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  • Bottle of Wine

    - 01 Jul 2013
    The 1964 album "The Judy Collins Concert" at Town Hall in NYC contains the Tom Paxton composition "Bottle of Wine" with so little applause of recognition that it's obviously the first recording. Later the same year Grammy nominee Tom Paxton gives us

  • Houston

    - 01 Jul 2013
    Composer/personality/producer Lee Hazlewood gave us "Houston" in his album "Friday's Child". The album was later released as "Houston". Lee had his first hit, "The Fool", with Sanford Clark in 1956. In 1964 Lee Hazlewood produced Sanford's cover of

  • Handy Man

    - 01 Jul 2013
    The Sparks of Rhythm were the first to record the classic "Handy Man" (Merentstein - Jones) in 1959. The lead is bass Andrew Barksdale. Co-composer Jimmy Jones was a member of the group but not when they recorded it. One of rock's early successful