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Again. Naturally.

David Whitfield  “Alone”  Decca Records (UK)  (1961) He was the first UK male vocalist to earn a gold disc; the first to have a hit placed in the Top Ten of the Billboard Hot 100; and the first artist from Britain to sell over one million copies of one disc in America!  Not bad if you have to be alone.

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Lei’in ’round

Jo Ann Campbell sings “A Kookie Little Paradise” and “Bobby, Bobby, Bobby b/w The Playboys singing “Memories” and “You’re All I See”  Karusell Records EP  (Sweden)  (Via ULF!)

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“Uh, yes. I DO like Humperdinck”

“Do You Like Humperdinck?  Engelbert’s 30 Biggest Hits at the Organ with Hans Martens  Able Records

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It’s a family affair

Here’s a 1974 UK reissure and alternate cover to the previously posted Dot Records Mills Brothers release “Mmmm”  This one on Redefusion Records.  And which brother left his bling on the night table?

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Letter perfect

MMMM…The Mills Brothers!  Dot Records   (All the songs start with the letter M!  High concept!)  I love these guys!   This is from the sixties, but they were great from the 1930′s on.  I highly recommend you check them out.  Here’s just one:  “Be My Life’s Companion”

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Double with the blue dress on

Sonia y Miriam  Kubaney Records

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O’Day oh!

Anita O’Day  “Collates”  CLEF Records (Produced by Norman Granz)  (1953)   A 10 inch LP containing a compilation of eight previous singles.  Re-released as Anita O’Day by Norgran Records in 1955 and with four additional tracks as The Lady Is A Tramp on the Verve label in 1957.  A classic David Stone Martin illustration.

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The cream of the cropped

The Crewcuts Swing the Masters  Mercury Records EP

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Meet Joe Blossom

“Nocturnes”   The new album release by New Zealand’s fastest rising star, Joe Blossom.   Check it out here:   JOE BLOSSOM

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Sams I am

“Coletanea de Ouro”   Sammy Davis, Jr     Decca Records (Brazil)

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