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factory. This employment, which Ross held for the rest of his life, afforded him a comfortable middle-class lifestyle. In 1958, Ross recorded "Industrial Boogie," a Flint-centric take on "
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Doctor Boogie is basically a Doctor Ross song called 'Boogie
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862:. The Associated Press. February 18, 1997. p. B5.
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939:"Isaiah "Doc" Ross... The Harmonica Boss Scholarship"
558:"Industrial Boogie" / "Thirty-Two Twenty" (DIR, 1958)
555:"The Boogie Disease" / "Juke Box Boogie" (Sun, 1954)
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564:"Cat Squirrel" / "The Sunnyland" (Fortune, 1961)
336:. Ross regularly played parties and appeared on
567:"Cannonball" / "Numbers Blues" (Fortune, 1963)
395:played with foot pedals, and harmonica with a
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858:"She's Out to Keep the Blues Alive".
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612:References
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