“El Doctor”  Tito Rodriquez  UA Latino Records  (1968)

(19 votes, average: 3.84 out of 5)

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“Habit of Loving You” and “One Fine Day”  Two compilation EP’s from Sweden on Juke Box Records.  A series that featured comely ladies with their portable players.

(19 votes, average: 4.21 out of 5)

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“Mais Oui!”  Let’s Dance With Tommy Kinsman and his Orchestra  Fontana Records (UK)  A dance record from 1961 with waltzes, foxtrots and such.  But what a cool cover!

(18 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5)

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CHA CHA CHA at MALIBU  Marty Franklin and his Orchestra  Cadence Records (1957)  Always hard to believe that after looking at records for 50 years, I can still find ones that I’ve never seen.  This looks like so many others, but — maybe because it’s new to me — I think it’s exceptional for the genre.  Maybe it’s those dinner jackets!   By the way, that’s Malibu as in the Malibu club in Lido Beach, Long Island where, along with other noted dance spots like the Tamarack Lodge in the Catskills, Casa Seville in Long Island and Club Elegance in Brooklyn, Marty was laying down the beat on his Lowry organ since the early 50’s.

(20 votes, average: 3.80 out of 5)

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Mrs. Nathaniel Moore presents her son … Rudy Ray Moore   “A Comedian is Born”  A Comedian International Enterprises “Personality Series” release from 1964.    A micro-grooved performance recorded live at The California Club, Los Angeles.  Rudy Ray began recording as “Dolemite” in the early seventies and his act became more and more filthy.  Working bluer and bluer than Redd Foxx and Moms Mabley ever did.  Snoop Dogg said: “Without Rudy Ray Moore, there would be no Snoop Dogg, and that’s for real.”  He died in 2008.

(18 votes, average: 3.78 out of 5)

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“Speak Low”  Tempo Records (UK)  A nice compilation of Tempo jazz recordings.  “More Mood Music in the Modern Manner, featuring Victor Feldman, Jimmy Deuchar, Tubby Hayes, Dizzy Reece, Don Rendell, Ronnie Scott, Allan Ganley, Derek Humble, Tony Crombie, etc.”

(15 votes, average: 4.13 out of 5)

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Dr. Ballard’s Pet Foods presents The Herman Apple Quintet doing the “Ballard Beat” (a variation on the swinging Dr. Ballard’s ad jingle)  Ballard Label (Canada)

(27 votes, average: 4.22 out of 5)

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Buckner Fanning  “The Strategy of Penetration”  Word.

(30 votes, average: 3.90 out of 5)

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The Cooper Family.  Brad, Darren, Harlan, Kim and Jan out of Birmingham, Alabama

(26 votes, average: 4.04 out of 5)

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“Dream with Frank Sinatra”  Fontana Records (UK)  A 1959 EP with “Some Enchanted Evening”, “You’re My Girl”, “The Things We Did Last Summer” and “Dream”

(22 votes, average: 3.77 out of 5)

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