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Jelly-Bean
Obscure group on the equally obscure Carthay label. The Galaxys 45 is rare, that's all about I can say about them. Incorporated in January 1959, Carthay Records, first located at 1614 N. Argyle in...
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Honey Buggie
A former student of Millikan Junior High School, Linda Green of North Hollywood was discovered by Muriel Sanders and Jack Elton; they've been coaching her for a couple of years whenRay Bolger (actor...
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Crying Time
Maxwell-56 45-M200Sara Jo with The TrovadoresSong written by Donald E. Teachout, also known as recording artist Troy Onteare and also owner of this tiny (three singles) Maxwell-56 label out of...
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Wild
Recorded for the Mecca label, in West Seattle, by Joe Boles in 1959. The Vanguards added the Du-ettes as vocalists, and performed together on the Seattle Bandstand TV show. The Du-ettes (Bonnie Dee...
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Playboy
Born in Memphis, Tennessee around 1935 Charles Jones, better known as Jeb Stuart, had a long musical career. From the beginning of his career, Stuart seems to have oriented himself toward the white...
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Matchbox
Hit Records was a Nashville-based label founded in 1962 by producer William Beasley which specialized in releasing cover versions on 45 RPM singles usually sold for a list price of 39 cents (less than...
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Cumberland Spoons
Joe Jones known to many as "Mr. Spoons"made his living off tips for many decades by playing the spoons. He described himself as an "ignorant" man but as usual explains it away with a wise thought....
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Rock And Roll King
Rock And Roll KingCarl Jones pays tribute to Elvis, the King of Rock & Roll (1977)Morris “Carl” Jones (1913-1985)Musician and Chicago-based record producer, Carl Jones was born in Waxahachie,...
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Twist And Shout
Candice AullwithDick Holler's HolidaysVital 64 V-1071965This is probably Candice Aull Ralston born in 1948 who graduated from Batesburg Leesville High Class in 1966. In 1973, Candice founded the...
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A Gruntin' And A Groanin' (The Wrestlers Song)
Maurice Tillet "The French Angel"Scat Man Crothers's recording of “A-Gruntin’ And A-Groanin’ (The Wrestlers Song)" backed by the Red Callender Sextet, combined R&B with professional wrestling,...
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Freddie's Marilyn
Here is Freddie Dino backed by his Fabulous Jerrels on Star Artists, a Rochester label, pressed by the Capitol Records custom division in 1965. This is the last of three singles on Star Artists, soon...
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Welcome Heartache
Green Mountain 1130"Starday custom"from Glens Falls, New Yorklate '65 or early '66?Bernadette Williams has been a regular with Pete Williams and the Ranchers on WRGB-TV in the mid-sixties and has sung...
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Swing Little Carmella
Two curiously similar instrumentals. Both from the early sixties. "Swing Little Carol" by The Renegades, a Butte, Montana band produced in Spokane Washington at Sound Recording Company. Lead Guitar –...
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Milk Cow Blues
Milk Cow BluesHere is Bob Cox on his own Magnet label. Under the sticker, original printed credit is probably The 32 Bar Ranch Hands; which was his own band. Date unknown (early sixties?)Bob Cox, a...
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Happy Birthday, Sweet 16
Greg Gifford : Happy Birthday, Sweet 16A cover on a Discount Disc EP, a subsidiary of Pickwick International. Perhaps their most obscure label (among others : Bravo, Hurrah, International Award, Grand...
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Little Bit Of Blues
Slim HarperWil-Row WR-203/WR-2041957Newark, New JerseySlim Harper and his brother Rocky as kids back in Virginia used to listen to the Blue Sky Boys and The Bailes Brothers on the radio out of WBT in...
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B-B-B Baby
El RojoRedd-E Records #50031958El Rojo, whose real name and/or biography is unknown to me, is described in the Billboard magazine dated 8 Oct. 1958 as the Edmundo Ros of Bermuda. A second single on...
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Chloe
Sister Grace CapellasChloeAccording to Sister Grace Capellas once the soloist of The Singing Sisters :There is a unique connection between the artist and the Divine. When we look at the life of St....
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I'm Gonna Buy Me a Dog
I'm Gonna Buy Me a DogThe Astronauts, RCA unissued, 1965Recorded at the RCA Studio B in Hollywood on June 7, 1965.The Astronauts were the first Boulder, Colorado band to make the national charts with...
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All Alone Blues
Red And Carolyn(Red Hilburn & Carolyn Harrison)TNT 90041955Old RendezvousAll Alone BluesWilliam "Red Hilburn Hilburn grew up around the country music scene in Texas. He played with Willie Nelson...
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