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Life ain’t all rock n’ roll

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For example, let us all now praise Jule Styne, who wrote a song so perfect that it could be performed very differently by different artists. The song is “Make Someone Happy,” sung originally in the 1960 Broadway musical Do Re Mi by John Reardon. In 1964 Jimmy Durante (yes, he sang) released it as a …

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You know one of the band’s songs

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But you probably haven’t heard them cover this. We Five was a pretty short-lived band out of San Francisco whose biggest hit was unquestionably “You Were On My Mind,” a remake of a song composed and sung by Ian and Sylvia on their 1964 album “Northern Journey.” We Five released two wonderful albums and then …

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