10 more obscurities chosen at random from my favorites lists

Today......from 1957

THE ECHO VALLEY BOYS - WASH MACHINE BOOGIE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtQrNYFPZJw

Tremendous seller when this one hit the UK rock ‘n’ roll scene when heavily booted in the 70’s.

The Echo Valley Boys all hailing from Ohio comprised Bill Browning,Merl Hoaf,Jackie Wooten,Roy Barker
and Marshall Looney.This insistent rockabilly item by the group on their debut was recorded for the small
Island label of Cleveland. .

THE ESQUIRES - ONLY THE ANGELS KNOW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbxKfRjrLKY

Beautiful ballad on the Hi-Po label out of Nashville from a group with a very interesting history (I think).

Reputed to be descended from the earlier Five Tinos who recorded for Sun (“Don’t Do That”/”Sitting By The
Window” in 1955) they may have a further incarnation too---as some think they also became the later Teenos
on Dub in 1958

Either way if you’re looking to buy an original 45 of this one better check out the remortgage value on
your house first 😊

MILLIARD LEE (THE FIVE STARS) - HEY JUANITA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf--IjvxOzk

First pressings of this on Blues Boy Kingdom label in Memphis (as might be guessed the record label started up by B.B. King) have the side just credited to “Milliard Lee And Orchestra”

Actually it’s the Five Stars who do all the heavy lifting here and later pressings on the label properly credit “The Five Stars” (but still add “Milliard Lee & Orchestra” underneath)

Natives of Dallas,Tx the Five Stars comprised Al Braggs (lead) Cal Valentine,Robert Lee Valentine,Jesse Floyd and Billie Fred Thomas. They began their career as “The Five Notes” cutting “Park Your Love” for Chess in 1955. “Hey Juanita” was
their next record after a suitable name change. Then it was time for one more name change to The Five Masks (!) for “Forever And A Day” on Jan in 1958.

So endeth the career of the Five Stars. All except for one Star.

Al Braggs went on with a solo career in the 1960’s and sold quite a few records for Don Robey at Duke/Peacock now --slightly renamed--as soul star Al “TNT” Braggs

But whilst they were still the Five Stars the boys were signed to appear in a rock ‘n’ roll movie “Rock Baby Rock It” a real poverty row grade Z effort---but with a highly interesting musical lineup featuring Rosco Gordon,Johnny Carroll and
others.

The Five Stars perform the rocking “Hey Juanita” in the movie and here ‘tis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUYxr20ePEQ

P.S That’s Milliard Lee on piano!

THE RHYTHM CASTERS - LOVE LOVE BABY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOUCQZp5xnY

Here’s one you either love or loathe.Noisy,disjointed it’s a glorious mess that for me is irresistible.

No idea of the membership of the group that only seem to have this one record to their name (who said that’s one too many? 😊)

Seems to be the only thing they ever recorded and released on one of the top r&b/blues labels of the time---Excello

AL SIMMONS - OLD FOLKS BOOGIE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o14L1SfPhXk

Just one side of a sizzling blues rockin’ double sider (check out the equally good “You Ain’t Too Old”) from Mr Al Simmons recorded for Johnny Otis’ Dig label in Los Angeles.

Solid backing here is from “Slim Green & The Cats From Fresno”

HAYDEN THOMPSON - LOVE MY BABY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPkWf23MBrA

Hailing from Booneville,Mississippi it comes as no surprise that Thompson cut his first record---a straight country song titled “I Feel The Blues Coming On”----for the town’s Von label in 1955 (shortly before Johnny Burnette cut his debut record
for that company too)

Signing with Sam Phillips at Sun in Memphis in 1956 he cut a revival of the 1953 Little Junior Parker song “Love My Baby” (that was the flipside of Junior’s original version of “Mystery Train” ---which the song here has a strong resemblance to)

Cut at the 706 Union Ave studio December 20 1956 the backing is from Roland Janes (gtr) Marvin Pepper (bs)
James Van Eaton (dms) and Jerry Lee Lewis (pno)

(It’s the record everyone forgets when toting up the songs by other artists where Jerry Lee provided backing on piano whilst he was with the Sun label)

THE THUNDERBIRDS - IN MY THUNDERBIRD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysza3FhUxSs

Huge favorite New York vocal group rocker that "Cash Box" said this about :-

“THE THUNDERBIRDS (Holiday 2609)
B “IN MY THUNDERBIRD” (2:37)
[Everlast BMI-Ruflin, Bowden,Robinson]

The Thunderbirds team with good results on a middle beat shuffle story of the Thunderbird car.Deck is embroidered with a solid beat and a swingy reading. Deck will sell in good quantities wherever it gets steady exposure”

THE UNIVERSALS - AGAIN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yzT6mL1kAk

Here’s a group I know little about except they are almost certainly from the Philadelphia area as the record is on the Mark label located in that fair city (of which I have MANY happy memories)

The song is a different matter---beautiful version of a beautiful song that goes back to 1948. Penned by Dorcas Cochran the original recording was by the UK’s own Vera Lynn.

On US release the song was covered in multiple versions (as was the norm back then) and was popular enough to chart in no less than SEVEN different versions (including Dame Vera herself). The other artists charting (in order of success) were Doris Day,
Gordon Jenkins (both reached #2 in “Billboard”)---then Mel Torme.Vic Damone,Tommy Dorsey and Art Mooney

OSCAR WILLS - FLATFOOT SAM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmTe-XAxpI4

Ignore the wrong year listed on the YT clip---but one of the YT commentators (paulriotski) sums up this fine record perfectly :-

“Oscar Wills' brief moment in the spotlight came in 1957. He had written an uptempo song called "Flat Foot Sam", about an unfortunate soul who was "always in a jam". Mira Smith from Shreveport, the owner of Ram Records, had just set up a new label,
Clif Records, in partnership with Cliff Hagen. "Flat Foot Sam" was first recorded for Clif (# 103), credited to T.V. Slim and his Heartbreakers. It made some noise in the Arkansas-Louisiana-Texas region, mainly due to heavy plugging on the Stan Lewis-
sponsored R&B show on KWKH in Shreveport. Thanks to his connections with Leonard Chess, Stan Lewis managed to get the record leased to Chess Records for national distribution. Instead of reissuing the disc right away on one of his labels (Chess, Checker,
Argo), Leonard Chess asked Wills if he could go to New Orleans and do a recut of "Flat Foot Sam" with Cosimo Matassa's Studio band. This second, much improved version was recorded in June 1957, with prominent roles for Robert Parker on tenor sax and
Charles 'Hungry' Williams on drums. It was released in August on Argo 5277, under his own name, Oscar Wills. While the Clif release showed the song's writer as Clara Wills (probably Oscar's wife), writer's credit on the Argo single now went to O. Wills
and S. Lewis. This was a fairly common practice at Chess: the artist / songwriter had to share the publishing with someone who would give the record exposure, Stan Lewis in this case. Why Leonard Chess still decided to reissue the Clif version on Checker
870 (in the same month as the Argo remake) is a mystery to me. Ironically, Billboard gave the original version of "Flat Foot Sam" a higher rating (77) than the Argo single (75). (Issue of August 26, 1957.)”

Ok this is me writing now 😊

Dunno how many folk who own this single today got their copy from us but on our first trip together to USA in 1971 we found bulk copies of both the TV Slim (Checker) and the Oscar Wills (Argo) in that legendary Chess mountain and shipped quantity on both
back to our then-not-yet-opened London store

PEANUTS WILSON - CAST IRON ARM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWuO0favjEk

“That’ll teach ya to mess with me boy”

Maybe not *quite* as obscure as some others here but I think it qualifies for inclusion here since its been a favorite of mine for many years---ever since its release here in the UK in fact (it featured in a Kent Walton “Cool For Cats” TV show in
early 1958 where I first heard it—and fell in love with it)

Of course I didn’t know then that Johnny “Peanuts” Wilson had been around for years---playing rhythm guitar behind Roy Orbison on his early sides.It wasn’t till 1957 he cut some solo sides including “Cast Iron Arm” for Norman Petty’s Nor-Va-
Jak outfit who passed the song to Brunswick for US release (it was on Coral here).It pretty well sank without trace on both sides of the puddle but it was always an item on the UK rock ‘n’ roll scene and really exploded in the 70’s when it was
booted big time and reflected that in enormous sales figures

Here’s a more detailed article on him :- https://tims.blackcat.nl/messages/peanuts_wilson.htm

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On Tue, 7 May 2024 07:47:25 +0000, mariabus@blueyonder.co.uk (Roger)
wrote:

Today......from 1957

fwiw, the 1957 Singles Battle by Artist
518 entries (won by Jerry Lee Lewis)

