* on their 2nd CD, 'So Tonight That I Might See'; single was released - April 12, 1994 // Pitchfork included the song at number 19 on their "Top 200 Tracks of the 90s." / / Click on the Link above, to view the video of this performance; also read The Comments, they are QUITE inspiring ...
Tanega was known unfairly as a "one-hit wonder' for her classic oddball hit 'Walkin' My Cat Named Dog'; a Top-25 hit in Feb 1966; she died Dec 29, 2019. / * - The follow-up single to ''Walkin' My Cat Named Dog" // … She also wrote some songs for Dusty Springfield, with whom she was involved with for five years.
Their acronym "2XG" is the professional name of the music duo formed by Paul Anthony Steward (Son, born 1984) and Richard James Steward (Father, born 1951). They are from the Pomo tribe, a reservation near Clearlake Oaks CA. // This song is included on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's list of the "500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll".
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame included the original recording by Howlin' Wolf, in its list of the "500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll"; it is also #285 on the "Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs" list. /// Click the LINK above,RIGHT, to read an article {mostly} about her early days In Washington State, with the group The Ideals.
This song was recorded by Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and was also "secularized" by Ray Charles, as 'This Little Girl Of Mine' in 1955, which wasw covered 3 years later by The Everly Brothers.
* - alternately titled 'Bob Rivers Presents More Twisted Christmas' - ALL of the songs on this album are direct parodies, either Christmas-themed parodies of popular songs, or parodies of Christmas songs.
Time:
6:28
Artist:
Mike Slizewski [Billed as 'Mike Slizewski With Tapwater']
* - The orchestral version was first recorded in 1949 by Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra, a hit record on RCA Victor Red Seal, and now one of the orchestra's signature songs. The lyrics were written by Mitchell Parish in 1950. // Click on the Link above, to view the original album.
* - along with Carol Richards, with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra and the Lee Gordon Singers. This was released by Decca Records in October 1950. // Click on the Link above, to view the original CD
Time:
6:44
Artist:
Sonny Boy Williamson [Also known as 'Rice Miller, Aleck Ford' or 'Sonny Boy Williamson the Imposter*']
Full Name: Robert Earl Keen Jr. // Due to its immense popularity amongst his fans, as well as its seasonal nature, Keen had to create restrictions limiting the time of year during which his band will play the song. / Click on the Link above, to view the video of this performance
Time:
6:58
Artist:
The Ventures [Don Wilson, Mel Taylor, Nokie Edwards, Don Bogle]
Song:
Snowflakes [a Ventures Christmas original! {until you realize it's a rewrite of "Greensleeves" ...}]
