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...that some 1930s songs never died in the '50s and in fact get passed on to Joe Cocker and Leon Russell via the guy who wrote one and performed it since the 1930s. Very likely to be the first ever British white rapper except in Britain, they called it "patter"...which proves the thesis of the song: only Mad Dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun.
#Noel Coward
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Bing Crosby's brother Bob wasn't half bad either.
https://youtu.be/FaGkvhxcOWI
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Bing Crosby was an Irish American that didn't sound even remotely Irish.
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...that when you sing about having a lovely bunch of coconuts, your career isn't in the recording industry--it's in television.
#MervGriffin
https://youtu.be/nf670orHKcA
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The Ames Brothers had one member sexier than the others and he went on to a TV career.
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...that even in his old age, Pat Boone is still stuck in his youth there but with today's youth music and clothing and is unaware how ridiculous he makes himself look.
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...that after being a huge success toward the end of WWII, Spike Jones and the City Slickers were the BOMB! Specifically, Beetle Bomb.
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...that despite the serious music Les Paul & Mary Ford recorded, they were ultimate guitar comedians. Their biggest hit, Vaya Con Dios, doesn't leave a clue.
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The best roadside diner is The House of Blue Lights
#ChuckMiller
https://youtu.be/dn87x-XtT88?si=EatdZ40s4O1iZADi