452 Al Ferrier - Hey Baby - Excello 2105
513 Alvis Wayne - Don't Mean Maybe Baby - Westport 138
212 Andre Williams - Jail Bait - Fortune 887
378 Andy Williams - Are You Sincere - Cadence 1340
291 Andy Williams - Butterfly - Cadence 1308
435 Andy Williams - I Like Your Kind Of Love - Cadence 1323
100 Ann Cole - Got My Mojo Working - Baton 237
262 Annie Laurie - It Hurts To Be In Love - DeLuxe 4189
365 Art & Dotty Todd - Chanson D'Amour - Era 1064
507 Ben Joe Zeppa & the Four Jacks - Why Do Fools Fall In Love -
Gilmar 278
480 Betty Johnson - The Little Blue Man - Atlantic 1169
253 Big Maybelle - All Of Me - Savoy 1512
459 Big T. Tyler - King Kong - Aladdin 3384
218 Bill Doggett - Ram-Bunk-Shush - King 5020
502 Bill Haley & His Comets - (You Hit The Wrong Note) Billy Goat -
Decca 30314
274 Bill Haley & His Comets - 40 Cups Of Coffee - Decca 30214
220 Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock The Joint - Decca 30461
45 Bill Justis - Raunchy - Phillips International 3519
456 Billy & Lillie - La Dee Dah - Swan 4002
322 Billy Brown - Did We Have A Party - Stars 552
511 Billy Myles - The Joker - Ember 1026
175 Billy Riley - Flyin' Saucers Rock And Roll - Sun 260
105 Billy Riley - Red Hot - Sun 277
264 Billy Stewart - Baby You're My Only Love - Okeh 7095
431 Billy Vaughn - Raunchy - Dot 15661
487 Billy Vaughn - Sail Along Silv'ry Moon - Dot 15661
196 Billy Ward & Dominoes - Deep Purple - Liberty 55099
409 Billy Ward & Dominoes - Stardust - Liberty 55071
406 Billy Williams - I'm Gonna Sit Right Down & Write Myself A
Letter - Coral 61830
48 Bo Diddley - Before You Accuse Me - Checker 878
39 Bo Diddley - Hey Bo Diddley - Checker 860
66 Bo Diddley - Mona - Checker 860
16 Bo Diddley - Say Boss Man - Checker 878
215 Bob Luman - Red Cadillac And A Black Mustache - Imperial 8311
380 Bob Luman - Red Hot - Imperial 8313
260 Bobby Bland - Don't Want No Woman - Duke 167
21 Bobby Bland - Farther Up The Road - Duke 170
516 Bobby Charles - Put Your Arms Around Me Honey - Chess 1647
96 Bobby Day & Satellites - Little Bitty Pretty One - Class 211
291 Bobby Day & Satellites - When The Swallows Come Back To
Capistrano - Class 211
366 Bobby Helms - Fraulein - Decca 30194
152 Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock - Decca 30513
160 Bobby Helms - My Special Angel - Decca 30423
158 Bobby Lee Trammell - Shirley Lee - Fabor 4038
61 Bobby Mitchell - I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday - Imperial 5475
287 Bobby Sisco - Go Go Go - Chess 1650
308 Bonnie Guitar - Dark Moon - Fabor 4018
191 Brenda Lee - Ain't That Love - Decca 30411
358 Brenda Lee - Dynamite - Decca 30333
417 Brenda Lee - One Step At A Time - Decca 30198
310 Brenda Lee - Rock The Bop - Decca 30535
298 Buchanan & Goodman - Flying Saucer The 2nd - Luniverse 105
72 Buddy Holly - Everyday - Coral 61885
143 Buddy Holly - Mailman Bring Me No More Blues - Coral 61852
8 Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue - Coral 61885
90 Buddy Holly - Rock Around With Ollie Vee - Decca 30434
78 Buddy Holly - Words Of Love - Coral 61852
423 Buddy Knox - Hula Love - Roulette 4018
209 Buddy Knox - My Baby's Gone - Roulette 4002
371 Buddy Knox - Rock Your Little Baby To Sleep - Roulette 4009
224 Buddy Knox - Swingin' Daddy - Roulette 4042
283 Carl Mann - Gonna Rock And Roll Tonight - Jaxon 502
314 Carl Perkins - Glad All Over - Sun 287
15 Carl Perkins - Matchbox - Sun 261
429 Carl Perkins - That's Right - Sun 274
110 Carl Perkins - Your True Love - Sun 261
155 Charlie Gracie - Butterfly - Cameo 105
291 Charlie Gracie - Fabulous - Cameo 107
181 Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group - Freight Train - UK Oriole 1352
353 Chris Kenner - Sick And Tired - Imperial 5448
346 Chuck Alaimo Quartet - Leap Frog - Ken 311
94 Chuck Berry - Oh Baby Doll - Chess 1664
4 Chuck Berry - Rock And Roll Music - Chess 1671
2 Chuck Berry - School Day - Chess 1653
429 Chuck Willis - Betty And Dupree - Atlantic 1168
70 Chuck Willis - C.C Rider - Atlantic 1130
274 Clarence Henry - I Found A Home - Argo 5273
178 Clarence Henry - It Won't Be Long - Argo 5273
257 Clarence Henry - Lonely Tramp - Argo 5266
231 Clifton Chenier - Big Wheel - Argo 5262
258 Clint Miller - Bertha Lou - ABC Paramount 9878
268 Clyde McPhatter - Just To Hold My Hand - Atlantic 1133
353 Clyde McPhatter - Long Lonely Nights - Atlantic 1149
271 Clyde McPhatter - Rock And Cry - Atlantic 1158
465 Clyde Stacey - Hoy Hoy - Candlelight 1015
373 Connie Francis - Who's Sorry Now - MGM 12588
322 Conway Twitty - I Need Your Lovin' - Mercury 71086
167 Conway Twitty - Shake It Up - Mercury 71148
239 Corky Jones - Hot Dog - Pep 107
173 Dale Cook - Loveable - Specialty 596
118 Dale Hawkins - Baby,Baby - Checker 876
17 Dale Hawkins - Susie-Q - Checker 863
69 Danny & The Juniors - At The Hop - Singular 711
396 Danny & The Juniors - Sometimes (When I'm All Alone) - Singular
711
438 Dave Bartholomew - The Monkey - Imperial 5438
118 Dean Barlow & The Montereys - Dearest One - Onyx 513
283 Dean Beard - Rakin' And Scrapin' - Edmoral 1011
399 Debbie Reynolds - Tammy - Coral 61851
316 Dee Clark - 24 Boyfriends - Falcon 1005
417 Dee Clark - Gloria - Falcon 1002
231 Della Reese - And That Reminds Me - Jubilee 5292
205 Dicky Doo & The Don'ts - Click Clack - Swan 4001
291 Doc Bagby - Dumplins - Okeh 7089
380 Don & Dewey - Jungle Hop - Specialty 599
369 Don & Dewey - Leavin' It All Up To You - Specialty 610
498 Don Cole - Snake Eyed Mama - RPM 502
242 Don Gibson - Blue,Blue Day - RCA 7010
356 Don Gibson - I Can't Stop Loving You - RCA 7133
144 Don Gibson - Oh Lonesome Me - RCA 7133
336 Don Rondo - White Silver Sands - Jubilee 5288
142 Don Woody - You're Barking Up The Wrong Tree - Decca 30277
322 Donnie Elbert - Have I Sinned - DeLuxe 6148
347 Donnie Elbert - Hear My Plea - DeLuxe 6105
357 Donnie Elbert - What Can I Do - DeLuxe 6105
404 Dossie Terry - Thunderbird - King 5072
230 Duane Eddy - Ramrod - Ford 500
363 Eddie Cochran - Drive In Show - Liberty 55087
164 Eddie Cochran - Sittin' In The Balcony - Liberty 55056
115 Eddie Cochran - Twenty Flight Rock - Liberty 55112
88 Ella Fitzgerald - Manhattan - Verve 10050
163 Elmore James - Coming Home - Chief 7001
138 Elmore James - It Hurts Me Too - Chief 7004
12 Elvis Presley - All Shook Up - RCA 6870
92 Elvis Presley - Don't - RCA 7150
77 Elvis Presley - I Beg Of You - RCA 7150
3 Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock - RCA 7035
449 Elvis Presley - Loving You - RCA 7000
288 Elvis Presley - Playing For Keeps - RCA 6500
453 Elvis Presley - Teddy Bear - RCA 7000
342 Elvis Presley - That's When Your Heartaches Begin - RCA 6870
97 Elvis Presley - Too Much - RCA 6500
46 Elvis Presley - Treat Me Nice - RCA 7035
363 Ernie Freeman - Raunchy - Imperial 5474
172 Fats Domino - I Want You To Know - Imperial 5477
190 Fats Domino - I'm In The Mood For Love - Imperial 5428
10 Fats Domino - I'm Walkin' - Imperial 5428
107 Fats Domino - It's You I Love - Imperial 5442
75 Fats Domino - The Big Beat - Imperial 5477
104 Fats Domino - Valley Of Tears - Imperial 5442
502 Fats Domino - Wait And See - Imperial 5467
387 Fats Domino - What Will I Tell My Heart - Imperial 5454
401 Fats Domino - When I See You - Imperial 5454
301 Fention Robinson - Tennessee Woman - Meteor 5041
150 Ferlin Husky - Gone - Capitol 3628
497 Fess Parker - Wringle Wrangle - Disneyland 43
40 Frank Sinatra - All The Way - Capitol 3793
177 Frank Sinatra - Chicago - Capitol 3793
106 Frank Sinatra - Witchcraft - Capitol 3859
506 Frankie Avalon - Dede Dinah - Chancellor 1011
404 Frankie Laine - Love Is A Golden Ring - Columbia 40856
473 Frankie Lee Sims - Walking With Frankie - Ace 527
470 Frankie Lee Sims - What Will Lucy Do - Ace 524
327 Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - Creation Of Love - Gee 1039
308 Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - Goody Goody - Gee 1039
342 Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - Out In The Cold Again - Gee 1036
310 Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - Paper Castles - Gee 1032
248 Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - Teenage Love - Gee 1032
412 Frankie Lymon - It's Christmas Once Again - Roulette 4035
425 Franklin Stewart - That Long Black Train - Lu 501
303 Gale Storm - Dark Moon - Dot 15558
82 Gene Allison - You Can Make It If You Try - Vee Jay 256
68 Gene Vincent - B-I-Bicky-Bi, Bo-Bo-Go - Capitol 3678
114 Gene Vincent - Crazy Legs - Capitol 3617
57 Gene Vincent - Dance To The Bop - Capitol 3829
314 Gene Vincent - Five Days,Five Days - Capitol 3678
33 Gene Vincent - Lotta Lovin' - Capitol 3763
433 George Hamilton IV - Why Don't They Understand - ABC Paramount
9862
198 Guy Mitchell - Rockabilly - Columbia 40877
200 Hal Paige & The Whalers - Thunder Bird - J&S 1601
238 Harry Belafonte - Island In The Sun - RCA 6885
349 Harry Belafonte - Mama Look A Boo Boo - RCA 6830
251 Huey "Piano" Smith - Free,Single And Disengaged - Ace 538
