Friday, October 7, 2011

Fishtruck Boogie


Kitty Kaye and the Cats

Fishtruck Boogie

Hawk Record Co.
Cleveland, Ohio

1953



<-- Bill Hawkins

Hawk Records was owned by "Walkin' Talkin' Bill Hawkins. He was the first black DJ in Cleveland in the late 40s and may have been one of the first in the country playing blues and R& B records on the radio.

The record probably did not have national distribution, Hawkins owned a record store on East 105th street and sold his records there as well as some local record stores.

SEE : http://www.walkintalkin.com/bios2.html

2 comments:

  1. Is that one-eyed cat peepin' around? ;-)

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  2. I just bought a 78 rpm copy of this..thanks ao much for the info on it

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