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"I Almost Lost My Mind" is a #popular song written by #IvoryJoeHunter and published in 1950. Hunter's recording of the song was a number one hit on the US #Billboard #RAndBSinglesChart in that year. Hunter recorded the #12barBlues style song on October 1, 1949, and became a #rhythmAndBlues hit and a #popStandard. Hunter's record sold one million copies by 1956. The best selling version of the song was a #coverVersion by #PatBoone.
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"Red Red Wine" is a song originally written, performed and recorded by American singer #NeilDiamond in 1967 that appears on his second studio album, #JustForYou. The lyrics are written from the perspective of a person who finds that drinking #redWine is the only way to forget his woes. #UB40 recorded a #coverVersion in 1983 for their album #LabourOfLove that went to No. 1 in the UK and was moderately successful in the United States. It was rereleased in 1988.
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"I Can Hear Music" is a song written by #JeffBarry, #EllieGreenwich and #PhilSpector for American #girlGroup #theRonettes (credited as The Ronettes Featuring Veronica) in 1966. This version spent one week on the #Billboard Pop chart at number 100. In early 1969, #theBeachBoys released a #coverVersion as a #single from their album 20/20 (1969), peaking at number 24 in the US. #CashBox said that "Ronnie sings a strong lead throughout the teen-oriented.
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Here's an odd one - a Japanese ska-punk cover of another J-ska cover of Strawberry Switchblade's Since Yesterday. Potshot did a version in 1997 & this one by Free Kick came out on a Potshot tribute EP in 2014. Limited edition Japanese release on coloured vinyl!

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"One" is a song by American singer-songwriter #HarryNilsson from his 1968 album #AerialBallet. It is known for its #openingLine "One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do". Nilsson wrote the song after calling someone and getting a #busySignal. He stayed on the line listening to the "beep, beep, beep, beep..." tone, writing the song. The busy signal became the opening notes. A better-known #coverVersion, recorded by #ThreeDogNight.
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"Daydreamer" is a song by the American singer #DavidCassidy. Written by #TerryDempsey and produced by Rick Jarrard, "Daydreamer" was Cassidy's second and final No.1 single in the #UKSinglesChart, spending three weeks at the top of the chart in October and November 1973. The song was a #doubleASide with a #coverVersion of #HarryNilsson's "#ThePuppySong". The single was the 10th best selling single in the UK in 1973.
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