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From Dirk Van Damme <dvandamme@wanadoo.be>
Subject Re: Paul
Date Mon, 31 Mar 2003 18:34:17 +0200

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At 31/03/03 17:22, you wrote:
>sorry for my ignorance, but who is Jolson? A Little R alias maybe?
>
> > >On Saturday, he started playing "Baby Face" just before Hey Jude. Too bad
> > it was only 15 seconds or so... I prefer his
> > >version to the Little Richard original, really. He should release it!
> >
> > Oh, sure, he's good...but he's no Jolson!

Here's what I found

Baby Face (Davis, Akst), written in 1926 was recorded by Bing Crosby and Al
Jolson (amongst others) before being covered by Little Richard in
Sep 1958. Richard's version being the influential one here, it's safe to
assume...

Dirk
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'Sometimes Paul would make us do these really fruity songs. I mean, my 
God,  'Maxwell's Silver Hammer' was so fruity.'
GH 1977
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