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Soul drummer

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Ken Macintosh and his Orchestra “Rock a Conga”  RCA  (France)

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Carving Bird

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Charlie Parker on Verve/Barclay Records (France)  Lover Man, etc.  With his quintet featuring Red Rodney, John Lewis, Ray Brown and Kenny ‘klook” Clark.

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Pajama mama

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Fausto Papetti “Sleepy Lagoon”   FP put out hundreds of records, almost everyone with a pretty model on the cover and almost always nude.  Here’s a tame one on Durium Records from Portugal.

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Anita copy

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My favorite!  Anita O’Day  From the LP “Pick Yourself Up”  This is another photo from the shoot that produced the LP cover.  Verve Records  (and yes, I need a copy)

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2 J Crew

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“Il Pullover”  Gianni Meccia and Nico Fedenco  RCA EP (Italy)   Sweater girls

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Prima’s donna

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Keely Smith sings the Lennon – McCartney Songbook  Vol 1.  Reprise Records EP  (UK)  (1965)   I love Keely Smith singing with and without Louis Prima.

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Creepin’ and peepin’

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Martin Ljung  “Skojten”   Knappupp Records (Sweden)

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Gerry wasn’t alone with his records

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Gerry Mills  Barclay Records (France) 1958
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Song and dance men

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The Nicholas Brothers  “Calypso-Time” Metronome Records (Denmark) 1957   “Mambo-Lolita”; “Lorena”; “Ananas”; “Weisser Holunder”   I love these guys – check them out dancing here for example!

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Love Jones

loverKen Jones “I’m in the Mood for Love”  Embassy Records (UK) 1958

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