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  • Glenn Medeiros feat. Bobby Brown : SHE AIN'T WORTH IT

    by Frank Shankly
    Even though it was the number one song in America for two weeks, there’s a good chance you’ve never heard SHE AIN'T WORTH IT. It’s been mostly forg...

  • Don Cherry!

    by Frank Shankly
    With two top five hits, Don Cherry is the only person to have successful dual careers as a singer and a golfer. Throughout his singing career, Don ...

  • Today’s Rare Recent Arrival 

    by Frank Shankly
    For the theme song to TV’s massive hit comedy Cheers, the chorus features six of Gary Portnoy's vocals, recorded one on top of the other to create...

  • With One Look (The Wildest Dream)

    by Frank Shankly
    With MTV’s recent demise, Frank has been thinking a lot about the music of the Eighties.  Going so far as to rewatch music videos from the early d...

  • You Might Also Find These Five Other Novelty Holiday 45s Interesting

    by Frank Shankly
    Lee Arnold : A TRUCKER'S CHRISTMAS Marcels, The : MERRY TWIST-MAS Pac-Man : THE PAC-MAN CHRISTMAS STORY Mistletoe Disco Band, The : SILVER BELLS (D...

  • The Chipmunk's Song

    by Frank Shankly
    After the success of WITCH DOCTOR, in early 1958, Liberty Records asked Ross Bagdasarian to produce another novelty record. While he was at it, the...

  • Frank's Holiday Sale!

    by Frank Shankly

  • R.I.P. Steve Cropper

    by Frank Shankly
    1941-2015.

  • Today’s Rare Recent Arrival

    by Frank Shankly
    Frank doesn’t think he has seen this beauty in the wild before.  The Coupe De Villes released two singles in 1969 on Philly Groove. If there is su...

  • R.I.P. Jimmy Cliff

    by Frank Shankly
    1944-2025.

  • Dave Edmunds' I Hear You Knocking

    by Frank Shankly
    When Dave Edmunds topped the UK charts in November 1970 with I HEAR YOU KNOCKING, many believed he wrote the song because it was new to the UK cha...

  • Whitesnake's David Cloverdale Retires

    by Frank Shankly
    From the San Francisco Chronicle: “Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, brothers and sisters of the Snake, a special announcement for you,” Cover...