Wasting My Time

Love Makes The World Go Round
I Don't Wanna Play House
Wasting My Time
You Want Her Not Me
Queen Of Honky Tonk Street
Still
I Love You Drops
Happy State Of Mind
Columbus Stockade Blues
Wild Weekend

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Easy To Please

A special release for Columbia Record Club members during the late 60's. This features Album cuts the mostly the mid sixties LP's of Carl's. I suppose this was a loss leader to entice folks to buy Carl's Lp's




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Singing The Blues

This was laying outside at the Arkansas Record Cd exchanges free box outside the front door. It was in rough shape but I managed to clean it up where it is listenable. There are no names for the artists but I suspect a young George Jones on Singing the blues. Any help is appreciated!

Oh Lonesome Me
Gonna Find Me a Bluebird
Singing The Blues
Satisfied mind
Why Baby Why
Same Old Me
Your Cheatin Heart
Jambalaya
Kawliga
Battle Of New Orleans

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Whiskey Flavored Kisses

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Up The Path And In My Door

Born. 27 October 1939, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The eldest of the three children of Kitty Wells and Johnnie Wright, she sang with her parents from an early age. At the age of 13, she was signed by RCA Records and under the production of Chet Atkins, she had single releases as Ruby Wells (there was a pop singer called Ruby Wright, but no doubt RCA believed it would help to use her mother's stage name). In the mid-50s, she was a member of a close-harmony female singing trio, Nita, Rita and Ruby (Nita was Anita Carter and Rita was Rita Robbins, the sister of Marty Robbins' guitarist and yodeler, Don Winters). Working with Atkins, they leaned heavily towards a pop presentation but were backed by country studio musicians, and they had minor success with numbers such as "Rock Love" and "Hi De Ank Tum". They were basically only a recording act, since family touring made live appearances difficult for Nita and Ruby. Rita never conquered her stage fright; the trio broke up and she retired. Ruby began to sing with her sister, Carol Sue Wright, as the Wright Sisters, recording (again with Atkins) for Cadence Records, who saw them as a female version of the label's popular Everly Brothers. In 1964, she had a Top 15 solo US country and minor pop hit with "Dern Ya", a female answer song to Roger Miller's "Dang Me". In the late 60s, she made the country chart with her Epic label recordings of "A New Place To Hang Your Hat" and "(I Can Find) A Better Deal Than That". During the 1970s, she recorded for several small labels including Plantation and Scorpion and had some success with "Yester-me, Yester-you, Yesterday'. She continued to appear with her parents" show but in the 1980s, along with her sister Carol Sue, took to running the family Museum and Tourist attraction in Nashville.

Track listing

1. Dern ya

2. Billy broke my heart at Walgreens

3. Such a silly notion

4. Hurtache

5. You’re not really leaving (are ya?)

6. Adios Aloha

7. Once a day

8. A smile on my lips

9. Webster you wrote the book

10. Up the path and in my door

11. Smarty britches

12. The Gay Divorcee

LISTING FOR BONUS TRACKS

1. A new place to hang your hat

2. Bimbo

3. I can find a better deal

4. Over the Hill (with Hawkshaw Hawkins)

5. Put it off until tomorrow (with Bill Philips)

6. Thank god for a mother like mine (with her sister Carol Sue Wright)

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Posted By Marty Neckerson

Hillbilly Heart

A Hundred Years From Now-Tommy Collins
A Thinking Man's Woman-Ken Curtis
Corn Bread And Buttermilk
Four-O-Thirty Three-George Jones
Hillbilly Heart-Buzz Martin
Honky-Tonk Chinese Dime-Al Dexter
Is Goodbye That Easy To Say-Lil Jimmie Dickens
Make The World Go Away-Ben Colder
Marys Mine-Merle Haggard
Midnight Date-Freddie Hart
Ole Slew Foot-Johnny Horton
Pride Covered Ears-Johnny Paycheck
Send Me The Pillow You Dream On-Hank Locklin
Shes Gone Gone Gone-Lefty Frizzell
That Glass-Eddie Bond
The Heart He Kicks Around-Jeannie C Riley
There's A Heartache Following Me-Jim Reeves
Truckers Prayer-Dave Dudley
Ruby Dont Take Your Love To Town-Mel Tillis
You're There-Skeets McDonald

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You Can't Insure A House Of Dreams

Carl's Harmony release from 1966. This is an Lp primarily of some of his 50's recordings on Columbia.

