Every year about this time there’s a quick burst of blossom, a promise of renewal and that first pitch of the national pastime. I don’t know about you but it’s my favorite time of year, a time when winter’s cold is shut down and we’ve got that Spring Fever. This week’s show will take time out for a couple sets celebrating and remembering baseball’s past through music with the likes of The Treniers, Danny Kaye, and Dr. John with some early rapping from Mel Allen of all people. And that’s just the half of it because the fever goes beyond the diamond: we’ll share songs of April love with Shirley Jones, Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White with Perez Prado, Nina Simone, Martha Tilton, and a run of classic country with Johnny Horton, Sons of the Pioneers and the Sons of the San Joaquin. From stickball to kite-flying to the first frisbees of the year in the local park. Let’s get away from it all.
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| 2 | Radio Commercial |
'Spring Time Fever Time' |
Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season |
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| 3 | The Velvets |
Spring Fever |
Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season |
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| 4 | Shirley Jones & Pat Boone |
April Love (Film Version) |
Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season |
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| 5 | The Pentagons |
It's Spring Again |
Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season |
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| 6 | Martha Tilton |
I'll Remember April |
The Liltin' Miss Tilton [Disc 1] |
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| 7 | Perez Prado And His Orchestra |
Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White |
Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2) |
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| 8 | Count Basie |
April in Paris |
Pure Jazz |
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| 9 | Naturals & Mel Allen |
Baseball Dreams |
Baseball's Greatest Hits |
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| 10 | Johnny Darling |
Baseball Baby |
Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 1] Bob Dylan |
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| 11 | Dr. John |
Take Me Out To The Ballgame |
Baseball A Film By Ken Burns – Original Soundtrack Recording |
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| 12 | The Treniers |
Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song) |
Baseball Anthems |
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| 13 | Sister Wynona Carr |
The Ball Game |
Baseball Anthems |
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| 14 | Russ Hodges |
Bobby Thomson's Shot Heard 'Round The World |
Baseball Anthems |
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| 15 | Terry Cashman |
Talkin' Baseball (Willie, Mickey & "The Duke") |
61* [Box Set] Disc 1 |
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| 16 | Mickey Mantle & Teresa Brewer |
I Love Mickey |
Baseball's Greatest Hits |
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| 17 | Danny Kaye |
D-O-D-G-E-R-S Song (Oh, Really? No, O'Malley) |
Baseball's Greatest Hits |
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| 18 | Stormy Weather |
The Land Of Wrigley |
Baseball's Greatest Hits |
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| 19 | Steve Goodman |
A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request |
Baseball's Greatest Hits |
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| 20 | Betty Bonney & Les Brown and His Orchestra |
Joltin' Joe Dimaggio |
Baseball Anthems |
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| 21 | Little Willie John |
I've Got Spring Fever |
Little Willie John |
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| 22 | Birdlegs & Pauline And Their Versatility Birds |
Spring |
Birth Of Soul: 2 |
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| 23 | Jerry Duane & The Monarchs |
It Might As Well Be Spring |
Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season |
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| 24 | Nina Simone |
It Might As Well Be Spring |
The Best Of Nina Simone: The Colpix Years |
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| 25 | Craig Douglas |
Hello Spring |
Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season |
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| 26 | The Cadillacs |
It's Spring |
For Collectors Only (Disc 3) |
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| 27 | Delbon Johnson |
It's Always Springtime in Nassau |
Putumayo Presents: Calypso |
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| 28 | The Browns |
Springtime |
Classics 1964-1966 (Warped 6529) |
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| 29 | Johnny Horton |
When It's Springtime In Alaska (It's Forty Below) |
36 All-Time Greatest Hits |
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| 30 | Sons of the Pioneers |
Springtime On the Range |
1941 vol 1 (Warped 4108) |
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| 31 | Sons Of The San Joaquin |
Ridin' For The Roundup In The Springtime |
From Whence Came The Cowboy |
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| 32 | Charlie Monroe |
Springtime in Glory |
1950-1956 (Warped 5079) |
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| 33 | Billie Holiday |
Some Other Spring |
Ken Burns Jazz |
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| 34 | Mose Allison |
Spring Song |
Mose Allison [2-fer] |
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| 35 | Mose Allison |
Fires Of Spring |
Gimcracks and Gewgaws |
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| 36 | Tony Perkins |
April Fool |
On a Rainy Afternoon |
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The downstream wave of sounds that flooded the charts seemed endless in the year 1960. As was exhibited in last week’s Deeper Roots exhibition of ‘also rans’ from that year, it was a very, very crowded field. That field was spread far and wide across genres and levels of production, songwriting and performance quality. We take on that same strata this week in the show. More teen crushes, tragedies, soulful exchanges and instrumentals that bore earworms galore. That’s what we’ve got in store with performances from Fats to Jackie, Smokey to Etta, the Burnette Brothers and Ricky, Dean Martin, Freddie King and Linda Laurie…all giving it their all and doing their very best to crawl to the top of their respective charts. We’re getting ready for a wild Sunday night here in Santa Rosa, celebrating KOWS Community Radio at the Barrel Proof Lounge in downtown Santa Rosa. Hope you can make today’s Deeper Roots show and Sunday’s benefit!
