@thebombshelter.bsky.socialRemembering Michael "Jimmy" James on the 86th anniversary of his birth. The Jamaican singer moved to the UK in '64, built his career there, and died in 2024. Here's his version of Major Lance's "The Entertainer."
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Song # 672:
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@thebombshelter.bsky.socialA midday cover from Eric Donaldson, singing the Temptations' "The Way You Do the Things You Do."
#1001CoverSongs
Song # 671:
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@thebombshelter.bsky.socialHappy 68th birthday to Mick Talbot! From his time in the Merton Parkas, a cover of Freda Payne's "Band Of Gold."
#1001CoverSongs
Song # 670:
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@thebombshelter.bsky.socialSigning off amidst the So Cal sweltering with Martin Denny's rendition of "Bali Ha'i" (from South Pacific).
#1001CoverSongs
Song # 669:
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@thebombshelter.bsky.socialA midday cover courtesy of Los Matematicos. My knowledge of Spanish is too thin to know if this is a faithful translation of "I Need You," but like Potter Stewart, I know a Kinks riff when I hear it.
#1001CoverSongs
Song # 668:
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@thebombshelter.bsky.social A mid-afternoon cover courtesy of Phast Phreddie & thee Precisions, doing Roy Montrell's "That Mellow Saxophone."
#1001CoverSongs
Song # 667:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=TneO...
@thebombshelter.bsky.socialYes I know the numeric significance of this particular entry in my #1001CoverSongs challenge, but I already posted a Glenn Danzig vocal last night, & maybe I just want to hear a song about Jesus right now. Here's Johnny Cash, covering Spain.
#1001CoverSongs
Song # 666:
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@thebombshelter.bsky.socialBOTD, 1942: Inez Foxx (d. 2022), who scored hits with her brother Charlie, and cut fine solo records like this rendition of Mitty Collier's "I Had a Talk With My Man."
#1001CoverSongs
Song # 665:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=mAVQ...
@thebombshelter.bsky.socialBorn 99 years ago today: drummer Elvin Jones (d. 2004). Here's his version of "Smoke Rings," a tune made famous by the Mills Brothers.
#1001CoverSongs
Song # 664:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=9ctr...
@thebombshelter.bsky.socialHappy 81st birthday to Dee Dee Sharp! Dig her interpretation of the lyrical profundity that is Huey "Piano" Smith and the Clowns' "Don't You Know, Yockomo."
#1001CoverSongs
Song # 663:
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@thebombshelter.bsky.socialNoted Danzig fan Tanner Scott comes through with the save, and I'm signing off with Samhain's version of "Trouble." (Performed originally, by, you know, Elvis).
#1001CoverSongs
Song # 662:
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@thebombshelter.bsky.socialIf you missed today's Lunch Brigade on KXLU (hosted by @reverenddan.bsky.social) you didn't hear Ian Gomm (of Brinsley Schwarz) doing a fine job on Chuck Berry's "Come On."
#1001CoverSongs
Song # 661:
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@thebombshelter.bsky.socialHappy 83rd birthday to Sonny Ozuna! From his Sunglows days, a cover of Rufus Thomas' "All Night Worker."
#1001CoverSongs
Song # 660:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=L6fC...
@thebombshelter.bsky.socialHappy 84th birthday to Beau Brummels lead singer Sal Valentino! From their all-covers "66" LP, a version of the Rolling Stones' "Play With Fire."
#1001CoverSongs
Song # 659:
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@thebombshelter.bsky.socialLabor Day weekend is now at an end, and it'll be "off to work I go" after I swear at tomorrow's alarm clock. Signing off with Tom Waits' rendition of the Sniw White & the Seven Dwarfs classic.
#1001CoverSongs
Song # 658:
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@thebombshelter.bsky.socialFor an entirely different vibe on Buddy Holly's "Heartbeat," from 1969, here's Humble Pie.
#1001CoverSongs
Song # 657:
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@thebombshelter.bsky.socialHappy 60th birthday to Holly Golightly! Here's her version of Willie Dixon's "Mellow Down Easy."
#1001CoverSongs
Song # 656:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=bpYx...
@thebombshelter.bsky.socialHurricane Marie ('26 edition) may have passed LA by, but I still feel like signing off with "Storm Warning" (originally by Lynn Taitt, heard here by Firewater).
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Song # 655:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj5q...
@thebombshelter.bsky.socialHappy 87th birthday to Bobby Stevens! From his endlessly enjoyable "Life" LP, an adaptation of Gladys Knight & the Pips' "If I Were Your Woman" (with a h/t to Ike & Tina at the beginning).
#1001CoverSongs
Song # 654:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=8elO...
@thebombshelter.bsky.socialHappy 68th birthday to Buster Bloodvessel! From the Bad Manners' repertoire, here's "Can Can" by Jacques Offenbach.
#1001CoverSongs
Song # 653:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=sirH...