Well, you’re from the greater Philadelphia area, so I assume it’s required listening?
After reading about the passing of Harry Belafonte, I followed the wiki wormhole down “Calypso Music”.
Now this song, featured in Beetlejuice is in my head
Yeah, karaoke around here definitely has a regional bias in song selection! On the plus side, the whole audience becomes backup singers.
ETA Doo Wop gifs are hard to find!
Went to a Simon & Garfunkel tribute act last night, so yeah…
Saw a good movie last night with this prominently featured, now I’m infected.
I have a two-fer. Both a cover and now stuck in my head thanks to the Smokey Robinson post
It’s my favorite song about Robert’s Rules of Order
In a fit of nostalgia I played this. Not the whole thing, just the five(!) songs that played local radio back in the day.
Inspired by this story:
I have no idea why this one popped into my head two days ago, but it has taken up residence there and shows no signs of moving on.
That song is my Rushmore.
And now I know that one of the songs I enjoy just sampled the hell out of that one. sigh
ETA: nope they both sampled Private Number by Judy Clay and William Bell
You beat me to it, amigo; there ain’t nothing “new” under the sun, only different ways to reinterpret/remix what already is…
I was watching Breaking of the Band: The Supremes. As they were discussing their first major hit “Where Did Our Love Go”, this version popped in my head and got trapped there. (Soft Cell’s extended version tacked on to Tainted Love)