AMG Says:

Born in Knoxville, TN, on June 2, 1927, Carl Butler blended the popular honky tonk style prevalent in the '50s with the mountain harmony of his Tennessee upbringing. Though his early recordings were as a solo act, most of his popular material was performed with his songwriting wife, Pearl. Carl grew up influenced by the Opry's Roy Acuff as well as the old-timey music and bluegrass prevalent around his home. He began singing at amateur dances at the age of 12, and after service in World War II, he sang with bluegrass bands such as the Bailey Brothers and the Sauceman Brothers.

In 1950, Butler began singing as a solo act at a Knoxville radio station; he signed with Capitol and began recording in his bluegrass style, but later changed to a honky tonk sound inspired by Lefty Frizzell and Hank Williams, who were then tearing up the charts. Though the sides weren't successful, he did meet Pearl Dee Jones at the time; she shared composing credits on his "I Need You So," and the two were married by 1952. Carl moved to Columbia that same year, recording solo and with the Webster Brothers throughout the '50s.

By the end of the '50s, Carl Butler still hadn't produced a charting single, though he had recorded steadily for almost a decade. Finally, in late 1961, his single "Honky Tonkitis" made it to number 25 on the country charts. The Butlers joined the Grand Ole Opry the following year, and the exposure helped them push "Don't Let Me Cross Over" to number one. Their first single as a duo, it spent almost three months at the top of the charts, and led to an appearance in the film Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar in 1963. Carl and Pearl continued to chart as a duo throughout the '60s, hitting the Top Ten with "Too Late to Try Again" and number 14 with both "Loving Arms" and "I'm Hanging Up the Phone." The Butlers had worked with Dolly Parton around Knoxville for quite a while beginning in the late '50s, and they were her biggest initial supporters when she became popular in 1967. They continued to release Columbia albums during the '70s and also recorded for Chart and CMH, but retired in the '80s. Carl Butler attempted something of a comeback in 1990, two years after Pearl's death, but it proved unsuccessful and he died in 1992.

Dave Says:

Thanks for the latest Carl Butler album. I've always been a big fan.

Here's a great flickr photostream of Carl and Pearl I found about a year ago. There have been some recent updates too, so far there are 41 pages of Carl and Pearl and friends including other stars like Bill Phillips, Stonewall Jackson and Marty Robbins.I don't know who the person is who put this up, but apparently most or all of it came from the estate of their national fan club president, Opal Hardyman.

Lots of photos of them playing in small and medium size clubs, life on the road was no picnic even for big country stars back then. And some amazing matching outfits.

Cry You Fool Cry
Your Cold Heart Told Me No
Kisses Don't Lie
I'll Go Steppin' To
Victim Of Lies
My Cajun Baby
Borrowed Love
You Can't Insure A House Of Dreams
Jealous Heart
If I Could Spend My Heartache

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I Can't Fight The World

This was the second and final release Jay Lee had with Decca in 1969. It top the charts at #41. Jay Lee was the brother of Loretta Lynn, Crystal Gayle, and Peggy Sue.

She's Looking Better By The Minute
It's A Sin
Ribbon Of Darkness
House Where Lovers Go
Tootsie's Wall
(Margie's At The) Lincoln Park Inn
I Can't Fight The World
I'll Share My World With You
Broad Minded Man
The Cutest Truck Driver

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Teddy Bears Last Ride

thanks to The Deacon for the Cover!


When offered a song about his death, Teddy bear's last ride, Red refused to record it, enabling Diana Williams to have a country hit with it. Red refused to accept that the boy was dead and retaliated by writing and recording Little Joe.

