Fairytale of New York - the Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jbdgZidu8 In the final (and sixtieth) episode of the tv serial "The Wire", off duty policemen gather in...
A Great Big Sled - the Killers featuring Toni Halliday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-nse84xIpE Vegas band the Killers released a Christmas single every December from 2006 to 2015 (ten in...
Silent Night - Tiny Tim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPprRVvl2vQ Tiny Tim was an extraordinary collector and performer of all kinds of songs from folk ballads...
Little Star - the Elegants
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8F4vdF-bJc Following on from the post three days ago, here is the only hit of Italian New York doo-wop...
Dion Week No 9: Love Came to Me - Dion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XktLJ0FJC9Q Several Stylus followers have asked for more Dion, but we can always go back there in the...
Dion Week No 8: If I Should Fall Behind - Dion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBGO_OBp9y8 It's been a long week, and we're running over. But it's been worth it. And if you think Dion...
Dion Week No 7: Written on the Subway Wall / Little Star - Dion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o6M7QNk12g Dion had worked with Paul Simon before, initially on his 1989 album, "Yo Frankie". The album...
Dion Week No 6: Song for Sam Cooke (Here In America)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpbiIjN0Fp8 Because he was sometimes on the same bill as Sam Cooke, Dion became good friends with the...
Dion Week No 5: Every Day (That I'm with You)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHee9U5qREM Dion finally spoked publicly about the tragic Winter Dance Party tour (see last post) in...
Dion Week No 4: Daddy Rollin' (in your Arms) - Dion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rmt30n2CNfc Unlike many sixties rock luminaries that came from New York, Dion DiMucci came from a poor...
