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  • REVIEW - Little Esther - "Mainliner" - FEDERAL 12100; OCTOBER 1952

    From Roger Ford@21:1/5 to All on Fri Nov 3 12:57:41 2023
    (Filling in for Bruce)

    Little Esther - "Mainliner" - FEDERAL 12100;OCTOBER 1952

    https://www.spontaneouslunacy.net/little-esther-mainliner-federal-12100/

    YOU TUBE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdwjLD2ivf8

    My favorite side of an excellent double sider--here's how Esther & the boys rode them rails in the 1952 Singles Battle

    PRELIM
    10 Little Esther & The Robins - Mainliner - Federal 12100
    9 Percy Mayfield - The Big Question - Specialty 425

    R1
    6 Les Paul - Meet Mister Callaghan - Capitol 2193
    18 Little Esther & The Robins - Mainliner - Federal 12100

    R2
    6 Jo Stafford - Keep It A Secret - Columbia 39891
    15 Little Esther & The Robins - Mainliner - Federal 12100

    R3
    12 Todd Rhodes - Rocket Sixty-Nine - King 4528
    10 Little Esther & The Robins - Mainliner - Federal 12100

    And in the later Fabulous Femmes Battle

    R1
    1 Patti Page -- Mister And Mississippi -- Mercury 5645 -- 1951
    9 Little Esther & The Robins -- Mainliner -- Federal 12100 -- 1952

    R2
    5 Little Esther & The Robins -- Mainliner -- Federal 12100 -- 1952
    9 Dionne Warwick -- Don't Make Me Over -- Scepter 1239 -- 1962

    And the later still Leiber & Stoller Battle

    R1
    14 The Coasters – Along Came Jones – Atco 6141 – 1959
    6 Little Esther -- Mainliner -- Federal 12100 -- 1952

    SPONTANEOUS LUNACY VERDICT: 8/10

    Samp's grading is a bit more of target here---I rate it a 9.

    One of her very best!!

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to Roger Ford on Fri Nov 3 13:27:01 2023
    On Friday, November 3, 2023 at 3:57:43 PM UTC-4, Roger Ford wrote:

    R1
    6 Les Paul - Meet Mister Callaghan - Capitol 2193
    18 Little Esther & The Robins - Mainliner - Federal 12100

    Rick, can we find out who these 6 jadrools were who voted for fucking Callighan?

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  • From Roger Ford@21:1/5 to Bruce on Fri Nov 3 13:45:13 2023
    On Friday, 3 November 2023 at 20:27:02 UTC, Bruce wrote:
    On Friday, November 3, 2023 at 3:57:43 PM UTC-4, Roger Ford wrote:

    R1
    6 Les Paul - Meet Mister Callaghan - Capitol 2193
    18 Little Esther & The Robins - Mainliner - Federal 12100
    Rick, can we find out who these 6 jadrools were who voted for fucking Callighan?

    LOL!! I'm not one of the secret Six but I confess to a certain liking for the "Meet Mister Callaghan" melody that has stayed with me since childhood. I occasionally find myself humming the thing. From memory it was from a 1952 play that ran for a while
    on the London stage then got turned into a not-too-bad little detective movie in 1954.

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  • From Bill B@21:1/5 to Roger Ford on Sat Nov 4 02:59:25 2023
    On Friday, November 3, 2023 at 3:57:43 PM UTC-4, Roger Ford wrote:
    (Filling in for Bruce)

    Little Esther - "Mainliner" - FEDERAL 12100;OCTOBER 1952

    https://www.spontaneouslunacy.net/little-esther-mainliner-federal-12100/


    Knowing Little Esther's history, I thought this song was about heroin.

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  • From Roger Ford@21:1/5 to Bruce on Sat Nov 4 04:48:52 2023
    On Friday, 3 November 2023 at 20:27:02 UTC, Bruce wrote:
    On Friday, November 3, 2023 at 3:57:43 PM UTC-4, Roger Ford wrote:

    R1
    6 Les Paul - Meet Mister Callaghan - Capitol 2193
    18 Little Esther & The Robins - Mainliner - Federal 12100

    Rick, can we find out who these 6 jadrools were who voted for fucking Callighan?

    I thought I knew most American slang but "jadrool" is a new one on me

    I had to look it up - (slang, US, Italian American) A loser; a bum.

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to Roger Ford on Sat Nov 4 08:28:10 2023
    On Saturday, November 4, 2023 at 7:48:54 AM UTC-4, Roger Ford wrote:
    On Friday, 3 November 2023 at 20:27:02 UTC, Bruce wrote:
    On Friday, November 3, 2023 at 3:57:43 PM UTC-4, Roger Ford wrote:

    R1
    6 Les Paul - Meet Mister Callaghan - Capitol 2193
    18 Little Esther & The Robins - Mainliner - Federal 12100

    Rick, can we find out who these 6 jadrools were who voted for fucking Callighan?
    I thought I knew most American slang but "jadrool" is a new one on me

    I had to look it up - (slang, US, Italian American) A loser; a bum.

    jadrool was used in the Sopranos at some point.

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to Bill B on Sat Nov 4 08:43:33 2023
    On Saturday, November 4, 2023 at 5:59:26 AM UTC-4, Bill B wrote:
    On Friday, November 3, 2023 at 3:57:43 PM UTC-4, Roger Ford wrote:
    (Filling in for Bruce)

    Little Esther - "Mainliner" - FEDERAL 12100;OCTOBER 1952

    https://www.spontaneouslunacy.net/little-esther-mainliner-federal-12100/
    Knowing Little Esther's history, I thought this song was about heroin.

    A - She didn't write the song.

    B - I thought you listened intently to lyrics.

    I think the heroin did not start until a little after this point. She was only 16 at this time. I'd say sometime in 1953 since in the latter part of 1954 she went to to stay with her father and recuperate.

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  • From Bill B@21:1/5 to Bruce on Sat Nov 4 12:26:28 2023
    On Saturday, November 4, 2023 at 11:43:34 AM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
    On Saturday, November 4, 2023 at 5:59:26 AM UTC-4, Bill B wrote:
    On Friday, November 3, 2023 at 3:57:43 PM UTC-4, Roger Ford wrote:
    (Filling in for Bruce)

    Little Esther - "Mainliner" - FEDERAL 12100;OCTOBER 1952

    https://www.spontaneouslunacy.net/little-esther-mainliner-federal-12100/
    Knowing Little Esther's history, I thought this song was about heroin.
    A - She didn't write the song.

    B - I thought you listened intently to lyrics.

    I think the heroin did not start until a little after this point. She was only 16 at this time. I'd say sometime in 1953 since in the latter part of 1954 she went to to stay with her father and recuperate.

    I never had heard the record.

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  • From Rick Schubert@21:1/5 to Bruce on Sun Nov 5 13:16:31 2023
    On Fri, 3 Nov 2023 13:27:01 -0700 (PDT), Bruce <SavoyBG@aol.com> wrote:

    On Friday, November 3, 2023 at 3:57:43=E2=80=AFPM UTC-4, Roger Ford wrote:

    R1=20
    6 Les Paul - Meet Mister Callaghan - Capitol 2193=20
    18 Little Esther & The Robins - Mainliner - Federal 12100=20

    Rick, can we find out who these 6 jadrools were

    Jimbo
    Jack G
    Randy Price
    Jeff Chase
    F.R.
    Sid

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