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album: Bongo Rock (Mono Version)
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  date published: 1959-01-01
album: Doin' the Cha Cha Cha (Mono Version)
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  date published: 1960-01-01
album: Hully Gully Bongo / Sing Donna Go
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  date published: 1960-01-12
album: Bongo Bongo Bongo
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  date published: 1960-05-26
album: Bongola
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  date published: 1961
album: Bongo Bongo Bongo
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album: Bongo Rock
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  date published: 2008-12-10
album: Bongo Bongo Bongo
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  date published: 2010-02-22
album: Bongola - The Very Best Of
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album: Bongo Bongo Bongo
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album: Bongo Rock
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album: Bongola
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album: Bongo, Bongo, Bongo
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album: Bongos in Paradise (Music for Every Mood)
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album: Blue Bongos (Lounge Serie)
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album: Bongo Bongo Bongo
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  date published: 2014-01-01
album: Bongo Bongo Bongo
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  track: Bongo Rock
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    audio: Bongo Rock
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album: Bongo Rock - Single
album: Preston Epps Calypso
album: Anthology: The Bongo King (Remastered)
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Bongo Rock
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Bongo Bongo Bongo
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Bongo Rock / Bongo Party
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date published: 2015-09-11

Bongo Rock - Single
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Bongo Bongo Bongo
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Preston Epps Calypso
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date published: 2019-04-16

Anthology: The Bongo King (Remastered)
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date published: 2021-04-16

Bongo Rock [Extended Version (Remastered)]
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date published: 2022-08-01

Bongo Rock [Extended Version (Remastered)]
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date published: 2022-08-01