...and this recently rediscovered sleeper "Bang Bang," used in the film Kill Bill from the album "How Does That Grab You":
She has many more great songs from this period that can be found on awesome little 45's for very cheap (one of my favorite spots in San Francisco again is Rooky Ricardos located on Haight and Fillmore, he has boxes of them).
Most of these songs were written by a very odd vocalist by the name of Lee Hazelwood...
...(who's demo version of "Boots" is quite odd) and arranged by an almost avant-garde Country guitarist by the name of (go figure) Billy Strange.
The music is pure 60's pop with Rebel Country tinges, spots of Psychedelia (harpsichords etc...) melancholic lyrics, breezy arrangements.. and it simply sounds really really good.
Here's another one of my favorites:
The lyrics to this one really have, dare I say, an existentialist view to them, at least they're a bit outsider-ish: "I never had a dog that like me some, never had a friend or wanted one, so I just lay back and laugh at the sun..." Weird sentiments to sandwich inbetween harpsichords and sing-song choruses. It was the 60's however, who knows what was in the water.
Here's a couple of gifts:
Click to download "Sugar Town" 
Click to download "Coastin'"
Enjoy... word.
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