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Julie London: Cry Me a River (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music October 31, 07

After costarring at 18 in a jungle movie with Olympic swimmer Buster Crabbe, Julie London transitioned from fetching ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: FIFTIES FEMMES FATALES

In 1958, as evidence that love's fever is a long-running malady, singer/lyricist Peggy Lee alluded to Romeo & Julie...

Les Brown: April Showers (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music December 21, 08

After establishing himself as a freelance arranger in New York, Les Brown led a pretty good orchestra. Having Doris D...

Les Brown: Where's Prez? (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music December 22, 08

Les Brown liked bebop when he first heard it, but wondered whether it was appropriate for his dance band. By 1949, bo...

Les Brown: Bopple Sauce (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music December 21, 08

Despite the unison sax/trumpet melody, this is hardly a bebop composition, although Les Brown's band played bop very ...

Les Brown: Just a Gigolo (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music April 14, 09

One of the great things about the study of an art form is that, in many cases, the cream finally rises to the top. Fo...

Les Brown: Rock Me To Sleep (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music December 24, 08

This was one of Les Brown's last sides for Columbia Records before he signed a contract with the Decca subsidiary, Co...

Les Brown: Leap Frog (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music April 16, 09

Tenor saxophonist/arranger Joe Garland is best known for "In the Mood," which of course became the anthem of the swin...

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