It's a Hap-Hap-Happy Day
It's A Hap-Hap-Happy DayRoye Dodge [dance] Studios were located at 8 Second St, New York City, owned by Roye Dodge and his wife Jayne.Roye Dodgewas a well-known tap dance instructor and choreographer....
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Willie Restum : Mack The KnifeFrom The Gone Records LP "Willie Restum At The Dream Lounge"1959Willie Restum, Allentown's irrepressibly effervescent baritone saxophonist and lounge entertainer died in...
View ArticleI'm Coming Down Mama
I'm Coming Down MamaAaron Love is an Arkansas singer and drummer whose nickname is the Jonesboro Blues Man. He returns yearly to the Blues Fest held in his hometown of Jonesboro, AR, to attend the...
View ArticleHootchy--Koo
Wayne Turssoand Tim's Galaxies Orch.Twayne T-100 (PE-802)1963Hootchy--KooPlaying For KeepsTwo covers (Larry Williams & Elvis Presley). "Playing For Keeps" penned by Stan Kesler was first recorded...
View ArticleLet's Hide Away and Dance Away
Freddy KingLet's Hide Away and Dance Away(strictyl instrumental)King 773One of the best guitar instrumental albums by one of my favorite guitarist, Mr. Freddy King!Twelve tracks recorded in Cincinnati...
View ArticleMansion On The Hill
Killer Warren Waidand his Musical SawMansion On The HillRM 42981For the musical saw enthusiasts there is a dedicated website : https://sawnotes.com/ Among the famous people who played the musical saw,...
View ArticleCall Me Skinny
Jim ClimerCall Me SkinnyRolando 45-202Produced by Roland JanesLate sixties?Memphis (or West Memphis, Arkansas?) artist and radio personality (on KWAM), Jim Climer had two records issued in 1962 : on...
View ArticleHey Little Girl
Tommy MooreHey Little GirlTommy Moore, Tweety Music & Skyrocket Music (BMI)A Kelly Owens ProductionDistributed nationally by Stroll Records201 W. 49th St. - CO 5-9693My Brother's Record Co. Record...
View ArticleSonya and the Avons sing for Riceland Rice
Sonya and the Avonssing forRiceland RicePressed by Southern ¨Plastics in Nashville in 1964. A promotional record for Riceland, a company founded in 1921 with headquarters in Stuttgart, Arkansas....
View ArticleLet The Good Times Roll
The Del CountsLet The Good Times RollSoma Record Co. 14301965The Del Counts were started by Charles Schoen, who was inspired to start a career in music after learning to play the guitar while he...
View ArticlePotato Diggin' Man
Andrew "Blueblood" McMahon1926-1984Potato Diggin' ManRecorded for Cadillac Baby in Chicago, December 1971 : Andrew McMahon, vcl, Little Mac, harmonica, Hubert Sumlin & Eddie Taylor, guitars,...
View ArticleWild, Rare & Well Done
He's pretty gone there, ain't he?! Hasil Adkins on Dean MorganOld Daddy CoolNeanderthal, Cro-Magnon, primitivo, insane, strange, dumb, fantastic, weird, bizarre, insane, twisted, deranged, crude; such...
View ArticleThe Fabulous Beats Go Country Style!
The Fabulous Beats Go Country Style!Design Records LP 173(1964)http://www.slipcue.com/music/country/countrystyles/hippiebilly/F_01.htmlHardy-har-har. The gag is having four mop-topped Beatles imitators...
View ArticleSay It, Say It
Betty Jo BaxterSay It, Say ItFreddy(1959) Betty Jo Baxter, born in 1930, performed regularly with the Freddy Guerra Orchestra and was also a regular on WBZ, a Boston, Mass. radio. She was married to...
View ArticleIf It Wasn't For The Kids (Volume 1)
According to "Music As Torture / Music As Weapon" by Suzanne G. Cusick, a study published in 2006 by Transcultural Music Review :The Free Republic in June 2005 posted a news story about the US Army's...
View ArticleThe Kids (Volume 2)
"My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense".Fred Allen, American comedian1894 - 1956★Baby J.J. - Amigo Mio (Chico) J.J. Villegas was born and raised in...
View ArticleI'm Just Your Fool
Rena WrightI'm Just Your FoolI'm Just Your Fool was written and recorded by Buddy Johnson in 1953, with vocal by sis Ella Johnson (Mercury 70251)Orena Dunham Fulmer (1923-2011) had sung in church and...
View ArticleLucy Mae Blues
Frankie Lee Sims (1917-1970) American singer-songwriter and electric blues guitarist. He released nine singles during his career, one of which, "Lucy Mae Blues" (1953), was a regional hit. Sims was...
View ArticleCatch As Catch Can
The Gentle Art Of Singingdemonstrated by professional wrestlers12 tracksBad Boy Butch Batson - I Love a Girl Named Donna Epps (cassette,1989) Dixie Dee - Voodoo Mama (x) *see note 1 Frankie...
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