Soul... Not Jokin' !

 Monsieur Maurice provides you with another excellent Soul compilation to make your days 'groovy' and your nights 'smooth'. 

Tracks

 01 Cowboys To Girls - The Jalynne Sound
02 Mustang Sally - Art Heatlie & His Orchestra
03 I'm Gonna Make You Love Me  - Hozan Yamamoto
04 My Cherie Amour - Alyn Ainsworth
05 I Hear A Symphony - Booker T. & The MG's
06 Only the Strong Survive - The Electric Indian
07 It's Your Thing - The Shock Absorbers
08 Sweet Soul Music - Rob Franken Organ-Ization
09 I Say A Little Prayer For You - Wes Montgomery
10 Just the Two of Us - Walter Wanderley
11 Superstition - Rune Gustafsson
12 Theme From Shaft - Ozu & Nagashiba
13 Shotgun - Mongo Santamaría
14 Soul Makossa  - Orquestra Serenata Tropical
15 Cloud 9 - Pucho & The Latin Soul Brothers
16 Try A Little Tenderness - Dick Hyman
17 When A Man Loves A Woman - Baker Street Philharmonic
18 Can I Get A Witness - Earl Van Dyke & The Soul Brothers
19 Come See About Me - Willie Mitchell
20 (Detroit) Soul Town - It Takes Two - Paul Nero Sounds

Be sure to check out these previous compilations in the MM's Got Soul Series!

Enjoy,

MM

 

MM's Got Soul

MM's Got Soul 2

MM's Got Soul 3

 

Allons-Y au Popcorn !

Another Popcorn compilation, but this time in French..

So, let's Tut Tut Tut, Di-Gue-Ding-Ding and Cliqueti-Clac together!

 

Tracks

01 Nancy Holloway - Tu N'es Pas Venu
02 Sylvain - Si Tu Viens Plus Près De Moi
03 Cassius Simon - Tabou
04 Gelou - Baby, It’s You
05 Sylvie Vartan - La Plus Belle Pour Aller Danser
06 Franck Pourcel - Chariot
07 Richard Anthony - Cliqueti-Clac
08 Claude Nougaro - Les Don Juan
09 Gabriel Dalar - 39 De Fièvre
10 Gillian Hills - Tut Tut Tut Tut
11 Michelle - Viens Petite Fille
12 Michel Legrand - Di Gue Ding Ding
13 Jimmy Frey - Si Jamais Tu M'abandonnais
14 Frankie Jordan - Elle Est Passée
15 Marianne Mille - Ne Plus Penser A Toi
16 Lucky Blondo - Comment L'oublier
17 Les Surfs - A Présent Tu Peux T'en Aller
18 Burt Blanca - Tout En Fume
19 Donna Hightower - C'est Toi Mon Idole
20 Frankie Jordan - Marche Tout Droit
21 Oscar Saintal - En Blue Jeans Et Blouson De Cuir
22 Tiny Yong - Le Sauvage
23 Les Babs - Dans La Nuit
24 Michel Colombier - Je Naurais Pas Du Faire Ça
25 Chouchou - Ma Moto  

For more Popcorn grooves, be sure to check these ones out !

MM's Popcorn Party V1

MM's Popcorn Party V2

 

Enjoy!

MM

P.S. : The Archive will be closed for Spring Cleaning till further notice.
 

The Beat Goes On...

 MM Digs the music, created by and / or made famous by Sonny Bono and Cher. As a duo, but also in their solo endeavours. 

Tracks

01 Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) - Petula Clark
02 Gypsys, Tramp & Thieves - Kiyoshi Sugimoto
03 It Might As Well Stay Monday (From Now On)- The Red Birds
04 Last Night I Didn’t Get To Sleep At All - Frances Yip
05 Sing C'est La Vie - Glenda Collins
06 A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done - Terry Baxter & His Orchestra & Chorus
07 Little Man - James Last
08 Dixie Girl - Barbi Benton
09 Make The Man Love Me - Dusty Springfield
10 Touch And Go - John Rowles
11 Dark Lady - Ronnie Aldrich
12 Half-Breed - Joy Fleming
13 I Got You Babe - Etta James
14 Just You - Betty Wright
15 The Beat Goes On - Les Guitares Du Dimanche
16 Where Do You Go - Terry Knight & the Pack
17 You'd Better Sit Down Kids - Byrdie Green
18 Mama (When My Dollies Have Babies) - Paul Mauriat
19 When You Find Out Where You're Goin' - Bobby Russell
20 Don't Try To Close A Rose - Maureen McGovern
21 Baby Don't Go  - Those Fantabulous Strings

I hope you'll enjoy these fine tunes and if you want to try out some more of these Monsieur Maurice compilations, take a gander in the Archives... They will be closed for inventory and maintenance by the end of the month.

Enjoy,

MM

Let's Pony Walk into 2025...

 A Happy New Year folks!

It's time to try the magical hangover cure compiled by Monsieur Maurice! 

Another popcorn album.

Tracks

01 Wobble Cha - Cool Benny Velarde
02 Ooh Baby - Bo Diddley
03 Cleo's mood - Jr Walker & All Stars
04 Big Hand, Little Hand - Ronnie Savoy
05 Bella Dalena - The Marketts
06 I Feel The Pain - Linda Queen
07 The Cricket - Clarence ‘Gatemouth' Brown
08 Tabasco - Amru Sani
09 A Swinging Safari - Les Brown Jr.
10 Earth Boy - Elvis Presley
11 Timbale Groove - Willie Bobo
12 Sixteen Tons - Stevie Wonder
13 Johnny With The Gentle Hands - Eartha Kitt
14 Pea-Shooter - Donald Austin
15 Crying In The Rain - Major Lance
16 Thunder - The Rebel Rousers
17 Let Love Go By - Jeanette ‘Baby’ Washington
18 Hi Diddle De Diddle - Cathy And Cookie
19 Harlem Nocturne - J.J. Jones
20 Tomorrow Is Another Day - Doris Troy
21 Wherever I Lay My Hat - Marvin Gaye
22 Stand by Me - Little Eva
23 Soda Pop - Bill Doggett & His Combo
24 Tiny Tim - LaVerne Baker
25 Pony Walk - Doc Bagby

So enjoy these cool tunes Belgian Popcorn Style while recovering from the transition from old to new. 

