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was a landmark recording because it was the first "boogaloo" style album to sell one million records. This happened largely because of another smash composition of
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1954 saw the Joe Panama Sextet as one of
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From the late 1950s and into the early 1960s the Sextet recorded on the Mardi Gras label, constantly increasing their popularity. In 1962, Seeco
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