Posted on 03/26/2023 11:33:18 AM PDT by SamAdams76
Two other songs about women from New Orleans from that period:
Steely Dan - Pearl of the Quarter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CbL2-nvalE
The Doobie Brothers - Toulouse Street
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ4pwMxtwEs
I knew you would come through with some good additions!
Why Pearl of the Quarter wasn’t released as a single, I’ll never know, just a great song, and probably the only “love song” the Dan did.
Mississippi Queen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbP4qf8PjfI
Do’t forget this one:
Redbone, Witch Queen of New Orleans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=114&v=UyNYL2lUSMs&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bing.com%2F&embeds_origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bing.com&feature=emb_logo
And of course the Stones’ “Brown Sugar”
Sounds like a B side to me.
Kind of related:
The House of the Rising Sun, The Animals and Eric Burdon
This version of Take A Heart (Sorrows/Don Fardon) is great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HVKxTiCIMM
Freakbeat!
A side all the way. Should have been a much bigger hit than it was.
“Should have been a much bigger hit than it was.“
That’s the way I felt about Dion and the Belmonts I Wonder Why. Always assumed it was a number one. Didn’t even make the top ten. I cannot fathom that. I’d put it in the top five of all DooWop ever written. On accounting for taste.
Tanya was only 15 when she sang this!
2:18 is when the mariachi piece starts!
Wasn’t that Delta Dawn?
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