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    From Bruce@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 25 07:55:08 2023
    Bobby Lewis: “Mumbles Blues” - CHESS 1518; AUGUST 1952


    https://www.spontaneouslunacy.net/bobby-lewis-mumbles-blues-chess-1518/


    YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRKEOtOnItU


    SPONTANEOUS LUNACY VERDICT: 5/10

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  • From Roger Ford@21:1/5 to Bruce on Fri Aug 25 08:33:20 2023
    On Friday, 25 August 2023 at 15:55:09 UTC+1, Bruce wrote:
    Bobby Lewis: “Mumbles Blues” - CHESS 1518; AUGUST 1952


    https://www.spontaneouslunacy.net/bobby-lewis-mumbles-blues-chess-1518/


    YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRKEOtOnItU

    Here's how Bobby couldn't sleep at all last night and mumbled his way thru the 1952 Singles Battle

    PRELIM
    12 Bobby Lewis - Mumbles Blues - Chess 1518
    5 Little Willie Littlefield - Blood Is Redder Than Wine - Federal 12101

    R1
    14 The Clovers - Ting-A-Ling - Atlantic 969
    8 Bobby Lewis - Mumbles Blues - Chess 1518

    And in the later Dynamic Debuts Battle
    PRELIM

    PRELIM
    4 Chris Kenner Grandma’s House – Baton 220 – 1956
    7 Bobby Lewis – Mumbles Blues – Chess 1518 – 1952

    R1
    8 Bobby Lewis – Mumbles Blues – Chess 1518 – 1952
    9 The Six Teens – A Cas ual Look – Flip 315 – 1956

    SPONTANEOUS LUNACY VERDICT: 5/10

    I have all three 1952 versions of "Mumbles Blues" as 7's

    That's the original Bobby Lewis (a high 7). the strikingly similar (but different writer = Bob Astor) Mr Sad Head version and the Lewis cover Paul Bascomb

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