The DeZurik Sisters - Guitar Blues (1937)

 

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Guitar Blues

The DeZurik Sisters

Vocalion 04704

(1938)

When Cliff Carlisle first recorded "Guitar Blues" back in 1931, it was a standard Blue Yodel of the Jimmie Rodgers persuasion. Seven years later, the DeZurik Sisters would record it and turn it into a wild display of instrumental impressionism. 

The only real instrument featured is a sole acoustic guitar, but their vocal dexterity layers a foundation of vocal effects: yodels, tweedles, growls, scat, bird calls and a falsetto imitation of steel guitar licks.

No one else in hillbilly was doing anything close to this. 

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Arcadia Jazz Ensemble - Ironside (1973)

 

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Ironside

Arcadia Jazz Ensemble 

Kaleidoscope IV

(1973)

Funky high schoolers out of Greece, NY doing their thing on the Quincy Jones TV theme. There's also a great version of McCartney's "Uncle Albert" on this LP.

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Bappi Lahiri - Everybody Dance With Me (1977)

 

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Everybody Dance With Me

Bappi Lahiri

College Girl

(1977)

College Girl is a Bollywood musical/remake of Lamont Johnson's rape/revenge film Lipstick. The soundtrack varies from atmospheric Bollywood ballads, to uptempo funky dance numbers... but the crown jewel has to be "Everybody Dance With Me" which pastes together pieces of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" with "Wild Thing" and loose, lyrical, nonsensical English to make for pure Indian madness!

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The Fall Guys - Copacabana (1979)

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Copacabana

The Fall Guys

5

(1979)

Lounge act The Fall Guys. They would form in the 60s and open for acts like Sammy Davis Jr, Roy Orbison and Marie Osmond to name a few, or comedic acts like Phyllis Diller or Rich Little.

All their albums come out of Pennsylvania, so I assume that's where they were from.

Here they do their best on this Barry Manilow classic. Cheese and sleaze galore!

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Ed Morton - That's The Fellow I Want To Get (1911)

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That's The Fellow I Want To Get

Ed Morton

Columbia 956

(1911)

Whooping cough is a highly contagious bacterial respiratory infection. It is characterized by severe, violent coughing fits, often ending in a high-pitched "whoop" sound. It spreads through respiratory droplets from coughing or sneezing, typically lasts 3 to 10 weeks, and can be fatal for infants. 

In this comic song, we have a kid who catches his mom kissing the ice man, when they see him, they scold him, thus causing the child to retaliate. It reminds me quite a bit of Tom Lehrer's I got it from Agnes.

A fun comic song by variety performer Eddie Morton. He was an officer for the Philadelphia Police Department until 1905 when his singing career began to take off, he was originally billed as "the Singing Cop."

Billy Murray also has a version of this, but I think I enjoy the Morton version a tad bit more.

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Rose Morse - Get Your Life Together (1999)

 

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Get Your Life Together 

Rose Morse

Walking In A New World

(1999)

"Private jazz-folk-funk from Arizona. Somewhat amateur at times, but very solid and entertaining. I could definitely imagine this in a Paul Hillery comp!" -submitted by Diego A.

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Los Meesfits - Negocio Horror (2014)

 

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Negocio Horror

Los Meesfits

Satanic Hispanics

(2014)

Los Meesfits out of Athens, GA recorded this cassette of Misfits covers in Spanish in a Cumbia style. How I wish they released a follow up, but glad I still have this tape a decade later. You can still find the album as a digital download on their bandcamp.

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