I get to pick favorite songs today.
This is from Clouds which I brought to Africa with me on a cassette which the humidity helped kill then I bought another which eventually was replaced by a CD.
This album has more memories attached than any other I own.
This is, of course, from Deja Vu which also goes to the deserted island.
Every now and then I get the urge for something a bit different. music out of the my ordinary offerings. Today is one of those days.
This is from Putumayo presents Zydeco, a 2000 release.
"Attila the Hun ( Raymond Quevedo) began singing in 1911 and was at his most prominent in the 1930s and 1940s. He was one of the pioneers in spreading awareness of calypso beyond its birthplace in Trinidad and Tobago. Together with the Roaring Lion (Rafael de Leon) he brought calypso to the United States for the first time in 1934."
This is from their second album, Moving. It was released in 1963. Every time I hear them, I miss Mary all the more.
From 1971 and his self-titled debut album.
This is from their 1971 album Harmony.
From Harvest, released in 1972
From The Very Best Of Wilson Pickett
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