{"id":358,"date":"2010-01-22T13:37:24","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T17:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF\/?p=358"},"modified":"2010-01-22T13:37:24","modified_gmt":"2010-01-22T17:37:24","slug":"12210-the-jo-ann-cat-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF\/2010\/01\/22\/12210-the-jo-ann-cat-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"1\/22\/10 &#8211; The &#8220;Jo-Ann&#8221; Cat Fight!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8220;Jo-Ann&#8221;<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Twin-Tones\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/38\/101791433_dcb07c1a4f_m.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"179\" height=\"176\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"The Playmates\" src=\"http:\/\/static.rateyourmusic.com\/album_images\/2a1fbc394ba93b977d193b4200256d04\/101000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.rateyourmusic.com\/album_images\/2a1fbc394ba93b977d193b4200256d04\/101000.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Playmates.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-361\" title=\"Playmates\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Playmates.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"173\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2010\/01\/Playmates.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2010\/01\/Playmates-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 173px) 100vw, 173px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>This week, two groups will fight it out over a girl, &#8220;Jo-Ann&#8221;.\u00a0 The Twin-Tones were real twins (Jim &amp; John Cunningham) and they even performed &#8220;Jo-Ann&#8221; on &#8220;American Bandstand&#8221; at the end of 1957.\u00a0 The song didn&#8217;t go anywhere until early 1958, when 3 guys from Waterbury, CT cut the tune for Roulette Records.\u00a0 The Playmates would go on to hit #19 with their &#8220;Jo-Ann&#8221;, BUT which version is better?\u00a0 Listen to the podcast, decide for yourself and VOTE!\u00a0 Also, Sam Cooke was born on this day in 1931, so Sam makes it on the podcast as well.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>-MTC<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><div id=\"polls-53\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_53\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/FNCF\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_53_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"7e0853b813\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"53\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Which One Do You DIG The MOST? 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