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David Allyn: A Swing for Joey

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Marc Myers
Nov 23, 2009
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Last week I came across a rather haunting and brief David Allyn vocal ballad called A Swing for Joey. It runs all of 32 measures, without a repeating chorus or a break for solos. Curious, I did a little research and found that the song was recorded only twice—both times by David. The first recording of the song was for David's 1964 album This Is My Luck…

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