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“I Paid My Income Tax Today”; Dick Robertson And His Orchestra; Dick Robertson and The American Four; Irving Berlin; Decca (4151 A); 1942

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“Max from the Income Tax”; Sophie Tucker; Ted Shapiro; Bass; Kroll; Mercury (5839); 1952

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I spotted this happy man coming out of church.. he told me that he was a clothing salesman… and that every Easter Sunday he put on his full dress suit…

Naked City, p. 199

“Luxury Tax Blues”; Eddie Vinson And His Orchestra; Eddie Vinson; Vinson; Robinson; Mercury (8051-B); 1947

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Naked City, pp. 178-179

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“Taxpayers’ Blues”; Bulee Gaillard and his Southern Fried Orchestra; Carroll; Gaillard; Norman Granz; Mercury (8970); 1952

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