“La Rubia y la Triguena”   Billo’s   Fonograma Records

(23 votes, average: 4.13 out of 5)

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Heather-Harvey & The Thunderbirds   “Birthday”   Pop Sound Records

Heather Batchen was a British girl staying in Singapore. She teamed up with some British servicemen to form Heather with The Diamond Four. Heather was later backed by The Thunderbirds.   Heather’s interpretation of Love is blue (I’amour est bleu) was splendid. Her other more popular hits were: I’ll never be the same, We two forever shall be one, Nobody’s child, Mr. tambourine man. Heather married Harvey Fitzgerald, vocalist and rhythm guitarist of The Thunderbirds.

The Thunderbirds was formed in 1962. The lineup of Derrick Fitzgerald (lead), Harvey Fitzgerald (vocals, rhythm), William Wee (bass), Freddie Tan (drums) recorded a single in 1966 with “My lonely heart” on the A side. The song became No. 1 in Singapore and Malaysia. Harvey sang the haunting ballad with Derrick playing some very effective slide guitar licks using a comb.

(54 votes, average: 3.43 out of 5)

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“La Suegra y El Llerno”   Roy Montelongo y su Orquesta   Buena Suerte Records

(25 votes, average: 3.36 out of 5)

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Federico Moreno Torroba y su orquesta en Pinceladas Musicales de Agustin Lara   TK Records

(38 votes, average: 3.53 out of 5)

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Max Jacob and Fancis Poulenc   “Le Bal Masque”   Vega Records   Art by Joan Miro.

(48 votes, average: 3.58 out of 5)

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And Come Home Happy!   Words, Music and Song by Henry V. Drennan.   Arrangement by Takeshi Shibuya.

(39 votes, average: 3.59 out of 5)

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James Moody BE BOP “Tomorrow’s Music Today”   Metronome Records (From Lp cover lover, Mika)

(30 votes, average: 4.17 out of 5)

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The Clover Boys   RCA Victor (Mexico)   “For Teenagers”

(24 votes, average: 3.46 out of 5)

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Graphic designer, musician and lp cover lover Mika of Finland writes us:   Hi There!   The LP Cover Lover site is fabulous! I decided to send you some record covers, mostly for their nice graphics. CHUBBY JACKSON – LEMON DROP   Rainbow Records.   Cover Design: Leonard Besser

Try a Lemon Drop tonight!

(24 votes, average: 3.96 out of 5)

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The Many Heads of Dickie Goodman   Rori Records   (1962) Dickie Goodman wrote and recorded novelty songs and parodies beginning with the 1956 top ten hit “The Flying Saucer”   His career-long shtick was to act as a “reporter,” while the responses from the “people” he was interviewing would be soundbites from popular records of the day.   As the original sampling gangster,   he had 17 different labels sue him for using samples on “The Flying Saucer” without permission.   But the judge in the case ultimately sided with Goodman, stating that “he had created a new work” and didn’t simply copy another’s work.   In the early seventies he put out singles like “Convention ’72” “Superfly Meets Shaft” and “Watergate” and in 1975, he released probably his best-known song, “Mr. Jaws,” a spoof of the movie “Jaws” which peaked on the U.S. pop charts at #4 and sold over 500,000 copies.   He died in Fayetteville, NC, on November 6, 1989 (from an apparent suicide).

(20 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)

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