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Although still largely associated with the '90s neo-swing movement, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy have long outrun that moment's MTV zeitgeist and spent the 2010s deepening their jazz roots. The past decade-and-a-half have found them branching out, exploring New Orleans blues, Cajun, and second-line traditions on 2003's Save My Soul, and paying tribute to legendary Harlem bandleader Cab Calloway on 2009's How Big Can You Get? In this spirit of reinvestigating their influences, the band's 11th studio album, 2017's urbane and upbeat Louie Louie Louie, finds them celebrating three of their biggest musical heroes: Louis Armstrong, Louis Prima. and Louis Jordan.

Phil Harris - That's What I Like About Phil Harris (1988) {RCA DMC1-0826}
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© 1988 RCA Special Products ‎| DMC1-0826
Jazz / Vocal Pop / Vocal Music / Swing

There was a time when Phil Harris so epitomized the stereotype of "good old boy" that he could have copyrighted it. He gradually evolved his public personality from a southern-accented bandleader and singer to the boozy braggart on the "Jack Benny Program" and his own "Phil Harris - Alice Faye Show." In reality, he was rather shy and not too eager to push his career beyond radio and recordings. He was just about to fall into obscurity between two generations when his voice work as Baloo the Bear in Disney's "Jungle Book" put him right back on top again. This collection of his songs offers an excellent profile of his public persona as well as some clues to the creation of the Phil Harris character.

12-CD LP-sized box set. He might not have been the King Of Rock 'n' Roll but Pat Boone was certainly King Of The Hit Parade during the rock 'n' roll era. He sung ballads with a beat and up-tempo pop tunes such as I'll Be Home, Don't Forbid Me, Love Letters In The Sand, Why Baby Why and I Almost Lost My Mind. Hits like this kept him in the charts every week from 1955-1959! This boxed set contains Pat's rare 1953 Republic recordings and every single DOT recording made during the Fifties - over 320 tracks in total.

Pat Boone - The Fifties Complete (1953-1959) {12CD Set Bear Family BCD15884 rel 1997}
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© 1953-59, 1997 Bear Family Records | BCD 15 884 LK
Pop / Early Pop / Rock'n'Roll / Ballad / Vocal

This 12-CD box set containing 347 songs – Pat Boone's entire 1950s recorded output, including over 80 previously unissued tracks – deserves an honest, open-minded, and thorough examination. Listeners may like or dislike Pat Boone's early R&B hits – "Two Hearts," "Ain't That a Shame," "Tutti Frutti," etc. – but it is important to remember that those songs comprise but a very small part of his 1950s recorded output and demonstrate one side only of his amazing versatility.

This is an obscure 1955/56 session with Carole Creveling backed by a quartet of Bill Baker on piano, Jimmy Wyble on guitar, Bob Norris on Drums and Jack Coughlan on bass. Creveling's vocals are great; somewhat haunting on the ballads, swinging on the up tempo songs…