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    Ferraby Lionheart: Harry & Bess

    Folky pop songs with joyous harmonies define the work of Ferraby Lionheart. Today's Top Tune is from the release, The Jack of Hearts, and it is a song about Harry Houdini and his wife Bess, who after an hour of watching her mate struggling at a widely publicized 1904 escape, finally passed a key to him in a kiss. Today's Top Tune is "Harry & Bess".

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    By Ariana Morgenstern • Aug 4, 2010 • 1 min read

    Folky pop songs with joyous harmonies define the work of

    Ferraby Lionheart. Today's Top Tune is from the release,

    The Jack of Hearts, and it is a song about Harry Houdini and his wife Bess, who after an hour of watching her mate struggling at a widely publicized 1904 escape, finally passed a key to him in a kiss. Today's Top Tune is "

    Harry & Bess".

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      Ariana Morgenstern

      Executive Producer, Music Department & Today's Top Tune

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