122 Huey "Piano" Smith - Just A Lonely Clown - Ace 538
19 Huey "Piano" Smith - Rockin' Pneumonia & Boogie Woogie Flu - Ace
530
336 Ivory Joe Hunter - Empty Arms - Atlantic 1128
84 J.B Lenoir - What About Your Daughter - Checker 874
76 Jack Scott - Baby She's Gone - ABC Paramount 9818
146 Jack Scott - Two Timin' Woman - ABC Paramount 9860
459 Jackie Lee Cochran - Ruby Pearl - Decca 30206
23 Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite - Brunswick 55024
380 Jane Morgan - Fascination - Kapp 191
18 Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire - Sun 281
266 Jerry Lee Lewis - It'll Be Me - Sun 267
1 Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Sun 267
80 Jerry Lee Lewis - You Win Again - Sun 281
482 Jill Corey - Love Me To Pieces - Columbia 40955
466 Jim Lowe - Four Walls - Dot 15569
399 Jim Reeves - Four Walls - RCA 6874
108 Jimmie Rodgers - Honeycomb - Roulette 4015
331 Jimmie Rodgers - Kisses Sweeter Than Wine - Roulette 4031
491 Jimmie Rodgers - Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring - Roulette
4015
322 Jimmy Bowen - Warm Up To Me Baby - Roulette 4010
402 Jimmy Clanton - I Trusted You - Ace 537
125 Jimmy Dee - Henrietta - TNT 148
102 Jimmy Dorsey - So Rare - Fraternity 755
139 Jimmy Reed - Honest I Do - Vee Jay 253
288 Jimmy Reed - The Sun Is Shining - Vee Jay 248
513 Jo Ann Campbell - Wait A Minute - Gone 5014
455 Jodie Sands - With All My Heart - Chancellor 1003
63 Joe Bennett & Sparkletones - Black Slacks - ABC Paramount 9837
437 Joe Turner - Love Roller Coaster - Atlantic 1146
161 Joe Turner - Teenage Letter - Atlantic 1166
180 Joe Turner - Wee Baby Blues - Atlantic 1166
44 Johnnie & Joe - Over The Mountain Across The Sea - J&S 1664
332 Johnnie Ray - Yes Tonight Josephine - Columbia 40893
320 Johnny Burnette Trio - Drinking Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee Drinking Wine
- Coral 61869
27 Johnny Burnette Trio - Rock Billy Boogie - Coral 61918
214 Johnny Cash - Ballad Of A Teenage Queen - Sun 283
227 Johnny Cash - Big River - Sun 283
98 Johnny Cash - Home Of The Blues - Sun 279
157 Johnny Cash - Next In Line - Sun 266
332 Johnny Dee - Sittin' In The Balcony - Colonial 430
380 Johnny Duncan/Bluegrass Boys - Last Train To San Fernando - UK
Columbia 3959
389 Johnny Faire - Bertha Lou - Surf 5019
481 Johnny Jano - Havin' A Whole Lot Of Fun - Excello 2099
43 Johnny Mathis - Chances Are - Columbia 40993
137 Johnny Mathis - It's Not For Me To Say - Columbia 40851
53 Johnny Mathis - The Twelfth Of Never - Columbia 40993
499 Ken Copeland - Pledge Of Love - Lin 5007
326 LaVern Baker - Jim Dandy Got Married - Atlantic 1136
207 Larry Williams - Bony Moronie - Specialty 615
490 Larry Williams - High School Dance - Specialty 608
89 Larry Williams - Just Because - Specialty 597
71 Larry Williams - Short Fat Fannie - Specialty 608
133 Larry Williams - You Bug Me Baby - Specialty 615
344 Laurie London - He's Got The Whole World In His Hands - UK
Parlophone 359
99 Lee Allen - Walkin' With Mr Lee - Ember 1027
35 Lee Andrews & Hearts - Long Lonely Nights - Main Line 102
174 Lee Andrews & Hearts - Teardrops - Argo 1000
231 Lee Andrews & The Hearts - The Clock - Main Line 102
384 Lee Andrews & The Hearts - The Girl Around The Corner - Argo
1000
295 Lewis Lymon & Teenchords - Honey Honey - Fury 1003
305 Lewis Lymon & Teenchords - I'm Not Too Young To Fall In Love -
Fury 1006
248 Lewis Lymon & Teenchords - Your Last Chance - End 1003
237 Lightnin' Slim - Mean Ole Lonesome Train - Excello 2106
415 Lillian Offitt - Miss You So - Excello 2104
252 Little Bobby Riviera & The Hemlocks - Cora Lee - Fury 1004
149 Little Esther - If It's News To You - Savoy 1516
51 Little Joe & Thrillers - Peanuts - Okeh 7088
168 Little Junior Parker - Next Time You See Me - Duke 164
120 Little Richard - Can't Believe You Wanna Leave - Specialty 611
210 Little Richard - I Love My Baby - Peacock 1673
169 Little Richard - Jenny,Jenny - Specialty 606
13 Little Richard - Keep A-Knockin' - Specialty 611
34 Little Richard - Lucille - Specialty 598
491 Little Richard - Maybe I'm Right - Peacock 1673
170 Little Richard - Miss Ann - Specialty 606
189 Little Richard - Send Me Some Lovin' - Specialty 598
59 Little Walter - Boom Boom Out Go The Lights - Checker 867
29 Lloyd Price - Just Because - KRC 587
366 Lloyd Price - Lonely Chair - KRC 301
153 Lloyd Price - The Chicken And The Bop - KRC 301
485 Lonnie Donegan - Cumberland Gap - UK Pye 15087
316 Lonnie Donegan - Puttin' On The Style - UK Pye 15093
511 Lord Flea - Shake Shake Senora - Capitol 3659
316 Louis Jordan - Fire - Mercury 71106
266 Louis Prima - Buona Sera - Capitol 3856
392 Malcolm Dodds & The Tunedrops - It Took A Long Time - End 1000
359 Margie Rayburn - I'm Available - Liberty 55102
55 Marty Robbins - A White Sport Coat - Columbia 40869
148 Marty Robbins - The Story Of My Life - Columbia 41013
185 Marvin Rainwater - Gonna Find Me A Bluebird - MGM 12412
433 Mickey & Sylvia - Love Will Make You Fail In School - Vik 6280
422 Mickey & Sylvia - There Oughta Be A Law - Vik 0267
391 Mitch Miller - March From The River Kwai - Columbia 41066
211 Moe Koffman - Swinging Shepherd Blues - Jubilee 5311
83 Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working - Chess 1652
136 Nappy Brown - The Right Time - Savoy 1525
60 Nat "King" Cole - Send For Me - Capitol 3737
393 Ned Miller - From A Jack To A King - Dot 15601
310 Noble "Thin Man" Watts - Hard Times (The Slop) - Baton 249
188 Norman Fox & The Rob-Roys - Tell Me Why - Back Beat 501
126 Oscar Wills - Flat Foot Sam - Argo 5277
372 Otis Rush - Jump Sister Bessie - Cobra 5015
402 Otis Williams & Charms - United - DeLuxe 6138
387 Otis Williams & The Charms - Walkin' After Midnight - Deluxe
6115
336 Pat Boone - April Love - Dot 15660
466 Pat Boone - Bernardine - Dot 15570
146 Pat Boone - Love Letters In The Sand - Dot 15570
396 Pat Boone - Remember You're Mine - Dot 15602
466 Pat Boone - There's A Goldmine In The Sky - Dot 15602
440 Pat Boone - Why Baby Why - Dot 15545
37 Patsy Cline - Walkin' After Midnight - Decca 30221
199 Patti Page - Old Cape Cod - Mercury 71101
369 Paul Anka - Diana - ABC Paramount 9831
447 Paul Anka - You Are My Destiny - ABC Paramount 9880
510 Paul Gayten - Nervous Boogie - Argo 5277
208 Peanuts Wilson - Cast Iron Arm - Brunswick 55039
197 Perry Como - Catch A Falling Star - RCA 7128
447 Perry Como - Just Born - RCA 7050
440 Perry Como - Magic Moments - RCA 7128
111 Perry Como - Round And Round - RCA 6815
518 Pretty Boy - Bip Bop Bip - Atlantic 1147
303 Professor Longhair - Looka No Hair - Ebb 121
485 Ralph Marterie - Shish-Kebab - Mercury 71092
93 Ray Charles - Ain't That Love - Atlantic 1124
245 Ray Charles - Get On The Right Track Baby - Atlantic 1143
420 Ray Charles - Swanee River Rock - Atlantic 1154
389 Ray Conniff - S'Wonderful - Columbia 40827
438 Ray Price - My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You - Columbia 40951
359 Redd Foxx - It's Fun To Be Living In The Crazy House - Dooto 416
268 Richard Berry & Pharaohs - Louie,Louie - Flip 321
474 Richard Lanham & The Tempo-Tones - On Your Radio - Acme 712
502 Ricky Nelson - A Teenager's Romance - Verve 10047
220 Ricky Nelson - Be Bop Baby - Imperial 5463
336 Ricky Nelson - I'm Walkin' - Verve 10047
130 Ricky Nelson - Stood Up - Imperial 5483
362 Ricky Nelson - Waitin' In School - Imperial 5483
462 Ricky Nelson - You're My One And Only Love - Verve 10070
26 Robert & Johnny - We Belong Together - Old Town 1047
410 Ronnie Self - Ain't I'm A Dog - Columbia 40989
505 Rosemary Clooney - Mangos - Columbia 40835
132 Roy Brown - Let The Four Winds Blow - Imperial 5439
495 Roy Brown - Party Doll - Imperial 5427
259 Roy Brown - Saturday Night - Imperial 5422
50 Roy Hamilton - Don't Let Go - Epic 9257
491 Roy Orbison - Sweet And Easy To Love - Sun 265
415 Russ Hamilton - Rainbow - UK Oriole 1359
440 Rusty Draper - Freight Train - Mercury 71102
203 Ruth Brown - Lucky Lips - Atlantic 1125
509 Sal Mineo - Start Movin' - Epic 9216
135 Sam Cooke - (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons - Keen 340002
195 Sam Cooke - I'll Come Running Back To You - Specialty 619
131 Sam Cooke - You Send Me - Keen 34013
487 Shirley & Lee - I Want To Dance - Aladdin 3369
393 Shirley & Lee - Rock All Nite - Aladdin 3380
316 Shirley & Lee - Rockin' With The Clock - Aladdin 3390
223 Shirley & Lee - That's What I Wanna Do - Aladdin 3362
56 Slim Harpo - I'm A King Bee - Excello 2113
74 Slim Harpo - I've Got Love If You Want It - Excello 2113
165 Smiley Lewis - Go On Fool - Imperial 5450
202 Smiley Lewis - Rootin' And Tootin' - Imperial 5470
300 Sonny Boy Williamson - Fattening Frogs For Snakes - Checker 864
274 Sonny Burgess - Ain't Got A Thing - Sun 263
474 Steve Lawrence - Party Doll - Coral 61792
347 TV Slim - Flat Foot Sam - Cliff 103
466 Tab Hunter - Ninety Nine Ways - Dot 15548
508 Teresa Brewer - Empty Arms - Coral 61805
495 Teresa Brewer - You Send Me - Coral 61898
