On Wednesday, 23 August 2023 at 15:11:08 UTC+1, Bruce wrote:
Varetta Dillard: “Them There Eyes” - SAVOY 859; AUGUST 1952
https://www.spontaneouslunacy.net/varetta-dillard-them-there-eyes-savoy-859/
YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LntXoVb-tw0
Never in the yearly battle but Varetta did feature with this one in Bruce's Obscure contest in March 2019
Here's how she did in the Preliminary Round - Group 4
FINAL RANKINGS
1. Them There Eyes - Varetta Dillard - 32
2. I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None of My Love - Brenda Lee & Vocaltones - 31 3. Cool Off Baby - Billy Barrix - 25
4. Levee Blues - Johnnie Lee Wills (Leon Huff) - 22 - ELIMINATED
And in Round 1 - Group 6
Come Back To Me - Clicks- 35
Do Right Baby - Billy Gayles - 33
Midnight Blues - The Town Three feat. Wes Voight - 24
Them There Eyes - Varetta Dillard - 18
SPONTANEOUS LUNACY VERDICT: 8/10
Another of those songs I don't care for much in most versions but Varetta has a moderate outing with it--a 6 for me
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