Teddy Bears Last Ride
The Loving Of Your Life
Be Careful Of The Stones That You Throw
Old Fashioned Love Song
Little One
Storm In Tupelo
Tell Me Again
Avery
Someday You'll Lose Me
Hold On To A Dream

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Posted By Marty Neckerson

Death On The Highway

Cowboy Howard Vokes, Pennsylvania's King of Country Music, was born, June 13,1931 in Clearfield, Pennsylvania. He got interested in country music at an early age; his Mom and Dad always seemed to have either the Grand Ole Opry or the Supper Time Frolics on during the evening. The sounds that caught young Howard's ear got his attention and by the time he was six years of age, he was playing the haromonica. Later on, he learned to play the guitar when he was eleven years old. He remembers that first guitar he got was when he walked to a hock shop with his dad and got it for five dollars.

His dad was Benjamin George Vokes, was a coal miner. His mom was Agnes Rose. The Vokes family was quite large, 13 siblings in all, six girls and seven boys. One sister Betty Ann was killed in an auto wreck April 24, 1967; the event was one of the family's saddest moments.

A hunting accident put Howard in the hospital for 6 weeks. He was shot in the right ankle by a high-powered rifle and the slug dust about tore his foot off. He feared that he might lose the foot and doctors warned that even if they didn't have to amputate the foot, he probably wouldn't walk the same again. Howard did a lot of praying and had to endure about 300 shots to save his foot.

But perhaps such an event turns out to be a blessing in disguise. It was while in the recovery period that Howard wrote many songs and perfected his guitar work. He still lives with the effects of this accident and walks with a slight limp, but feels it worked out okay in the end and his faith was strengthened Howard is a stickler and firm believer in traditional country music and that is why the older artists such as Clyde Moody, Jimmie Skinner, Lee Moore, Doc Williams, Hylo Brown, Urel Albert, Rudy Thacker, Patsy Montana, Kenny Roberts, and many, many others have Howard to thank for booking them so often in his state, or else just putting in a good word to other bookers where they may be hired and appreciated.

As Howard tells us, "The traditional artists continue to be neglected and really these are the real professionals that know the meaning of real country music. They know what it is to play in the worst of places in coming up, many times working for a few dollars and often for nothing. They did it for the love of it. The modern stars of today, many of them had it easy on the way up, smart managers and the like, several overnight successes and the majority not doing country music."

Many folks have stated that Howard Vokes is one of the most powerful men in traditional country music, not only in the USA, but overseas as well. They go on to say that Howard has helped more "ole timers" and new artists in the country music business than anyone. Howard at this time has curtailed many of his appearances. He keeps busy promoting records for the new and older artists, plus working on various overseas projects.

Track listing for Songs of Tragedy and Disaster

1. Don’t make me go to bed and I’ll be good
2. Mama, please stay home with me
3. Put my little shoes away
4. A child without a name
5. Willie Roy, the crippled boy
6. Old Shep
7. The death of little Kathy Fiscas
8. Miner’s fate
9. The Sinking of the Titanic
10. Tragedy of Chicago
11. Tomorrow is my last day
12. Death on the highway
13. His last ride
14. Yellow tomb
15. Cyclone of Rycove
16. Engineers last ride

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Posted By Marty Neckerson

Hank Sang Mostly Sad Songs

Marty Brings us a collection of Songs about Hank Sr.


TRACK LISTING FOR SONGS ABOUT HANK

1. All my Heroes (Jett Williams)
2. Echo across the land (Dustin Hunt)
3.. Hank (unknown artist)
4. Hank sang mostly sad songs (Dustin Hunt)
5. Hank Williams Blues (Jet Williams)
6. Hank Williams' guitar (Freddie Hart)
7. Hank Williams sings the blues no more
8. Hank, it will never be the same (Ernest Tubb)
9. Hank, you still make me cry (Boxcar Willie)
10. I am what I am (Jett Williams)
11. I did everything Hank did (Keith Whitley)
12. If Hank was living still (Dustin Hunt)
13. If old Hank could only see us now (Waylon Jennings)
14. If you don't like Hank Williams (Hank Williams Jr)
15. Man to Man (Hank Williams Jr)

HANK DISK 2

1. Mission from Hank (Arron Tippon)
2. Nobody has a heart. (Dustin Hunt)
3. Pale blue Cadillac
4. Talking to Hank. (Tom T Hall)
5. that reminds me of Hank (Jett Williams)
6. The ballad of Hank. (Hank Williams Jr and Don Helms)
7. The Conversation (Hank Williams and Waylon Jennings)
8. The death of Hank Williams (Jack Caldwell)
9. The ghost of Hank Williams
10. The life and legend of Hank Williams
11. the life of hank williams
12. The man, the music, the legend (Dustin Hunt)
13 tribute to Hank Williams (Jerry Mac)
14. We can't be married (if you don't like Hank) (Dustin Hunt)

TRIBUTE SONGS

(Unfortunately, I only know a few of the artists on these songs.)

