Old music: The Cookies – I Want A Boy For My Birthday

There are countless songs that long for that first taste of love – but few nail it as perfectly as the Cookies did in 1963I love buying albums for the sleeve alone so I knew I was onto a winner when I first laid eyes upon a Cookies compilation. I later discovered that I'd already heard much of their music on various 60s soul comps but seeing them on a sleeve together in all their gawky glory ... well, you could tell they were the real deal without having to hear a note. If there's a sense that...

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