Sunday, June 29, 2025

Fab Forgeries, Pt. 6!! "Hard Day's Night"-athon; Big-band Beatles, The Kingsmen, Johnny Mathis, Lawrence Welk, Johnny Rivers, The Lettermen, more!

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  Some big-band Beatles in the mix, courtesy of Enoch Light, Lawrence Welk, Sammy Kaye, and Buddy Morrow, and no fewer than five covers of A...
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Sunday, June 22, 2025

Fab Forgeries, Part 5! Patti Page, Jerry Vale, Frankie Carle, The Moog Machine, Aretha Franklin, Kate Smith, Ray Conniff, more!

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                                         Frankie Carle, Bert Kaempfert, Ray Conniff, The Cowsills, Kate Smith, Jerry Vale, and the Lettermen...
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Tuesday, June 03, 2025

Fab forgeries, Part 4! Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, The Lettermen, The Lennon Sisters, Petula Clark, Boots Randolph!

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  Can't beat the line-up for this post: The Lennon Sisters, Peggy Lee, The Lettermen, The Electric Scoundrals, The Harmonicats, Terry Ba...
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Monday, May 19, 2025

Fab Forgeries, Part 3! Wayne Newton, Liberace, Brenda Lee, Ray Stevens, Jim Nabors, more!

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  Well, Percy and Paul and Andre will show up in our next playlist, but for today, these other fun cover versions... First off, Lee Castle...
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Sunday, May 11, 2025

Fab forgeries! Forty Beatles tunes not by the Beatles: Peter Knight, David Rose, Petula Clark, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Mortier Dance Hall Organ, more!

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  Forty (!) Beatles covers: Some good, some okay, some "Ouch!"  Or just plain strange, like The Johnny Mann Singes' She Loves ...
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