01 - Missing on a mountain (Bonnie Owens)
02 - Letter to Loretta (Cissie Lynn)
03 - The awesome man in black
04 - Smokey Mountain Queen
05 - Black Velvet (Robin Lee)
06 - Three Stars (Ruby Wright)
07 - A death on Franklin Road.
08 - Bristol, Virginia_Tennessee
09 - Coming home
10 - He was the man in black
11 - Lester, Bill and Earl
12 - Opry made of gold
13 - Patsy
14 - stand in the circle
15 - There's an outlaw in heaven
16 - tribute to Kitty Wells
17 - When Mama Maybelle would play her autoharp

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If You Could Read My Mind

Pat Says:

Love Takes A Lot Of My Time is not a great album, but completists and Skeeterphiles will find it a necessary acquisition. Many of the songs are more pop than country. Skeeter even takes on the impossible task of making a James Taylor song listenable - and nearly succeeds. The record is not without strengths - "Mama Your Big Girl's 'Bout To Cry," "I Can't Seem To Say Goodbye," and the album's sole original "You Call This Love (I Call It Hate)" are all strong country songs. Plus an acapella "Amazing Grace" should be heard, though probably not repeatedly.


01 - Love Takes A Lot Of My Time
02 - I Can't Seem To Say Goodbye
03 - Fire And Rain
04 - Mama Your Big Girl's 'Bout To Cry
05 - You've Got A Friend
06 - Hello Darlin'
07 - If You Could Read My Mind
08 - He Wakes Me With A Kiss Every Morning
09 - You Call This Love (I Call It Hate)
10 - Amazing Grace

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Black Smoke Blowin Over 18 Wheels

Just Truckin Around!


Dick Curless-Tombstone Every Mile
Bud Brewer-Big Bertha
Stan Farlow-Hot Wheels
Lonnie Irving-Truckers Vitus
Johnny Greenwood-Black Smoke Blowin Over 18 Wheels
Merle Haggard-White Line Fever
Merle Kilgore-Pinball Machine
Del Reeves-Girl On The Billboard
Buck Owens-Truck Drivin Man
Curtis Leach-Highway Man
Stanley Bros-Prayer Of A Truck Drivers Son
Jim & Jessee-Diesel On My Tail
Jimmy Martin-Widow Maker
Buck Roberts-Payline Fever
Buzz Martin-Used Log Truck
Jimmy Logsden-Gear Jammer
Jim Nesbit-Truck Drivin Cat With 9 Lives
Coleman Wilson-Passing Zone Blues
Tom O'Neal-Sleeper Cab Blues
Dave Dudley-Truck Drivin Son Of A Gun

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Them Dance Hall Girls

It turns out Cyril hasn't posted every steel guitar album ever released. This jewel of a record features Leo Kottke supporting on guitar.

01 - Ferns
02 - Sister Nell and Dirty Ruben
03 - Cal Hand - The Wylie Butler
04 - Them Dance Hall Girls
05 - They Only Moved The Stage
06 - Bud's Bounce
07 - Angels We Have Heard On High
08 - My Favorite Clothes Line
09 - Shufflebroad
10 - Falling Glove
11 - Red Wing

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Posted by Pat Neckerson

When I Need You Most

Pat Neckerson Says:

Johnny and Vernon are Johnny Dubas and Vernon Sandusky, who also played together in the garage rock band The Chartbusters and the rockabilly outfit Bobby Poe & The Poe-Kats. This effort is pretty much straight country, though.

Red Neckerson Says:

Thanks Pat!! This is the same LP I posted under a different title last summer here . I Think yours is a little better sound quality.