373 The Ames Brothers - Melodie D'Amour (Melody of Love) - RCA
Victor 7046
414 The Ames Brothers - Tammy - RCA Victor 6930
285 The Avons - Baby - Hull 722
49 The Bobbettes - Mr Lee - Atlantic 1144
254 The Bop Chords - So Why - Holiday 2608
462 The Bop Chords - When I Woke Up This Morning - Holiday 2603
127 The Cadets - Love Bandit - Modern 1012
440 The Cadillacs - My Girl Friend - Josie 820
327 The Cadillacs - Sugar Sugar - Josie 812
95 The Casuals - So Tough - Back Beat 503
159 The Cellos - Ring Tang Ding Dong - Apollo 510
450 The Cellos - The Be Bop Mouse - Apollo 516
454 The Cellos - The Juicy Crocodile - Apollo 515
487 The Cellos - You Took My Love - Apollo 510
263 The Channels - Flames In My Heart - Whirlin Disc 109
241 The Channels - I Really Love You - Whirlin Disc 107
166 The Channels - Stay As You Are - Gone 5012
101 The Channels - That's My Desire - Gone 5012
183 The Chantels - He's Gone - End 1001
65 The Chantels - Maybe - End 1005
54 The Chantels - The Plea - End 1001
117 The Charts - Dance Girl - Everlast 5002
41 The Charts - Deserie - Everlast 5001
246 The Charts - Why Do You Cry - Everlast 5002
332 The Charts - Zoop - Everlast 5001
274 The Chordettes - Just Between You And Me - Cadence 1330
91 The Cleftones - Why You Do Me Like You Do - Gee 1031
261 The Clovers - Down In The Alley - Atlantic 1152
30 The Coasters - Idol With The Golden Head - Atco 6104
11 The Coasters - Searchin' - Atco 6087
321 The Coasters - Sweet Georgia Brown - Atco 6104
192 The Coasters - What Is The Secret Of Your Success - Atco 6104
28 The Coasters - Young Blood - Atco 6087
268 The Collins Kids - Hop,Skip And Jump - Columbia 40921
336 The Collins Kids - Hoy Hoy - Columbia 41087
305 The Continentals - Picture Of Love - Whirlin' Disc 105
236 The Crescendos - Oh Julie - Nasco 6005
87 The Crests - My Juanita - Joyce 103
134 The Crests - Sweetest One - Joyce 103
52 The Crickets - I'm Lookin' For Someone To Love - Brunswick 55009
36 The Crickets - Not Fade Away - Brunswick 55055
6 The Crickets - Oh Boy - Brunswick 55055
5 The Crickets - That'll Be The Day - Brunswick 55009
113 The Del-Vikings - Come Along With Me - Mercury 71180
222 The Del-Vikings - Cool Shake - Mercury 71132
145 The Del-Vikings - Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Luniverse 106
213 The Dell-Vikings - I'm Spinning - Fee Bee 218
499 The Dell-Vikings - What Made Maggie Run - Fee Bee 210
435 The Dell-Vikings - When I Come Home - Fee Bee 218
7 The Dell-Vikings - Whispering Bells - Fee Bee 214
153 The Dells - Pain In My Heart - Vee Jay 258
120 The Dells - Why Do You Have To Go - Vee Jay 236
225 The Deltairs - Lullabye Of The Bells - Ivy 101
156 The Deltas - Lamplight - Gone 5010
285 The Demens - Take Me As I Am - Teenage 1006
20 The Diamonds - Little Darlin' - Mercury 71060
353 The Diamonds - Silhouettes - Mercury 71197
64 The Diamonds - The Stroll - Mercury 71242
470 The Diamonds - Words Of Love - Mercury 71128
440 The Diamonds - Zip Zip - Mercury 71165
235 The Dixie Hummingbirds - Christian Automobile - Peacock 1780
349 The Drifters - Drifting Away From You - Atlantic 1141
14 The Drifters - Fools Fall In Love - Atlantic 1123
470 The Drifters - Hypnotized - Atlantic 1141
274 The Drifters - It Was A Tear - Atlantic 1123
274 The Drifters - Yodee Yakee - Atlantic 1161
352 The Dubs - Beside My Love - Gone 5020
42 The Dubs - Could This Be Magic - Gone 5011
31 The Dubs - Don't Ask Me To Be Lonely - Johnson 102
193 The Dubs - Such Lovin' - Gone 5011
379 The Echoes - Ding Dong - Gee 1028
517 The Echoes - Over The Rainbow - Specialty 601
206 The Enchanters - Mambo Santa Mambo - Coral 61216
193 The Esquires - Only The Angels Know - Hi-Po 1003
9 The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love - Cadence 1315
176 The Everly Brothers - I Wonder If I Care As Much - Cadence 1315
406 The Everly Brothers - Maybe Tommorrow - Cadence 1337
67 The Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie - Cadence 1337
187 The Fabulaires - While Walking - Main Line 103
474 The Five Debonaires - Darling - Herald 509
478 The Five Keys - It's A Cryin' Shame - Capitol 3830
298 The Five Keys - Let There Be You - Capitol 3660
417 The Five Royales - Dedicated To The One I Love - King 5098
458 The Five Royales - Think - King 5053
425 The Five Satins - Oh Happy Day - Ember 1014
25 The Five Satins - To The Aisle - Ember 1019
73 The Four Preps - Twenty Six Miles - Capitol 3845
462 The Gladiolas - Little Darlin' - Excello 2101
396 The Gladiolas - Sweetheart Please Don't Go - Excello 2101
305 The Gone All Stars - 7-11 - Gone 5016
203 The Harptones - Cry Like I Cried - Gee 1045
479 The Harptones - The Shrine Of St Cecilia - Rama 221
217 The Heartbeats - 500 Miles To Go - Gee 1047
295 The Heartbeats - After New Years Eve - Gee 1047
274 The Heartbeats - Everybody's Somebody's Fool - Rama 231
327 The Heartbeats - I Won't Be The Fool Anymore - Rama 222
310 The Hilltoppers - Marianne - Dot 15537
46 The Hollywood Flames - Buzz,Buzz,Buzz - Ebb 119
484 The Hurricanes - Priceless - King 5042
420 The Isley Brothers - Angels Cried - Teenage 1004
274 The Jesters - Love No One But You - Winley 218
450 The Jesters - Please Let Me Love You - Winley 221
271 The Jesters - So Strange - Winley 218
336 The Jive Bombers - Cherry - Savoy 1515
124 The Johnny Otis Show - Ma! He's Makin' Eyes At Me - Capitol 3800
491 The Kingsmen - Don't Say You're Sorry - Club 51 108
271 The Kodoks - Little Boy And Girl - Fury 1007
225 The Kuf-Linx - So Tough - Challenge 1013
412 The Laddins - Did It - Central 2602
361 The Love Letters - Walking The Streets Alone - Acme 714
368 The Love Notes - Don't Go - Holiday 2607
151 The Love Notes - Tonight - Holiday 2605
229 The Love Notes - United - Holiday 2605
123 The Matadors - Vengeance - Sue 700
129 The McGuire Sisters - Sugartime - Coral 61924
79 The Mello-Kings - Tonite Tonite - Herald 502
301 The Mello-Tones - Rosie Lee - Fascination 1001
24 The Monotones - Book Of Love - Mascot 124
385 The Monotones - You Never Loved Me - Mascot 124
332 The Moonglows - Don't Say Goodbye - Chess 1651
373 The Moonglows - Please Send Me Someone To Love - Chess 1661
247 The Moonglows - The Beating Of My Heart - Chess 1669
256 The Original Cadillacs - Hurry Home - Josie 821
228 The Paragons - Florence - Winley 215
327 The Paragons - Hey Little School Girl - Winley 215
32 The Paragons - Let's Start All Over Again - Winley 220
116 The Paragons - Stick With Me Baby - Winley 220
58 The Pastels - Been So Long - Mascot 123
234 The Pearls - Ice Cream Baby - Onyx 511
201 The Pearls - Your Cheatin' Heart - Onyx 510
431 The Penguins - Pledge Of Love - Atlantic 1132
216 The Platters - He's Mine - Mercury 71032
102 The Platters - I'm Sorry - Mercury 71032
219 The Platters - My Dream - Mercury 71093
248 The Playmates - Jo Ann - Roulette 4037
483 The Ravens - Dear One - Argo 5276
62 The Rays - Daddy Cool - XYZ 102
38 The Rays - Silhouettes - XYZ 102
244 The Rocketones - Mexico - Melba 113
186 The Royal Teens - Short Shorts - Power 215
461 The Schoolboys - Carol - Okeh 7090
408 The Sharps - Our Love Is Here To Stay - Lamp 2007
109 The Shells - Baby Oh Baby - Johnson 104
425 The Shepherd Sisters - Alone - Lance 125
81 The Silhouettes - Get A Job - Junior 391
474 The Silhouettes - I Am Lonely - Junior 391
515 The Silva-Tones - That's All I Want From You - Monarch 615
240 The Six Teens - Arrow Of Love - Flip 322
423 The Solitaires - Walking Along - Old Town 1034
112 The Spaniels - Everyone's Laughing - Vee Jay 246
274 The Spaniels - You're Gonna Cry - Vee Jay 257
128 The Strikes - If You Can't Rock Me - Lin 5006
265 The Sunbeams - Please Say You'll Be Mine - Acme 109
440 The Superiors - Lost Love - Main Line 104
344 The Supremes - Just For You And I - Ace 534
255 The Thrashers - Jeannie - Mason's 0-1
351 The Three Playmates - Sugah Wooga - Savoy 1528
295 The Tokens - Doom Lang - Gary 1006
179 The Tune Weavers - Happy,Happy Birthday Baby - Casa Grande 4037
440 The Tunedrops - Rosie Lee - Gone 5003
184 The Turbans - Congratulations - Herald 510
243 The Universals - Again - Mark X 1004
181 The Val-Chords - Candy Store Love - Gametime 104
456 The Valentines - Don't Say Goodnight - Rama 228
85 The Valiants - This Is The Nite - Keen 34004
171 The Velours - Can I Come Over Tonight - Onyx 512
410 The Velours - This Could Be The Night - Onyx 515
288 The Velvetones - Glory Of Love - Aladdin 3372
141 Thurston Harris - Do What You Did - Aladdin 3399
22 Thurston Harris - Little Bitty Pretty One - Aladdin 3398
393 Tom & Jerry - Hey Schoolgirl - Big 613
428 Tommy Sands - Goin' Steady - Capitol 3723
385 Tommy Sands - Teenage Crush - Capitol 3639
376 Tony Bennett - In The Middle Of An Island - Columbia 40965
161 Wanda Jackson - Baby Loves Him - Capitol 3637
140 Wanda Jackson - Cool Love - Capitol 3764
86 Wanda Jackson - Fujiyama Mama - Capitol 3843
376 Warner Mack - Roc-A-Chicka - Decca 30471
499 Warren Smith - So Long I'm Gone - Sun 268

