50+ Music1d ago
"I Almost Lost My Mind" is a #popular song written by #IvoryJoeHunter and published in 1950. Hunter's recording of the song was a number one hit on the US #Billboard #RAndBSinglesChart in that year. Hunter recorded the #12barBlues style song on October 1, 1949, and became a #rhythmAndBlues hit and a #popStandard. Hunter's record sold one million copies by 1956. The best selling version of the song was a #coverVersion by #PatBoone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-1Qrx1FLxI
1956 HITS ARCHIVE: I Almost Lost My Mind - Pat Boone (a #1 record)

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50+ MusicMay 24
"One O'Clock Jump" is a #jazzStandard; a #12barBlues #instrumental, written by #CountBasie in 1937.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utfwhkDmM1g
Benny Goodman - ONE O'CLOCK JUMP

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50+ MusicFeb 25
"Call Me the Breeze" is a rock song by #JJCale. It first appeared on his 1972 debut album, #Naturally, as the opening track. The song consists of a #12barBlues guitar #shuffle and features the early use of a #drumMachine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cLhMozYJ34
LYNYRD SKYNYRD 'Call Me The Breeze' (Live in Atlantic City)

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50+ MusicFeb 25
"The Wallflower" (also known as "Roll with Me, Henry" and "Dance with Me, Henry") is a 1955 song by #EttaJames. It was one of several #answerSongs to "#WorkWithMeAnnie" and has the same #12barBlues form.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmJkt10FMDM
Etta James - Wallflower (Roll with me Henry)

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Anne DelongNov 16, 2024

Here's a #blues song I wrote years ago about the frustrations of #programming my #Commodore PET computer.

https://youtu.be/TDBbVSwBp7o

( #CommodorePet #AcousticBlues #12BarBlues) #retrogaming #retrocomputing #songwriter

The Early Morning Computer Programming Blues

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50+ MusicOct 15, 2024
"One O'Clock Jump" is a #jazzStandard; a #12barBlues #instrumental, written by #CountBasie in 1937.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4G7bJhY6_c
One O'Clock Jump - Count Basie and his Orchestra (1965)

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50+ MusicOct 12, 2024
"See See Rider", also known as "C.C. Rider", "See See Rider Blues" or "Easy Rider", is a popular American #12barBlues song that became a standard in several genres. #GertrudeMaRainey was the first to record it on October 16, 1924, at #ParamountRecords in New York. The song uses mostly #traditionalBluesLyrics to tell the story of an unfaithful lover, commonly called an "#easyRider": "See see rider, see what you have done", making a #play on the word "see".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACpeuOQP1nw
CHUCK WILLIS C C Rider Mar '57

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50+ MusicAug 29, 2024
"Hard Headed Woman" is a #rockAndRoll song recorded by #ElvisPresley and published by Gladys Music, Presley's publishing company, in 1958. It is an American #12barBlues written by #AfricanAmerican songwriter #ClaudeDemetrius. It was most notably recorded as a rock and roll song by Presley as part of the #soundtrack for his 1958 motion picture #KingCreole, and was included on the record album of the same name.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN6DXflD7fU
Elvis Presley -- Hard Headed Woman -- Lyrics (Official)

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50+ MusicJul 25, 2024
"Wooly Bully" is a song originally recorded by #rockAndRoll band #SamTheShamAndThePharaohs in 1964. Based on a standard #12barBlues progression, it was written by the band's frontman, Domingo "Sam" Samudio. It was released as a single on the small Memphis-based XL label (#906) in 1964 and was picked up in 1965 by MGM. The song was recorded at #SamCPhillipsRecordingStudio at 639 Madison Avenue in Memphis, the successor to Phillips' original #SunStudio.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCoUmMDiEhs
NEW * Wooly Bully - Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs {Stereo} 1965

1965.....#2 U.S. Billboard Hot 100, #11 UK Singles Chart, #2 CanadaOriginal video edited and remastered with HQ stereo sound. New remix with reduced reverb"...

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50+ MusicJul 20, 2024
"The Wanderer" is a song written by #ErnieMaresca and originally recorded by #Dion, released on his 1961 album, #RunaroundSue. The song, with a #12barBlues-base verse and an eight-bar bridge, tells the story of a travelling man and his many loves. The song is ranked number 243 on the #RollingStone magazine's list of #The500GreatestSongsOfAllTime.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8vc5mS_tLc
Dion - The Wanderer Lyrics

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