May 2010
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#594: sister rosetta tharpe - down by the riverside (c. 1965, tv gospel time)
soldiers sang it during the civil war, pete seeger sang it on a banjo, elvis presley sang it in a costume, leadbelly sang it with wobble, louis armstrong sang it with louisiana clarinets, mahahlia jackson sang it beautifully in the 1950s, and then she sang it beautifully in the 1970s. but when the blind boys of alabama...
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#579: serge gainsbourg - pas long feu (1980)
i was pleased as punch that monsieur gainsbourg popped up in my profile this week (“‘it’s a call for action to restore credibility, to restore faith, a call for action to find solutions,’ mr. attias explained on the gramercy roof. serge gainsbourg’s aux armes et cætera played softly in the background. jane birkin, he said,...
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