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On Tue, 7 May 2024 07:47:25 +0000, mariabus@blueyonder.co.uk (Roger)
wrote:

Today......from 1957

Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch_videos?video_ids=dblHhzgabHw,pTCs7aAdPYU,5euCDVWbKD0,jGEIXe1Hn-I,8SD4Ntluw9I,NO664Sysz-U,8HRUwEkxrCs,xgs0zubkZqI,UtV5plFpVY4,bhN7PPlhahc,

Bob Gaddy - Paper Lady [Old Town 1039;;NYC] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dblHhzgabHw
r&b

Jimmy Stewart And The Night Hawks - Nuthin' But A Nuthin' [Night Hawk 635;b-side;Argo IL]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTCs7aAdPYU
Hillbilly Bopper

Farris Wilder - It's All Your Fault [Hi-Q 11;;Detroit, sub. of
Fortune]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5euCDVWbKD0

Kay Armen - Ha! Ha! Ha! (Chella Lla!) [Decca 30474] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGEIXe1Hn-I
Exotic Pop Novelty

Timmie "Oh Yeah!" Rogers - Back To School Again [Cameo 116] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SD4Ntluw9I

Clyde Stacy And The Nitecaps - So Young [Candlelight 1015;;NYC] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO664Sysz-U

Andy Wilson - Little Mama [Athens 700;b-side;Nashville] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HRUwEkxrCs

Betty Madigan - True Love Gone (Come On Home) [Coral 61812] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgs0zubkZqI
gutsy Pop

Billy Riley And His Little Green Men - I Want You Baby [Sun
260;b-side]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtV5plFpVY4

Bob Luman - Whenever You're Ready [Imperial X8313] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhN7PPlhahc

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On Tue, 7 May 2024 07:47:25 +0000, mariabus@blueyonder.co.uk (Roger)
wrote:

10 more obscurities chosen at random from my favorites lists

Today......from 1957

https://www.youtube.com/watch_videos?video_ids=LtQrNYFPZJw,pbxKfRjrLKY,cf--IjvxOzk,jOUCQZp5xnY,o14L1SfPhXk,uPkWf23MBrA,ysza3FhUxSs,4yzT6mL1kAk,WmTe-XAxpI4,yWuO0favjEk,

THE ECHO VALLEY BOYS - WASH MACHINE BOOGIE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtQrNYFPZJw
From Ohio,a rockabilly debut on small Island label of Cleveland.

THE ESQUIRES - ONLY THE ANGELS KNOW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbxKfRjrLKY
Beautiful ballad on the Hi-Po label in Nashville.

MILLIARD LEE (THE FIVE STARS) - HEY JUANITA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf--IjvxOzk
The Five Stars are natives of Dallas,Tx,first pressings on
the Blues Boys Kingdom label in Memphis.

THE RHYTHM CASTERS - LOVE LOVE BABY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOUCQZp5xnY
Love or loathe it,for me this Excello side is irresistible.

AL SIMMONS - OLD FOLKS BOOGIE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o14L1SfPhXk
Just one side of a sizzling blues rockin� double sider,
recorded for Johnny Otis� Dig label in Los Angeles.

HAYDEN THOMPSON - LOVE MY BABY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPkWf23MBrA
From Booneville,Mississippi,cut for Sun on Dec 20,1956.

THE THUNDERBIRDS - IN MY THUNDERBIRD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysza3FhUxSs
On Holiday 2609.

THE UNIVERSALS - AGAIN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yzT6mL1kAk
Almost certainly from the Philadelphia area since record is on
the Mark label out of Philly.

OSCAR WILLS - FLATFOOT SAM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmTe-XAxpI4
Song first recorded for Clif (#103),cred. to T.V. Slim (aka Wills).
Leonard Chess then asked Wills to do a recut with Cosimo Matassa's
Studio band.This much improved version came out on Argo 5277 under
his own name,Oscar Wills.

PEANUTS WILSON - CAST IRON ARM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWuO0favjEk
Played rhythm guitar behind Roy Orbison on his early sides.
In 1957 he cut this side for Norman Petty�s Nor-Va-Jak outfit
who passed the song to Brunswick for US release.

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Roger wrote:

10 more obscurities chosen at random from my favorites lists

Today......from 1957

THE ECHO VALLEY BOYS - WASH MACHINE BOOGIE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtQrNYFPZJw

Excellent tack, an 8.

THE ESQUIRES - ONLY THE ANGELS KNOW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbxKfRjrLKY

Also an excellent track, an 8. The Sparrows Qt. did it on the show that I posted recently.

MILLIARD LEE (THE FIVE STARS) - HEY JUANITA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf--IjvxOzk

A 7, very good track, but not the best "Juanita" song of this year.

THE RHYTHM CASTERS - LOVE LOVE BABY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOUCQZp5xnY

Here’s one you either love or loathe. Noisy, disjointed it’s a glorious mess that for me is irresistible.

I don't love or loathe it. It's pretty good, a 5. My "pretty good" probably is the same as your decent.

AL SIMMONS - OLD FOLKS BOOGIE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o14L1SfPhXk

Don't forget Slim Green and the Cats from Fresno! Oops, I see you mentioned them below.

https://images.45cat.com/al-simmons-slim-green-and-the-cats-from-fresno-old-folks-boogie-dig.jpg

It's excellent, an 8 for me.

HAYDEN THOMPSON - LOVE MY BABY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPkWf23MBrA

It's good, a 6.

THE THUNDERBIRDS - IN MY THUNDERBIRD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysza3FhUxSs

I've got a low 7 on this, just makes very good.

THE UNIVERSALS - AGAIN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yzT6mL1kAk

Big NYC doo wop, a 6 here.

OSCAR WILLS - FLATFOOT SAM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmTe-XAxpI4

DEFINITELY the better versions, an 8. The one released as by TV Slim is only a 5 IMO.

PEANUTS WILSON - CAST IRON ARM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWuO0favjEk

A unique rockabilly item that is a classic among collectors. Flip side is the original version of "You've Got Love," which is a favorite for me by Buddy Holly on the Chirpin' Crickets album. Not on Youtube but here's a 30 second clip:

https://archive.org/details/cd_west-texas-bop_peanuts-wilson-sonny-west-don-lanier-the/disc1/23.+Peanuts+Wilson%3B+Sonny+West%3B+Don+Lanier+%26+The+Roses%3B+Weldon+Rogers%3B+The+Nighthawks%3B+Sonny+Curtis%3B+Earl+Henry%3B+Gary+Tollett%3B+Wes+Bryan%3B+
Jack+%26+Jim%3B+Ronnie+Smith%3B+Jack+Huddle+-+You've+Got+Love.flac

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Okay, I'm gonna come up with 10 and hopefully at least one that Roger doesn't know.


Teen Town Hop ¦ Philharmonics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOb-RnsfNcM

Flip side of their version of "Why Don't You Write Me" which Relic had a load of copies of after Donn found the owner of the label. It was on the wall forever.

What You Want ¦ Bob Kelly & the Pikes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFYXQcfY4EQ

Original version of a track that Mac Curtis did on King. I think it was unissued at the time.

I'm A Real Glad Daddy ¦ Curtis Potter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PGp5RhxIuQ

The Fox label out of Cali.

https://rcs-discography.com/rcs/pics/03/3353.jpg

Fishin' In My Pond ¦ Lee Jackson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-5MvYKZFJ4

Good Chicago blues on Cobra.

Rock Along Time ¦ Bozo Ratliff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0CHerX36w0

Not the clown, but the only other Bozo that I know of. On the Space label from St. Louis.

Kicking With My Stallion ¦ Kings Men https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA1_XE3-sGA

Flip side of a famous collector's vocal group ballad (Don't Say You're Sorry) on the Club 51 label.

Beans 'N' Greens ¦ Nutones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFxmkDRiTPo

On Combo, I see a video that says 1956, but I have 1957 and so does Discogs and Kreiter. Roger, do you concur with 1957?

Rain ¦ Four Clippers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3z7SgkHD7A

Rare group ballad, I see some videos that say 1958, I have 1957.

Ice Cold Baby ¦ Marion "Madman" Mitchell & Rocketeers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIM8AjGjam0

The Vena label out of Madison, Alabama

Henpecked Daddy ¦ Ralph Johnson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuXkjMtZkIc

Killer hillbilly rocker out of West Virginia that the artist had pressed himself and names the label after himself. It was a program Starday had where they would press a record for anybody if they took at least a certain number of copies. Probably like
500. It was pressed by King who by then had formed a deal to distribute Starday's records.

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On Tue, 7 May 2024 17:55:38 +0000, savoybg@aol.com (Bruce) wrote:

Okay, I'm gonna come up with 10 and hopefully at least one that Roger doesn't know.

Flip side of their version of "Why Don't You Write Me" which Relic had a load of copies of after Donn found the owner of the label. It was on the wall forever.

What You Want � Bob Kelly & the Pikes >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFYXQcfY4EQ

I don't have either side, and I quite like this recording.
I do have the other nine sides here.

Rain � Four Clippers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3z7SgkHD7A

Only 2 copies in my digital collection.

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On Tue, 7 May 2024 07:47:25 +0000, mariabus@blueyonder.co.uk (Roger)
wrote:

10 more obscurities chosen at random from my favorites lists

Today......from 1957

PEANUTS WILSON - CAST IRON ARM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWuO0favjEk

�That�ll teach ya to mess with me boy�

Maybe not *quite* as obscure as some others here

In this newsgroup, and for all classic rockabilly fans, it's very well
known (well known like Bruce's 1952 "Stormy Weather" :-)
But for the general population aged 65+ both records are likely
obscure, and yes, I realize the same could be said for some of
my choices.

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RWC wrote:

Timmie "Oh Yeah!" Rogers - Back To School Again [Cameo 116] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SD4Ntluw9I

What is this doing on an obscurities list?

It was a top 40 chart hit on Billboard's Pop chart and stayed on that chart for like 15 weeks.

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RWC wrote:

On Tue, 7 May 2024 22:51:32 +0000, savoybg@aol.com (Bruce) wrote:

RWC wrote:

Timmie "Oh Yeah!" Rogers - Back To School Again [Cameo 116]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SD4Ntluw9I

What is this doing on an obscurities list?

It was not in the 1957 SINGLES BATTLE and many charting records,
including this one, are now obscure after 60+ years. An example
of a 50s charting record that is not obscure today for the majority
of senior citizens, like yourself Bruce, is Doris Day's Teachers Pet.

"Obscure" has never been clearly defined for this ongoing theme.

Certainly anything making the pop chart is disqualified from being any kid of obscurity.

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On Tue, 7 May 2024 22:51:32 +0000, savoybg@aol.com (Bruce) wrote:

RWC wrote:

Timmie "Oh Yeah!" Rogers - Back To School Again [Cameo 116]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SD4Ntluw9I

What is this doing on an obscurities list?

