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You Can't Stay Single
Jean Stansbury with P.L. Busby and his Western Play BoysYou Can't Stay Single (And Be Married To Me)Music : P.L. BusbyWords : Grace Gideon © Pratt Pub. Co.; 10 September 1960 Startime Records...
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Beacon Studios (Abilene, Texas)
Loyd E. Roberson. “Kennedy and Johnson.” Abilene: Pratt Publishing, 1960.Music Division, Library of CongressJean Stansbury (see previous post) sang the title song, "Kennedy Johnson," at the...
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Come Back Jack
Trudy & AmosCome Back JackSmith-Montgomery-Channell, LeBill Music BMILe Cam #952November 1961Unlisted Major Bill Smith production. Other songwriters are Marvin Montgomery and Bruce Channel. This...
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What You Got Baby
Val Vasilieff (Mr. America) What You Got BabyF.Joseph- R.EdwardsVirtu Music/AMG Music ASCAPGlobial W-1011964? This is body builder Val Vasilieff. Not a bad record, just a little bit odd.Valentino...
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Roll Back The Rug
Tommy Galindovocal & saxRoll Back The RugDale WalkerEsto Pub.Oro #11958 A member of Musicians Union Local No. 652 (Modesto, California), Tommy Galindo was a jazz musician who played many...
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Walkin' the Dog
The Mam'sellesWalkin' the DogBison Records1969 Lounge act girl trio comprised of Sharon Walker, Janice and Pat Plinkze. On this Rufus Thomas song, this is Sharon on vocal and piano, Pat on bass and...
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Little Atom
THE MEGATONSLittle AtomDixon DeVore IIJaspar & Beam Pub. and Whitecap Music (BMI) Forest F-0461963 Manchester, New Hampshire ? The Forest label was perhaps owned by Dixon DeVore, who also wrote...
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The Lip
Doug Johnson & The OutlawsThe LipJohnson-Pitman, Venetia Pub. BMIProd Howard Pitman-Doug Johnson Corina 1011963"The Lip" was also issued on Witch Records. A previous record issued in late '62 by...
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Voo Doo Drums
Aki AleongVoo Doo DrumsA.Aleong-B.Abbott-H. BeckettAll World Publ. ASCAPHank Levine Orchestra vocal acc. by the RavelsMona-Lee Records1959First pressing was on Pan World 520, Aki Aleong's own...
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Bad Luck
Danny Bad LuckDanny Winkle, Big Howdy BMIBig B 557 Bogalusa, La.1960 Danny (Winkle) was perhaps from Biloxi, MS where he played The Copa Lounge on Pat Harrison Avenue around 1959. Danny had at least...
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Doing The Popcorn
Little Earl JenkinsDoing The Popcorn Reynaud 10217422 Meadow Lark LaneTexas City, Texas1965Reynaud Records was started in the early sixties in Opelousas, Louisiana by Lloyd Reynaud. Lloyd Walter...
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Arriba
Chuck VedderTenor Sax and BandArribaChuck Vedder, Dandelion Music, BMIA Fabor Robison ProductionRadio 123-45Malibu, Calif.1959Charles Nicholas Vedder was born on Apr. 3, 1904 in Sweet Springs, Saline...
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Wham Bam
Jo Ann MillerWham BamCarroll-GriggsJaMar Publishing Co. 6562 Patrick Dr. Dallas, Texas/ M.L. Griggs BMIJag 2501965A pallid interpretation sure to please to the song-poems aficionados."Wham Bam"...
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Rock Pebbles Rock
Little Red and The Rocking HoodsRock Pebbles Rock(McGee)Richland RecordingColumbia, South Carolina1967 The Rocking Hoods, 1967Family combo led by the dad who actually built a sort of recording studio...
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Jack The Ripper
The ValiantsJack The Ripper Jimmy Friis & "The Valiants"Serpents & SpidersRidge RecordsPark Ridge (Illinois)1964Jim Friis also recorded as vocalist of The Jacemen (Larson Records) and on...
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My Dearest Prophecy
Richard Wilkinson And His DriftersMy Dearest ProphecyWilkinson-SmithermanQueen-ette BMITone TO-1126 Cameron, Texas1956Probably Richard Wilkinson b.1935 who died June 1, 2011 in Celina, TX, He worked...
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I Gotta Know
Lonnie NyeI Gotta KnowLonnie D.KnieSage Brush Music BmiLo-Lon LO-45-101P.O. Box 972 Yakima, Wash.1959Elvisy effort. The next releases on Lonnie Nye's own label gives location as Arcadia, Calif. (#102)...
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Don't Let Me Go
Jimmy Haggett Don't Let Me Go Morris - Pitts- HaggettArva Music BMIVaden Records #1161959The top side "Today's Reality" can be heard here. Haggett (right) with John Mays (left)Dee jays contest day at...
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Valley Of Despair
Ned CostnerValley Of DespairLow-Wolpert Nickel 501 1961 "Valley of Despair", penned by James N. Low and Art Wolpert, was published by Red River Songs, a company owned by Johnny Bond, a popular and...
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Let The Good Times Roll
Little Joe And The LatinairesLet The Good Times RollValmon 022Austin, TexasOctober, 1963Little Joe (Hernandez) would play his first musical performance in Cameron, Texas in 1955 for $5.00 at a...
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