Jim Dandy

 

 Jim Dandy

18 versions of the song penned by Lincoln Chase
and recorded first by Lavern Baker (Atlantic Records) 

 

 

Gal's Night on Bop Street

 

Gal's Night on Bop Street

 

For track listing, original label & date see https://rcs-discography.com/rcs/comp.php?key=3083 

Not listed in RCS are :

1. McQuade, Betty : Tongue Tied - Astor 7014 (Australia), 1961
2. Thomas, Erlene : I Need Loving – JED International 0014, 1966
5. West, Tabby : I Can't Stop Lovin' You – Capitol 4039, 1958
9. King, Carole : Goin' Wild – ABC-Paramount 9921, 1958
13. Robin, Tina : Lady Fair – Coral 61848, 1957
15. Lou, Little Linda : Rip It Up – Epic 9712, 1964
23. Randolph, Lil : Satellite Love – Chock 103, 1958
28. Petti, Mary : Hey! Lawdy, Lawdy – RCA 7886, 1961

 

 

School Bus Ride

 

Sandy
Acc. by The Uniques

School Bus Ride
Swanger-Sheetz
1:55

Li-1
Released thru the Nova Laboratories
1958

Sandy Swanger
Accompanied by
The Uniques

School Bus Ride
Sheetz-Swanger-Tromp
Juanita Music Co. (BMI)
2:37

Connie 1002
1959

 

Both records are listed by Rockin' Country Style. Li track come from the Buffalo Bop 55069, also previously issued on a Bison Bop LP. Connie track come from the Collector CD 4479 where it's credited for some reasons to Sandy Swandy Swanger & The Uniques, curioulsy clocked at 1:58, but time on label is 2:37. For some reason again.

Date of the first issue come from the copyright : w & m Sandy Swanger ( Sandford Swanger ) & Ronald Sheetz . Sandford Swanger & Ronald Sheetz ; 170ct58 ; Eu546285 

Date of the second issue come from Cash Box : review from the April 4, 1959 issue. A third composer (Tromp) and the Juanita Music publishing company are added, addition which is the most common sign of a second release.

At RCS, there is no location for these labels. Unable to find a thing about Li or the Nova Laboratories, I continued researching the Connie label.

There was a previous release in January 1959 by B. L. & the Tempters (instrumental)  b/w The Tempters (vocal). The vocal side (Come On In) was written by Sam Denoff and published by Tricky Music (ASCAP), owned at the time by George Goldner. The additional composer on Connie 1002 is certainly Grace Tromp, a name associated with Tommy Vastola for one side and Morris Levy-Phil Kahl on the other. (Tico Records 282, 1956, Tico was indeed the George Goldner's latin label. 

Tricky Music was located at 1650 Broadway in New York City but later changed hands apparently and came under the control of the extremely greedy Morris Levy. 

So, yes, I have located the Connie label in New York City, but who was its owner, I'm still unsure. And on these Uniques and Sandford Swanger ? Empty-handed. But Buffalo Bop had their picture (see below)

 

 

I've Been Flushed From the Bathroom of Your Heart

 

 

Colin Bowles has compiled a list of 100 titles that, in his opinion, are the worst ever published. All were hits but I must say that I know only by name about a dozen of artists.  Surf music, garage music and psychedelia and other fads have stopped my musical clock for ever.

But it's always delightful to witness the demolition of false idols through humor. This book is hilarious.

See YT playlist assembled by me here or read the book here

The Flu

 

Eskew Reeder

The Flu

wr. Patterson, Khoury, Webster
Tek Publishing & Shuler Music

Instant Records #3258
1962

The Flu (take 2 & take 4)

 

Singer and pianist, Eskew Reeder, Jr. usually known by the stage name Esquerita and occasionally as S.Q. Reeder or The Magnificent Malochi, was known for his frenetic performances. He has been credited with influencing rock and roll pioneer Little Richard.

"The Magnificent Malochi", an excellent 9-pages article by Pierre Monnery & Jay Halsey was published by Blues & Rhythm #270.

