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  • The Battle of New Orleans

    - 11 Jun 2015
    Based on the fiddle tune "The Eighth of January", the date the battle was fought, high school principal and history buff Jimmie Driftwood (Morris) wrote "The Battle of New Orleans" and recorded it in 1958 for his album "Newly Discovered Early American

  • I Want a New Drug/Ghostbusters

    - 11 Jun 2015
    Singer/composer and actor Hughie Lewis (Hugh Anthony Cregg III) and his group the News released the well received album "Sports" in 1984 and the second single from that album was "I Want a New Drug" (Hayes - Lewis). The song peaked at number six on

  • Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)

    - 11 Jun 2015
    In 1967 Bob Dylan recorded the demo of "Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)" but actual commercial copies of that session didn't show up until the 1975 "Basement Tapes" album. Dylan's version here was issued on the 1970 LP "Self Portrait". Manfred