When I Need You Most
Be My Lover
Lonely Man
Be True My Love
The Very Last Time
So Mixed Up
How
I Feel The Blues
Don't Ever Leave Me
Faithful And True

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Posted By Pat Neckerson

Rockin With Red

Red Puts On His Cat Clothes and Blue Suede Shoes!


Red Cadillac & a Black Mustache-Bob Luman
Her Love Rubbed Off-Carl Perkins
Black Cadillac-Joyce Green
Rock On The Moon-Jimmy Stewart
I Can't Find The Doorknob-Jimmy And Johnny
Woman Love Jimmy Johnson
Raw Deal-Junior Thompson
Think It Over baby-Eddie Cleary
Big Time Mama-Jimmy Sysum
Action Packed-Johnny Dollar
There Ain't Nothin True About You-Bobby Nelson
Hot Dog-Buck Owens
Bird Dog-Don Woody
One Way Ticket-Eddie Bond
I'm Ready-Hank Mizell
Rockin In The Congo-Hank Thompson
Love Me-Jimmy & Wayne
Where The Rio De Rosa Flows-Jimmy Lloyd
Have You Seen Mabel-Rocky Bill Ford
You Nearly Lose Your Mind-Roy Moss

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If You Love Me Stay Away

A Cornucopia of Music for the Masses!

Polynesian Baby-Bobby Austin
Wishful Thinking-Carl Belew
He'll Have To Go- Billy Brown (Original Before Jim Reeves)
Black Cat-Tommy Collins
Two Six Packs Away-Dave Dudley
For Lovin Me-Waylon Jennings
That's The Way Love Goes-Lefty Frizzell
You Don't Have far To Go-Merle Haggard
Gears-Johnny Bond
The One You Slip Around With-Jan Howard
In The Middle Of A Heartache-Wanda Jackson
Developing My Pictures-George Jones
Bad Girl-Marvin Rainwater
Crying In Public-Bobby Lewis
Foolaid-Jerry Lee Lewis
If You Love Me Stay Away-The Louvin Bros
The Calm Before The Storm-Judy Lynn
You're Always Turnin Up Again And I Am Always Falling Down-Warner Mack
Invisible Tears-Ned Miller
The Party's Over-Willie Nelson

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Message to the 45 of the day participants

Of the 300 plus participants that received the 45 of the day, I have about a dozen that I receive a delivery failure notice on regularly. This could be due to your email settings need to be modified, the email is being treated as spam,the file is too large and it is overloading the system (Typical size is 3mb). or one of the other numerous email bugs that exist that I am not technologically up to speed on. So, Since I cannot contact you because of this glitch and you feel you are one of the dozen or so that are not but should receive the email, Please contact me and I will work to help resolve the issue.


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Little Miss Belong To No One

If you are looking for Margie Bowes, here is a good start!! courtesy of Marty Neckerson!!! Yea!!

MARGIE BOWES BIOGRAPHY From Wikipedia

Bowes was born in Roxboro, North Carolina in 1941. She began singing in elementary school. By the time she was 13 years old, she was appearing on TV programs including WDVA Virginia Barn Dance (Danville), WRXO-AM in Roxboro and other radio programs in North Carolina. In 1958, Bowes, appeared on the Pet Milk Company's nationwide talent search. She entered the contest in Nashville, Tennessee and won the competition later that year.

Bowes signed with Hickory Records after winning the competition. She released her first single in 1958, "Won'cha Come Back to Me" backed with "One Broken Heart." The singles gained some attention, but failed to chart. Her next two-sided single, "One Time Too Many"/"Violets and Cheap Perfume" also failed to chart, but she made her debut on the Grand Ole Opry later that year. In 1959, she released her third single, "Poor Old Heartsick Me." The song proved very successful for Bowes, and it just made the country top 10 that year. "Poor Old Heartsick Me" remained her signature tune.

In 1959, she released her follow-up, "My Love and Little Me." The song made the country top 20 and demonstrated she was more than a one-hit wonder. Bowes appeared on ABC-TV's Jubilee USA, and between 1959 and 1960 she released three more singles, though none of them gained any further success.

In 1961, Bowes moved to Mercury Records and released a single that year called "Little Miss Belong to Me." The song just missed the top 20. No other singles with Mercury were successful for Bowes. By 1963, she moved to Decca Records and again started releasing singles that year. She had two singles that made the Top 40 with Decca. By 1969, Bowes left the label and recorded one more time for Stop Records in the early 70s.

