Oh.. My Hands
The Mystic Zephyrs 4Oh. . .My HandsTwo:Dot HRH 11711971The Mystic Zephyrs 4 (aka The MacLeods) "one of Ventura county's Yougest Combos"were as follows:Lynne Louise MacLeod, Jared Keith MacLeod, Gayle...
View ArticleWaxmate Of The Month : Apollonia Kotero
Apollonia Kotero (born Patricia Kotero; August 2, 1959) is an American actress, singer, former model and talent manager. She is best known for co-starring in Prince's 1984 film Purple Rain and for...
View ArticleI'm A Little Piglet
I'm A Little PigletAngela Records No. IP-1271970Angela Vella Ghelarducci, who graduated from The Juilliard School, composed children's music for dance studios, some of which can still be purchased. As...
View ArticleVladimir and The Grave Diggers
Vladimir TwistDrac Walk Mel Par 45-1006October 1962Review from Kicks Magazine #6 Inscription on the Billy Miller's copy reads"when you hear this 'abortion' don't tell anyone you know me!"Vladimir, aka...
View ArticleMustang Sally
Gene Dozier & The BrotherhoodMustang SallyMinit 320311967Unusual cover of the Mack Rice song by Gene Dozier & The Brotherhood, which were Ike Turner's band in 1966/1967, with Gene Dozier on...
View ArticleHat-Shi
GrrrrrrIn our series "The Great Unknowns" here is a recent (2015?) re-issue (by Bear Family, I believe) of a mysterious old recording. Nothing is known about the original release, believed to be from...
View ArticleLittle Kitten
Little KittenColpix CP 1531960His first record before his better known on Gone Records — a cover of Rock Around The Clock (as Franny Boye) — on also issued in 1960. Real name : Frank Ciliberti from...
View ArticleGod Made A Way
God Made A WayThe Songsters Quartet from Charleston, West Virginia, on their own label pressed by King Records in Cincinnati, Ohio. Date is 1960
View ArticleOh, She's The One
Mike O'BerryOh, She's The OneSoo Records No. 0011199 E. Blvd. S.Pontiac, Mich.1966I've found nothing on this one. No other Soo record. No other Mike O'Berry recording. Michael O'Berry copyrighted this...
View ArticleWaxmate of the month : Marva King
Born in Flint, Michigan, USA. Marva King has been performing with major artists since the age of 13 with the Clarke Sisters and Andre Crouch. Marva was nurtured by a family of entertainers with...
View ArticleYour Love Is My Goal
Your Love Is My GoalThe Top 40 Tommy Biener With Wendy & The SchoolgirlsBlackie Schackner and OrchestraYour Love Is My GoalT. Biener, Cal Cagno, A. Schackner Beta Music BMIThe Top 40Sy Levitan...
View ArticleHave A Gluey Christmas
Have A Gluey ChristmasGeorgie Holiday (r.n. Joseph Giorgio), a comic entertainer, has performed extensively in and around Boston, Massachusetts from the forties to the eighties. The first mention of...
View ArticleVietnam Blues
Vietnam BluesWhat better way to finish the month with a nice little depressing song? Here is one, courtesy of Miss Earnestine Quick (of Arkansas, I assume) on the Jonesboro label Jon-Ark.
View ArticleSusanne Haines, Waxmate of the Month
Susanne Haines was a stripper and former Miss Nude Universe. "Nothing else seemed exciting at the time," she confessed. "I couldn't imagine anything else." Then Susanne, Register found the Lord and her...
View ArticleLucille
LucilleBobby Oliver and his bandSecond single of the artist on Lucky Four, a Chicago label owned by Lennie Lacour. According to Doowop: The Chicago Scene (Robert Pruter), Bobby Oliver was a white...
View ArticleBoom Boom Boom
Boom Boom Boom1965Cover of John Lee Hooker by uncredited band on the last disc of the fifth set in the Discoteen series issued by the mighty Chicago's Seeburg Corporation in 1965.DiscoTeen, which...
View ArticleDay And Night
Day And NightMike & The Hi-Fi'sMiddle C Records211 Piedmont Street, San Antonio, TexasThis group was led by Swingin’ Mike “Keys” Martinez who recorded “Sugar Baby” (Great Records #702) which was...
View ArticleUm-Hum
Virginia NiquetteSafe 230Um-HumZeke Strong-Ann Lacoste, Melodic MusicArr & Dir By Zeke StrongProduced By Ray NiquetteSong previously recorded by Ann Lacoste on Zeke Strong's Progress Records....
View ArticleI’ll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin‘)
Reconsider Baby I’ll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin‘) Tommy Hammond (1932-2014)Kool (1961) Tommy Hammond & The Rockin' Rebels1011-45 Let's Forget We Ever Met / Please Be Mine – 06-61 (rev. July...
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