June 3, 2016

257 The 5 Royales “Dedicated to the One I Love” 1957

“’Dedicated to the One I love,’ despite getting a lot of attention, never made it to the charts until the Shirelles version in 1959. Besides being a great song, it has two other notable factors--Lowman Pauling was playing one of the first Gibson Les Paul guitars, and the recording prominently features an electric bass--hardly a common instrument in 1957” (Ed Ward, Fresh Air NPR, 8/18/2014). 

The 5 Royales “Dedicated to the One I Love”

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