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List of the Day: Limbo, Twist and Novelty Dance Songs by Chubby Checker

“Dancing Dinosaur” “The Twist” “The Hucklebuck” “Pony Time” “Dance the Mess Around” “Let’s Twist Again” “The Fly” “Twistin’ U.S.A.” “Slow Twistin'” “La Paloma Twist” “Teach Me to Twist” “Limbo Rock” “Let’s Limbo Some More” “Twist it Up” “She Wants T’Swim” “Let’s Do the Freddie” “Karate Monkey” “The Rub” “Mashed Potato Time” “The Twist (“Yo Twist!” Version)”

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Video of the Week: Jazz Documentary - A Great Day In Harlem

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Video of the Week: The Spinal Tap Collection on Letterman, 1982-93

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List of the Day: Great Songs You Didn't Know Stevie Wonder Wrote

Somehow when the discussion turns to the greatest songwriters, a conversation revisited again recently on the occasion of the passing of Brian Wilson, this guy often gets overlooked. Today we just want to remind you that in addition to his ten #1 hits, 20 R&B #1’s, and 100+ million records sold as a musician, Stevie Wonder was responsible for lots of hits and great tracks by other artists. Here…

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Strawbs founder, singer and guitarist Dave Cousins has died, aged 85

RIP, Dave. Death holds no fear for those who see clear. See also: https://edcyphers.com/2013/09/28/songs-you-may-have-missed-481/ See also: https://edcyphers.com/2012/05/11/songs-you-may-have-missed-100/ See also: https://edcyphers.com/2013/02/11/recommended-albums-38/

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Recommended Albums #16

Donovan: HMS Donovan (1971) Come take a look with me In an old-fashioned picture book… Donovan beckons thusly on this 1971 two-LP, 28-song treasure, as he leads you back to the long-ago childhood in the English countryside that you never had. This album finds Donovan boldly following his muse away from chart-oriented pop (he’d never have another Top 40 single) toward fanciful folk aimed at…

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Recommended Albums #100

Jethro Tull: Songs from the Wood (1977) Never has an album more directly and more perfectly issued its mission statement from the outset. Like the sound of an old English street herald, Ian Anderson’s a cappella voice opens Jethro Tull’s Songs from the Wood with a friendly hail: Let me bring you songs from the woodTo make you feel much better than you could know… And indeed what follows is a…

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List of the Day: Bands That Shortened Their Name

Original name: The Young Rascals Became: The Rascals Original name: Small Faces Became: Faces Original name: Chicago Transit Authority Became: Chicago Original name: The Silver Beatles Became: The Beatles Original name: Jefferson Airplane Became: Jefferson Starship Became: Starship Original name: Tyrannosaurus Rex Became: T. Rex Original name: Grand Funk Railroad Became: Grand…

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Video of the Week: Not All Mashups Are a Good Idea

Yeah, it’s possible to take two great, timeless songs and create something horrific from them. Here’s a reminder that sometimes you should just leave something alone.

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How the Doors Set the Night on Fire

By MARC MYERS (Reprinted from The Wall Street Journal) About six minutes into the song, a visibly stoned Jim Morrison bent over and pointed his leather-clad rear toward the Hollywood Bowl audience. Sensing trouble, keyboardist Ray Manzarek yelled “Jim!” The warning worked. Morrison stood up, retook the mike and completed the hit song: “Light My Fire,” as seen on “The Doors: Live at the Bowl…

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List of the Day: AC/DC Choruses That Are Just the Same Phrase Repeated Four Times

Love ’em or hate ’em, we can all agree no one dumbs it down like the boys from down under. It may have been Elvis Costello who said, essentially, rock music is stamping your feet and shouting something four times. If so, these guys have perfected the formula. Makes it “classic” for some, unlistenable for others. I’ll forego weighing in, except to say I think I could have collected plenty more…

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Songs You May Have Missed #306

Caro Emerald: “Riviera Life” (2010) http://edcyphers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/03-riviera-life.mp3 Dutch jazz singer Caro Emerald’s fresh-sounding debut topped the album charts in the Netherlands for weeks, thanks in part to some remixes that kept her summer hit “Back it Up” on the singles chart from July till December. The album melds the old and new, with songs inspired by post-war jazz…

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Video of the Week: Gene Simmons--Rock and Roll is Dead

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Recommended Albums #41

Smash Mouth: Fush Yu Mang (1997) Now just hold on there a sec. I know what you’re thinking. Or at least I know what you’re not thinking: that “Hey now, you’re an all-star“, Disney-soundtrack lightweights Smash Mouth couldn’t offer you any musical surprises. I’d beg to differ. Prior even to “Walkin’ On the Sun” beginning it’s stupefying 60-week chart stranglehold in July of ’97, I took a flyer on…

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Video of the Week: Busking with the Beatles

We’d love to credit the puppeteers, but there was simply no information accompanying this video allowing us to do so. At any rate, it’s brilliant.

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