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From the Record Shelves #325 - I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister KateFrom the Record Shelves #325 – I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate – Here’s a tune that can be and has been interpreted in many ways, especially before the revival. The early ”fives” and the Georgians had their versions, and Clarence Willams provided a more bluesy approach (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #189 - I Wonder What’s Become of Joe?From the Record Shelves #189 – I Wonder What’s Become of Joe? – This is happy music. First of all, the aim is to entertain and make people dance. Secondly, it’s made during the Roaring Twenties (1926) when many young people in the US had a good time. Then, thirdly (…) read more and listenread more and listen