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418:Starry Night
416:
409:Le Chat Bleu
408:
403:
394:Le Chat Bleu
393:
390:
385:Le Chat Bleu
384:
354:the Drifters
347:
342:Le Chat Bleu
341:
340:wrote about
333:
331:
323:arrangements
293:
289:Le Chat Bleu
288:
285:Phil Spector
261:Jerry Scheff
254:
246:
239:Le Chat Bleu
238:
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220:Le Chat Bleu
219:
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206:Mink DeVille
193:Le Chat Bleu
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168:Le Chat Bleu
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146:Mink DeVille
65:Music Farm,
60:L'Aquarium,
42:Mink DeVille
37:Studio album
22:Le Chat Bleu
1483:1981 albums
1478:1980 albums
1431:Discography
998:Loder, Kurt
983:Dirty Linen
859:photography
857:Jean Luc –
819:engineering
423:avant-garde
300:Cajun music
263:(bass) and
1472:Categories
1182:August 11,
1147:Smash Hits
1119:August 16,
1067:August 16,
889:magazine.
874:References
828:production
812:Production
604:Smash Hits
590:Smash Hits
509:belong to
450:Edith Piaf
446:washboards
430:Kurt Loder
413:accordions
148:chronology
1037:March 14,
833:Joel Dorn
772:accordion
742:saxophone
719:Personnel
709:Avon Long
694:Queen Ida
675:Doc Pomus
607:in 1980,
501:Cover art
495:Queen Ida
428:Reported
362:punk rock
327:Joel Dorn
296:Doc Pomus
234:Recording
1088:(1990).
1062:AllMusic
961:(2012).
939:(2007).
802:Ron Tutt
749:– guitar
711:) – 2:47
677:) – 2:59
541:AllMusic
454:Atlantic
370:new wave
265:Ron Tutt
130:Producer
67:New York
57:Recorded
49:Released
39: by
701:Bad Boy
617:greaser
381:chanson
374:Capitol
308:Bad Boy
304:cabaret
279:member
200:by the
181:(1981)
172:(1980)
163:(1978)
123:Capitol
95:cabaret
1110:
837:mixing
785:string
733:vocals
729:guitar
535:Rating
532:Source
491:zydeco
372:band,
366:Bowery
358:Gallic
320:string
101:Length
806:drums
768:piano
511:Toots
243:Paris
204:band
198:album
118:Label
91:Latin
83:Cajun
74:Genre
62:Paris
1184:2009
1121:2009
1108:ISBN
1069:2009
1039:2008
797:bass
633:punk
625:coke
595:7/10
202:rock
87:soul
79:Rock
52:1980
1144:".
1004:".
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478:EMI
471:On
432:of
364:'s
332:In
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