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ALL BUT FORGOTTEN OLDIES FEBRUARY SONGS COLLECTION

Below is our list of February holiday oldies on CD. These songs include Presidents' Day, Age Of Aquarius, and Valentine's Day oldies.

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1958

Leave Me Alone (Let Me Cry) Dicky Doo And The Don'ts
(Melody is based on the "Battle Hymn Of The Republic.")

1959

Battle Hymn Of The Republic The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
(Written in 1862. Also performed by Andy Williams (1968). Several other versions of this song with the same melody but with different words also charted, including "Ballad Of Two Brothers" by Autry Inman (1968), "Leave Me Alone (Let Me Cry)" by Dicky Doo And The Don'ts (1958), and "Young Abe Lincoln" by Don Cornell (1955) and Hugo & Luigi (1955).)

1961

Cupid Sam Cooke
(Also performed by Johnny Rivers (1965), Johnny Nash (1970), Tony Orlando And Dawn (1976), and The Spinners as a medley (1980).)

1962

Happy Birthday, Mr. President Marilyn Monroe
(This jaw-dropping number was performed on May 19, 1962 at a Democratic Party fundraiser held at Madison Square Garden. That gala evening was also a celebration of John F. Kennedy's 45th birthday. President Kennedy thanked Marilyn by saying "I can now retire from politics after having had Happy Birthday sung to me in such a sweet, wholesome way.")

1965

Cupid Johnny Rivers
(Also performed by Sam Cooke (1961), Johnny Nash (1970), Tony Orlando And Dawn (1976), and The Spinners as a medley (1980).)

1968

Abraham, Martin And John Dion
(Famous tribute song to Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, and John and Robert Kennedy. Also recorded by Smokey Robinson And The Miracles (1969), Moms Mabley (1969), and Tom Clay as a medley (1971).)
Battle Hymn Of The Republic Andy Williams
(Eulogy to Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Also performed by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir (1959).)
Snoopy For President The Royal Guardsmen

1969

1970

5-10-15-20 (25-30 Years Of Love) The Presidents
Cupid Johnny Nash
(A more reggae-styled version of this oldies classic. Also performed by Sam Cooke (1961), Johnny Rivers (1965), Tony Orlando And Dawn (1976), and The Spinners as a medley (1980).)

1974

1976