Gene Pitney 60s stuff
Richard Harriss the 2 Jimmy Webb lps
Herman's Hermits Blaze
frank Sinatra SWinging LOvers/Only The Lonely
Merle Haggard
Marty Robbins Gunfighter Ballads and TRail Songs.
Joan Baez
not sure about guilty pleasures, mind just not the utmost of cool possibly. But then there's been a 'lounge' revival in the last 15 years that has meant a reconsideration of a lot of what can be thought to be worthwhile etc.
Marty Robbins lp has hgreat guitar and was supposedly inmfluential on the Gun Club.
Why be ashamed of any music you get a buzz off unless it's U2 then you've probly got pretty deep problems methinks. Probly same with Green Day and several others methinks.
Stevo
That only covers part of the above,
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