Raymond Swartz & his Guitar
Web Records
WEB1084
Issued just in time for Christmas 1956, Raymond Swartz wrote some other tunes, including "Loneliness In My Heart" which was recorded on Carellen (by Betty Jayne) and also on Mona-Lee by the same singer.
The Krazy Kords
The Krazy Kords revisiting the classics. Other tunes on this EP are : Malaguena, Return To Me and Ol Man River. That's My Desire was first recorded in 1931 by Russell Wooding and His Grand Central Red Caps.
You probably want to hear the 3 other songs and also know who were these Krazy Kords ? Yeah, me too.
Nashville 5242
1965
Seagulls are quiet birds, considered quite beneficial by agriculturists (they were credited with saving farmer's crops by consuming the insects endagering them). They are usually gentle creatures, exhibiting neither antagonism to not fondness for man.
What interested Tom Wilson Weinberg about the seagulls was their behaviour or more precisely the behaviour of some seagulls : in response to a UC Irvine study of long term monogamous lesbian behaviour in seagulls on Santa Barbara Island, Tom Wilson Weinberg wrote and composed "Lesbian Seagull" originally recorded and released it on his own 1979 album, The Gay Name Game.
Mike Judge, creator-designer of Beavis and Butt-Head, heard the song in a David Letterman "Dave's Record Collection" segment and contacted Weinberg about using it in the film. The song was originally featured in the animated comedy film “Beavis and Butt-Head Do America,” and it quickly became a cult classic. Performed by Engelbert Humperdinck, the song explores themes of acceptance and finding beauty in unconventional places.
“Lesbian Seagull” holds a special place in the hearts of many members of the LGBTQ+ community and is often seen as an empowering anthem that promotes love, acceptance, and self-expression.
Note : today LGBTQ+ is supplanted by the more inclusive LGBTTQQIAAP (I'm not joking). I'm expecting some additional letters in a near future (Z, for instance - I'm joking).
Engelbert Humperdick : Lesbian Seagull
Another unsuspecting seagull has been previously seen as vector of educational and social values, when Hall Bartlett directed in 1973 Jonathan Livingston Seagull, a Paramount Pictures directed by Hall Bartlett who gives us "twelve great lessons". , a movie rightfully listed in the book "The 50 Worst Movies of All Time", by Harry Medved and quoting some critics. Here is just an example :
No, I have not read the book but, oh my God, did I ever see the movie ! Seagulls, as the film stresses, subsist on garbage, and, I guess, you are what you eat... As if this were not nauseating enough to itself, Neil Diamond composed and sings an ear-splitting and stomach-turning score, its platitudes and decibels running abreast and amuck .
tracklist
1 - Slim Gaillard - Lookin' For A Place To Park (Okeh, 1940)
2 - Gene O'Quin - No Parking Here (Capitol, 1951)
3 - Floyd Turnham Band (Vocal Cledus Harrison) - No Parking After Eight (Combo, 1952)
4 - Jimmy Littlejohn - No Parking Here (Columbia, 1954)
5 - Ted West - Parking Worries (Republic, 1954)
6 - Bobby Grove - No Parking Here (King, 1956)
7 - Dean Kelley - Parking Lot (Fashion, 1957)
8 - Jim McCrory - Parkin´ Lot (Key, 1958)
9 - Kent Westberry And The Chaperones - No Place To Park (Art & Trail, 1958)
10 - Bob King - No Parking Here (Rodeo, 1959)
11 - The Ivory Hunters - No Parking (Parent, 1959)
12 - Bobby And The Bengals - No Parking (B-W, 1960)
13 - The Nightcaps - No Parking (Vandan, 1961)
14 - Ric Lance - No Place To Park (Plaza, 1962)
15 - Rube Gallagher - No Parking Here (Hickory, 1966)
16 - Leo And The Prophets - The Parking Meter (Totem, 1967)
17 - Bobby Freeman - Put Another Dime In The Parking Meter (Double Shot, 1970)
18 - Alvin Stardust - No Parking Space (Magnet, 1976)
19 - RoMak & the Space Pirates - I Can't Find a Place to Park (xx, 2009)
20 - Ben Brand - No Place To Park (Custom CD, xx)
21 - Kads Band (Uganda band) - No Parking (xx, xx)
Baby Jean Hamilton came to the attention of Phoenix, Arizona local producers Buddy Wheeler and Bob Taylor (hence Double B Productions) who waxed “Oh Johnny” and then made a deal with the Chicago-based Stacy Records. Hamilton was the sister of “Small Paul” Hamilton, a fixture on the local scene with his frantic James Brown style performances. Paul also sang with Arizona-based Dyke and the Blazers.
Baby Jean discography
Sept 62 – Stacy Records UA 505 A Double B Production
Dist. by United Artists Records
If You Wanna (Garnes, Price, Wright, Pinkney, Old Taylor Music, BMI)
Oh Johnny (Garnes, Price, Wright, Pinkney, Old Taylor Music, BMI))
63 – Picadilly Records #501
Beware The Tall Man (B. Wheeler, B. Taylor, Old Taylor Music/Renda Music BMI))
I’ve Got A Feelin’ (B. Wright, Old Taylor Music/Renda Music BMI)
Robert C. Taylor, Jr. (1927-2001) , a.k.a. Bob Taylor or "Big Bob" Taylor, was a session drummer and rock 'n roll songwriter in Phoenix, Arizona. He played on lots of records of Duane Eddy & The Rebels between 1957 and 1962, recording at Floyd Ramsey's studio in Phoenix. Taylor also played drums on guitarist Al Casey's recordings for Stacy Records, and for many Lee Hazlewood sessions.
Buddy Wheeler was also a Phoenix musician, playing a bass and pedal steel guitar.
According to the book "Superstar in a Masquerade" describing a Leon Russel recording session from September 1963, Larry & Mike's "Queen Of The Starlight Dance" was released on Bonnie Guitar's Picadilly label and published by her Guitar Music. I find this very doubful
I don't know about the Picadilly ownership, but I'm sure that Guitar Music on Baby Jean's Picadilly release wasn't a publishing company owned by Bonnie Guitar, company more probably associated with Lee Hazelwood.
Baby Jean's four songs are available here.
