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50+ Music<p>"(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?" is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/popular" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>popular</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/noveltySong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>noveltySong</span></a> written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BobMerrill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BobMerrill</span></a> and first registered on September 25, 1952, as "The Doggie in the Window". On January 27, 1953, its sheet music was published in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewYork</span></a> as "(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window". The best-known version of the song was <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/theOriginal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theOriginal</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/recorded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recorded</span></a> by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PattiPage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PattiPage</span></a> on December 18, 1952, and released in January 1953 by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MercuryRecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MercuryRecords</span></a> as catalog numbers 70070 (<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/78Rpm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>78Rpm</span></a>). <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgkiwVsvHcY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=rgkiwVsvHcY</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Space Oddity" is a song by the English singer-songwriter <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DavidBowie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidBowie</span></a>. It was first released on 11 July 1969 by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Philips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philips</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MercuryRecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MercuryRecords</span></a> as a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/7inchSingle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>7inchSingle</span></a>, then as the opening track of his second studio album, David Bowie. Produced by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GusDudgeon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GusDudgeon</span></a> and recorded at <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TridentStudios" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TridentStudios</span></a> in London, it is a tale about a fictional astronaut named <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MajorTom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MajorTom</span></a>; its title and subject matter were partly inspired by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/2001ASpaceOdyssey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2001ASpaceOdyssey</span></a> (1968). <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYYRH4apXDo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=iYYRH4apXD</span><span class="invisible">o</span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Hey! Baby" is a song written by Margaret Cobb and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BruceChannel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BruceChannel</span></a>, first recorded at Clifford Herring Studios in Ft. Worth Tx, and recorded by Channel in 1961, first released on LeCam Records, a local Fort Worth, Texas label. After it hit, it was released on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Smash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Smash</span></a> Records for national distribution. Channel co-produced the song with <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MajorBillSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MajorBillSmith</span></a> (owner of LeCam) and released it on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MercuryRecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MercuryRecords</span></a>' Smash label. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNiALFHyLH0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=zNiALFHyLH</span><span class="invisible">0</span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Head over Heels" is a song recorded by British band <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TearsForFears" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TearsForFears</span></a> for their second studio album <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SongsFromTheBigChair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SongsFromTheBigChair</span></a> (1985). The song was released by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MercuryRecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MercuryRecords</span></a>, as the album's fourth single on 14 June in the UK. It was the band's tenth single release in the United Kingdom and eighth top 40 hit in the region, peaking at number 12. In the United States, it was the third single from the album and continued the band's run of hits there. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRogF6vbqsA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=eRogF6vbqs</span><span class="invisible">A</span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Red Roses for a Blue Lady" is a 1948 <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/popular" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>popular</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/song" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>song</span></a> by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SidTepper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SidTepper</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RoyCBennett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoyCBennett</span></a> (alias Roy Brodsky). It has been recorded by a number of performers. Actor-singer John Laurenz (1909–1958) was the first to record the song for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MercuryRecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MercuryRecords</span></a>. It rose to #2 on the weekly “Your Hit Parade” radio survey in the spring of 1949. The original 78rpm single was issued on Mercury 5201 - Red Roses For A Blue Lady (Roy Brodsky-Sid Tepper) by John Laurenz.<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt6WdnrAvpE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=zt6WdnrAvp</span><span class="invisible">E</span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"She Works Hard for the Money" is a song by American singer <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DonnaSummer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonnaSummer</span></a> and the title track from her eleventh studio album of the same name (1983). The song was written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MichaelOmartian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelOmartian</span></a> and Summer, and produced by the former. It was released as the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/leadSingle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leadSingle</span></a> on May 10, 1983 from the album by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MercuryRecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MercuryRecords</span></a>. It became a hit for Summer, reaching number one for a three-week stay atop the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Billboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Billboard</span></a> R&amp;B singles chart (her first since 1979). <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmiKUD_ruYg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=XmiKUD_ruY</span><span class="invisible">g</span></a></p>