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Mickey Baker was a guitarist and Sylvia Vanterpool was a singer who was also one of his guitar pupils, and they teamed up to make records as Mickey & Sylvia, becoming famous for recording the first hit version of the timeless and much-recorded pop standard InchLove Is StrangeInch, the first of their eight hits together through to 1961. This great-value 59-track 2-CD set comprises most of their A & B sides together on the Rainbow, Groove, Vik, RCA and Willow labels from this era, and the tracks from their InchNew SoundsInch LP for Vik, plus, as a bonus, selected solo singles by Little Sylvia for Jubilee, and duet singles made by Mickey Baker with Kitty Noble as Mickey & Kitty for Atlantic, along with most of the titles from Mickey Baker's solo album for Atlantic InchThe Wildest GuitarInch. It features all their eight career hits in the US pop and R&B charts including the R&B No. 1 and pop No. 11 InchLove Is StrangeInch, and the R&B No. 8 InchThere Oughta Be A LawInch. They were one of the few boy/girl duos to make an impact in the R&B, rock 'n' roll and pop markets during the rock 'n' roll era, and occupy an interesting niche in the history of the genre. This substantial and fairly comprehensive overview of their output during the primary period of the career provides an entertaining showcase for their distinctive style and talents Album Tracks 1. Drive Daddy Drive 2. I Found Somebody to Love 3. A Million Tears 4. Don't Blame My Heart 5. Blue Heaven 6. I'm So Glad 7. Se de Boom Run Dun 8. Forever and a Day 9. Rise, Sally, Rise 10. Where Is My Honey 11. Seems Just Like Yesterday 12. No Good Lover 13. Walkin' in the Rain 14. Love Is Strange 15. I'm Going Home 16. There Oughta Be a Law 17. Dearest 18. Two Shadows on Your Window 19. Love Will Make You Fail School 20. Love Is a Treasure 21. Let's Have a Picnic 22. There'll Be