It was not in the 1957 SINGLES BATTLE and many charting records,
including this one, are now obscure after 60+ years. An example
of a 50s charting record that is not obscure today for the majority
of senior citizens, like yourself Bruce, is Doris Day's Teachers Pet.

"Obscure" has never been clearly defined for this ongoing theme.

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On Wed, 8 May 2024 02:04:44 +0000, savoybg@aol.com (Bruce) wrote:

RWC wrote:

On Tue, 7 May 2024 22:51:32 +0000, savoybg@aol.com (Bruce) wrote:

RWC wrote:

Timmie "Oh Yeah!" Rogers - Back To School Again [Cameo 116]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SD4Ntluw9I

What is this doing on an obscurities list?

It was not in the 1957 SINGLES BATTLE and many charting records,
including this one, are now obscure after 60+ years. An example
of a 50s charting record that is not obscure today for the majority
of senior citizens, like yourself Bruce, is Doris Day's Teachers Pet.

"Obscure" has never been clearly defined for this ongoing theme.

Certainly anything making the pop chart is disqualified from being any kid of obscurity.

We will assume this has Roger's approval.
Okay, so from now on I/we can pick any side that did not enter the
Billboard pop charts of the day (eg the Hot 100). (I won't use the
yearly Singles Battles any more - which was quick and easy to do.)

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On Wed, 8 May 2024 02:04:44 +0000, savoybg@aol.com (Bruce) wrote:

RWC wrote:

On Tue, 7 May 2024 22:51:32 +0000, savoybg@aol.com (Bruce) wrote:

RWC wrote:

Timmie "Oh Yeah!" Rogers - Back To School Again [Cameo 116]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SD4Ntluw9I

What is this doing on an obscurities list?

It was not in the 1957 SINGLES BATTLE and many charting records,
including this one, are now obscure after 60+ years. An example
of a 50s charting record that is not obscure today for the majority
of senior citizens, like yourself Bruce, is Doris Day's Teachers Pet.

"Obscure" has never been clearly defined for this ongoing theme.

Certainly anything making the pop chart is disqualified from being any kid of obscurity.

Bruce, I don't see Slim Harpo's 1957 "I'm A King Bee" on a Billboard
pop chart.

If you want to extend your definition of Obscure, please do so,
but please, Bruce, *do not be vague*. For instance, you could specify
that the side must not be on a Billboard R&B chart. It then follows
that a side must not appear on a Billboard Country chart.

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Bruce wrote:

Okay, I'm gonna come up with 10 and hopefully at least one that Roger doesn't know.

Teen Town Hop ¦ Philharmonics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOb-RnsfNcM

Flip side of their version of "Why Don't You Write Me" which Relic had a load of copies of after Donn found the owner of the label. It was on the wall forever.

I have this as a January 1958 release. It must also have been reissued later as it is reviewed in BB
6 February 1961 (p. 31)

On YouTube there are several examples of this group appearing live on the "Ozark Jubilee" TV show earlier in the 50's singing their versions of familiar r&r and r&b hits

OK I have "Teen Town Hop" on my 1958 list and rated 7

What You Want ¦ Bob Kelly & the Pikes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFYXQcfY4EQ

Original version of a track that Mac Curtis did on King. I think it was unissued at the time.

Yep.pretty sure it wasn't released at the time. Think they played behind Mac Curtis on his (slightly better IMO) version. Mac gets a 7 but this one just a 6

IIRC this guy also wrote Gene Vincent's "Git It"

I'm A Real Glad Daddy ¦ Curtis Potter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PGp5RhxIuQ

I have it rated a 6

Fishin' In My Pond ¦ Lee Jackson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-5MvYKZFJ4

Good Chicago blues on Cobra.

A 6 also

Rock Along Time ¦ Bozo Ratliff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0CHerX36w0

Not the clown, but the only other Bozo that I know of. On the Space label from St. Louis.

#1181 on my list in the lower 7's

Kicking With My Stallion ¦ Kings Men https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA1_XE3-sGA

Flip side of a famous collector's vocal group ballad (Don't Say You're Sorry) on the Club 51 label.

"Dnn't Say You're Sorry" - #404 on my list and a 7
"Kicking With My Stallion" - #573 also a 7

Beans 'N' Greens ¦ Nutones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFxmkDRiTPo

On Combo, I see a video that says 1956, but I have 1957 and so does Discogs and Kreiter. Roger, do you concur with 1957?

Yep I have 1957 too and have both sides (b/w "At Midnite") listed as 6's

Rain ¦ Four Clippers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3z7SgkHD7A

Rare group ballad, I see some videos that say 1958, I have 1957.

Yes I have 1957 too. #1082 and a low 7

Ice Cold Baby ¦ Marion "Madman" Mitchell & Rocketeers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIM8AjGjam0

The Vena label out of Madison, Alabama

#531 and a 7

Henpecked Daddy ¦ Ralph Johnson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuXkjMtZkIc

Killer hillbilly rocker out of West Virginia that the artist had pressed himself and names the label after himself. It was a program Starday had where they would press a record for anybody if they took at least a certain number of copies. Probably like

500. It was pressed by King who by then had formed a deal to distribute Starday's records.

Just a mid table 6

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On Tue, 7 May 2024 07:47:25 +0000, mariabus@blueyonder.co.uk (Roger)
wrote:

Today......from 1957

Geoff's list, Vol 2:

imo, more exciting than most other lists for 1957

Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch_videos?video_ids=VThWdAVhqJ0,V2y-G7iC9XI,C0eenXeNttA,G5ujQ57y-Kg,34-VIkzRPCk,tHRXUpn4UXI,4QLh3IOzIQ8,JjU2GkOmOAc,Mf-wnauWh10,9eOvTEzj1pI,

Wailin' Bill Dell - You Gotta Be Loose [OJ 1003;;Memphis] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VThWdAVhqJ0

Dave Diddle Day with Tony Ray Combo - Blue Moon Baby [Mercury 71114] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2y-G7iC9XI

Pretty Boy (aka Don Covay} - Bip Bop Bip [Atlantic 1147] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0eenXeNttA

Ernie Chaffin - Feelin' Low [Sun 262] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5ujQ57y-Kg

Johnny Powers with Stan Getz Band and Tom Cats - Long Blond Hair, Red
Rose Lips [Fox GB-916]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34-VIkzRPCk

Brien Fisher - Fingertips [Spangle 2001;;Springfield OH] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHRXUpn4UXI

Buddy Holly - Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues [Coral 61852] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QLh3IOzIQ8

Buzz Busby - Rock And Roll Fever [Speaks 101] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjU2GkOmOAc

Dean Beard with The Crew Cats - Rakin And Scrapin [Edmoral 1011] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf-wnauWh10
"Jimmy Seals on saxophone and Dash Crofts on drums. Dean Beard,
Jimmy, and Dash all would join The Champs in 1958"

Dennis Herrold - Hip Hip Baby [Imperial X5482] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eOvTEzj1pI

and I'm only up to the early D's :-)

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On Tue, 7 May 2024 07:47:25 +0000, mariabus@blueyonder.co.uk (Roger)
wrote:

Today......from 1957

Geoff's list, Vol 3:

perhaps at least one that Roger and/or Bruce doesn't know or have

Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch_videos?video_ids=kBfTxFYfbLQ,pcaGcUpk5JE,BgUPLanbKWA,hzS_bl7TG44,raFWUHFYgys,J3Vy-RMZkeU,UJgnB2xuqO4,U-WRWQSPXWY,cOvdXHmz27U,tRa66vrwoVM,

Johnny Woodson and the Crescendos - All That's Good [Spry
108;b-side;Los Angeles]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBfTxFYfbLQ

Don Woody - Bird Dog [Decca 30277]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcaGcUpk5JE
with Grady Martin & The Slewfoot Five

The Colonaires - Sandy [Ember 1017;b-side;NYC] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgUPLanbKWA
from Freeport, New York

Earl Grant - Fever [Decca 30475]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzS_bl7TG44

Eddie Cochran - Undying Love [LP Liberty "Singin' To My Baby"] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raFWUHFYgys

Elvis Presley - Is It So Strange [EP RCA 4041] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3Vy-RMZkeU

Gene Wyatt - Lover Boy [Ebb 123;;NYC] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJgnB2xuqO4
featuring a young James Burton on lead guitar

Don Woody - You're Barking Up The Wrong Tree [Decca 30277;b-side] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-WRWQSPXWY

The Blue Tones f. Fred Coupland - Shake Shake [King 5088] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOvdXHmz27U
from Hamilton, Ontario

Jerry Arnold and the Rhythm Captains - Race For Time [Security
106;b-side;Mt. Pleasant TX]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRa66vrwoVM

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On 5/9/2024 8:03 AM, RWC wrote:

Elvis Presley - Is It So Strange [EP RCA 4041] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3Vy-RMZkeU

Most definitely obscure in his cannon, but a great ballad none the less.

No sure if the guitar strumming is Elvis or Scotty, but it does detract
from it.

Recorded January 19, 1957, Radio Recorders Hollywood.


--
Steve Mc

DNA to SBC to respond

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On Tue, 7 May 2024 07:47:25 +0000, mariabus@blueyonder.co.uk (Roger)
wrote:

Today......from 1957

Geoff's list, Vol 4:

https://www.youtube.com/watch_videos?video_ids=0dAEqL6ZdeA,DVH0klOD9tc,xWYhMyinQ9o,ArBr2EfYSY8,VJBtl78LG2w,g_Kw17tsDkY,Jmg9dwvMxh8,3wiWsqhEIeo,ESNBC_NyXh8,JV0yGQfgjK4,

The Johnny Otis Show - Hum Ding A Ling [Capitol F3799] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dAEqL6ZdeA

Joe Therrien, Jr. And His Rockets - You're Long Gone [Brunswick
9-55017;b-side]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVH0klOD9tc
from Springfield MA

The Johnny Otis Show v. Marie Adams and the Three Tons Of Joy - Ma
(He's Makin' Eyes At Me) [Capitol F3800] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWYhMyinQ9o
YT poster offers short bio of Johnny Otis (CA-born John Veliotes)

Johnny Powers and His Rockets - Honey, Let's Go (To A Rock And Roll
Show) [Fortune 199]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArBr2EfYSY8
'Croation Elvis' from Detroit area
good bio at https://www.bear-family.com/powers-johnny/

Johnny Stark w. The Four Winds - Rockin' Billy [Crystalette
715;;Hollywood]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJBtl78LG2w
b. John Sticco in Englewood, N.J., and raised in Fairview.

