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  1. This week's #ThursdayFiveList theme is #ShadowAndLight. Lots of songs to choose from, but here's my list:

    The Rays: Silhouettes (Ed Sullivan Show, December 1, 1957)
    youtube.com/watch?v=p9HyS-9kffQ

    Jerry Byrne: Lights Out (1958)
    youtube.com/watch?v=v_phErEX1rA

    LaVern Baker: Shadows of Love (1960)
    youtube.com/watch?v=mfQnKSlpHZA

    Thurston Harris: Dancing Silhouettes (1964)
    youtube.com/watch?v=eaHzN7a6ZL8

    Irma Thomas: While the City Sleeps (1964)
    youtube.com/watch?v=RvvPTjMLsdY

    #TheRays #JerryByrne #LaVernBaker #ThurstonHarris #IrmaThomas

  2. "Jim Dandy" (sometimes known as "Jim Dandy to the Rescue") is a song written by #LincolnChase, and was first recorded by American #RAndB singer #LaVernBaker on December 21, 1955. It reached the top of the #RAndB chart and #17 on the #pop charts in the United States. It was named one of #TheRockAndRollHallOfFames500SongsThatShapedRockAndRoll and was ranked #352 on #RollingStones500GreatestSongsOfAllTime. The #tenorSaxophone solo is by #SamTheManTaylor.
    youtube.com/watch?v=Bp28kFAZOV8

  3. "Jim Dandy" (sometimes known as "Jim Dandy to the Rescue") is a song written by #LincolnChase, and was first recorded by American #RAndB singer #LaVernBaker on December 21, 1955. It reached the top of the #RAndB chart and #17 on the #pop charts in the United States. It was named one of #TheRockAndRollHallOfFames500SongsThatShapedRockAndRoll and was ranked #352 on #RollingStones500GreatestSongsOfAllTime. The #tenorSaxophone solo is by #SamTheManTaylor.
    youtube.com/watch?v=_EoebOJqjGM

  4. "Jim Dandy" (sometimes known as "Jim Dandy to the Rescue") is a song written by #LincolnChase, and was first recorded by American #RAndB singer #LaVernBaker on December 21, 1955. It reached the top of the R&B chart and #17 on the #pop charts in the United States. It was named one of #TheRockAndRollHallOfFames500SongsThatShapedRockAndRoll and was ranked #352 on #RollingStones500GreatestSongsOfAllTime. The #tenorSaxophone solo is by #SamTheManTaylor.
    youtube.com/watch?v=navX99JRYNs

  5. "Jim Dandy" (sometimes known as "Jim Dandy to the Rescue") is a song written by #LincolnChase, and was first recorded by American #RAndB singer #LaVernBaker on December 21, 1955. It reached the top of the R&B chart and #17 on the #pop charts in the United States. It was named one of #TheRockAndRollHallOfFames500SongsThatShapedRockAndRoll and was ranked #352 on #RollingStones500GreatestSongsOfAllTime. The #tenorSaxophone solo is by #SamTheManTaylor.
    youtube.com/watch?v=navX99JRYNs

  6. On 10 March 1997: (Dolores) #LaVernBaker [Evans], American pop and R&B vocalist ("Jim Dandy"; "I Cried A Tear"), died of cardiovascular disease at 67.
    #RIP 🥀

  7. Another pick for this week's #AlternateFridayMusic theme, #bee.

    LaVern Baker: Bumble Bee (1960)
    youtube.com/watch?v=sDf1tQAObgc

    This great 45 used to be one of the favorites of my daughter when she was about five years old!

    #music #lavernbaker #rockandroll #Atlantic #JesseStone

  8. Musical Interlude: After that flower painting, how about a song about bees? And performed by an R&B great who doesn't get enough love?

    "Bumblebee," performed by LaVern Baker.

    youtube.com/watch?v=S4M0VajzVtk

    #MusicalInterlude #RhythmAndBlues #LaVernBaker #Bzzzzzz

  9. #OnThisDay in 1929, (Dolores) #LaVernBaker [Evans], American blues vocalist ("I Cried a Tear"), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1997).
    #HappyBirthday #RIP 🥀🪦⚰️

  10. "Jim Dandy" (sometimes known as "Jim Dandy to the Rescue") is a song written by #LincolnChase, and was first recorded by American #RAndB singer #LaVernBaker on December 21, 1955. It reached the top of the R&B chart and #17 on the #pop charts in the United States. It was named one of #TheRockAndRollHallOfFames500SongsThatShapedRockAndRoll and was ranked #352 on #RollingStones500GreatestSongsOfAllTime. The #tenorSaxophone solo is by #SamTheManTaylor.
    youtube.com/watch?v=navX99JRYNs