry Hill
Blue Monday
I’m Walkin’
It’s You I Love
Whole Lotta Loving
I Want to Walk You Home
I’m Gonna Be a Wheel Someday
Be My Guest
Walking to New Orleans
My Girl Josephine
Let the Four Winds Blow
Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
Fats Domino Jukebox: 20 Greatest Hits the Way You Originally Heard Them
Keepers:
Lost Without Love
Leave My Money Alone
My Home Is A Prison
Lonesome Whistler
Don’t Say A Word
Lonely Lonely Me
I’m a Mojo Man
Don’t Go
You Know I Love You
Gonna Stick to You Baby
Learn to Treat Me Better
My Home Ain’t Here
When I Had, I Didn’t Need
I’m a Samplin’ Man
Keepers:
Earle Hagen – I Spy
Elliott Fisher – Mister Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Elmer Bernstein – Staccato’s Theme
Ray Anthony – Dragnet/Room 43
Si Zentner – Walk On The Wild Side
Vikki Carr – The Silencers
Keepers:
David Bowie And The Lower Third – Can’t Help Thinking About Me
Michael Leslie – Make Up Or Break Up
The Bystanders – My Way Of Thinking
The Lancastrians – The World Keeps Going Round
The Onyx – You Gotta Be With Me
The Truth – Who’s Wrong
Keepers:
X-Ray Spex – Oh Bondage (Up Yours)
Wire – Reuters
Stranglers – (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)
Tom Robinson Band – 2-4-6-8 Motorway
Bow Wow Wow – Radio G String
Rezillos – Top Of The Pops
Siouxie and the Banshees - Hong Kong Gardens
Keepers:
Hello Little Girl
How Do You Do It
I Like It
It’s Gonna Be Alright
La La La
Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying
Dreams
Ferry Cross The Mersey
The Best of Gerry & the Pacemakers: The Definitive Collection
Keepers:
Alan Bown Set – Emergency 999
David Bowie – Good Morning Girl
Ferris Wheel – The ‘Na Na’ Song
Koobas – A Place I Know
Paddy, Klaus And Gibson – Rejected
Platform Six – Money Will Not Mean A Thing
Sheila Carter And Episode Six – Incense
Vandyke And The Bambis – Doin’ The Mod
The Sorrows – Let The Live Live
Both Shocking Blue songs on this comp are great, and I promise they’ll show up here when I listen to the albums they originally appeared on.
Keepers:
Shannon – Abergavenny
Bill Deal – May I
George Baker – Little Green Bag
Showstoppers – Ain’t Nothin But a Party
Tee Set – Ma Belle Amie
This album has the 1963 and 1967 versions of the “Blind Joe Death” songs, and it’s all quite incredible.
It takes a lot of work to become this good at something, and it must wear a guy down to do it for years and get as little recognition as John Fahey got…
Keepers:
On Doing An Evil Deed Blues
Poor Boy Long Ways From Home
Uncloudy Day
In Christ There Is No East Or West
Desperate Man Blues
Sun Gonna Shine In My Back Door Someday Blues
Sligo River Blues
I’m Gonna Do All I Can For My Lord
West Coast Blues
Keepers:
Baby (unreleased 1966 version)
Baby
Don’t Sing No Sad Songs For Me
I Don’t Wanna Be Free
Let Me In
No, No, No, No
Pink, Purple, Yellow, Red
Take A Heart (mono version)
You’ve Got What I Want
Keepers:
Sam Butera & The Witnesses – Dig That Crazy Chick
Peggy Lee – Fever
Louis Prima – Jump, Jive An’ Wail
Wayne Newton – Danke Shoen
Sam Butera & The Witnesses – French Poodle
Keely Smith – What Is This Thing Called Love?
Louis Prima – Closer To The Bone
Nat “King” Cole – L-O-V-E
Louis Prima/Keely Smith – That Old Black Magic
Julie London – You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To
What else could it be?
Merry Christmas everybody!
Christmas Pantheon:
White Christmas – Darlene Love
Frosty the Snowman – The Ronettes
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – The Crystals
Sleigh Ride – The Ronettes
Marshmallow World – Darlene Love
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer – The Crystals
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus – The Ronettes
Winter Wonderland – Darlene Love
Parade of the Wooden Soldiers – The Crystals
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) – Darlene Love
Here Comes Santa Claus – Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans
Christmas Pantheon:
That’s What I Want for Christmas – Nancy Wilson
Winter Wonderland – Dean Martin
Other Keepers:
White Christmas – Peggy Lee
Christmas Pantheon:
none
Other Keepers:
Christmas Spirit??
Don’t Believe in Christmas
Christmas Eve
Keepers:
Les Baxter – Calcutta
The Voices Of Walter Schumann – Holiday For Strings
Dean Elliot & His Big Band – You’re The Top
Joe Fingers Carr/80 Drums – Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Tak Shindo – Stumbling
Billy May & His Orchestra – This Room Is My Castle Of Quiet
Felix Slatkin – I Get A Kick Out Of You
Dean Elliot & His Big Band – Lonesome Road
There are some songs on here I didn’t include as keepers (Sorrows, Kinks) because they’re going to show up elsewhere…
Keepers:
The Clique – We Didn’t Kiss, We Didn’t Love But Now We Do
The Clique – Time, Time, Time
The First Gear – A Certain Girl
The Game – Gotta Keep On Movin’ Baby
The Koobas – Somewhere In The Night
The Primitives – Help Me
The Sheffields – Hey, Hey Lover Boy
Keepers:
Hero Takes A Fall
Going Down To Liverpool
Manic Monday
Walk Like An Egyptian
Hazy Shade Of Winter
Everything I Wanted
Where Were You When I Needed You
Keepers:
Count Basie & Tony Bennett – With Plenty Of Money And You
Louis Prima & Keely Smith – That Old Black Magic
Nat King Cole – I’m Shooting High
Keely Smith – On The Sunny Side Of The Street
Count Basie & Tony Bennett – Are You Having Any Fun?
Peggy Lee – Big Spender
Louis Prima – Pennies From Heaven
I really like a couple of their songs, but Freddie and the Dreamers always gave me the willies and I’m not giving them their own category, which isn’t fair but can’t be helped. Years later Right Said Fred would have a similar effect on me. Come to think of it, Fred Schneider is a first-rate willie-giver… I sense a trend here.
Keepers:
Do The Freddie
I’m Telling You Now
* A Little You
* thanks to Dave the Boogieman for the recommended re-listen
Keepers:
Barefoot Rock
Marie, Marie
Crazy Baby
Buzz Buzz Buzz
Barn Burning
I Fell In Love
