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Iowa singers, bands and musicians.

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Algona’s Merrill Moore was a boogie woogie rockabilly piano pounder much like Jerry Lee Lewis however Moore recorded before the Ol Killer. He never got his dream job to be Bob Wills’ piano player so he went to Hollywood to back Tennessee Ernie Ford and others on television.

Forgotten in Iowa and America, Moore was treated like a conquering hero when he played rockabilly festivals in Europe.

 
Des Moines born Pookie Hudson was the leader of the Spaniels, famous for ‘Goodnight Sweetheart Goodnight’.

 
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