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Danny Overbea with King Kolax and His Orchestra - Forty Cups of Coffee (1953) Danny Overbea from: "Forty Cups of Coffee" / "I'll Follow You"
Rhythm & Blues
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Personnel: Danny Overbea: Vocals / Guitar King Kolax and His Orchestra: King Kolax: Trumpet Dick Davis: Tenor Saxophone Prentice McCarey: Piano Mentho "Cowboy" Martin: Bass "Little Gates": Drums
Recorded: @ The Chess Records Studios (2120 South Michigan Avenue) in Chicago, Illinois USA during April of 1953
Released: in May of 1953 Checker Records (10" Shellac) (7" 45rpm)
#Forty Cups of Coffee#R&B#1950s#Checker Records#Danny Overbea#Chess Records#King Kolax and His Orchestra
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the great grandfather - bo diddley - checker 1959
mod jazz, not properly correct but rockin'
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Little Walter - Mean Old World, 78rpm, Checker
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Just got this in the mail. Sounds great!
Love the art deco style lettering used for his name.
Bo Diddley 7" Not Guilty/Aztec single, 1961
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Fontella Bass - Rescue Me (Stereo) (1965) Raynard Miner / Carl Smith / Fontella Bass from: "Rescue Me" / "Soul of the Man" (Single) "The 'New' Look" (LP)
Soul | R&B | Northern Soul
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Personnel: Fontella Bass: Vocals Leonard Casten: Piano Pete Cosey: Guitar Gerald Sims: Guitar Sonny Thompson: Organ Charles Stepney: Vibraphone Louis Satterfield: Bass Maurice White: Drums
Backing Vocals: Minnie Riperton
Arranged by Phil Wright Produced by Billy Davis / Carl Smith / Raynard Miner
Recorded: @ The Ter Mar Studios in Chicago Illinois USA during 1965
Released:: on September 25, 1965 Checker Records Chess Records
"… ranks as one of the most explosive, infectious soul singles ever released…" "… one of the best soul singles ever recorded. - John Bush (AllMusicCom)
Fontella Bass: Rescue Me
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this screenshot scares me Why is she so normal
#COW GET UP THIS ISNT YOU#why you so bovine…#i was looking again for checkered past rips and found some screenshots. This one included#if only i could find the actual recording…#this is from cows pie so it would’ve been paired with uhhh#night of the ed. and i are good dog ???? if i remembering rights#it would be nice to have the remastered versions online somewhere#cow and chicken#ticky rambles
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#❤️🔥🗯️#i can remake this gif in hd because i have the checkered past recording but do i want to.#the tv reccording crunch adds i think
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hatching chick; ink and watercolor
last seven days listening:
the krays - inside warfare
sparks - hippopotamus
the discocks - long live oi!
sparks - a steady drip drip drip
loretta lynn - your lookin’ at country
mr. lif - i phantom
chubby checker - for twisters only
various - genrecide, a compilation volume one
dwarves - tooling’ for a warm teabag

#drawing#painting#recordoftheday#records#watercolor#watercolorpainting#art#sparks#chicken art#chickens#chicken#chick#egg#the dwarves#genrecide#chubby checker#mr. lif#loretta lynn#the discocks#the krays
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⋆˙⟡EMO MOODBOARD⋆˙⟡
Pinterest photo's- ☠️I🥀I☠️ 🥀I☠️I🥀 ☠️I🥀I☠️


#moodboard#mood board#moodboards#aesthetic board#aesthetic moodboard#moodboard aesthetic#red#black#emo#emo plushies#coffin#gothic#gothic style#goth#diy punk#punk#guitar#guitars#checkered#cats#vinyl records#conner's moodboardsᝰ.ᐟ
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Fat Boys: The Twist (feat. Chubby Checker) 7” Promotional Single (1988)
Side A: The Twist (Yo, Twist)
Side B: The Twist (Buffapela)




Tin Pan Alley Records
#my vinyl playlist#fat boys#prince markie dee#kool rock-ski#darren buff love robinson#chubby checker#tin pan alley#hip hop#rap#rap music#80’s music#45 rpm#album cover#album art#vinyl records#record cover
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you guys my brain needs stitched back together like OH MY GODDDD
#🌙 lily chats#whoever has to be the checker for batch manufacturing records needs a mental evaluation because WHY would you do this willingly to yourself#this is so draining#what a beast of an assignment for my first one of the year lolll
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Lowell Fulson - Check Yourself (1955) Lowell Fulson from: "Check Yourself" / "Loving You (is All I Crave)" (Single) "The Chess Story" (CD05 | 1955-1956) (1999 Box Set)
Blues | R&B
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Personnel: Lowell Fulson: Vocals / Guitar Otis Spann: Piano Earl Brown: Alto Saxophone Eddie Chamblee: Tenor Saxophone Willie Dixon: Bass Fred Below: Drums
Recorded: @ Chess Records Studios in Chicago, Illinois USA 1955
Released: March, 1955 Checker Records
#Check Yourself#Lowell Fulson#Chess Records#Checker Records#1950s#Fred Below#Willie Dixon#R&B#Blues#Otis Spann
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Bo Diddley - I Can Tell
“When people talk about heavy beats THIS is what springs to my mind!!! Absolute destroyer of a riff... Pounder! This is the harder-edged but shorter US version."
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LOWELL FULSOM - BLUE SHADOWS
CHECKER 959 this is the flip side
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This Bo Diddley record has a misprint title. 'You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover' is instead the very Yoda sounding 'A Book By The Cover You Can't Judge'. Just acquired from Dearborn Music and in good shape for a record from 1962.
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honse
#honse#original character#oc: leander#tor draws#art#sketch wip#horse#he has a child who was conceived specifically in this form for the record#somewhere out there is a horrible demimortal horseboy with too-long legs and eyes that stare into your soul#just roaming around#he likes playing checkers#he will eat you if you lose though#leanimals
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