1927
LOUIS ARMSTRONG (AND HIS HOT FIVE) – I’M NOT ROUGH:
Recording Date 10th December 1927 in Chicago, Illinois. Record company Okeh (8551). Covered by The J.Geils Band on their 1977 LP ‘Monkey Island’.
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1965
THE CONTOURS – FIRST I LOOK AT THE PURSE:
Motown Records (#12 R&B charts / #57 pop charts). Covered by The J.Geils Band on their 1971 LP ‘The J.Geils Band’.
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1967
HARVEY SCALES & THE SEVEN SOUNDS – LOVE-ITIS:
Covered by The J.Geils Band on their 1975 LP ‘Hotline’.
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1967
EDDIE FLOYD – RAISE YOUR HAND:
Stax 208 (#16 R&B charts / #79 pop charts). Covered by The J.Geils Band on their 1976 LP ‘Blow Your Face Out’, and on the 1970 live bootleg ‘It Ain’t What you do (It’s How You Do It)’.
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