My Girl Sue

The Thunderbolts, high school students from the Carroll-Kemper High School (Iowa) recorded an album (acetate) at the Sears Recording Studios in Omaha, Nebraska.

Only two songs from this album were released : 'My Girl Sue' and 'I Wanna See You Again' as a 45 single for The Fabulous Thunderbolts (Poverty 1072, '65)).

They were inducted in the Iowa Rock'n Roll Hall of Fame in 2000.

This groups first job was at the Carroll grade school, their only problem was they had no name. When they were about to take the stage, a bolt of lightning struck close to the school and the Thunderbolts were born.

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Don't Come Crying On My Shoulder

Clay Eager

Don't Come Crying On My Shoulder


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Doctor Rock

THE WILD BEES
Doctor Rock………………............................………….77
RCA VICTOR 7275 –The Wild Bees, a new girls’ group,
handle this wacky novelty with spirit as they sing
about a dancing cha-cha-ing medico. Listenable
wax that with exposure has a chance. (World, ASCAP)

(Billboard, June 3, 1958)

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Putti Putti

Jay Epae, real name Nicholas Epae, was a Maori pop vocalist from Manaia, Taranaki. Born in New Zealand and left for the USA in 1957. His first break-through was the recording of 'Putti Putti' [on Mercury Records, 1960] which sold over a quarter of a million copies in Scandinavia alone. Read more HERE

Putti Putti


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Choo-Choo

THE CABLES
★★★ Choo-Choo –RCA VICTOR 7839 – An interesting blues with novelty touches. The group hands it a distrinctive reading against good guitar support. (Bradshaw, BMI) (2 :15)

Billboard January 16, 1961

Male vocal group recorded in Los Angeles. The main interest here is the solo of guitar, courtesy of Howard Roberts.



Epiphone Deluxe with a DeArmond pickup----This is the first professional level guitar owned by Howard Roberts. The picture is said to show Howard Roberts (at 19) and Pete Jolly (at 16) playing at a Local 586 Musicians Union party at the Mecca Lounge in Phoenix.

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Professor Michael Evans, Department of Statistics, University of Toronto, maintain a website devoted on Howard Roberts HERE.

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P.S. : You can't imagine how happy I am today. I've just discovered :

- how to insert star(s) in my blog (for a look-a-like Billboard clipping, for instance)
- AND the guitar playing of Howard Roberts

Beautiful day!

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Rock n' Roll Fever

Bruno White

Rock n' Roll Fever

On Town Records, a Baltimore, Maryland label owned by Jack Gale

1959

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Gwen Davis on Lu

Seven Lonely Days

Lost Love

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Pretty, Pretty, Baby

Unknown singer



Pretty, Pretty, Baby

Acetate

This is the same song as written by Danny Wolfe and recorded by Gene Vincent

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Buddy Wymore : Surf-Mad

Buddy Wymore
The Knaves

Surf-Mad

Patty

Another version of the traditional "Crawdad Song"
backed by a rather boring instrumental (in my opinion)

out of Midway City, California


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Jim Dale and the Comancheroes

TP

VW

Surf instrumental b/w Hot Rod vocal. Unknown Teen label unrelated to any others labels of the same name. Band is likely from Kansas.

Columbia custom pressed in Nashville (ZTSB).

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Baseball Card Lover

ROCKIN’ RICHIE RAY

Baseball Card Lover

Rhino Records
Issued in 1977.

MUSICIANS: Don Buchannan, Alan Hill, Mike Lawson, Steve Komen, and Randy Domingue
Background vocals by The New Dildettes.

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Hayden Thompson on B.E.A.T.

Dream Love

Tom Thumb

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The Wrong Door

Jackson Bros. Orch.

The Wrong Door

1957

On Arrow Records, a California label owned by Harry Okun

"Crazy Don" Jackson - "Bill" Jackson - "Jack" Jackson
(Arrow 1003, picture sleeve)


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Santa Bring Me a Puppy Dog

PANEL COOL TO YULE DISK

New York – Record companies who expected to beat the gun this year to bring out the first Christmas record can wait until next year.

Billboard’s reviewing staff was a little surprised to find a record this week titled « Santa Bring Me a Puppy Dog. » Song is by Sherry Crane on the Trumpet label.

One panel member said, « Even with the air conditioning going full blast, it’s kind of hard to take this record seriously. » Meanwhille, outside the thermometer hovered around 92 degrees.

Billboard, July 11, 1964

Five years earlier, Sherrry Crane then 11-year old, had a release on Sun Records. According to The Good, the Bad, and the Funky blog, "The worst song I own is probably "Winnie The Parakeet". It's the A-side of an obscure Sun Records single, sung by an 11-year old named Sherry Crane. It was released in 1959. It's terrible."

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Denise Regan setting up a Christmas standard for years to come!

A 10 year old Chicago born actress/vocalist debuts as a professional singer with this record of HOLE IN THE STOCKING b/w DATE WITH SANTA CLAUS.

Denise’s face should be familiar to the millions of TV and motion picture fans from her many appaearances in these entertainment medias. Also, her more than 100 TV and radio commercials make her like an old family friend. Otherwise, Denise has done little else in her young life than attend Parochial School ! !

Denise a discovery of Doris Gilbert, President of Dee Gee Records, who chanced to hear his moppet star sing during the filming of a motion picture in Hollywood. She immediately signed her to a long term contract.

Famed musician Pete Rugulo arranged and conducted the two songs. He predicts this young personality will rise to the heights of stardom – and her HOLE IN THE STOCKING will become a Christmas standard for years to come ! !


Should we really thank Miss Doris Gilbert for her "discovery"? I don't think so, that's why I've included - for your convenience - only a sample of each side ...


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Les Vautours (The Vultures)

Vautours
(instrumental)

Ne Me Dis Pas Non

French group, early sixties, vocalist is Vic Laurens. "Vautours" is an original. "Ne Me Dis Pas Non" is a cover in french of "I Want You With Me" penned by W. Harris and sung by Elvis Presley, but only better.

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Why Do Me That Way

Solomon Burke
(1940-2010)

Why Do Me That Way

Apollo Records, 1956


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Lucky Is the beer beer-drinkers drink!

Blues singer Jimmy Whiterspoon (1920-1997) singing the goodness of the
Lucky beer, a product of General Brewing Co.

LuckyIs the beer beer-drinkers drink!

From 1964


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Carolina Rock

Vocal - Bob Watts
Bill Hall and his Carolina Drifters

Carolina Records
"Music From The South"

Carolina Rock


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Be-Bop Santa Claus

Earney Vandagriff recorded for Flair, Specialty, Starday and Rural Rhythm between 1953 and 1957.

Be-Bop Santa Claus


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Insurance

Best remembered for the smash "She Wears My Ring," singer Solomon King was born Allen Levy in Lexington, KY, in 1931. An imposing figure at 6'8", Levy first worked under the stage name Randy Leeds. He was the first white singer to open for jazz legend Billie Holiday... Read more HERE

Insurance

My Oh My
(YouTube link)

Randy Leeds, a.k.a Solomon King


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