Be sure to check out volume 1 from this series.

MM's Popcorn Party Vol.1

My best wishes to you all, and may 2025 will be a year filled with Love and Peace and Music...

MM

Donner, Blitzen, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen...

 Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer is the star of this year's Annual Annoying Christmas Compilation. 

27 versions of the same song, masterfully arranged in such a way it'll hardly get on your nerves...You'll have to hear it to believe it!

Tracks 

01 Ray Conniff - Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
02 The Three Suns - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
03 Richard Benson & Orchestra - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
04 Fats Domino - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
05 Plas Johnson - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
06 Lena Horne - Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer
07 Ron Goodwin -  Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
08 Tiny Tim - Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
09 Billy May - Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer- Mambo
10 Arthur Lyman - Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
11 Ira Ironstrings - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
12 Jackson 5 -  Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
13 Urbie Green & His All-Stars - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
14 Les Paul, Mary Ford - Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
15 The Jokers - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
16 The Crystals - Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
17 Jimmy McGriff - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
18 Ella Fitzgerald - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
19 Joe Loco Quintet - Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer
20 Hernando Hopkins & His Orchestra - Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer Cha Cha
21 The Cadillacs - Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
22 The Chunk Williams Orchestra -  Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
23 The Spotnicks - Rudolf The Red-Nosed Reindeer
24 Al Hirt - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
25 Bing Crosby - Rudolph The Red - Nosed Reindeer
26 Nobuo Hara and His Sharps & Flats - Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reinder
27 Mrs. Miller - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Take 4)

You can find this gem in the Comment section. 

 

For more Holiday bliss, check out these previous compilations !

 

You can find them for a limited period of time, exclusively in 

THE ARCHIVE

So, from me to you all :

Happy Holidays! And may the future be peacefull, merry and bright for everyone!

MM

Blame it on...

 This time, Monsieur Maurice dances the Bossa Nova. Swing and Sway and move those blues away! The next instalment in the MM Dances... series.

 

Tracks

01 Bossa Nova Cha Cha - Luiz Bonfa
02 C'est Une Bossa Nova - Brigitte Bardot
03 Bossa Nova Guitar - Ole Olafson
04 Bert's Bossa Nova - Bert Kaempfert
05 Bossa Nova Hand Dance - Conny Francis
06 Bossa Nova 1 AM. - Living Jazz
07 I Only Have Eyes For You Bossa Nova - Paul Petersen
08 Bossanova Della Sposa - Roberto Pregadio
09 Blame It On The Bossa Nova - Enoch Light And His Orchestra
10 Mayonaka No Bossa Nova (Midnight Bossa Nova) - Pink Martini & Saori Yuki
11 Jasmin Thema Bossa Nova - Kai Warner
12 Exotique Bossa Nova - Martin Denny
13 Peligro Bossa Nova - Tony Mottola
14 Bossa Beach - Andy Loore
15 Soul Bossanova - Birds 'n Brass
16 Bossa Nova Baby - Tippie & The Clovers
17 Boss Bossa Nova - Bellino
18 Tequila Bossa Nova - The Piltdown Men
19 Fly Me To The Moon Bossa Nova - Billy Mure's Supersonic Guitars
20 Bossa Nova Blues - Doris Troy
21 Oba! - Joe Torres
22 Bossa Nova Ova - Thad Jones And Pepper Adams Quartet
23 Recado Bossa Nova - Enoch Light & The Light Brigade
24 Sole Bossa Nova - Tony Hatch
25 Me Gusta La Bossa Nova - Los 3 Sudamericanos

Enjoy these latin rhythms and keep dancin'

MM

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Welcome to MM’s Popcorn Party

 In the ‘60s and ‘70s, a curious music scene developed in the dancehalls in Belgium. It was a mixture of obscure sixties soul, ska, calypso, chachacha, loungy instrumentals, … All driven by this slow or medium recognizable tempo, ideal for dancing a slow swing. The Belgian Popcorn was born.

Tracks

01 Old Time Love - The Rivingtons
02 Dog (Part 1) - Jimmy McCracklin
03 Baby Please Don't Go - Jo Ann Henderson
04 Besame Mucho -  Damita Jo
05 The Joker - Xavier Cugat
06 Corazon De Melon - Trini Lopez
07 Any Way You Wanta - Harvey
08 Search For Vulcan - Ray Barretto
09 Wondrous Place  - Billy Fury
10 Don't Talk Baby - Joan Malone
11 Fever - Vinnie Bell
12 You Came A Long Way From St. Louis - Merv Griffin
13 For Crying Out Loud - Bunny Sigler
14 It Ain't Necessarily So - Milton Grayson
15 Trinidad - Willie Bobo
16 Ahbe Casabe - Marti Barris
17 Drums In My Heart - Dee Clark
18 Misirlou - Earl Washington
19 Summertime - Billy Stewart
20 It Was A Very Good Year - Della Reese
21 Fannie Mae - The Three Souls
22 It'll Never Be Over For Me - Baby Washington
23 My Nerves  - Little Willie John
24 Venus - Bill Butler 

You find a little booklet included with some information on the Belgian Popcorn Scene. For access to the goodies you need to head to the Comments.

So join in and dance!

MM

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