Friday Night Cat Fight

mattthecat@mattthecat.com (Matt The Cat) — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:42:22 PST

Each week, two cats battle it out over the same song. I ask you to click the link and listen to both versions of the song and then VOTE for the ONE you DIG THE MOST! That's how we play, The Friday Night Cat Fight. It started back in 2002 on XM Radio, it continues now on the web.

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1/16/09

The Five Keys Try For Third Straight Win

The Five Keys from Newport News, VA won their 2nd decisive Cat Fight last week against the DC-based Clovers. Well, The Keys are back this week trying to make it 3 weeks in a row atop the Friday Night Cat Fight! I think your preference in music will show this week, as their competition is rockabilly singer, Buddy Knox. Voice you choice; Doo Wop OR Rockabilly when it comes to "Ling Ting Tong".

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Which One Do You DIG The Most? - "Ling Ting Tong"

Five Keys	Buddy Knox
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1/9/09

The Five Keys 2nd Week!

This week, just like the good ol' days on the radio, The Five Keys RETURN for a 2nd week. This time they take a song written by Chuck Willis and face-off against some stiff vocal competition from The Clovers. Give them both a listen and then decide for yourself which one floats YOUR boat. Vote now on The Friday Night Cat Fight!

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Which One Do You DIG The Most? - "From The Bottom Of My Heart"

The Clovers	Five Keys
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1/2/2009

This week, the doo wop remains in control as 2 great and very underrated 50s vocal groups battle over an iconic doo wop classic, "The Glory Of Love". Please listen to both versions of this tune in their entirety before deciding which version your truly dig the MOST! Will it be the classic by The Five Keys OR the rarely heard "should've been classic" by The Angels? Well, that's the story, that's the glory of love!

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Which One Do You Dig The Most? - "Glory Of Love"

Five Keys	The Angels
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12/26/2008

The New Year's Eve Friday Night Cat Fight

This week's Cat Fight is special for New Year's Eve. Two vocal groups are gonna fight it out over the classic New Year's tune, "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve." So dig 'em both and then make your decision of which one is the best.

Happy New Year cats n' kittens. Let's keep on prowlin' fine in 2009!

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Which One Do You Dig The Most? - "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve"

Four Knights	The Orioles
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12/19/2008

The Annual Christmas Friday Night Cat Fight

This week's Christmas Cat Fight is destined to be a holiday rumble. I'm taking the most popular Christmas song of all time and playing two different Doo Wop versions for your consideration. Click the link below to hear the Christmas Friday Night Cat Fight and then vote in the following poll. Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah, Night Prowlers.

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Which One Do You DIG The Most? - "White Christmas"

The Ravens	The Statues
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12/12/2008

This week's Cat Fight is pure blues baby. Bo Diddley wrote the song and it appeared as the B-side on his debut single for Checker Records in March of 1955. Two months later, Muddy Waters cut his own version of the song and re-titled it, "Manish Boy". Now, it's your turn to decide who got it right? Click the link below to listen to the Cat Fight and then voice your choice below in the poll. Crazy!

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Which One Do You DIG The Most? - "I'm A Man" / "Manish Boy"?

Bo Diddley	Muddy Waters
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12/5/2008

The Legacy Of Buddy Holly

Last week, The Crickets (without Buddy Holly) were beaten to a pulp by The Bobby Fuller Four. This week, the same match-up continues as The Crickets return again without Buddy Holly to battle Bobby Fuller. This is a very interesting Cat Fight as you're going to hear Buddy Holly's actual DEMO of the song "Love's Made A Fool Of You" and then The Crickets recording of it from Feb of 1959. It's up against Bobby Fuller Four's 1966 top 30 hit version of the song. Will this week's Cat Fight be deja vu of last week's or will we have a NEW winner? It's up to you, The Night Prowlers to decide.

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Which One Do You DIG The Most? - "Love's Made A Fool Of You"

The Crickets	Bobby Fuller Four
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11/28/2008

This week's Friday Night Cat Fight takes a song penned by The Crickets' Sonny Curtis and turns it into a rock n' roll anthem. Originally recorded by the post-Buddy Holly Crickets in April of 1959, it was covered twice by Bobby Fuller. I'm putting The Crickets' original up against Bobby Fuller's 2nd version, the one that hit #9 on the pop charts in 1966. Decide for yourselves, Night Prowlers, which one you dig the most and then vote below. Maybe The Clash will make an appearance on next week's Cat Fight....

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Which One Do You DIG The Most? - "I Fought The Law"

The Crickets	Bobby Fuller Four
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11/21/2008

This week, we have another Friday Night Cat Fight that goes out of our original 1950s timeline when the Fight took place on the radio. This is the web and all boundaries are shattered. We find Lloyd Price's cousin, Larry Williams, up against those lads from Liverpool, The Beatles. The Fab Four did many great R&B covers in their early days and this week's Cat Fight of "Bad Boy" is no exception. See which version you dig the most, the original by Larry Williams or the Beatles faithful cover.

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Which One Do You DIG The Most? - "Bad Boy"

Larry Williams	The Beatles
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11/14/2008

OK Night Prowlers, it's time to return to the "bread and butter" of the Friday Night Cat Fight, The Doo Wop Cat Fight. Dig on these two doo wop classics and pick the one that you truly DIG THE MOST! Be sure to send this page to all your friends on the web so everyone can vote in the WORLD FAMOUS Friday Night Cat Fight!

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Which One Do You DIG The Most? - "Canadian Sunset"

The Impacts	The Cameos
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11/7/2008

VS.

For week #3, we're going to take one of the greatest songwriters of the 1960s and put him up against some British "Maximum R&B". Clear your minds and your ears and vote with your hearts on "The World Famous" Friday Night Cat Fight.

Listen to the file below in its entirety and then vote for the version of "Leaving Here" that YOU dig the most. Enjoy it and tell all your friends about the Friday Night Cat Fight from MattTheCat.com.

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Which One Do You DIG The Most? -

Eddie Holland	The Who
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10/31/2008

Last week's "Test Cat Fight" was such a smashing success, that I've decided we MUST keep the Friday Night Cat Fight going. Thanks for coming back for week #2.

Every Halloween on "The Night Prowl Show" I would feature "Death By Teenage", my tribute to the crazy world of teenage tragedy songs. So in that tradition, this Halloween, feast on the most popular teenage tragedy song of all time, "Last Kiss".

Listen to the file below and then voice your choice and vote for the version of "Last Kiss" that you dig the most.

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Which One Do You DIG The Most? - "Last Kiss"

J. Frank Wilson & The Cavaliers	Pearl Jam
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Week 1 - "Test Week"

Listen to the following audio file for the "World Famous" Friday Night Cat Fight. Listen to the file in its entirety, don't rush to judgment and then vote below for the version of the song that YOU dig the most, Night Prowlers!

This is a "test" Friday Night Cat Fight. If it does well, then I'll begin doing Cat Fights every week.

Just in time for Halloween, it's the annual "Haunted House" Cat Fight.

Listen to the file below and then voice your choice.

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