Rockin' In A Wooden Shack

 

 

 Rockin' In A Wooden Shack

Ann Brewer and the Flames

 Century Recording Corporation of Dodge City, Kansas
Master Leasing Division 
Audtion Copy
Copyright 1965

Discography:

22409 Side 1 - Walkin Down The Street  
22409 Side 2 – Rockin’ In A Wooden Shack      
22410 Side 1 - Low Down Blues              
22410 Side 2 - Frustration 
 

There was an interesting post from a member of the early Flames posted years ago to a yahoo group dedicated to the Kansas music scene.  I saved the message at the time, unfortunatly omitting the poster's name.

Yahoo has long since removed all those groups where one could exchange messages on all kinds of topics. Archive.org kept all those messages, but navigating them is quite complicated; you have to download huge files and process them in some way before you can at last access a specific group.

Here is the post :

Before there was an Ann Brewer and The Flames, there was The
Mossmen ... a three piece group consisting of Tom Moss on bass, his
brother Frank(?) on lead, and me on drums. Tom sang and we did a
lot of Chuck Berry covers with wailing guitar and even "steps". We
were playing the Catacombs in Lawrence when this cute little
brunette started working behind the counter upstairs at the pizza
joint. Her name was Ann Brewer and she caught Tom's eye ... as
well as other significant parts of his anatomy. He decided he had
to "get me some of that". The next thing we knew she started
showing up at rehearsals. Well, that's when Frank(?) quit. I
guess he didn't like the idea of playing backup to a GIRL. So, Tom
started playing lead, we hired a bass player named John Malone,
stuck Ann up front and changed our name to Ann Brewer and The
Flames. We played a lot of James Brown covers ... hence, "The
Flames" ... which Ann covered quite credibly.

Ann was a natural screamer. She was a true original. And a
trailblazer. To my knowledge, she broke the gender barrier for all
rock bands in this area and probably for many, many counties
around ... perhaps states. For that reason alone, she deserves to
be in some Hall Of Fame.

We never played the Kansas Circuit. The Catacombs was
our "home". But, we did play the Yuletide Tea Dances at The
Muehlebach Hotel. At one Tea, there was some showboat guy up front
dancing his ass off, doing the splits, and screaming the words to
every song Ann was singing. It was Michael "Spanky" Landis. I
guess he saw Ann and decided he had to "get me some of that" ... and
he didn't mean Ann. He became an avid groupie over in Lawrence and
we even let him sit-in a couple of times. The next thing we know,
he's holding a trumpet and fronting Spyder and The Crabs. And I've
gotta ask ... did he ever really play that trumpet? I always
thought it was just a prop to give him something to do when he
wasn't singing ... or doing the splits. I don't think I ever heard
one note come out of it.

We also played RanchMart Auditorium a couple of times. I remember
wearing a gold and pink Nehru jacket. What a world!! In the
audience was this skinny little blond-headed punk named Jimmy
McAllister. I guess he heard us and decided he had to "get me
some of that". He didn't mean Ann, either. But, I understand he
was more impressed with our volume than anything else. He gives
the Ann Brewer group credit for inspiring him to get into the biz
and for that I will be eternally proud. Because, I was the loud
one. Everybody else had to play over me. Weren't all drummers
like that?

Post-Catacombs, we started playing the TeePee quite a bit and went
in search of another lead guitarist. One of the guys we auditioned
was this hulkingly sweet gentle giant of a kid that played just like
Frank Plas. His name? Ed Toler. I wanted to "get me some of
that". But, Ann and Tom didn't care much for him. And, despite
my adamant protestations and several adjectives referring to their
taste and intelligence, they didn't hire him. I would have loved
playing with Big Ed. That was a big missed opportunity for me.
(Sigh).

