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  • Fire

    - 23 Feb 2013
    Robert Gordon (often referred to as sounding like Elvis at Sun Records) and Link Wray (Rumble) together were the first to record Bruce Springsteen's "Fire". In 1978 they recorded the album "Fresh Fish Special" featuring background vocals by the

  • Mambo No. 5

    - 23 Feb 2013
    Cuban bandleader Perez Prado was "The King of the Mambo". At one time Mongo Santamaria (hit with Herbie Hancock's composition Watermelon Man) played percussion in his orchestra. The composer of "Mambo Number 5" in 1949 hit the charts with "Cherry Pink

  • Up On the Roof

    - 23 Feb 2013
    Originally this song can be found on Little Eva's debut 1962 album. The Drifters' (there must be close to one hundred people who were group members through the years) "Up on the Roof" is a Carole King (she plays piano here), Gerry Goffin classic the