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Joke On Santa
Al Green And The TerrificsJoke On SantaGreenMiller Songkraft Pub. BMI Palm Records 7111959 (guesstimate)Unknown New York label & artist. Probably produced by Bill [William H.] Miller and Teacho...
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Ollie Wotnot
R.J. & The CarvellsOllie WotnotDick ManningTopper Music (ASCAP)Rory 719The Rory John Company (A division of Lyle Stuart, Inc.)239 Park Avenue South, New York 31963 or later?The flip, "The Frog", is...
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Copyright for dummies : the "Slow Walk" case
Lesson 1 : Of the importance of the Notice to UseThe "Slow Walk" casePub Sues King For Royalties Billboard February 2, 1959NEW YORK — Norbay Music, a BMI affiliated Chicago publisher firm, brought...
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The Tommy Vastola Songbook
The Tommy Vastola Songbook18 killer tracks from the pen of the mobster who had a particular fondness for the music businessRockLector CLCD 010tracklist :Andy Rose - Classroom Cutie.mp3...
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I Like It Like That
Richie RichardsonWith Charlie Cuevas And The JaguarsI Like It Like ThatGalaxy 103Galaxy Record Co.Houston, Texas1961The flip is "The Jump" which has been collected by Be Sharp on their amazing "Texas...
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Jack Metnick (The Man From Mars)
Jack Metnick(The Man From Mars)Mars Oldsmobile 50271968Chicagoans who tuned into radio or TV in the 1950s and 1960s likely remember the inventive, offbeat car-dealership advertising pioneered by Jack...
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Walking 50 Miles
Jumping Jaguars With The SurgeonsVocal Ross - McCoyWalking 50 MilesFloyd Barnes, Jr. Tamango Music BMITamango Records RI 14231963Baltimore group active between 1958 and 1964. This is probably the group...
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Can You Do It
Sheila WilkersonAccompanied by El Conjunto Azul Can You Do ItR. Tinory-S. WilkersonHyannis Music BMI RTF 3012Cohasset, Mass 02025Produced by Rik Tinory1968One of the first production from Rik Tinory...
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It's Good Cha Cha Cha
It's Good Cha Cha ChaBarq's ACI-1011962 Gulf Coast's root beer favorite born in Biloxi, Mississippi in 1898 Drink Barq's It's Good
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Yeah Yeah All The Time
Ginny AngelYeah Yeah All The TimeG. Hawkins, K. OwensTweety Music (BMI)Bow Records 3031958Composer K. Owens is Kelly Owens a prolific New York session man who played piano on, and arranged numerous...
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My Baby Left Me
*Loren Becker - My Baby Left Me18 top hits 1931956(Subsidiary of Waldorf Music Hall)The following informative Billboard article is from 1965, when Loren Becker was named head of Command Records, BECKER...
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I'll Get Another
The SistersBig Time ManClark, Debbi (BMI) I'll Get AnotherChick Carlton, Debbi (BMI)Produced by Aston-ClarkSeptember 101(1963)Undocumented female vocal group. These Sisters are probably the same...
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Till I Hm - Hm - With You
Billie JoTill I Hm - Hm - With You T.Berry-El Ivins, Palma Music ASCAP Melodic Records1964Pennsylvania or New Jersey?This song copyrighted as "Till I Mhh Mhh Mhh With You" by Elwood Arthur Ivins &...
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I'll Walk Into The Sea
Beth AdlamBuzz and the BoysI'll Walk Into The SeaVal Brown, Bel-Air Music (ASCAP)Bel-Air 6083Bel-Air Records, Inc.Box 217Beverly Hills, Calif.December 1959★Composer of the song was Val Browne, a big...
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In The Year 1900 - Rock'N Roll
Homer EscamillaIn The Year 1900Ronnex 1182(European issue of U.S. Real 1311)1956Billboard, June 9, 1956Homer Escamilla (1926-1959) was born to Jesus and Eva Escamilla. The Escamilla family was living...
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From Italy With Sadness
Little Richard "Get Rich Quick" (LP on Mr. Suit, Italy)This ugly cover come from Italy Italy, how much I'm disappointed. I'm sure this is the result of Ze Globalization extending its aeshetics all...
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Whats The Matter Baby
Jerry Mundo & The HoundsWhats The Matter BabyBetty Records 1200Sonny Sawyer/Vaughn Morrison Productions1967What's a Matter Baby (Is It Hurting You) was written by Clyde Otis, Joy Byers and was...
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Satellite Baby
Satellite Baby Satellite Baby ★ Exact facts regarding Skip Stanley, his biography, and the recording of "Satellite Baby" are not easy to come by. According to one source "He was working nightclubs...
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Love
The Jolly JaxLoveTina Records 201200 W. 57th St., New York City1959Newspaper Clip from September 1949The Jolly Jaxwere from Baltimore and were a fixture on the club scenethere for quite a few years....
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Banjo Rock
Grier AdamsBanjo Rock *Symbol 902A division of Sue Records1959*For a download link see commentDespite some twenty singles released, Robert Grier Adams is still a mystery. He came from Seattle,...
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