I don't remember why I left Ann Brewer. It could have had
something to do with nepotism. She married Tom Moss and started
putting the rest of her family in the band. First it was her
sister, Dede, on backup vocals. My good friend Paul Dahlstrom
took over my drumming duties for awhile, but that job eventually
fell to her brother, David. The recording of "Rockin' In A
Wooden Shack" that Bill has (thanks, Bill) was recorded in Dodge
City and Paul thinks it's David on drums. It sure isn't either of
us. I don't know what happened to any of them or even if they are
still alive. If anybody does, please pass on the info. I'd
really appreciate it.

 

 

Ann Brewer (now Crosta)  and her group, The Flames, were a Kansas rock 'n' roll band started in 1962. They performed throughout the Midwest during the sixties. Later they were based in Las Vegas and then moved on the Los Angeles. In 1973 Ann suffered a mugging resulting in damaged vocal chords and the end of her singing career. She then began to teach dancing in California. She was inducted into the Kansas Music Hall of Fame in 2008.

 

Drinkin Spo-Dee-O-Dee by The Western Playboys

 

Drinkin Spo-Dee-O-Dee
(McGhee)
Vocal by Les Guthrie

Western Magic
Hit Parades Tunes

1949

A cover of the Sticks McGhee song. Not listed in Second Hand Songs 

A subsidiary of  the Swing Records Manufacturing Company, from Paris, Texas, operated by Jimmy Mercer.. In all likehood the Western Magic was a short-lived budget label.

At least two other records were issued by this label. See 45cat   Les and His Western Playboys are not related (Ohio family group led by Les Haven)

Interesting information about Jimmy Mercer and his Swing Records Company can be found at Counterfeit Records in the 1940s (and Beyond) by Allan Sutton 

I reproduce here the pertinent part of the article :

The only pressing plant operating at the time in Paris, Texas, was the Swing Record Manufacturing Company, a small start-up owned by Jimmy Mercer (née Harry Schaefer, a.k.a. Jivin’ Joe Jackson). His checkered past included a 1928 conviction for robbery and forgery, and allegedly, a 1931 arrest for passing bad checks. By the mid-1940s, Mercer had moved to Paris, where he worked at radio station KPLT, operated the Melody Lane Record Shop, and gave piano lessons. Mercer is perhaps the best-documented example of a small-time entrepreneur whose output simultaneously included original, pirated, and counterfeit records.

The October 1946 launch of Mercer’s Swing Records was well covered in the local press. The Paris News devoted a feature story to the company in November, at which time Mercer invited local artists to audition for his new Swing and Downbeat labels (the latter having no connection to DownBeat magazine). Mercer’s records were pressed on poor-quality recycled scrap and bore equally shoddy labels. He regularly solicited broken records in the local want-ads, along with “strong active women” to work the night shift at his plant. 

Although Mercer claimed to be pressing for several “well known” (but undisclosed) labels, his only confirmed connection with the established companies consisted of pirating their discs. He is known to have copied recordings from Atlantic, Cow Town, Freedom, 4 Star, Gold Star, and other labels, which he then issued on his own labels. Gold Star’s Bill Quinn sued Mercer, then settled out of court after Mercer agreed to purchase some masters from the company. Atlantic Records reportedly threatened legal action as well.

It was Mercer’s party-record pressings (some on the Zest and Zip labels, others lacking any brand name) rather than his pirating and counterfeiting activities, that eventually brought him to the attention of federal authorities. In March 1949, he was arrested and charged with delivering obscene records for shipment across state lines. He pled guilty to two counts in January 1950, and was sentenced to three years’ probation.

Mercer’s arrest marked the end of his involvement with the record business. With few other offenders apprehended, the investigation into record counterfeiting wound down in the early 1950s, causing the problem to worsen considerably. By September 1951, Billboard was reporting that one operation in the New York area, which had so far eluded all efforts at detection, was believed to be pressing more than 50,000 counterfeit discs weekly. 

