Angie Monaco
On White Top Recording (1962-1963) he was Angie Monaco, on Kable (1963-1964) and Mickay's (196x) he was Mel Anton. His real name is Angelo Stocchi from Michigan, vocalist with The Checkers...
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Mike Haskinswith The ValeneersI'm WonderingShadow Records #1051963 Group rocker on the Shadow label out of Bristol, Tennessee owned by Joe Morrell. The Valeneers were also featured on the following...
View ArticleFran Owens, waxmate of the month
Fran Owens was born in the small town of Bingham, Maine. She was on stage at the age of four. She continued doing variety shows in the state of Maine until the age of 12. She studied classical...
View ArticleCrown Heights Pogrom
The Crown Heights riot was a three-day racial riot that occurred from August 19 to August 21, 1991 in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York City. It turned black residents and Orthodox Jewish...
View ArticleXocquitumi
Ada MariaXocquitumiA.C. Pena, Poco Loco MusicFlamingo Records #5002late sixties?Xocquitumi was copyrighted on 1 Aug 1968 by Flaco Music Co. and was also recorded by Ray Avila on the El Monte label (see...
View ArticleSo You Walked Out On Your Baby
Lucille HutchinsonSo You Walked Out On Your BabyLucille E. Hutchinson, Greek Music BMIAlpha 6331970Song published by Greek Music, a John Greek publishing company. Yes, the John Greek original member...
View ArticleThe Fountainhead Record Company
Does anyone known anything about this label, The Fountainhead Record Company?Vocal credited to Ella Cohen and music to "The 4-4 Tiimers". A side is numbered 900 while the flip is numbered 901, with...
View ArticleMule Skinner Blues
Danny Kiddand The Valley CountrymenMule Skinner BluesJeree 1111771977"Mule Skinner Blues" is perhaps one of the most recorded songs in the history of country music. A.k.a. "Blue Yodel #8" or...
View ArticleYou Mention My Name
Terri NorthYou Mention My NameWillie F. James - Gene BrooksArthur Music (ASCAP)Preview 15011968This is actually Teri Thornton, a jazz singer turned song poem singer at the end of the sixties after her...
View ArticleLet's Face It
Joe and UrsulaLet's Face ItImperial 53711955This is Joe Morris and Ursula/Ursala ReedUrsala Reed was discovered by band leader and R & B arranger Joe Morris when she was a promising sixteen year...
View ArticleWith The World At My Feet
Gini EastwoodWith The World At My FeetArthur Resnick, Kris ResnickT.M. Music, Inc.Prod & arr Richard WolfeTower 249 (1966)Gini Eastwood, biography from IMDB :Lovely and captivating brunette...
View ArticleCome On Way Down South
Elzworth BrooksCome On Way Down SouthEnterprise Records1963Houston recording. 1963 is a late date for a label whose all other recordings were released between 1957 and 1959 . I've seen the label...
View ArticleRockroleville
Lynn TaylorRockrolevilleLincoln Chase, Music Of Today, Inc. (BMI)Coral 9-61726⧫Lynn Taylor was born Patricia Elaine Foutty (or Fowdy) in 1937.Lynn Taylor had sung in public as a teenager in...
View ArticleI Got Rhythm
The TrowellsI Got Rhythm(Gerschwin)La Ru Ha Records819 Brookhurst DriveCharlotte, N.C. 282051974Here it is : the La Ru Ha Records response to Tamla-Motown produced at Arthur Smith Studios. Karen,...
View ArticleSkippy Roberts
Ohio RnB rocker Skippy Roberts had two singles released in 1958 and 1959. Both were probably recorded in Cleveland, Ohio, despite a Gardena, California address for his second release. A release on...
View ArticleWaxmate of the month : Mitzi Mason
Mitzi MasonAccording to a trade paper, Mitzi Mason, a lass from a Bronx bakery, [was] the newest MGM recording "find" was "discovered" by composer Larry Douglas, who heard her humming as she wrapped a...
View ArticleWhat About Me
Lorry PetersWhat About MeDon Gibson, Acuff-Rose, BMIA Statue In A WindowBoudleaux Bryant, Felice BryantHickory 45-12281963Hickory Records signed Lorry Peters to a recording contract in a move taking...
View ArticleJukebox Hula
Allen GreenfieldJukebox HulaDyson - Poynter, Tubb Music, BMIGoldenrod 2011956Western Swing out of Scottsville, Kentucky. Artist's 2nd release on the label. One of the songs from his first record,...
View ArticleRock 'n Roll Music
Bob Lenoxwith the Promenade Orch. & ChorusRock 'n Roll Music 1957Budget label, a product of Synthetics Plastics Company of Newark, New Jersey.Bob Lenox, whoever he really was, got his assumed name...
View ArticlePeople Are Talking About Watergate
Sons of Truth (Bill Spivery)People Are Talking About Watergateversion1version2Agency Recording StudiosCleveland, Ohio1973(issued on Dee-Jay Records)The Agency Recording Studios 1730 East 24th Street,...
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