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Da Doo Doobie
01-01 Bing Crosby & The Mills Brothers – Brunswick 6240 – Dinah (1932)
— common for Bing to do collabs with other artists, rare for them to out-do him.
01-02 Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley & Company 103 – Diana (1962)
01-03 John Cougar – American Fool 102 – Jack & Diane (1982)
— back when he was told that “Mellencamp” was not a sellable name.
01-04 Barbara Lynn – Eric Records 7004 – Dina & Patrina (1962)
— makes a point of saying “don’t worry”, so we don’t go thinking there’s anything unwholesome about their bond.
01-05 MxPx – Let It Happen 08 – Oh Donna (2006)
— as always, a great cover by MxPx.
01-06 Dion DiMuci – Columbia 4-42852 – Donna The Prima Donna (1963)
— as far as we know, Dion Francis DiMuci didn’t release this with The Belmonts.
01-07 TuTu & The Pirates – Get Weird 101 – Debbie Debbie Debbie (And Her) Prison Baby (2013)
— line of the night: “stretch marks on her tattoos.”
02-01 Dollyrots – Daydream Explosion 207 – Daisy’s Song (2019)
— doesn’t call Daisy out, but ANY excuse to play Dollyrots, will take it.
02-02 Bobby Boston – Star-Win 7001 – Lazy Daisy
— year unknown, but here we go: seems all Daisies are crazy.
02-03 Joe Ely – Lord Of The Highway 05 – No Rope, Daisy-O (1987)
— his Daisy is crazy, but he also manages to rhyme “amazing”.
02-04 Jimmy Watson – Brunswick 9-55079 – Daisy (1958)
— picking her apart, or not.
02-05 Dick Lory – Columbia 4-41276 – Crazy Little Daisy (1958)
02-06 Doug Sahm & The Pharaohs – Warrior 507 – Crazy Daisy (1958)
— don’t think this one’s insane, just crazy hot.
02-07 T. Rex – Tanx 201 – Mad Donna (1973)
— she’s not insane, just mad. He probably stole her eyeliner.
02-08 Lou Reed – Magic And Loss 01 – Dorita (1992)
— lead-in to “What’s Good”.
03-01 Sir Douglas Quintet – Day Dreaming At Midnight – 03 – Darling Dolores (1994)
03-02 Barbra Streisand & Louis Armstrong – Hello Dolly OST 203 – Hello Dolly (1969)
— also released as a single four minutes shorter, but the full version kicks dupa.
03-03 Andy Starr – Kapp Records (unissued) – Somali Dolly (1957)
— he had a roll, until she rolled him.
03-04 Wilson Pickett – The Midnight Mover 105 – Deborah (1968)
— the operatic Pickett.
03-05 Van Morrison – His Band And The Street Choir 101 – Domino (1970)
04-01 King Cole Trio & The Barrie Sisters – C. P MacGregor 73 – Someone’s In The Kitchen With Dinah (1944)
— no Nat vocals, but he’s there on piano.
04-02 Chuck Berry – Chess 1697 – Beautiful Delilah (1958)
04-03 Flogging Molly – Alive Behind The Green Door 10 – De Lilah (1997)
— storming 8 minute cover, pushed Tom Jones off this show.
04-04 Sol K. Bright And His Hollywaiians – Columbia 3143 – A Wee Doech N’ Doris (1934)
— nice Highlander brogue for a Pacific islander, and now we know how the Scots, only this past week, have run Boston out of beer.
04-05 Danny Kaye – Columbia 36194 – Dinah (1941)
— not the only time Danny plays Slavic. See his film about The Inspector.
05-01 The Five Chords – Daisy Mae
— only info found is that they were from Michigan.
05-02 The Hi-Fives – Decca 9-30657 – Dorothy (1958)
— dip, da-dip, da doo (wop). Also dip dah dip-dap.
05-03 The Merchants Of Dream – Strange Night Voyage 106 – Dorothy The Fairy Queen (1968)
— lots of drugs.
05-04 The Campanions – Dee-Dee Records 1047 – Dorothy, My Monster (1961)
— B-side to this 45rpm is “I Want A Yul Brynner Haircut”. This made the cut not because the heh-heh lyrics, but for the ‘brrrrip’.
05-05 Docteur Nico & Orchestre African Fiesta – Eternel Docteur Nico 06 – Doris (1967)
— fine work on a piercing guitar. Remarkable, how it’s so sharp and so chill at the same time.
05-06 David Seville – The Witch Doctor Presents David Seville…And His Friends 103 – Dinah (1959)
— trading on the fame of his top hit.
05-07 Butter Boy – Old Aunt Dinah (1934)
— collected by Lomax, the only recording of this is in the Library Of Congress. Nobody knew what to call this, of course now we know it’s “beat box” music. Listen how he gets “hoouff” in there with no time to inhale.
05-08 Randy And The Rainbows – Rust 5059 – Denise (1963)
— couldn’t resist “nice” and “paradise” even if they don’t rhyme with “Denise”.
06-01 Paul Perry – Nu Sound 1008 – (I’ve Got A Girl Named) Dee (1961)
06-02 Milk ‘N’ Cookies – Milk ‘N’ Cookies 101 – (Dee Dee You’re) Stuck On A Star (1976)
— golden year for female rockers, the Runaways were taking off and the Go-Go’s were gelling.
06-03 Johnny Garner – Imperial X5548 – Didi Didi (1958)
06-04 TuTu & The Pirates – Sub-Urban Insult Rock For The Anti/Lectual 14 – No Head From Darlene (2010)
— rare to include a second helping by a band, but the lyrics are too funny to skip.
06-05 Lee Allen – Walkin’ With Mr. Lee 201 – Dumb Dora (1958)
— best discourage her from any exploring.
06-06 Helen Reddy – Long Hard Climb 105 – Delta Dawn (1973)
— deciding between this and Tanya Tucker’s cover, it came down to who had the better bass voice in the backing band.
06-07 Harry Belafonte – Calypso 105 – Dolly Dawn (1956)
— very reminiscent of the song that made Wynona “Lydia” Ryder famous, as she climbed a wall.
… and a bonus track…
07-01 Peter O’Toole & ensemble – Man Of La Mancha OST 104 – Dulcinea (1972)
— the studio cast of the same year featured Jim Nabors (aka Gomer Pyle) and would’ve played that because my folks were accquainted with him, but this version from the movie has a better jeering ensemble.