Tag: Gene Norman

"Ticklish Mambo"

“Ticklish Mambo”: Hilarity Ensues

A song title (“Ticklish Ghetto“) from my big tribute to pioneering producer, Sonia Pottinger, inspired me to identify all other popular songs in which “ticklish” is part of the title. “Ticklish Mambo” – surprisingly or not – is one of the few 45 single releases with a ticklish title: “Ticklish

February 5, 2015 1 Comment

"I Don't Care"

Mayf Nutter Doesn’t Care

Just a few minutes into the 1970 country music documentary, The Nashville Sound, there is a quick succession of “man-in-the-street” interviews with various passersby that include – most unexpectedly – Straight Records recording artist, Mayf Nutter, who states his current professional affiliation (artist signed to Frank Zappa’s label) in jarring

December 8, 2014 No Comments