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Willy DeVille
Willy DeVille was an American singer and songwriter. During his thirty-five-year career, first with his band Mink DeVille and later on his own, DeVille created songs rooted in traditional American musical styles. He worked with collaborators from across the spectrum of contemporary music, including Jack Nitzsche, Doc Pomus, Dr. John, Mark Knopfler, Allen Toussaint, and Eddie Bo. Latin rhythms, blues riffs, doo-wop, Cajun music, strains of French cabaret, and echoes of early-1960s uptown soul can be heard in DeVille's work. Mink DeVille was a house band at CBGB, the historic New York City nightclub where punk rock was born in the mid-1970s. DeVille helped redefine the Brill Building sound. In 1987 his song "Storybook Love" was nominated for an Academy Award. After his move to New Orleans in 1988, he helped spark the roots revival of classic New Orleans R&B. His soulful lyrics and explorations in Latin rhythms and sounds helped define a new musical style sometimes called "Spanish-Americana". DeVille died of pancreatic cancer on August 6, 2009, at the age of 58. From Wikipedia (

Songs

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Hey Joe
Willy DeVille
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Heaven Stood Still
Willy Deville
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Demasiado Corazon
Willy DeVille
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I Call Your Name
Willy DeVille
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Still - I Love You Still
Willy DeVille

Albums

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Crow Jane Alley

2004
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Venus Of The Docks (Live In Bremen 2008)

2022
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Backstreets of Desire

1992
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Live at the Metropol - Berlin

2012
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Loup Garou

1992
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Unplugged in Berlin

2011
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Victory Mixture

1990
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Live from the Bottom Line to the Olympia Theatre - 1993

1993

Singles & EPs

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Jan Douwe Kroeske presents: 2 Meter Sessions #866 - Willy DeVille

EP • 2020
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Hey Joe

Single • 1992
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Key to My Heart

Single • 1990
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Demasiado Corazon (Live)

Single • 1993

Videos

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Playlists by Willy DeVille

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