Kisses Sweeter than Wine

...1965, SpaghettiOs were introduced on television by pop singer Jimmie Rodgers , who had hits in the 1950s with such songs "Honeycomb ", "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine", "Oh-Oh, I'm Falling In Love Again", "Secretly", and others: The neat new...

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"Kisses Sweeter than Wine" is a popular love song written by The Weavers in 1950, and a hit for Jimmie Rodgers in 1957 and Frankie Vaughan in 1958 . In his 1993 book Where Have All The Flowers Gone, Pete Seeger described the long genesis...

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...in the vein of 1960s psychedelic rock, although they also covered occasional oddities like "Bedazzled" by Dudley Moore. They made "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" by The Weavers and "You Don't Love Me Yet" by Roky Erickson into virtual...

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...had learned from The Weavers, adding his own lyrical twists to them, "Wasn't That a Time", "Follow the Drinking Gourd", "Santy Anno", and "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine." "Santy Anno" had been planned for a solo project entitled On the Threshold of...

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...a solo exhibition at Cordier & Ekstrom Inc., New York. In 1965 he joined the Sidney Janis Gallery . In 1966 his work Performance of Kisses Sweeter Than Wine was included in 9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering, organized by Experiments in Art...

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...wrote songs for various artists such as Valerie Carr and produced major hits for Jimmie Rodgers including "Honeycomb " (Billboard # 1 ) and "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine " (Billboard # 3), and "Oh-Oh, I'm Falling in Love Again" and "Secretly".

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...besides Pete, and to allow the long list of musicians to get on stage. While Seeger has written hundreds of songs, including "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine," "If I Had a Hammer" and "Turn, Turn, Turn," at this show, he stepped to the mike...

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...the mundane, stupid Pete Seeger songs, except 'We Shall Overcome.' I love that song. We do four or five Pete Seeger songs, including 'Kisses Sweeter Than Wine,' which I think is one of the most beautiful love ballads ever. "I was worried he...

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...Rodgers' three biggest singles: "Honeycomb," the similarly syrupy "Oh-Oh, I'm Falling In Love Again," and the far moodier and even morbid "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine. " I found a Best Of Jimmie Rodgers LP in the bin at Wax Trax one day and...

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...how good 5,000 people can sound." With the Weavers, topped the charts with hits such as "Goodnight Irene," "On Top of Old Smokey," "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" Called before the House Un-American Activities Committee; cited on several...

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