Fats Domino – Lovely Rita
A PLAYFUL SALUTE TO UNLIKELY LOVE IN THE CITY When Fats Domino chose to record Lovely Rita on his 1968 album Fats Is Back, he did more than cover a…
A PLAYFUL SALUTE TO UNLIKELY LOVE IN THE CITY When Fats Domino chose to record Lovely Rita on his 1968 album Fats Is Back, he did more than cover a…
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A Heart Asking to Be Erased — the ache and final plea in DO ME A FAVOR From the velvet, sorrow-soaked voice of Marty Robbins, DO ME A FAVOR arrives…
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A Moment of Release and Reckoning When the first chords of 4TH OF JULY strike, there is a jolt. It sounds like the firework flash and aftershock of a life…