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Bette Davis eyes

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Em Tempo De Tango   Carlinhos   Columbia Brazil

(50 votes, average: 3.60 out of 5)

French dip

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“La Gambille Chez Bousca”   Musette Ensemble of the Bal Bousca   Dana Pacific Records

(50 votes, average: 3.74 out of 5)

Pin-up(side) down

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“Stretching Out”   Zoot Sims, Al Cohn,   United Artists   (1958)     The rest of the superb band includes Harry “Sweets” Edison, Hank Jones, bassist Eddie Jones, guitarist Freddie Green, and drummer Charlie Persip.

1. Stretching Out (Bob Brookmeyer) 6:09
2. Now Will You Be Good? (Jentes-Pease-Terker) 5:27
3. Pennies From Heaven (Johnston-Burke) 6:14
4. King Porter Stomp (Morton-Burke-Robbins) 4:38
5. Aint Misbehavin (Waller-Razaf-Brooks) 6:53
6. Bee Kay (Bill potts) 6:39

(74 votes, average: 4.23 out of 5)

The fifth beagle

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“New Tricks…”   Bing Crosby with Buddy Cole and His Trio   Decca Records

(36 votes, average: 3.14 out of 5)

Speaker of the house

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Discoteca da Saudade   Zico mazagao e Orquestra   Chantecler Records

(27 votes, average: 3.04 out of 5)

Smoking hot!

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A super cool 45 from Polydor Japan (Found at “Asian Drill Pop”)

(70 votes, average: 4.53 out of 5)

Closing time

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Canciones de America con Ernesto Hill Olvera   RCA Victor   This is really kind of beautiful.   The orange glow.   The dramatic light on her shoulder, neck and hands.   The yellow wisp of illuminated, exhaled smoke.   His posture and hand poised just like that.   His ring.   His cool shades.

(48 votes, average: 4.08 out of 5)

Gaucho robusto

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“Cuba e Brasil”   Bienvenido Granda

(48 votes, average: 3.56 out of 5)

Marlboro cuntry

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“AC DC”     “Warning:   The Surgeon General Has Determined that Cigarette Smoking is Dangerous to Your Health”   “But sex is not injurious to your health” ($2.98)   On Screw Records.   This is even more shocking in real life.   I never knew where to file it, so I just put it next to my AC/DC albums.

(94 votes, average: 3.36 out of 5)

Home alone

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“Music to Make Housework Easier”   Sinfonieta de Milano Under the Direction of William Gunther   Request Records

(71 votes, average: 4.32 out of 5)