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    The (Black) Father of 50s/60s Fetish Art (plus doo wop singer)

    You might of heard the Etta James or Patti LaBelle versions, but Eugene Bilbrew (1923-1974) sung this first, as a member of the Basin Street Boys Eugene Bilbrew gave up singing and became a comic book artist, his first job was with the father of the graphic novel, Will Eisner (no relation)...
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    Anyone hear about Johnnie Ray? (cac singer from the 50s)

    I was going through a box of records I got and there was this single (side b): I looked the guy up, turns out he was a deaf farm boy from Oregon who moved to Detroit to sing and play piano (he got a hearing aid), On top of that, he was everything cacs want you to think Elvis was: He openly...
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