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Jimmy Rushing: Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You (Master Jazz Recordings) Mr. Rushing, in fine voice, backed by a wonderful band - Buck Clayton, Dickie Wells, Julian Dash, Sir Charles Thompson, Gene Ramey, and Jo Jones. I couldn't ask for more.

Mississippi John Hurt: Volume One of a Legacy (Piedmont)

When I read this, the first thing that came to my mind was - Bobby Bradford seems to have a certain loyalty toward Stanley Crouch. I wonder how much of that loyalty is reciprocated.

Mel Blanc Barry White Chuck Berry

Randy Weston - Vishnu Wood Duo: Perspective (Denon Jazz) Somewhat surprisingly (to me, at least), this is a bit more of a Vishnu Wood record than it is a Randy Weston record. And it works well that way, so it's all good.

Professor Plum Miss Scarlet Ingemar Johansson

Ben Webster: The Warm Moods (Reprise/Discovery)

Joseph Spence: Bahaman Folk Guitar (Folkways)

That was my first reaction when a friend sent me an e-mail with his obituary.

NY Times obit: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/31/arts/eddie-lawrence-comedian-actor-and-pitchman-is-dead-at-95.html?src=twrhp&action=click&module=Search&region=searchResults%230&version=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fquery.nytimes.com%2Fsearch%2Fsitesearch%2F%3Faction%3Dclick%26region%3DMasthead%26pgtype%3DHomepage%26module%3DSearchSubmit%26contentCollection%3DHomepage%26t%3Dqry428%23%2Feddie%2Blawrence%2Fsince1851%2Fallresults%2F1%2Fallauthors%2Fnewest%2F The ability to make people laugh seems to becoming a rarer quality these days. We just lost a man who did that for many years. Thanks, Mr. Lawrence. You'll be missed and remembered.

The Butt Sisters Jimmy Castor The Detroit Wheels

Alvin Cash Lincoln Jackson

If you read Lees' writings, he got a lot of things wrong. (I guess I should say that I disagreed with a lot of what he wrote.)

Ticky Burden The Rolling Stones Some Girls Just Want To Have Fun

Stick McGhee Citizen Kane Rosemary Clooney

Judy Canova Casanova Lover Man

Oliver Nelson Nelson Riddle Frank Gorshin

Rooster Cogburn Henny Youngman Colonel Sanders

Jack Spratt Bill Withers The Indianapolis Pacers

For a while when I worked for the Postal Service, I used to write down unusual names that I saw on letters. I believe that I still have that list somewhere but, off the top of my head, I remember: Flem Goolsby and Ms. Dalietta Lavender

Janet Leigh Norman Bates Dave Brubeck

Haven't heard a lot of his playing, but what I have heard is a little too florid for my tastes. He does make a good foil for, and plays well with, Lee Konitz on Toot Sweet (Owl).

To interrupt - Did you mean Robert Horry, the only non-Boston Celtic who has more championship rings as a player than Michael Jordan? Google lists some Richard Horrys, but they seem to be about as famous as I am. Gene McDaniel Von McDaniel Paul "Daffy" Dean

Thanks for posting the link.

Shadow Morton The Leader of the Pack Old Blue Eyes