Old music: Little Anthony and the Imperials - Goin' Out of My Head

Scores of artists have covered this song, but none can match the vulnerability and grandeur of the 1964 originalI first heard of Little Anthony and the Imperials via Tom Waits, who namechecked them on Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis, a witty but maudlin lounge ballad typical of Waits's pre-Swordfishtrombones low-life schtick. The character in the song has endured tragedy and heartbreak, but lived to tell the tale. By contrast, the narrators of Little Anthony and the Imperials' songs ...

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