Charlie Parker on Verve/Barclay Records (France)  Lover Man, etc.  With his quintet featuring Red Rodney, John Lewis, Ray Brown and Kenny ‘klook” Clark.

(30 votes, average: 3.27 out of 5)

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Fausto Papetti “Sleepy Lagoon”   FP put out hundreds of records, almost everyone with a pretty model on the cover and almost always nude.  Here’s a tame one on Durium Records from Portugal.

(39 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)

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My favorite!  Anita O’Day  From the LP “Pick Yourself Up”  This is another photo from the shoot that produced the LP cover.  Verve Records  (and yes, I need a copy)

(28 votes, average: 3.11 out of 5)

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“Il Pullover”  Gianni Meccia and Nico Fedenco  RCA EP (Italy)   Sweater girls

(35 votes, average: 3.34 out of 5)

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Keely Smith sings the Lennon – McCartney Songbook  Vol 1.  Reprise Records EP  (UK)  (1965)   I love Keely Smith singing with and without Louis Prima.

(32 votes, average: 3.38 out of 5)

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Martin Ljung  “Skojten”   Knappupp Records (Sweden)

(37 votes, average: 3.41 out of 5)

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The Nicholas Brothers  “Calypso-Time” Metronome Records (Denmark) 1957   “Mambo-Lolita”; “Lorena”; “Ananas”; “Weisser Holunder”   I love these guys – check them out dancing here for example!

(34 votes, average: 3.12 out of 5)

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Ken Jones “I’m in the Mood for Love”  Embassy Records (UK) 1958

(27 votes, average: 2.89 out of 5)

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Martin Böttcher  … Weils Freude Macht!   “Langnese Romantic Places” / “Greensleeves”  Released by Langnese Eiskrem  (Germany)  Flexi Disc  (1965)

(40 votes, average: 4.03 out of 5)

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