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Sweet surrender

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“Music for Pleasure Time” Allegro. Royale Concert Orchestra. Another budget label release of forgettable background music – aural wallpaper, sonic pablum, muzak – saved from the landfill because of a cover with a strange hook and a simple transcendent beauty.

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Lady and the Tramp

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12 side-splitting his by Hattie Noel and Billy Mitchell.   Dootone Novelty Series.   I don’t know Billy’s work, but I’d like to learn more based on this photo.

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Puppy love

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Life is Beautiful

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Larry Corner & Sis.   A brother-sister act out of Pennsylvania.   He plays the accordian.

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Happy Pierre

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Rockin’ Pneumonia

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Ace recording artist Huey “Piano” Smith hit the top of the R&B charts with the classic “Rockin’ Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu.”   A double sided classic “Don’t You Just Know It” b/w “High Blood Pressure” was released the following year.

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Something to smile about

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Don’t worry, be happy

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“Big Joe” Rosenfield finds his bliss

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“The Happiest Man in the World”

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Happy Ed Bilinski?

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It’s all relative I guess. He’s laughing on the inside.

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