 

Women Of Music volume 13

 

 

Women Of Music volume 13 

 Note : previously issued at the Groovy Grooves blog, now with a new cover

Claudine Clark  - Walkin' Through a Cemetery.mp3                           
Dorothy Donegan, - Kilroy Was Here.mp3                                     
Dot Hester- My Boyfriend's Back.mp3                                        
Elizabeth Montgomery (as Serena) -  I'll Blow You a Kiss in the Wind.mp3   
Emmylou Harris - c'est la Vie, you never can tell, .mp3                    
Frances Day (aka Gale Warning) - Heartbreak Hotel.mp3                      
Jenny Aguirre - Satellite.mp3                                              
LaVern Baker - Voodoo Voodoo.mp3                                           
Linda Leigh - The Scent.mp3                                                
Patti Page - Just  Because.mp3                                             
Pearl Bailey - I Can't Rock And Roll To Save My Soul.mp3                   
Renie Hicks & The Aztecs - Real Gone Okie.mp3                              
Sonja (and Smoke Band)  That's All Right.mp3                               
Wanda Jackson - Stupid Cupid.mp3                                           
 

 

The Polaris Records Story

 

The Polaris Records Story

27 tracks+booklet
Bacchus Archives Records, 1991

tracklist

1 - The New Breed - Wasting My Time
2 - The New Breed - It's Love
3 - Richies Renegades - Don't Cry
4 - Richies Renegades - Baby It's Me
5 - Richies Renegades - Come Alive (Pepsi Spot)
6 - The Renegades - Waiting For You
7 - The Renegades - Tell Me What To Say
8 - The Swinging Epics - Run To Him
9 - Billy Bo And His Arrows - Voodoo Rhythm
10 - Billy Bo And His Arrows - Shuffle
11 - Billy Bo And His Arrows - Chatter
12 - The Bugs - Slide
13 - The Bugs - Pretty Girl
14 - The Bugs - Albert Albert
15 - The Bugs - Strangler In The Night
16 - Th The Bugs - Gonna Find Me A Girl
17 - The Attaras - You Got A Lot To Learn
18 - The Attaras - Blue Is The Color
19 - The Attaras - Daniel Boone
20 - The Attaras - Come On
21 - The Fantasmics - Wild One
22 - The Fantasmics - Heaven Or Hell
23 - The Devonaires - Gone Gone Gone
24 - The Devonaires - Mazzola
25 - Leigh Spear - Minnie In Her Mini-Skirt
26 - Richies Renegades - Don't Cry
27 - Richies Renegades - Baby It's Me
 

 

 

Women of Music Volume 16

 

 

 

Women of Music Volume 16
 

Cover : Genya Rayan (of Ginger & the Gingerbreads)

Barbara Evans - Beatnik Daddy.mp3                                      
Charlotte Deak Hardage  - Day After Never (The Day After Never)..mp3   
Cookie Mold (in Sheer Smegma) - I Wanna Be A Man.mp3                      
Damita Jo - Jambalaya.mp3                                     
Dusty Springfield - Can I Get A Witness.mp3                            
Goldie & the Gingerbreads - Skinny Vinnie.mp3                          
Janiva Magness - I Can Tell.mp3                                        
Marion Colby - Just Because.mp3                                        
Pauline Pinkney - Three Mountain Men.mp3                               
Penny Hardman - Oh Darling.mp3                                         
Sylvie Vartan - Elle est terrible.mp3                                  
The Singing Sisters of Syracuse - Chloe.mp3                            
Ursula Reed - Ursula's Blues.mp3     

 Note : previously issued at the Groovy Grooves blog, now with a new cover

Wild & Frantic

 

Wild & Frantic 

Official CD (Denmark, 1995) 

Wild & Frantic, as the title suggests; on Official Records contrary to the name suggests

 

Johnny Bond : Put Me To Bed

 

 

Johnny Bond : Put Me To Bed

 

Cyrus Whitfield "Johnny" Bond (1915-1978) was active in the music industry from 1940 until the late 1970s.

