Nina Simone (1933-2003) “Sings the Blues”   RCA Victor Records   (1967)     “Do I Move You?”, “In the Dark,” “Day and Night,” “My Man’s Gone Now,”   “I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl,” “Backlash Blues,” (a civil rights song written by her friend the poet Langston Hughes) and “The House of the Rising Sun”   (Nina first recorded this song in 1962.   After The Animals version became a hit she re-recorded this faster version.)   Musicians here include   Eric Gale , Rudy Stevenson (guitar); Buddy Lucas (harmonica, tenor saxophone); Bob Bushnell (6-string bass); Ernie Hayes (Organ), Bernard “Pretty” Purdie (drums).     (Editors note: I saw Nina live at Carnegie Hall in 1991 or 92.   You could hear a pin drop.   The place was like a cathedral.   It was magical.)

(55 votes, average: 3.96 out of 5)

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“The Whistler and His Dog”   Golden Crest Records     This was the theme song for a 1960s local TV show in New York , Officer Joe Bolton’s Fun House.   This piece was written in 1905 by ARTHUR PRYOR (1870-1942), who was a trombonist/arranger in John Philip Sousa’s band.

(37 votes, average: 3.19 out of 5)

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Masaaki Hirao   King Records (Japan)

(36 votes, average: 3.58 out of 5)

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Monk’s Moods   The Thelonious Monk Trio   Prestige Records (Holland) Dutch cover photo.   Thelonious Monk piano, Gary Mapp or Percy Heath bass, Art Blakey or max Roach drums.     Recorded in 1953

(36 votes, average: 3.39 out of 5)

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Houston Wells and the Marksmen   “…Western Style”   Parlaphone Records (Uk)

(34 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)

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“Sueno y Realidad”   Las Tres Guittarras   Verne Records (Argentina)

(33 votes, average: 3.94 out of 5)

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“Relax”   Ramona Gerhard at the Hi Fi Wurlitzer Organ   Soma Records

(40 votes, average: 4.25 out of 5)

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“Beer, Beer, Beer”   By Marion LUSH   Dyno Records

(29 votes, average: 3.38 out of 5)

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hors d’oeuvres for connoisseur DJ’s     A sampler of new releases from Tops Records in 1960.

(41 votes, average: 4.12 out of 5)

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