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The Left Banke were a late 1960's band from New York with a unique sound. Critics labeled them "baroque-pop" due to the classical influences in their music. Besides three songs that hit the Billboard charts, "Walk Away Renee," "Pretty Ballerina," and "Desiree," the group left behind a legacy of music that influenced notable musicans ranging from Leonard Bernstein to Alice Cooper.

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Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina Left Banke Too Various Sessions

»The History Of The Left Banke

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Walk Away Renee Michael Brown Tom Finn Rick Brand Alan Merrill

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KYA BEAT Oct 1966 KYA BEAT Nov 1966 KBTR/71 1966 Teen Screen 1967 LP Liner Notes 1967 Teen Set 1967 Song Hits 1967 Hit Parader 1967 Teen's Top 1967 Teen Screen 1968 GO 1968 Hit Parader 1969 Mojo 2002 Big Takeover 2003

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"Live" Videos Machinima Videos Machinima Videos 2 Leftbankeisms v1 Leftbankeisms v2 Dress Rehearsal Strangers On A Train Steve Martin Caro - Summer Song Jeff Winfield - The Switch The Michael Brown Story Bob Brainen's Playlist

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»WFMU - Bob Brainen's Playlist

On January 18, 2003, WFMU's Bob Brainen had Michael Brown and Tom Finn as special guests on his radio show. Many thanks to WFMU and Bob Brainen for allowing the show to be hosted on leftbanke.nu. If you use any parts of it for a podcast or other media, please credit us. I have made cover art that is printable and can be used in a CD jewel case. They are huge .tif files, made in CMYK format so I am offering them along with .jpg copies in a .zip file to save bandwidth. They will seem to be gigantic, but they need to be large in order to print properly. You can use a free program like coverxp to get them the right size for your jewel case. You will need a program like Winrar or 7-Zip to download these files. They will take a few minutes to download depending on your internet connection.

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»The Playlist

Hank Levine and his Orchestra: Image, Part One Bee Gees: Horizontal Bee Gees: I Close My Eyes Blues Project: Violets of Dawn Utopia: There Goes My Inspiration Steven Noonan: Buy For Me The Rain Steve Martin: Two by Two Giles Gilles and Fripp w/ McDonald and Dyble: I Talk To The Wind Adam Mike and Tim: Little Picture Byrds: Bells Rhymney (out-take) Harry Lookofsky: I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart Sarita Heredia: Allegrias Rosas Left Banke: Pretty Ballerina (mono) Bee Gees: Coke Commercial #1 Church: Metropolis Left Banke: Myrah Beckies: One Of These Days Stories: Love Is In Motion Left Banke: She May Call You Up Tonight Montage: Men Are Building Sand Left Banke: Barterers and Their Wives Left Banke: Desiree Montage: She's Alone Left Banke: Walk Away Renee Montage: I Shall Call Her Mary Left Banke: Pretty Ballerina Left Banke: Lorraine Steve Martin: Love Songs In The Night Left Banke: I've Got Something On My Mind Beach Boys: Just Once In My Life There is also a more detailed playlist in the WFMU archives.