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| 1 | Artist |
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Album |
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| 2 | Little Junior Parker |
Driving Wheel |
Feelin' Good. The 1952-1962 Recordings |
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| 3 | Jackie Wilson |
Doggin' Around |
American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960 |
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| 4 | Rosie & The Originals |
Angel Baby |
Malt Shop Memories – Top Down Convertible Sound ( Disc 1) |
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| 5 | Jessie Hill |
Ooh Poo Pah Doo Pt 1 |
The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5] |
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| 6 | Fats Domino |
Walking To New Orleans |
A Lot Of Dominos |
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| 7 | The Shirelles |
Will You Love Me Tomorrow |
The Brill Building Sound Disc 1 |
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| 8 | Ray Peterson |
Tell Laura I Love Her |
Memories: Jukebox Gems (Disc 1 |
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| 9 | The Browns |
The Old Lamplighter |
Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's. Vol. 2 |
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| 10 | The Platters |
Harbor Lights |
All-Time Greatest Hits |
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| 11 | Johnny Burnette |
Dreamin' |
25 Greatest Hits |
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| 12 | Dorsey Burnette |
Hey Little One |
American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960 |
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| 13 | Rick Nelson |
Young Emotions |
Greatest Love Songs |
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| 14 | Etta James |
A Sunday Kind Of Love |
Book Of Love: The Argo Records Story 1956-1962 |
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| 15 | Jimmy Jones |
Good Timin' |
We Love Pirate Radio – 60s Favourites |
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| 16 | Kathy Young & The Innocents |
A Thousand Stars |
Memories: Jukebox Gems (Disc 1) |
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| 17 | Roy Orbison |
Blue Angel |
The Monument Singles: A-Sides (1960 – 1964) [Disc 1] |
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| 18 | The Smoothies |
Softly |
I Got A Woman : Gems From The Decca Vaults [Disc 3] |
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| 19 | The Miracles |
Shop Around |
The 35th Anniversary Collection |
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| 20 | Hayley Mills |
Let's Get Together |
Classic Disney, Vol. I: 60 Years Of Musical Magic |
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| 21 | Dean Martin |
Ain't That A Kick In The Head |
The Best Of The Rat Pack |
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| 22 | Jayne Mansfield |
Too Hot To Handle |
Bombshells |
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| 23 | The Videls |
Mister Lonely |
The Forgotten 45's 1960-1962 |
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| 24 | Peggy Lee |
I Love Being Here With You [Remastered] |
The Best Of The Singles Collection |
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| 25 | Linda Lawson |
Like Young |
Bombshells |
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| 26 | Floyd Cramer |
Last Date |
Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's, Vol. 1 |
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| 27 | Dinah Washington |
This Bitter Earth |
American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960 |
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| 28 | Ronnie Love |
Chills And Fever |
100 Northern Soul Classics |
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| 29 | Nick Perito |
The Green Leaves Of Summer (Album Version) |
Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds Motion Picture Soundtrack |
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| 30 | Tennessee Ernie Ford |
Sixteen Tons |
Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 3) |
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| 31 | Hank Locklin |
Please Help Me, I'm Falling |
Classic Country |
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| 32 | Jim Reeves |
Billy Bayou |
Country Roads – Ralph Emery Presents – For The Good Times |
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| 33 | Jack Scott |
Cool Water |
Destination Summer Sea Cruise: 33 Ocean Steamers For Your Vacation |
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| 34 | Marty Robbins |
Song Of The Bandit |
The Complete Recordings 1952-1960 |
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| 35 | Duane Eddy CD 1 |
Because They're Young |
Twang Thang: The Duane Eddy Anthology (Disc 1) |
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| 36 | The Drifters |
This Magic Moment |
All-Time Greatest Hits & More 1959-1965 [Bonus Tracks] [Disc 1] |
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| 37 | Henry Mancini |
Lujon |
Best Of |
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We’re at it again! Excavations below the crust of some pretty simple-minded teenage pap that seemed to occupy the Billboard Top 100 in the year 1960. Marketers had found the right blend of country, rhythm, pop, sentimentality and rock and this led to a churning out of as much and as they could as fast was possible. The result was a mixed bag: quantity over quality in most cases. We call it spit-balling these days. We’ll dig into the substrate of popular music that did not make the Top 40, and in some cases, the Top 100. We’ll hear from Wanda Jackson, Billy Bland, Donnie Brooks, Johnny Preston, Esther Phillips, and a few dozen others in this week’s show. Not withstanding what we do here, we have to consistently remind ourselves of the classic Tony Soprano quote: “’Remember when’ is the lowest form of conversation.” So, we’re mining for the ones we don’t necessarily remember. And the big news? It’s a rare two-parts-over-two-weeks extravaganza. Hope you can join in!
