"Dance with Me," the Orleans. Forget the fact that they had the WORST album cover ever and, try as they may, the band Rush could never top the Orleans for worst album cover of all time!
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But this is an amazingly melodic tune with harmonies, a harmonica, guitars flowing and it sounds like there's a mandolin in there, too. If it weren't for that album cover, I'd have no problem publicly admitting I like this song. I guess it must've come out when I was in 3rd or 4th grade. Not sure. But I'm going to bet a lot of money that this song was the wedding song for a lot of couples getting married in the 1970s and was probably played in just about every high school auditorium/catering hall during the prom.
Now the first time I heard this song, I was going to see the movie Jaws at a drive-in theatre with my older brother and father. So while I am sure there are scores of lovebirds out there who reminisce about their first kiss or whatever to this song, I'll always think about hiding in the back seat of my dad's blue Dodge Aspen whenever the giant rubber shark would come up for a human snack.
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