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David Perlmutter's avatar

He's very underappreciated. Rhino put out an anthology of him, and he has at least one greatest hits collection out, but, other than that, not much talk. But he did end up getting a Record of the Year Grammy as a producer when "Up, Up And Away" got it in 1967.

His 70s stuff is interesting. "Summer Rain" is an enchanting ballad, and he also had a hit with a revival of "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu".

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Robert C. Gilbert's avatar

I'm far less familiar with his 70s stuff but remember very well his version of 'Rockin' Pneumonia...' and have that on 45.

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