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Del Shannon Runaway Memories | 1961 Story and Vinyl Record Memories

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A look back on the classic Del Shannon Runaway vinyl memories. Few songs remain so enduring and haunting as the 1961 No. 1 hit, "Runaway." Written by Del Shannon and his keyboardist, Max Crook, it outlines in tear-streaked detail a guy who's lost his girl.

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Statue of A Fool | Ricky Van Shelton Vinyl Record Memories

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Among all the versions of “Statue of a Fool,” Jack Greene’s 1969 recording was the most successful, but was it the original? Some say David "My Girl" Ruffin wrote the song in 1958. My personal favorite and I believe the best cover, is by Ricky Van Shelton.

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Kris Kristofferson Vinyl Memories | Help Me Make It Through The Night.

Kris Help Me Make It

Kris Kristofferson vinyl memories takes a look back at this special concert and his classic, "Help Me Make It Through the Night" performed live with The Highwaymen in 1985.

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The Angels vinyl record memories | My Boyfriend's Back from 1963.

My Boyfriend's Back Home Page

The Angels Vinyl Record Memories from the early '60s was still somewhat a time of innocence. They sang of true love, dreamy boys, and heartbreak, and sang this vengeful song with a passion.

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Dale Hawkins Susie-Q | 1957 Swamp Rock Classic

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From radio and jukebox hits Dale Hawkins Susie-Q Vinyl Memories is another heavy blues sound of this swamp-rock classic from 1957. Louisiana guitarist and future Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, James Burton provided the signature guitar riff and solo.

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I Can Hear Music Lyrics | Kathy Troccoli's Beach Boys Cover Song.

Kathy Troccoli albums

Kathy Troccoli takes the I can hear music lyrics and multiplies the WOW factor by a million on this really great cover of the Beach Boys classic. With the Beach Boys singing background vocals the harmony and vinyl record memories of this classic is simply perfect.

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Glen Campbell Oldies Music Lyrics | All I Have To Do Is Dream cover.

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Glen Campbell Oldies Music Lyrics | Does this 1970 duet with Bobby Gentry "outshine" the original Classic "All I Have To Do Is Dream"?

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Fifties Doo Wop Groups of the Golden Era | Vinyl Record Memories

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The Fifties Doo Wop music returns to those street corner sounds and Vinyl Record Memories from The Golden Era! Doo-Wop music was an urban American art-form sung on street-corners, in stairwells of tenement apartments, and high school bathrooms.

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Don and Juan oldies song Lyrics | What's Your Name vinyl records

Don and Juan What's Your Name

The Don and Juan Oldies Song Lyrics will bring back those street corner harmones from the early 60s with this Doo-Wop original, "What's Your Name." The #7 song from 1962, their only top ten hit, has since become a Doo-Wop classic.

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Johnny Rodriguez Lyin Eyes Vinyl Record | Classic Eagles Cover Song

Johnny Rodriguez 3rd album

The Johnny Rodriguez 1976 Lyin' Eyes Vinyl Record cover of the Eagles 1975 song may not outshine the original. Still, his cover version with an added country twist might be the best ever on this song.

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Dance With Me (Just One More Time) | Johnny Rodriguez Vinyl Memories.

Johnny Rodriguez - For Every Rose LP

Dance With Me (Just One More Time) returns to 1974 with more Johnny Rodriguez vinyl Memories along with a great new video and his self-composed #2 country classic, one of the prettiest waltzes ever recorded.

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Conway Twitty Oldies Music Lyrics | 1958 "It's Only Make Believe"

Conway Rock and Roll years

The Conway Twitty story centers around music Lyrics to the song "It's only Make Believe" and how a young man feels about being in love with a woman who does not seem to be in love with him. It would be his only #1 song during his early Rock-n-Roll days.

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Rockabilly vinyl record memories | Scotty Moore, Eric Clapton tribute

Enjoy some great Rockabilly vinyl record memories with Scotty Moore, Eric Clapton and friends recorded live in 2004 at London's famous Abbey Road studios with a stellar line-up of legendary guitar gods. They called it Rockabilly before they called it Rock-n-roll.

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Party Doll Oldies Music Lyrics | Buddy Knox Rockabilly songs.

Buddy Knox July 2016

The Party Doll oldies music lyrics was written by Buddy Knox and Jimmy Bowen. This is the story of the sounds these historically important figures created during the early days of Rock and Roll.

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Only The Lonely Vinyl Memories | Roy Orbison Classic Oldies

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Only The Lonely Vinyl Memories screamed hit from its first few bars. The Anita Kerr Singers, gently croon those vinyl record memories, "dum dum dum, dum-be-doo-wah" and other such syllables to an instantly memorable bittersweet melody, ending by singing the title phrase.

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