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Freddy Cannon:
Boom Boom Rock 'n' Roll: The Best of Freddy Cannon (Shout Factory)


Steven R Rosen, blurt-online.com, 22 February 2009

HERE'S THE MOST amazing music-trivia factoid in a long time, courtesy of the liner notes to Boom Boom 24-song greatest-hits collection: Mick Jagger acknowledges he based 'Brown Sugar''s melody on Freddy Cannon's 1959 hit, 'Tallahassee Lassie'. Gentleman, start your mash-ups now!

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