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| 1 | Artist |
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Album |
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| 2 | John D Loudermilk |
Tobacco Road |
You Heard It Here First! |
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| 3 | Wanda Jackson |
Dona'a Wan'a |
Rockin' With Wanda [US Bonus Tracks] |
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| 4 | Peter Sellers & Sophie Loren |
Goodness Gracious Me |
The Greatest Novelty Songs, Disc 3 |
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| 5 | The Flares |
Hotcha Cha-Cha Brown |
Foot Stompin' |
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| 6 | Sugar Pie DeSanto |
I Want to Know |
100 Northern Soul Classics |
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| 7 | Ruth Brown with Howard Biggs Orchestra |
Takin' Care Of Business |
Wail Man Wail!: The Best Of King Curtis 1952-1961 (Disc 3) |
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| 8 | Billy Bland |
Let The Little Girl Dance |
The Rock 'n' Roll Era: 1960 |
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| 9 | Larry Hall |
Sandy |
The Forgotten 45's 1960-1962 |
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| 10 | Varetta Dillard |
A Little Bitty Tear |
Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry |
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| 11 | Hank Ballard & The Midnighters |
Finger Poppin' Time |
American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960 |
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| 12 | Earl King |
Come On, Pt. 1 |
Living The Blues: Blues Classics 1960-1964 |
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| 13 | Ernie K-Doe |
A Certain Girl |
The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5] |
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| 14 | Skip & Flip |
Cherry Pie (1960 #11) |
Greatest Hit Singles Collection |
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| 15 | Donnie Brooks |
Mission Bell |
The Teen Years Collection: Volume 1- Dream Lover [Disc 2] |
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| 16 | Manos Hadjidakis |
Main Title: Never On Sunday |
Never On Sunday |
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| 17 | The Mark II |
Night Theme |
Banana Split for My Baby |
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| 18 | The String-A-Longs |
Wheels |
Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2 |
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| 19 | The Piltdown Men |
Brontosaurus Stomp |
American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960 |
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| 20 | Esther Phillips |
Wild Child |
The Great American Soul Book Chapter 1: Any Way You Wanta! |
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| 21 | Brenda Lee |
That's All You Gotta Do |
The Brenda Lee Story: Her Grea |
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| 22 | Eddie Cochran |
C'mon Everybody |
Eddie Cochran: 2 Classic Albums Plus Singles And Session Tracks [Disc 1] |
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| 23 | Duane Eddy |
Peter Gunn |
Twang Thang: The Duane Eddy Anthology [Disc 1] |
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| 24 | Joe Jones |
You Talk Too Much |
Pure R&B: Vol. 4- Whatd I Say [Disc 1] |
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| 25 | Ral Donner |
The Girl Of My Best Friend |
War Paint – The Gone Records Story |
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| 26 | The Everly Brothers |
When Will I Be Loved |
The Complete Cadence Recordings 1957-1960 Disc 2 |
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| 27 | Johnny Preston |
Cradle Of Love |
Running Bear |
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| 28 | Little Willie John |
Sleep |
Little Willie John: All 15 of His Chart Hits from 1953-1962 |
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| 29 | Paul Evans |
Happy-Go-Lucky-Me |
American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960 |
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| 30 | The Safaris |
Image of a Girl |
Teen Ballads |
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| 31 | Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs |
Stay |
Pure R&B: Vol. 4- Whatd I Say [Disc 2] |
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| 32 | Sam Cooke |
Wonderful World |
Greatest Hits |
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| 33 | Dinah Washington & Brook Benton |
A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around & Fall In Love) |
First Issue: The Dinah Washington Story [Disc 2] |
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| 34 | Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks |
Hey Boba Lou |
The Best of Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks |
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| 35 | Bobby Vee |
Devil Or Angel |
Malt Shop Memories – Top Down Convertible Sound ( Disc 1) |
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| 36 | Neil Sedaka |
Stairway To Heaven |
The Brill Building Sound Disc 1 |
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| 37 | Roger Miller |
In The Summertime (You Don't Want My Love) |
Super Hits |
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A Century of America's Music