[78-L] Mon Collecion incluye les 78s de Quebec!

[Steven C. Barr]

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From: "Bill McClung" <bmcclung at ix.netcom.com>
> One of the (many) joys of 78s collecting is finding a song done in really
> different styles.  Chuck Berry's Thirty Days done by Ernest Tubb.  Hound
> Dog done by Billy Starr and Jack Turner and Betsy Gay and Little Esther 
> and
> Big Mama Thornton and Elvis and Tommy Duncan.   Sixty Minute man by the
> Dominoes and the York Brothers.  And many, many more.
>
> Another joy is finding the language crossover.  In the late 40s and early
> 50s there was a huge demand for Spanish language juke box records in south
> Texas and local labels and local bands came together to produc records 
> with
> both original songs and covers of the hits of the day.  I'm having a blast
> hearing what's on these.
>
Which, in turn, led to Freddy Fender's Spanish-language hits...originally
intended for sale in Mexico...?!

...stevenc