Let's Dance!

Danny Goode
Let's Dance
Gibson 210
1965

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Blistering Texas Rock and Roll from Danny Goode of the Excels. It doesn't get much better than this folks!

Update: see comments for more info!

Motorcycle Storey

The Storey Sisters
Bad Motorcycle
Cameo - 126
1958


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This one is cute and catchy as all get out!

Sugar Booger

Marcus Brothers
Sugar Booger
Ebb - 150
1958
Oooo Weee! This here's a good 'un!


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Rocky Wrecked

Lena Horne
Rocky Raccoon
Skye - 4523

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In our last post we were pleasantly surprised by the Crew Cuts' cover of Susie-Q. This cover of The Beatles' Rocky Raccoon by Lena Horne, however, is just about what you'd expect.

Susie Crew

The Crew-Cuts
Susie-Q
Mercury - 71125
1957


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You're probably already familiar with the 1968 Creedance Clearwater cover of Susie-Q. You may even be familiar with Dale Hawkins' superior original. This version by the Crew-Cuts however, really caught me by surprise.

Stan Freberg's Heartbreak Hotel

Stan Freberg
Heartbreak Hotel
Capitol 3480
1956

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Yes Virginia, Jukeboxmafia is still alive. 2010 has been a busy and event filled year, which has left me little time or energy to post as often as I would like. Some viewers had requested an improvement in sound file quality, which I as of yet have not been able to deliver. I've decided however that low quality files are better than none at all, so I will continue to post as usual until the issue is resolved (if ever). With that in mind we return to the blogosphere with this hilarious version of Heartbreak Hotel by the great Stan Freberg.

Sleeping in the Ground

Sammy Myers
Sleeping in the Ground
Ace - 536
1957


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Here's another disc from the Ponderosa Stomp record show. I wasn't looking for this one or even thinking about it, but this is a disc I have had an eye out for, for about 10 years.

p.s. Tech Note: I'm a record guy, not a computer guy. I've had a couple of requests from viewers asking me to post the songs at a higher bit rate. I've been recording them at a better quality not realizing that no matter what, when I post them to Hipcast they are automatically reset to 64 kbps. Any suggestions would be appreciated.