Friday, September 11, 2026

ApologetiX - Jailhouse Rock

 



ApologetiX - Jailhouse Rock

ApologetiX is an Christian parody band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The band was founded in 1990,

YT channel :  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZVeEV4GuTzfisySHY3dz_Q

 

 ApologetiX members - (Back L to R) Tom Milnes, Tom Tincha, Jimmy Tanner, 
(Front) J. Jackson, Keith Haynie, Bill Hubauer

 

Thursday, September 10, 2026

Women of Music : volume 2 (re-up)

 




Fran Owens on cover 

 

 

 1 *Del Rubio Triplets * These Boots Are Made for Walkin’
 2 *Rosalie Alter * I Had A Dream
 3 *Brenda Pepper * Wichita Willie
 4 *Wing * Back in Black
 5 *Betty Spears * Truck Driving Woman
 6 *Lynn Gibson * The Chrome Plated Hog
 7 *Fran Owens * House Of The Rising Sun
 8 *Stella Della Coonts * Keep On Walkin'
 9 *Sherry Ray * Ring, Telephone, Ring
 10 *Marga Benitez * Papa Cha Cha
 11 *Irral Berger * Where Jesus Waits For Me
 12 *Betty Reilly * Saga Of Elvis Presley
 

Women of Music : volume 2

 

 

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

My tribute to Dick Clark (well, sort of)

  

 

 

Tribute to Dick Clark


He Wanted it so much
He got it so much
Legally very much
And now, he's dead

tracklist

01 - Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want) (1959).mp3
02 - John Lee Hooker- I Need Some Money (1960).mp3
03 - Jerry Lee Lewis - Money (1961).mp3
04 - Skip Cunningham - Money ((962).mp3
05 - Jennell Hawkins - Money (That's What I Want) (1962).mp3
06 - The Beatles - Money (That's What I Want) (1963).mp3
07 - Etta James ~ Money (That's What I Want) (1963).mp3
08 - Marty Wilde - Money (That's What I Want) (Live, 1964).mp3
09 - The Rolling Stones - Money  (1964).mp3
10 - Waylon Jennings - Money (That's What I Want) (1964).mp3
11 - The Supremes - Money (That's What I Want) (1966).mp3
12 - The Mob - Money (That's What I Want) (1971).mp3
13 - Iggy Pop & The Stooges  -  Money (That's What I Want) (1973).mp3
14 - Ichiko Hashimoto - Money (1988).mp3
15 - Josie & The Pussycats - Money (That's What I Want) (2001).mp3
16 - Rhonda Stisi - Money (2001).mp3
17 - Mary Wells - Money (That's What I Want) (Rec 2002).mp3
18 - The Shimmys - Money (That's What I Want) (2006).mp3
19 - The Supremes Girls -  That's What I Want  (2009).mp3 

 

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Women Of Music Volume 29

 

Women Of Music Volume 29

Lola Falana on cover

 

tracklist

Adeline Chastain   Walking After Midnight.mp3           
Charline Arthur - I've Got the Boogie Blues.mp3         
Damita - I See The Lord.mp3                             
Dinah Lee - Do The Blue Beat.mp3                        
Eller Davis -  Another Womans Man.mp3                   
Helen Humes - Real Fine Daddy.mp3                       
Juanita Nixon - I Met My Sugar in a Candy Store.mp3     
Lady Elvis (Dawn Anita Plumlee) - Don't Be Cruel.mp3    
Lola Falana - Working In The Coal Mine.mp3              
Sassy Country - feat. Penny Hardman -- Oh Darling.mp3   
Sharon Stone - You Are My Sunshine.mp3                  
Yvonne Carr  - Geisha Twist.mp3     

 

Saturday, September 5, 2026

Frank Monday & Steppers on M.T.F.

 





Stepping
 (direct link)
 wr. Kenneth Ellis

M.T.F.
Record No 201 B

Monroe, Michigan
(label listed at RCS without a location)
 
Same song as by J.C. Sawyer on DIXIE. (but as "Goin' Steppin'")

“Stepping” by Frank Monday & The Steppers is one of the rarest 45s featured in the “Michigan Box”. The song was released on the M.T.F. label in Monroe, Michigan, in 1958 and only 4 copies are known to exist. That accounts for its high market value of $2,000.  [ 
https://michiganrockandrolllegends.com/index.php/blog/308-the-michigan-box-pt-2 ]

The side A ("Lonely Echoes") holds an interesting piece of information : the song was composed by Forrest (Speedy) Combs.  Searching his name at the BMI website,  we discover that he wrote or co-wrote eight songs, as Speedy Rogers,  six in association with Bill Sterling or with Charles Rufus Schoffner and 2 songs that he written alone : "Lonely Echoes" and " Road To Yamanaka". 

Today, the copyright for "Lonely Echoes, "Steppin" and "Goin' Steppin'" are all managed by Fort Knox/Trio Music, (Freddy & Johnny Bienstock's Fort Knox Music - the New York based monster that gobbled up all the King-Starday copyrights and many more as well). 

With Rufus Shoffner, Speedy Rogers as Speedy Rodgers recorded "Lovelight" in the 50s. He also penned "Walk On The High Ground" with Bill Sterling and Rufus Shoffner (recorded by Bill Sterling on JED Records). As Forrest Combs, he penned "Hillbilly Wedding Bells" sung by Ruffus Shoffner & Speedy Rodgers issued by Hi-Q Records in 1963.

Forrest (Speedy) Combs. Speedy Rogers, Speedy Rodgers, Forrest Combs, whatever his name, was almost certainly a member of the Rufus Shoffner's band.

Finally, a last remark : in 1962, Rufus Shoffner recorded "Orbit Twist", his best known song on his own American Artist label which was located at 416 Cass St. – Monroe, Michigan.

I wouldn't be surprised to learn that Rufus Shoffner was involved in some way in the release of the two versions of "Steppin'".