A fan of Ella Fitzgerald, Marilyn Monroe called up the Mocambo club in L.A. & promised to be in the front row every night if they’d book the jazz singer, which they did, and she was. “after that, I never had to play a small jazz club again,” Fitzgerald later lamented.

Vinyl LP pressing. Soul Men is the third album by R&B duo Sam & Dave, originally released in 1967. It reached #5 on the Billboard "Black Album" chart in 1967 and #62 on the Pop Album chart in 1968. The album launched the hit single "Soul Man" which ranked #1 on the Black Singles charts and #2 on the Pop Singles charts. The song won Sam & Dave a Grammy in 1967 for Best R&B Group, Vocal or Instrumental

Weight .6 lbs