No, Sammy never replaced Eric Burdon, nor did he ever mimic the lyrics to ‘House of The Rising Sun’, but he did appear on the TV show ‘Hullabaloo’ with the Brits to do some show tunes…

Imagine Sammy and friends doing a medley of “Chim Chim Cheree” and “The Rain In Spain Falls Mainly On The Plain.”

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Its ‘Tom Jones Tuesday’ here in Aged Audio land.

Something I realize about Tom Jones is while people pigeonhole him as a lounge singer, throughout his career he really wanted to get his rock out, and this performance from 1976 on The Midnight Special shows another aspect of this ambition.

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I’ve only recently become interested in The Walker Brothers, mainly because I keep hearing Scott Walker’s name dropped by about every band I know as “a major influence in their work.”

You can’t miss Scott Walker’s baritone and how singers like Jarvis Cocker, Morrissey and David Bowie have all been influenced by his unique voice. I just liked the fact that when he went solo, he released 3 albums simply titled “Scott.” Whats the hurt in that?

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A Jazz performance on regular TV? Say it isn’t so?

Here we have a 1961 performace of ‘Take Five’, the most notable hit single from The Dave Brubeck Quartet.

Not only is it my favorite candy bar in the world, its by far the most recognizeable jazz song for just about any set of ears. You’ve heard it in countless films, commercials and TV shows.

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