You're The Girl For Me
Tiny Morrie You're The Girl For Me Hurricane (no number)1958 His first record. Real name Morrie Sanchez. His mother, Bennie L. Sanchez (d. 2011), was the guiding force and the matriarch of this...
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Ralph StanfordSteady Date Glenn-Sanford, Riviera Music BMIRiviera RecordsHi-Fi-Delity 1958Label owned by Foy Willing.Ralph Sanford first recorded for King Records of Cincinnati. He was then a 16 or...
View ArticleLet Him Go, Go, Go
Lorry Lee and DellaLet Him Go, Go, Go Lorrayne TestermanBonnie Dee Mus. Pub. Co. Mecca Records1959Label active at least since the early fifties and owned by Bud Sloan.
View ArticleVic Lundin (La Ronda Records)
Vic LundinLa Ronda RecordsP.O. BOX 1875Beverly Hills, Calif.Come Wait For Me (Vic Lundin, Adnor Music BMI)Combaya (D. Burnette-J.Osborn, Doral Music BMI)1963Victor Lundin, a frequent tough guy in films...
View ArticleAt My Front Door
Jack Stevens & The ToppersThe Freddy Laine Orchestra "At My Front Door"TOPS 45-R269-491955 A Brief History of TOPS Records, 1947 to 1960In the Spring of 1947, Carl Doshay and his long time buddy,...
View ArticleFlint Rock
Jimmy Heap And The Melody Masters Featuring Kenny Frazier, Guitarist Flint RockK. Frazier, Mel-Mat Music BMI Fame 5111961 Fame Records and Mel-Mat Music were owned by Jimmy Heap and located in Taylor,...
View ArticleThe Wheel Of Love
The Wig TwistersThe Wheel Of LoveA-Ron 1001November 1957Formerly The Mellow Tones, a touring gospel quartet, presumably led by Robert Little.
View ArticleBagdad Daddy
The BeatsBagdad DaddyAnthony S. Magnano-F.L. Divito Sounds Music ASCAP Design DSR-827(Pickwick Sales Corp. Brooklyn, N.Y.) late '58Magnano penned several songs for The Playmates (Roulette Records) :...
View ArticleFelton Jarvis does John Lee Hooker
Felton JarvisDimples Little Wheel Thunder International Records"Always A Big Sound"Columbia, MississippiJune 1960Two John Lee Hooker covers Born Charles Felton in Atlanta, Georgia in 1934. In the...
View ArticleI Wish You Were Mine
Deloris EalyI Wish You Were Mine.A. Johnson - D. EalyTelldell MusicVelvet Records 101Los Angeles, Calif. Late sixties ?Most of the releases on Velvet Records are from Deloris Ealy, who was managed by...
View ArticleFrench Fried Potatoes and Ketchup
Doris Drewwith Jack Fascinato OrchestraFrench Fried Potatoes and KetchupA. Trace, B. Trace, J. FascinatoPyramid Music Co. ASCAP KaHill Recording Co. Des Plaines, Ill.1957The Kahill Recording Company...
View ArticleInspired Clint Walker
Inspired?“Do one thing every day that scares you.”― Eleanor RooseveltClint Walker LP cover : with thanks to rocketfrommarshttp://lpcover.wordpress.com/tag/clint-walker/
View ArticlePlaymates
Miss Gloria SmythThe Princess Of SongPlaymatesSaxie Dowell, Joy ASCAPApril 1959"Playmates" is a popular song ostensibly written by Saxie Dowell. The main theme was note-for-note plagiarized from the...
View ArticleBig Butter And Egg Man
Butter Ball PaigeBig Butter And Egg ManB. Paige, J. Jacobs, J.P. CopseyCharayjim Music BMIRose 109produced in Nashville by Ray PetersenLate sixtiesHubert McBride Paige 1921-1988 Hubert McBride Paige is...
View ArticleRight On For The Hulk
Jim Matthews M.D."The Singing Surgeon"Right On For The HulkThe Music EmporiumVPMF-52811978 or 1979 Jim Matthews is obviously an Elvis fan("Down Home" cover, LP) Dr. James C. Matthews, Jr., a general...
View ArticleI Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine
Frank Messina And The MavericksCalled by Fenton "Jonesy" Jones I Don't Care If The Sun Don't ShineMack David, Famous Music Corp, ASCAP Square Dance With CallMac Gregor 80651957Fenton G. "Jonesy" Jones...
View ArticleHold On To My Shaking Hands
Jan Hodson Hold On To My Shaking Hands Scott Blake-Jack Hill, Snooty Music BMIRCT Recording Co. Of Tenn.2751 Kimball Memphis, Tenn. Produced by Ken LaxtonKen Laxton was a Memphis trumpet player who...
View ArticleBridgestone 90
The PanthersBridgestone 90 T. Dishaw - J. CunninghamD&C 12/131966Massena, Upstate New York band led by Tommy Dishaw.With the introduction of the 90 series to America in 1964 the Bridgestone 90’s...
View ArticleDo You Wanna Jump
The CreelsDo You Wanta JumpCarole McCord, Singing River Pub. Co.Judd 10051958The Creels, from Alabama, previously recorded for Abbott Records, a West Coast label. Writer of the song, Carole McCord,...
View ArticleIona Wade
Iona Wade And The Billboardswith J. Hemsley and his OrchestraI Love You Baby D. Polk - T. PolkNo More DoggingGordonboth Dan Tan Music BMIVistone Records 20251962Iona Harlin Wade was born in 1918 in...
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