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Friday music thread: obscure or little-known originals 09:14 - Dec 19 with 4757 viewsDJR

I am not sure if this has been done before as a topic, but I was alerted to this by an article about Toni Basil in the Guardian. And the fact that it has a different title makes it particularly obscure.

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Friday music thread: obscure or little-known originals on 17:23 - Dec 21 with 816 viewsIndependentlyBlue

Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters had a huge hit with this

Janis Joplin did a great version

Her version now being used to sell bl**dy perfume on the tellybox


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Friday music thread: obscure or little-known originals on 18:08 - Dec 21 with 790 viewsmellowblue



Another Bob Dylan, though not his composition. It is a traditional song, though it is not the earliest recording of it.
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Friday music thread: obscure or little-known originals on 18:23 - Dec 21 with 775 viewsDJR

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Friday music thread: obscure or little-known originals on 18:37 - Dec 21 with 769 viewsDJR

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Friday music thread: obscure or little-known originals on 18:42 - Dec 21 with 764 viewsDJR

Lemmy and the Ramones were great friends and admirers of each other's work. This by Motorhead was later covered by the Ramones.

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Friday music thread: obscure or little-known originals on 18:43 - Dec 21 with 761 viewsWhos_blue


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Friday music thread: obscure or little-known originals on 18:45 - Dec 21 with 758 viewsYou_Bloo_Right


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Friday music thread: obscure or little-known originals on 18:51 - Dec 21 with 754 viewsDJR

Made famous by the Beach Boys, this is a Bahamian folk song and this (from 1935) is the earliest recording.

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Friday music thread: obscure or little-known originals on 19:02 - Dec 21 with 743 viewsEwan_Oozami


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Friday music thread: obscure or little-known originals on 19:33 - Dec 21 with 731 viewsWeWereZombies

Friday music thread: obscure or little-known originals on 19:02 - Dec 21 by Ewan_Oozami



Wow, Thin Lizzy really rocked that up...


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Friday music thread: obscure or little-known originals on 00:36 - Dec 22 with 681 viewsMrBeckinsale

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Friday music thread: obscure or little-known originals on 09:13 - Dec 22 with 646 viewsMrBeckinsale

The origins of Madonna’s Ray of Light…

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Friday music thread: obscure or little-known originals on 10:35 - Dec 22 with 635 viewsWhos_blue


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Friday music thread: obscure or little-known originals on 10:41 - Dec 22 with 629 viewsWhos_blue


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Friday music thread: obscure or little-known originals on 13:04 - Dec 22 with 600 viewsDJR

Later made famous by Chuck Berry, and, from recollection, banned.

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Friday music thread: obscure or little-known originals (n/t) on 15:44 - Dec 22 with 579 viewsDJR

Originally a Mexican folk song. This is the earliest recording.

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Friday music thread: obscure or little-known originals on 17:59 - Dec 22 with 554 viewsGlasgowBlue

This now seems appropriate to post. Best known version by Elkie Brooks.


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Friday music thread: obscure or little-known originals on 18:26 - Dec 22 with 536 viewsGeoffSentence

Massive for Mariah Carey and Before here Harry Nilssen but this was the original
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Friday music thread: obscure or little-known originals on 18:44 - Dec 22 with 525 viewsGlasgowBlue

Obscure B side from 1964. Big hit for Scritti Politti in 1990.


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Friday music thread: obscure or little-known originals on 23:57 - Dec 22 with 488 viewsWhos_blue


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Friday music thread: obscure or little-known originals on 23:59 - Dec 22 with 487 viewsWhos_blue


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Friday music thread: obscure or little-known originals on 10:46 - Dec 23 with 421 viewsDJR

Friday music thread: obscure or little-known originals on 23:59 - Dec 22 by Whos_blue



This was co-written by Jane Wiedlin, guitarist of the Go-Go's, and Terry Hall. They had a brief affair when the Go-Go's were supporting the Specials on tour.
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Friday music thread: obscure or little-known originals on 10:53 - Dec 23 with 414 viewsDJR

Friday music thread: obscure or little-known originals on 23:57 - Dec 22 by Whos_blue



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Friday music thread: obscure or little-known originals on 10:56 - Dec 23 with 402 viewsDJR

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Friday music thread: obscure or little-known originals on 11:02 - Dec 23 with 397 viewsDJR

This morphed into Gangsta's Paradise.

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