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Three guys named…

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Submarino amarillo

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This cover brings to mind those little propeller submarines I played with as a kid in the bathtub. I think I bought them from the back of a comic book or something.

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There’s a sucker born every minute

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By sled or rocket

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A rare 45 from Mexico of “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians”.   Kapp records.     Milton Delugg and his Orchestra.

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Cri’s almighty

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It’s Frank’s world, we just live in it

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Frank, Frank Jr., Nancy and Tina Sinatra.

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Auntie Mamie

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Jerry Lee Lewis “Fools Like Me” from the movie “High School Confidential” with a sexy Mamie Van Doren. Check out a cool clip from the movie.

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Sexy mama

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Sylvia “Pillow Talk” (London Records) “Pillow Talk” held the number one R&B spot for two weeks and made it to number three pop on Billboard’s charts in 1973. “You can’t find love on a one-way street…” Check out the sexy lyrics here! And check out her performance on Soul Train!! Here’s to you Mrs. Robinson!

Sylvia Robinson recorded in the early fifties with Hot Lips Page, then as “Little Sylvia” on the Savoy label, but it was with guitarist Mickey Baker as half of “Mickey and Sylvia” that she scored a number one R&B hit with “Love is Strange” in early 1957.

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Cowboy Roy

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Roy Orbison  “Hillybilly Rock”  London Records (France) (Sun Records) From the library of Uncle Gil

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Dud’s suds

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Peter Cook and Dudley Moore.   Decca (May 1965) “Goodyee” backed with “Not Only But Also (Theme)”

Listen at the Peter Cook Appreciation Society.

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