{"id":540,"date":"2011-03-04T11:12:10","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T15:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF\/?p=540"},"modified":"2011-03-04T11:12:10","modified_gmt":"2011-03-04T15:12:10","slug":"3411-the-dedicated-to-the-one-i-love-cat-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF\/2011\/03\/04\/3411-the-dedicated-to-the-one-i-love-cat-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"3\/4\/11 &#8211; The &#8220;Dedicated To The One I Love&#8221; Cat Fight!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Friday Night Cat Fight Podcast<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8220;Dedicated To The One I Love&#8221;<\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Dedicated To The One I Love \" src=\"http:\/\/static.rateyourmusic.com\/album_images\/s765423.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"149\" \/><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\">The Friday Night Cat Fight features a classic vocal group record this week with &#8220;Dedicated To The One I Love.&#8221;\u00a0 The song was co-written by the &#8220;5&#8221; Royales insanely talented guitar player and songwriter Lowman Pauling in 1957.\u00a0 His group cut the original version of the tune without much success.\u00a0 The Shirelles made a slight dent in the charts in 1959 with the first release of their cover.\u00a0 In 1961, everything changed.\u00a0 King re-released the &#8220;5&#8221; Royales&#8217; original and it scraped the charts, but that prompted the Shirelles&#8217; label to re-release their version and it shot to #3 on the charts.\u00a0 In 1967, Mama Michelle got her first lead vocal as Dunhill Records issued the Mamas And The Papas version which hit #2.\u00a0 Many others have covered this classic tune, but these three versions stand out as the best and most popular.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Listen to all three on this week&#8217;s Cat Fight Podcast and then vote below for the one you <strong>DIG THE MOST!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><div id=\"polls-95\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_95\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/FNCF\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_95_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"6a65b76c39\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"95\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Which One Do You DIG THE MOST? 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