In the late 1960s she appeared in a movie called Golden Guitar. In 1995, Bowes was injured badly in an automobile accident. She underwent several operations and continues to recover. At last report, she lived in Brentwood, Tennessee and was involved in the medical field.

The Pet Milk Company's nationwide talent search helped launch several Country singers on a successful career and Margie Bowes was one. She was already a seasoned performer in 1958, when she entered the contest in Nashville and won it and later that year, she was signed to Hickory Records. Margie started to entertain while she was still in elementary school and by the time she was 13, she was appearing on WDVA Virginia Barn Dance, Danville, WRXO Roxboro as well as TV and radio from WFMY Greensboro, North Carolina and radio and TV in Roanoke, Virginia and Durham, North Carolina. Her first single in 1958, Won'cha Come Back to Me/One Broken Heart, created interest but didn't chart, neither did her second single, One Time Too Many/Violets and Cheap Perfume. During that year, she made her debut on the Grand Ole Opry. It was with her third single, Poor Old Heartsick Me, that she hit the Top 10. The follow-up single, My Love and Little Me, peaked in the Top 15. Margie released three further singles, none of which did very much. She then moved to Mercury and her initial single in 1961, Little Miss Belong to No One leveled out just below the 20 slot, but her other singles for the label didn't fare as well. By 1963, she was with Decca and the following year she had two more charted records, Our Things (Top 40) and Understand Your Gal (Top 30). The latter was an answer to Johnny Cash's Understand Your Man. She continued releasing singles on Decca throughout the 60's with none charting. Her final single for the label was Go Woman Go/I Have What It Takes in 1969. During this time, she also appeared on Jubilee U.S.A. and in the movie, Golden Guitar. Injured in a 1995 automobile crash, Margie underwent several surgeries and is still recovering from the accident.

1. Big City
2. Get your Lie the way you want it
3. Making Believe
4. It’s enough to make a woman lose her mind
5. Over night
6. Look into my teardrops
7. Understand your gal
8. That completely destroys my plans
9. Look whos lonely
10. There goes my everything
11. Our Things
12. I’m living in two worlds

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1. Gathering Dust
2. Remembering
3. Baby’s back again
4. You oughta hear me cry
5. Break my mind
6. Why do you do me like you do
7. Broken hearted too
8. Lonesome Woman
9. Mrs. Cooper’s Tea Party
10. D-i-v-o-r-c-e
11. Billy Christian

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1. Won'tcha Come Back To Me
2. One Broken Heart
3. One Time Too Many
4. Violets And Cheap Perfume
5. Poor Old Heartsick Me
6. My Love And Little Me
7. Are You Teasing Me
8. They Just Don't Know You
9. Sweet Night Of Love
10. Make A Wish
11. Blue Dream

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Assorted Singles

1. Hickory 6/60 Day After Day

2. Hickory 6/60 Don’t Turn out the light

3. Decca 9/65 I can’t love that way

4. Hickory 12/60 Judge Not

5. Mercury 6/61 Little Miss Belong to No one

6. Mercury 10/61 Lonely Pillow

7. Decca 11/64 Watch me fall

8. Hickory 8/58 Wontcha come back to me

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Posted By Marty Neckerson

Beggars Can't Be Choosers

Lawanda's final Lp for Chart in 1971 when she was just 18 years old!


You Make My Day
Beggars Can't Be Choosers
We'll Sing In The Sunshine
That's A No No
I'll Just Take Your World
Partly Bill
Wave Bye Bye To The Man
What Kind Of Woman
No Matter How You Do Me,
Making Waves

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Your Name's Become A Household Word

Jean's Top 10 Lp from 1966 Courtesy of Redondo!

Many Happy Hangovers To You (13)
Look What I've Got
Our Past Is In My Way
How In The World Will I Get Over You
Your Name's Become A Household Word
I Forgot To Care
Wherever You Are
Dirt Under His Feet
One Minute
Day To Day Tear To Tear
You'd Still Find A Way To Cheat On Me
Wave Goodbye To Me

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