
mp3: Bobby Day - Teenage Philosopher Teenage Philosopher was released in 1960, two years after Bobby Day's breakout smash, Rockin' Robin. Both tunes were written by Leon René, who set up two LA based labels I'm very fond of, Rendezvous and Class. Unfortunately, the length of time since René was himself a teenager (about 50 years) is glaringly obvious in the lyrics of today's selection. I can't imagine the condescending "beware beware beware" tone resonating with the youth of any era. Still, like Rockin' Robin, Teenage Philosopher has a swinging Earl Palmer rock'n'roll [...]
On the morning of June 13th , I received a call from my 75 year old dad saying he thought he was having a stroke. After I hung up and proceeded to call 911 (since he didn't), the paramedics came, rushed him to the hospital and sure enough, he unbeknownst to us, had suffered from his 3rd stroke. The good news is, he has no lasting effects from any of the strokes, however, his heart is not functioning to its full capacity and further treatment will be necessary. During his recovery, I spent the first 2 [...]

mp3: Bobby Day - Little Bitty Pretty One I've been buying a lot of records with this colour label recently. I guess I would describe it as maroon or perhaps burgundy. Modern, Aladdin, Rendezvous and Class all use it, and they were all also based in LA. Apart from Rendezvous and Class, I'm not sure what the connection was, or if there even was one. Maybe it was just the fashion of the time, it is an attractive tone after all. Little Bitty Pretty One was written by Bobby Day and released in [...]

Welcome to the second installment of our playlist release series: Haters Gonna Hate. Here at New England Royalty we work hard to gather the best music out there, so we figured that we might as well make some playlists for you while we're at it. In Vol. II we've compiled all of December's greatest hits to create the ultimate soundtrack for your upcoming eggnog fueled festivities. If you like what you hear, all of the tracks are available on the site. Enjoy.
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The nomination process for the 2009 Bloggie Awards has begun and you have until Monday January 12th at 10pm (EST) to nominate your favorite sites for a Bloggie. I've just completed the nomination form myself and I've put together a swell little mix to accompany the selections I made. Check it out below: it doesn't include every site I nominated, but it does have songs to go along with quite a few of the blogs I picked. Who knows, maybe you'll discover a new site or song here that you'll end up loving forever and ever...? [...]