Album Title: The Mysteries Of Misirlou
Artist(s): Various Artists
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Genre(s)/Style(s): Exotica, Other
Track Listing:
- Michalis Batrinos – Mousourlou (cir. 1930)
- Danai – Misirlou (cir. 1947)
- Seymour Rexite – Miserlou (cir. 1950)
- Rabbi Abulafia – Misirlou (cir. 1951)
- The Cardinals – Misirlou (1955)
- Korla Pandit – Misirlou (1958)
- Enoch Light – Misirlou (1959)
- Martin Denny – Misirlou (1960)
- Dick Dale – Tribal Thunder (1993)
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Liner, Listening & Album Notes:
A compilation and history of the song “Misirlou” by the author Sluggo of the Dinosaur Gardens website. An excellent read and a compelling collection of renditions of this famous song. Read the article here.
Update: as of 2024, the Dinosaur Gardens website seems to be offline/gone. Thankfully, the ever-valuable Archive.org maintains a copy of the Dinosaur Gardens writings on Miserlou here.
Additional reading: The Financial Times’ Pete Aspden covered a bit of the history of “Misirlou” as part of the “Life of a Song” series in 2015.
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