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“I’ve Got Something To Say” — Open Letters in Popular Music

Nothing like an open letter (as Ben Folds discovered in 2014) for venting one’s spleen — especially if that missive has the potential to rack up international sales. Click on song titles below for streaming audio (where available) * “Open Letter To Duke” Charles Mingus Released 1959 on Columbia *

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"I Get the Blues When It Rains"
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1969: Bethlehem’s Last Session?

As noted in Zero to 180’s recent history of Bethlehem Records in the “Post-Syd Nathan” era (i.e., starting in 1958, when Nathan had acquired 50% of the label), Ruppli’s King recording sessionography indicates that some new recording had taken place at King’s Cincinnati studios in a few instances connected to

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"Dick Clark"
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“Dick Clark”: Well-Engineered 45

Memory is a funny thing.  I can still picture myself standing at the checkout counter at School Kids Records in Columbus, Ohio having a chuckle with Curt Schieber over something – but was it a Great Plains 45 that had just been recorded?  Or was it over the delicious roasted

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