1964
Lois Lee / The Rockets discography
Cool 711 — The Rockets Featuring Lois Lewsader : Special Delivery / The Rockets : Why Oh Why
Cool 712 — The Rockets : Always Alone / Lois Lee & The Rockets : Year 'Round Love
Cool No # — Lois Lee & The Rockets : Am I Blue / The Rockets : Moovin’’N’ Groovin’
Despite the fact that this Cool label has a Nashville address and may have been linked to the Globe Studios in the same town, I'm pretty sure that the band was from the Chicago area, at least Lois Lee was.
Lois June (Lewsader) Troglia
Lois June Lewsader was born in 1934 in Danville Township, Illinois. In 1965, she married James W. Troglia on June 12, 1965 . They celebrated 45 years of marriage in June 2010,
Other than that, not much information. There was several singers of the same name. And there is one who recorded for Okeh Records in 1959 who has a voice strikingly similar, a such point that I think she is possibly the same singer. Any thoughts ?
"I've Got It Bad For You Baby" (Okeh 7119)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/THE-ROCKETS-Moovin-n-Groovin-COOL-hear-soundclip-/111739561862?nma=true&si=pgDi6Islm89zMp%252BYKwZJQvS3foM%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
ReplyDelete"Am I Blue" was also recorded by Eddie Cochran. I was not familiar with any other versions of this song, so was it a popular one?
ReplyDeleteAnnette Hanshaw recorded the song on May 31, 1929 and since there was many versions of this song. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am_I_Blue%3F
Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvX4HVV_6-w Why Oh Why
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZOKQW83kYQ Special Delivery
http://www.popsike.com/ROCKETS-Girl-Group-Special-Delivery-45rpm-Cool-1963/140520630213.html
ReplyDeleteI know one of the people who were in this band
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