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This is from The Ed Sullivan Show for December 7, 1969…a couple of tunes from the singing duo of Sandler and Young, who had a tendency to turn popular songs into versions that their composers never imagined. If he was watching, Paul Simon was probably cringing at the second of their two numbers but I kinda liked them.

I saw them live in the early eighties at the old Sahara Hotel in Reno fronting "The Penthouse Pet Revue" — a show which featured a number of ladies who had allegedly appeared in Penthouse magazine walking (not dancing, just walking) around the stage in minimal apparel. In Reno then, that's what passed for entertainment…