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Don't Call Me Chicken
Bob CreweDon't Call Me ChickenMelba 1191957The story of Bob Crewe and Frank Slay starts generally with "Silhouettes", a song recorded by The Rays. But their association actually dates back from 1953,...
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Carmen Taylor and Elena Madera
Elena Madera *Willie B.Carman TaylorBig "Tootin'" Buddy Lucas BandEl Toro 501 The tiny El Toro label was launched in 1963 by music store owner Buddy Dunk who was once the manager of The...
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The Chicken Mash
Dennis Weaver The Chicken Mash / The Apes Hal Moffett-Bob SummersExbrook Music, BMIProduced by Hal Moffett Eva 1031963Box 2921, Hollywood 28, Calif. Dennis Weaver, of part-American Indian background,...
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It's Time To Leave You
Merle Lee And The Eye Shadows It's Time To Leave You (Jules Benner-Lee Sages)Debbie Anne Music Inc, ASCAPDebbie 1271 Foster-Gates ProductionsRecorded At A.M.S 1963 It's Time To Leave You Arranger and...
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A Razzle Dazzle
Eddie Korosa Jr. Boys From IllinoisFrank Cernugel, Ronnie Zola, Greg Zola, Jeff Chmielewski A Razzle Dazzle E. K. J. Productions CTN-215 Eddie Korosa and the Boys have been playing together since...
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Roly Poly
Wade MorrisRoly PolyVirgelle 733"Goldenrod Series"Producer Ron Biberthaler1965 Virgelle Records, a Seafair-Bolo subsidiary, was located in Seattle, Washington Wade Morris (1932-2013)Woodie Wade Morris...
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Great Big Baby
Don Caron’s Orchestrawith Gini Patton vocalist“Great Big Baby”Academy 55581955 Male vocalist (Eddie Allyn?) with group backup. Obviously, despite what the label says, the vocalist is not Gini Patton...
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So What
Carmen TaylorSo WhatKing 5085(1957)King "bio" (but no bio). Carmencita Taylor, also known as Elena Madera in some spanish speaking countries according to my own researchPersonnel for the King Records...
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Please Don't Play On That Guitar
Calvin CheekPlease Don't Play On That Guitar wr. Calvin Cheek, Chuck HuffmanTally 103From Bakersfield, California, with Bill Woods on fiddle.I can't tell you much about Calvin Cheek. He and Chester...
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The Frog
The ConstellationsThe Frog Impel RecordsShelby, NC mid-sixtiesOver the course of three decades beginning in the late 1950s, David Lee, this unheralded songwriter, musician, producer, and entrepreneur...
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He's Gone
Pearl Reaveswith Paul Farano TrioHe's GonePearlsfar 1011958Pearl Reaves, a singer originally from Raleigh, North Carolina, moved to Rahway, New Jersey in the late 40s. After winning some local talent...
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School Bus Blues
Jim HarrisandBobby Albright's Boot Hill ExpressSchool Bus BluesEmpire RecordsOut of Lubbock, Texas from, I guess, the early seventies
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Swingin' Ring
Flora Belle SingerSwingin' RingStar-Star Selections 524Ed Rudy produced it.Ed Rudy started in show business as “The Milkman” on 1010 WINS in New York City. He later worked at WMGM and WABC in the city....
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Besame Mucho
Sherri MalinouBesame MuchoVassar 3261962 Was issued with a picture sleeve. The new "Spillane Dame" is presented on the back of the sleeve by her future husband, the crime novelist Mickey Spillane :...
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Chick Chick
Little Bob and his electric ukeChick ChickB&L 21966Seattle, Washington This is Robert Hrvatin (1932-1973). He resided in Burien (Washington State) at the time of his death. His previous record on...
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Scratchin' On My Screen
Feelin' JoyousScratchin' On My Screen(new link)Ric Cartey-Larry HandleyLowery MusicEl Rico 069 1/21962A reworking of the song recorded four years earlier by Ric Cartey on NRC. Feelin' Joyous is quite...
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