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Songs You Might Not Know Were Covers (Round 8): Keep A-Knockin (But You Cant Come In) (#2)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86812) • United States 21 Sep 20

Okay, this one might be a bit of an argument, but for today’s song that you might not know was a cover it’s more a case of the version we know and love couldn’t exist without the original. As I’ve said before, some of...

james boodle it wiggins

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Sally Songs: Long Tall Sally (#7)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86812) • United States 18 Sep 20

A happy shanah Tovah to all my Jewish and Israeli friends, as tonight is Rosh Hashanah. This is another song with “Sally” in the title, which is good for any time of the year. Enjoy this classic that I’m sure you all saw...

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"The Winner Is....ME!"

Four Walls @FourWalls (86812) • United States 9 May 20

If Chuck Berry was the father of rock and roll, Little Richard was the queen mother. No, that's not meant as an insult. Quite the opposite! Richard Wayne Penniman, who passed away today (5/9) of bone cancer at the age of 87,...

music obituaries

rock and roll hall of fame

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ooh ooh you know what time it is? Saturday Night Disco

Go Crossbones @crossbones27 (53000) • Mojave, California 9 May 20

Can you imagine how good you had to be in those days? Another punk rocker who will never be considered punk rock. What else do you call it when what you so different from the rest of society? I would say that is pretty punk rock....

saturday night disco

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RIP Little Richard

Jordan Lader @JordanLader (7406) • Sparta, Tennessee 9 May 20

I learned this afternoon that Rock n Roll Pioneer Little Richard has passed away. I shared the post on Facebook and simply said, Say it isn't so. I didn't want to believe it and thought it was hoax. There's a few of those still...

December 5 - Let's discuss what happened on that day

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222623) • United States 5 Dec 19

National Blue Jeans Day National Communicate With Your Kids Day 1848 - United States President John Polk reports that large amounts of gold have been discovered in California. This was the beginning of the California Gold...

california gold rush

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Tutti Frutti

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (98072) • Daytona Beach, Florida 14 Feb 18

The best song in 1955 was a crazy song sung by Little Richard “Tutti Frutti”. The song really go people moving when Little Richard yelled out, “Bop bopa-a-lu a whop bam boo”. This song was written by Little Richard and Dorothy...

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My Five Random Odd Facts

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 23 Sep 17

I sent these FIVE to my son and he sent me FIVE. We love trading information. He is an even bigger “trivia NUT” than I am. Thanks to me when he was growing up. 1. Gilbert and Sullivan: Perhaps you have heard of this...

humphrey bogart

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little richard

JUNGLE @JUNGLE (1157) • South Africa 16 Apr 07

elvis is the undisputed king of rock'n'roll,but how many people know that it was rock'n'roll singer little richard who coined the phrase in the 1950's when he referred to himself as the "king of rock'n'roll". jungle.

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