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"Stop the Drums"
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“Stop the Drums”: Inspiration for Muppet Drummer

It’s true:  John McLaughlin once worked the pop scene.  The guitarist, whose name would become synonymous with 1970s jazz fusion, started out in 1960s London as a session player for the likes of – Dionne Warwick and Burt Bacharach (What’s New Pussycat? soundtrack) Andrew Oldham Orchestra (“365 Rolling Stones (One

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"A Woman's World"
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“A Woman’s World”: Feminist or Traditionalist?

Teresa Brewer — whose duet with Mickey Mantle, “I Love Mickey,” reached #87 in 1956 — would later record ever so briefly for Shelby Singleton.  June 1968’s “A Woman’s World” was the first of but two singles Brewer recorded for SSS International: “A Woman’s World” Teresa Brewer (1968) The song initially

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