Larry Williams - High School Dance [Specialty 608;b-side] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_Kw17tsDkY
from New Orleans; a Sonny Bono song; flip to "Short Fat Fannie";
both sides recorded on April 26, 1957 at Master Recorders in
Hollywood with Rene Hall on electric lead guitar, Ted Brinson on
bass, Leon M. Silby on piano, Jesse James Jones on tenor sax and
Earl Palmer on drums.

Norman Fox and The Rob Roys - Tell Me Why [Back Beat 501] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmg9dwvMxh8
mixed-race group formed in New York in 1956
"a song revived successfully in 1961 by The Belmonts"

T.V.Slim - Flatfoot Sam [Clif 103]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wiWsqhEIeo
"real name Oscar Wills, he was also a tv repair man hence the name"
a later re-cut by Wills was released on Argo (see Roger's '57 list)

Polly Tucker with Bill Wood's Orchestra - From An Angel To A Devil
[Bakersfield 129;b-side;CA]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESNBC_NyXh8

Ray Harris - Greenback Dollar, Watch And Chain [Sun 272] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV0yGQfgjK4
born in Tupelo, Mississippi

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On Thu, 9 May 2024 12:47:53 -0700, Steve Mc <stevemc209@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

On 5/9/2024 8:03 AM, RWC wrote:

Elvis Presley - Is It So Strange [EP RCA 4041]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3Vy-RMZkeU

Most definitely obscure in his cannon, but a great ballad none the less.

No sure if the guitar strumming is Elvis or Scotty, but it does detract
from it.

Recorded January 19, 1957, Radio Recorders Hollywood.

Steve, I can only hear one guitar, a repetitive electric guitar,
and I thought Elvis only played with an acoustic guitar?

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RWC wrote:

On Thu, 9 May 2024 12:47:53 -0700, Steve Mc <stevemc209@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

On 5/9/2024 8:03 AM, RWC wrote:

Elvis Presley - Is It So Strange [EP RCA 4041]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3Vy-RMZkeU

Most definitely obscure in his cannon, but a great ballad none the less.

No sure if the guitar strumming is Elvis or Scotty, but it does detract >>from it.

Recorded January 19, 1957, Radio Recorders Hollywood.

Steve, I can only hear one guitar, a repetitive electric guitar,
and I thought Elvis only played with an acoustic guitar?

I don't think Elvis played much on anything after Sun. He did do the bass opening on "Baby I Don't Care" after Bill Black could not get with the brand new electric bass right away. The info I have from his 1950s box set does list Elvis as playing the
second guitar on the session where they did the song.

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On 5/10/2024 8:31 AM, RWC wrote:

On Thu, 9 May 2024 12:47:53 -0700, Steve Mc <stevemc209@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

On 5/9/2024 8:03 AM, RWC wrote:

Elvis Presley - Is It So Strange [EP RCA 4041]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3Vy-RMZkeU

Most definitely obscure in his cannon, but a great ballad none the less.

No sure if the guitar strumming is Elvis or Scotty, but it does detract
from it.
Recorded January 19, 1957, Radio Recorders Hollywood.

Steve, I can only hear one guitar, a repetitive electric guitar,
and I thought Elvis only played with an acoustic guitar?

You're probably right about Scotty playing it.  The info I have shows
both him and Scotty on guitar, but that's for the whole session, which
also produced It Is No Secret, Blueberry Hill & Have I Told You Lately
That I Love You. It doesn't break it down by song.

--
Steve Mc

DNA to SBC to respond

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On Fri, 10 May 2024 15:41:37 +0000, savoybg@aol.com (Bruce) wrote:

RWC wrote:

On Thu, 9 May 2024 12:47:53 -0700, Steve Mc <stevemc209@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

On 5/9/2024 8:03 AM, RWC wrote:

Elvis Presley - Is It So Strange [EP RCA 4041]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3Vy-RMZkeU

Most definitely obscure in his cannon, but a great ballad none the less.

No sure if the guitar strumming is Elvis or Scotty, but it does detract >>>from it.

Recorded January 19, 1957, Radio Recorders Hollywood.

Steve, I can only hear one guitar, a repetitive electric guitar,
and I thought Elvis only played with an acoustic guitar?

The info I have from his 1950s box set does list Elvis as playing the second guitar on the session where they did the song.

As Steve said, Bruce, "but that's for the whole session".

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On Fri, 10 May 2024 08:50:52 -0700, Steve Mc
<stevemc209@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

On 5/10/2024 8:31 AM, RWC wrote:

On Thu, 9 May 2024 12:47:53 -0700, Steve Mc <stevemc209@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

On 5/9/2024 8:03 AM, RWC wrote:

Elvis Presley - Is It So Strange [EP RCA 4041]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3Vy-RMZkeU

Most definitely obscure in his cannon, but a great ballad none the less. >>>
No sure if the guitar strumming is Elvis or Scotty, but it does detract
from it.
Recorded January 19, 1957, Radio Recorders Hollywood.

Steve, I can only hear one guitar, a repetitive electric guitar,
and I thought Elvis only played with an acoustic guitar?

You're probably right about Scotty playing it.� The info I have shows
both him and Scotty on guitar, but that's for the whole session, which
also produced It Is No Secret, Blueberry Hill & Have I Told You Lately
That I Love You. It doesn't break it down by song.

according to http://www.elvisrecordings.com/

Guitar : Scotty Moore
Guitar : Elvis Presley
Bass : Bill Black
Drums : D.J. Fontana
Piano : Dudley Brooks
Backup Vocals : The Jordanaires: Gordon Stoker, Hoyt Hawkins, Neal
Matthews and Hugh Jarrett

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On 5/7/2024 3:47 AM, Roger wrote:

AL SIMMONS - OLD FOLKS BOOGIE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o14L1SfPhXk

Just one side of a sizzling blues rockin’ double sider (check out the equally good “You Ain’t Too Old”) from Mr Al Simmons recorded for Johnny
Otis’ Dig label in Los Angeles.
Solid backing here is from “Slim Green & The Cats From Fresno”

-----------
The older I get the more I like this one!

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Jim Colegrove wrote:

On Fri, 10 May 2024 08:50:52 -0700, Steve Mc
<stevemc209@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

On 5/10/2024 8:31 AM, RWC wrote:

On Thu, 9 May 2024 12:47:53 -0700, Steve Mc <stevemc209@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

On 5/9/2024 8:03 AM, RWC wrote:

Elvis Presley - Is It So Strange [EP RCA 4041]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3Vy-RMZkeU

Most definitely obscure in his cannon, but a great ballad none the less. >>>>
No sure if the guitar strumming is Elvis or Scotty, but it does detract >>> >from it.
Recorded January 19, 1957, Radio Recorders Hollywood.

Steve, I can only hear one guitar, a repetitive electric guitar,
and I thought Elvis only played with an acoustic guitar?

You're probably right about Scotty playing it.  The info I have shows
both him and Scotty on guitar, but that's for the whole session, which
also produced It Is No Secret, Blueberry Hill & Have I Told You Lately
That I Love You. It doesn't break it down by song.

according to http://www.elvisrecordings.com/

Guitar : Scotty Moore
Guitar : Elvis Presley
Bass : Bill Black
Drums : D.J. Fontana
Piano : Dudley Brooks
Backup Vocals : The Jordanaires: Gordon Stoker, Hoyt Hawkins, Neal
Matthews and Hugh Jarrett

That's the session info. Are there 2 guitars on that track Jim?

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RWC wrote:

On Tue, 7 May 2024 07:47:25 +0000, mariabus@blueyonder.co.uk (Roger)
wrote:

Today......from 1957

Geoff's list, Vol 2:

Dave Diddle Day with Tony Ray Combo - Blue Moon Baby [Mercury 71114] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2y-G7iC9XI

Original release on this should be Fee Bee 212 circa Apr 1957. Label location South Greensburg Pa.

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On Sat, 11 May 2024 14:58:43 +0000, mariabus@blueyonder.co.uk (Roger)
wrote:

RWC wrote:

On Tue, 7 May 2024 07:47:25 +0000, mariabus@blueyonder.co.uk (Roger)
wrote:

Today......from 1957

Geoff's list, Vol 2:

Dave Diddle Day with Tony Ray Combo - Blue Moon Baby [Mercury 71114]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2y-G7iC9XI

Original release on this should be Fee Bee 212 circa Apr 1957. Label location South Greensburg Pa.

Thanks Roger. I do prefer to specify the original release - if I'm
aware of it at the time of writing.

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On Sat, 11 May 2024 14:27:15 +0000, savoybg@aol.com (Bruce) wrote:

Jim Colegrove wrote:

On Fri, 10 May 2024 08:50:52 -0700, Steve Mc
<stevemc209@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

On 5/10/2024 8:31 AM, RWC wrote:

On Thu, 9 May 2024 12:47:53 -0700, Steve Mc <stevemc209@sbcglobal.net> >>>> wrote:

On 5/9/2024 8:03 AM, RWC wrote:

Elvis Presley - Is It So Strange [EP RCA 4041]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3Vy-RMZkeU

Most definitely obscure in his cannon, but a great ballad none the less. >>>>>
No sure if the guitar strumming is Elvis or Scotty, but it does detract >>>> >from it.
Recorded January 19, 1957, Radio Recorders Hollywood.

Steve, I can only hear one guitar, a repetitive electric guitar,
and I thought Elvis only played with an acoustic guitar?

You're probably right about Scotty playing it.� The info I have shows >>>both him and Scotty on guitar, but that's for the whole session, which >>>also produced It Is No Secret, Blueberry Hill & Have I Told You Lately >>>That I Love You. It doesn't break it down by song.

according to http://www.elvisrecordings.com/

Guitar : Scotty Moore
Guitar : Elvis Presley
Bass : Bill Black
Drums : D.J. Fontana
Piano : Dudley Brooks
Backup Vocals : The Jordanaires: Gordon Stoker, Hoyt Hawkins, Neal
Matthews and Hugh Jarrett

That's the session info. Are there 2 guitars on that track Jim?

If there is one I can't hear it.

The one I do hear has to be Scotty playing the triplet throughiut.

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Jim Colegrove <coolg@thecoolgroove.com> wrote:

On Sat, 11 May 2024 14:27:15 +0000, savoybg@aol.com (Bruce) wrote:

Jim Colegrove wrote:

On Fri, 10 May 2024 08:50:52 -0700, Steve Mc
<stevemc209@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

On 5/10/2024 8:31 AM, RWC wrote:

On Thu, 9 May 2024 12:47:53 -0700, Steve Mc <stevemc209@sbcglobal.net> >>>>> wrote:

On 5/9/2024 8:03 AM, RWC wrote:

Elvis Presley - Is It So Strange [EP RCA 4041]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3Vy-RMZkeU

Most definitely obscure in his cannon, but a great ballad none the less. >>>>>>
No sure if the guitar strumming is Elvis or Scotty, but it does detract >>>>>> from it.
Recorded January 19, 1957, Radio Recorders Hollywood.

