Knock At The Door (Of Your Heart)
Rocky Hollman
Althea Records 001
Produced by Bridges Records
date unknown but probably from 1961 or 1962, when the Bridges label was active
Undocumented artist. who neverthless released at least 14 singles on various labels, mostly Texas labels, between 1959 and 1980 after a start in California. Born William Henry Holeman in Oklahoma in 1935. After a stint in Korea with the US Air Force, he probably started a career in music upon his return in the USA, in country & western music precisely, if we judge by the photography below found at Find A Grave :
At some point in the late fifties, Rocky was vocalist with Mort Wise and the Wisemen, a rock ‘n‘ roll sextet formed around 1956-1957. They were gigs around Hollywood and Las Vegas before the recording of Wild Boy a song penned by Eden Ahbez and issued on Charles Mish's tiny label named Sierra located at Sierra Bonita, Hollywood. Rocky left the Wisemen in 1960 to pursue his career, recording two more singles in California, for Flip ad for Althea, before moving to Texas.
They were records in the sixties and the seventies for various Texas labels such as Kool, Capri, B&G, Rampart Street, POW MIA, Injun and Juke Box. Also, two singles were issued on Memphis labels (Pixie and Casino) in the seventies. Billy Holeman died in 1996.
discography
59 - Sierra 1502 - Wild Boy / Broken Love (Rocky Holman - Mort Wise And The Wisemen)
61 - Flip 355 - Love Me All The Way / My Precious Love (Rocky Hollman And The Romancers)
xx - Althea 001 - Knock At The Door (Of Your Heart) / "Tammy" Tell Your Daddy (Rocky Hollman)
(from there, all records are as by Billy Holeman)
62 - Kool 1020 Lana Jean / Knockin' At The Door
64 – Capri 503 – Billy Holeman – The Other Side Of Me / Where Broken Hearts Live
66 – Capri 519 – Billy Holeman – Flip Flop & Fly/Running
68 - B&G 001 - I Can't Stand The Hurt (No More) / One Lonely Heart
70 - Pixie 002 - The First Thing I Tried / Louisiana (Lover) Man
71 - Rampart Street 0336 - Louisiana Lover Man / One Last Time
73 - POW MIA - Prisoner Of War (Welcome Back Home) / They Want To Know
75 - Casino 112 - Here I Am / Sweet On My Mind
75 - Injun 586 - Sentimental Journey / I'm A Kicker And A Guitar Picker
75 - B&G 101 - Sentimental Journey / I'm A Kicker And A Guitar Picker
80 - Juke Box 135 - Peace Of Mind / Special
You can hear 12 of these songs at YT in a playlist I created in my channel HERE or download them in the audio format at the link below :
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ReplyDeleteNever heard of this artist. Very interesting, thanks for the post. I also have a record on the Pixie labels, it had quite some a string of records out. Need to do more research on this company.
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