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Johnny Rivers Oliver Lake Louis Phélypeaux, comte de Pontchartrain

"Only The Strong Survive"...Jerry Butler, The Ice Man, Thom Bell arrangement, Gamble/Huff production...nohing in that mix sceams Springsteen Cover, if you know what I mean. I can see some of these working. Others...not so much. 1. "Only the Strong Survive" Jerry Butler Kenny Gamble Leon Huff 2. "Soul Days" (featuring Sam Moore) Jonnie Barnett 3. "Nightshift" Walter Orange Dennis Lambert Franne Golde 4. "Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)" Frank Wilson 2:27 5. "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" Bob Crewe Bob Gaudio 6. "Turn Back the Hands of Time" Jack Daniels Bonnie Thompson 7. "When She Was My Girl" Larry Gottlieb Marc Blatte 8. "Hey, Western Union Man" Butler Gamble Huff 9. "I Wish It Would Rain" Norman Whitfield Barrett Strong Rodger Penzabene 10. "Don't Play That Song" Ahmet Ertegun Betty Nelson 11. "Any Other Way" William Bell 12. "I Forgot to Be Your Lover" (featuring Sam Moore) Bell Booker T. Jones 13. "7 Rooms of Gloom" Holland–Dozier–Holland 14. "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" William Weatherspoon Paul Riser James Dean 15. "Someday We'll Be Together" Johnny Bristol Jackey Beavers Harvey Fuqua A thought...might we be in the process of creating a new Great American Songbook v2?

Gale Gordon Norman "Hurricane" Smith Texas Tornados

That "boy in short pants and bow tie" thing... I think it was on its way out right around the time I was born. Either way, it hung on long enough in certain circles into the later 60s to the point that if the boy in question was old enough to speak in complete sentences...it was Too Cute For Comfort. And just look at how at the end of the last scene, Parks leans in for a kiss of approval and JUST KEEPS LEANING IN... omfg.

Was it filed under Pepper Adams?

Probably impossible, in fact. It's a pretty old record... And yes, you are, of course, correct. I know you live in Japan. Is this a type of music that you have occasion to hear performed live?

I am not at all easily triggered, at least not as I understand it's current meaning. But knowing now what was then left unspoken, there are some spots that are a bit, uh....squirmy-squeamish.

If you're not easily triggered by various things, absolutely!

Indeed! And that's one of the potentially-triggering creepy things. But only one. There are SO many!

It's a song with meaning.

That's some freaky Mohawk that Zoot had!

No, but closer to the ground on the SU family tree! Not a bad guess, not at all! Just not a correct one. Sorry!

Might be more than a little creepy-triggering for different types of some. but if nothing else, check out the closing credits.

Thanks for your response, and please feel free to continue listening and commenting!

That's quite the adventure! All's well that ends well!

It does...but it isn't. Not like that, anyway. The MEV comparison will be appropriate in terms of rough chronology, but that's it.

You are most correct!

Yes, NYAQ.

No Ra on this record, and not a bootleg. #7 is a group that you may well have at least one other record by. Thanks for listening!

Correct!

Operators are standing by to take your calls!

Ballads we're originally meant for dancing.