Steve, I can only hear one guitar, a repetitive electric guitar,
and I thought Elvis only played with an acoustic guitar?

You're probably right about Scotty playing it.  The info I have shows >>>> both him and Scotty on guitar, but that's for the whole session, which >>>> also produced It Is No Secret, Blueberry Hill & Have I Told You Lately >>>> That I Love You. It doesn't break it down by song.

according to http://www.elvisrecordings.com/

Guitar : Scotty Moore
Guitar : Elvis Presley
Bass : Bill Black
Drums : D.J. Fontana
Piano : Dudley Brooks
Backup Vocals : The Jordanaires: Gordon Stoker, Hoyt Hawkins, Neal
Matthews and Hugh Jarrett

That's the session info. Are there 2 guitars on that track Jim?

If there is one I can't hear it.

The one I do hear has to be Scotty playing the triplet throughiut.

There’s another one I guess of Scotty triplets that really detract from another one that I can’t think of right now . But on the other hand , I mostly really like his work .

--
Steve Mc DNA to SBC to respond

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DianeE <DianeE@NoSpam.net> wrote:

On 5/7/2024 3:47 AM, Roger wrote:

AL SIMMONS - OLD FOLKS BOOGIE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o14L1SfPhXk

Just one side of a sizzling blues rockin’ double sider (check out the
equally good “You Ain’t Too Old”) from Mr Al Simmons recorded for Johnny
Otis’ Dig label in Los Angeles.
Solid backing here is from “Slim Green & The Cats From Fresno”

-----------
The older I get the more I like this one!

I’ve liked this one probably ever since I became an old folk.

--
Steve Mc DNA to SBC to respond

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Steve Mc <stevemc209@dnaglobal.net> wrote:

Jim Colegrove <coolg@thecoolgroove.com> wrote:

On Sat, 11 May 2024 14:27:15 +0000, savoybg@aol.com (Bruce) wrote:

Jim Colegrove wrote:

On Fri, 10 May 2024 08:50:52 -0700, Steve Mc
<stevemc209@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

On 5/10/2024 8:31 AM, RWC wrote:

On Thu, 9 May 2024 12:47:53 -0700, Steve Mc <stevemc209@sbcglobal.net> >>>>>> wrote:

On 5/9/2024 8:03 AM, RWC wrote:

Elvis Presley - Is It So Strange [EP RCA 4041]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3Vy-RMZkeU

Most definitely obscure in his cannon, but a great ballad none the less.

No sure if the guitar strumming is Elvis or Scotty, but it does detract >>>>>>> from it.
Recorded January 19, 1957, Radio Recorders Hollywood.

Steve, I can only hear one guitar, a repetitive electric guitar,
and I thought Elvis only played with an acoustic guitar?

You're probably right about Scotty playing it.  The info I have shows >>>>> both him and Scotty on guitar, but that's for the whole session, which >>>>> also produced It Is No Secret, Blueberry Hill & Have I Told You Lately >>>>> That I Love You. It doesn't break it down by song.

according to http://www.elvisrecordings.com/

Guitar : Scotty Moore
Guitar : Elvis Presley
Bass : Bill Black
Drums : D.J. Fontana
Piano : Dudley Brooks
Backup Vocals : The Jordanaires: Gordon Stoker, Hoyt Hawkins, Neal
Matthews and Hugh Jarrett

That's the session info. Are there 2 guitars on that track Jim?

If there is one I can't hear it.

The one I do hear has to be Scotty playing the triplet throughiut.

There’s another one I guess of Scotty triplets that really detract from another one that I can’t think of right now . But on the other hand , I mostly really like his work .

I think what I’m thinking of is Anyway You Want Me.

--
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On Tue, 7 May 2024 07:47:25 +0000, mariabus@blueyonder.co.uk (Roger)
wrote:

Today......from 1957

Geoff's list, Vol 5:

Playlist (10 tracks): https://www.youtube.com/watch_videos?video_ids=tqNN6bt4ETk,p6a4cKWG9IE,zI78jMjeygY,U9C0y0IWWOg,c-LPy-edc8o,J3pKjRpQE80,ud-h3ICzOuo,swR1bfe5k5I,H03djPX-V0Q,JMBdH29qiEA,

Ric Cartey - Heart Throb [RCA 6828]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqNN6bt4ETk
born in Atlanta GA, one of the founding rockers of that city https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Cartey

Ric Cartey - Born To Love One Woman [RCA 6920;b-side] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6a4cKWG9IE

Richard Berry and The Pharaohs - Rock, Rock, Rock (This Dance Is
Crazy) [Flip 327;;Hollywood]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI78jMjeygY
The Pharaohs featured two brothers � Godoy Colbert (1st tenor) and
Robert Harris (2nd tenor), accompanied by Noel Collins (baritone);
they were friends of Berry at Jefferson High School in Los Angeles.

Ronnie Self - {Bill Monroe�s} Rock Road Blues [Columbia 40989;b-side] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9C0y0IWWOg
recorded June 29, 1957, at Bradley's Recording Studio in Nashville,
with "Ain't I'm A Dog" and unissued "Do It Now", "Too Many Lovers"

In Jan 1957, Self performed as part of the Phillip Morris {Country}
Caravan - he quickly gained attention with his wild stage act, not
to mention the nature of his songs, which combined the intensity of
R&B with high-energy rockabilly. His tour success helped get him a
contract with Columbia Records in Feb 1957: https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ronnie-self-mn0000333181#biography https://www.bear-family.com/self-ronnie/

Sonny Burgess {& his Pacers} - Ain't Got A Thing [Sun 263;b-side] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-LPy-edc8o
b. Albert Austin Burgess in May 1931 on a farm near Newport, AR,
just 80 miles northwest of Sun Records in Memphis TN.
Their raucous, energy-filled recordings were matched by their
on-stage antics.

Orangie Ray Hubbard - Sweet Love [Dixie 662;b-side;Nashville] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3pKjRpQE80
1933-2011, beloved husband of 60 years to Mary;
a (Mr. Nice Guy) retiree of General Motors where he spent 30 years;
"remembered as an originator of Rockabilly Music in 1955";
his musical roots were in Barbourville KY;
a copy of this rare single sold in 2014 for over $6,000

https://www.zeroto180.org/orangie-ray-hubbard-great-rocker-from-cincinnati/

an interview with Orangie Ray Hubbard about his 50s/60s music,
to hear, left-click on the top-left > button on this web page: https://www.wvxu.org/music/2018-06-21/king-records-orangie-ray-hubbard

Wes Buchanan - Give Some Love My Way [Pep 114;b-side;Rivera CA] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud-h3ICzOuo

Sanford Clark w. Al Casey, Guitar - 9 LB. Hammer [Dot 15534] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swR1bfe5k5I
from 1956 to 1968 all recordings were made in Phoenix AZ

Sanford Clark w. Al Casey, Guitar - Darling Dear [Dot 15556; b-side] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H03djPX-V0Q

Sleepy La Beff - Lonely [Mercury Starday 71179] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMBdH29qiEA
from 1955 to 1962 all recordings were made in Houston TX

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On Tue, 7 May 2024 07:47:25 +0000, mariabus@blueyonder.co.uk (Roger)
wrote:

Today......from 1957

Geoff's list, Vol 6:

Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch_videos?video_ids=VYSlP7pHm9M,axTDzbxJZsA,cTZFv0YlPlM,A-fvK8zErG0,yT6QfcHsTfg,8KApJdD0XxA,Cn8A8DPqJ7o,QiKXH61dELE,COITgrFw2Xw,ilJqKCsND4M,

Tennessee Jim {McDonald} - Hold Me Tight [Choice 852;;Kansas City MO] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYSlP7pHm9M

Terry Noland {w. Anita Kerr Singers} - Ten Little Women [Brunswick
9-55010]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axTDzbxJZsA
born Terry Noland Church in Abilene, Texas in 1938
a Norman Petty production in Clovis NM

**at last I have reached the Doo Wop section**

The (Five) Debonaires - Darling [Herald 509;;Elizabeth NJ] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTZFv0YlPlM
uptempo doo wop dance record; group from Atlanta GA; personnel
included Arthur Simon, Emory Cloud, Milton Boykie, while
Wesley J. Jackson arranged and provided guitar backing; popular
among oldies fans for the tricky bass parts and nice harmonies

The Delroys - Bermuda Shorts [Apollo 514;;NYC] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-fvK8zErG0
alleged great top down cruisin'/cruzin music back in the day;
Queensbridge, Long Island NY quartet; Reggie Walker (Bass, Lead),
John Blount (1st Tenor), Ronald Coleman (2nd Tenor), Robert Coleman
(Baritone);
"in 1957, only the BRAVE wore Bermuda shorts, lol!"

The Fabulaires - While Walking [Main Line 103;;Philly] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT6QfcHsTfg
the Fabulaires quintet started in West Philadelphia in 1957 although
the record label says quartet, Paul Green is on lead; other members
named are Charles David Young (bass), William J. Lewis, Vernon Ear
Monroe, and Billy Watson; song perhaps inspired by the Solitaires
"Walking Along"

The G-Clefs - Is This The Way [Paris 506;b-side;Boston MA] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KApJdD0XxA
from Roxbury MA; https://www.uncamarvy.com/GClefs/gclefs.html

Jiv-A-Tones, v. Bill Holden - Fire Engine Baby [Fox 1;b-side;Atlanta
GA]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn8A8DPqJ7o
members included Charlie Broome, Guy Barber, Dean Stevens, and
Bill Holden; they backed rockabilly artist Ric Cartey until RCA
sent Cartey to Nashville in early '57 to record under Chet Atkins

The Moonglows - Mr. Engineer (Bring Her Back To Me) [Chess 1661
b-side]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiKXH61dELE
Louisville KY group, with Harvey Fuqua leading this jump song

The Personalities - Woe Woe Baby [Safari 1002;;NYC] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COITgrFw2Xw
hailed from the Bronx, NY with 12 year old Ralph Molina singing lead

The Rays - Daddy Cool [XYZ 102;b-side] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilJqKCsND4M
group formed in NYC in 1955 and was active into the early 1960s;
the song, which achieved considerable note, was written by label
owners Bob Crewe and Frank Slay, Jr.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Crewe

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