Bond was born in Enville, Oklahoma, and grew up on several small farms in Oklahoma. As a youngster, he was influenced musically by records that his parents played. He learned basics of music as a member of his high school's brass band. While in high school he bought a ukulele, but soon he switched to playing the guitar.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Bond
 

 

Lee Garnett

 

Lee Garnett : his only surviving picture

Lee Garnett was a 1950s rockabilly singer who burned bright and fast, only to vanish into obscurity before the decade was out. Born in 1935 in a small Texas town, Jimmy grew up on a diet of Hank Williams, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and the raw energy of southern juke joints. He taught himself guitar on a beat-up acoustic his father left behind and started playing at local dances while still in high school. By 19, he had formed a three-piece band called The Lonesome Tones and cut a handful of singles for a tiny independent label out of Memphis. His voice was a wild, snarling mix of Elvis’s swagger and Johnny Cash’s melancholy—but with a ragged edge all his own. Tracks like "Cat Scratch Fever"and "Red Hot Mama\" got some regional radio play, but never charted nationally. 

Lee’s big break came in 1957 when Sun Records producer Sam Phillips reportedly listened to one of his demos and said, "That boy's got something, but he's too raw" A session was scheduled, but Jimmy never showed. The truth? He had been arrested the night before for a bar fight that wasn't his fault. The stain of that arrest followed him. Radio stations that once played his records dropped him, and the label dissolved. 

By 1959, Jimmy had quit music entirely. He moved to California, worked odd jobs, and never spoke of his rockabilly days. A few obscure acetates found their way into collectors' hands over the years, and a cult following grew around his lone surviving footage—a grainy, two-minute clip from a local TV show where he shakes his pompadour and howls into the microphone like a man possessed. 

His music lives on as a dusty treasure for rockabilly purists who whisper his name: The Howlin' Cat.

Lee Garnett acetates & oddballs
A Notron Records Special Release

A big thank you to Mark Lee Allen  

 

 

Jack Scott : Baby She's Gone

Jack Scott : Baby She's Gone 

Double CD issued by Castle Music (UK) in 2003.

Sessionography  

For original release and date see Rockin' Country Style or new link

After so many years of hard work serving rockabilly fans, Terry Gordon has just passed the RCS torch to Luz Buri.  Let's wish Terry a well-deserved rest and a warm welcome to Luz.

 

 

An Evening With Wanda (Wanda Schafer)

 

❤

Beginning in Anderson, Indiana, Wanda started singing on radio station WHBU when she was ten. Her stage career began at fourteen in Anderson with her uncle who Wanda describes as "stand-up vaudeville comic."

The entertainment career she began so early was postponed while she raised six children. The urge to sing again was strong, and she resumed singing at the Shamrock in Anderson where she played for nine years before coming to Indianapolis in 1957. There were seven nine years at LaRue's Supper Club before she moved to Al Myers. Later she went to Fort Wayne, Indiana, to be the songbird in the Gilded Cage.

Wanda « retired »  in 1965 to marry Otto Schafer, a well-known Indianapolis Motor Speedway figure….

Bill Foster (aka Jeff County)

 

 

1963 – Bill (Ramblin' Man) Foster 
Oh, Anna Lee! / Two Broken Hearts 
Virgelle 717 

1966 – Jefferson (Ramblin' Man) County 
Organised Confusion / City Billy   (both wr. Bill Foster (Jeff County) 
Dee Gee 3016 
Prod. Julian Portman
 

Bill Foster from the Jefferson County, Washington State, first recorded for the Seafair-Bolo subsidiary, Virgelle label, located in Seattle, Shortly after, he went down to the south, in California, sought to make his way around the Hollywood studios. accepting just about any job : security guard on the set of "Act For Love" in 1965, a movie starring Angie Dickinson, guarding Miss Dickinson's Cartier jewelry valued at $100,000, stand in for Fred Gwynne filming the TV series "The Munsters"...etc...

His biggest role was probably when he played Gundermar the dragon in the TV series "Lost in Space." (episode The Questing Beast)

After the release of his second record on Doris Gilbert's Dee Gee label in Los Angeles, we lose track of him. Does anyone know more bout him ? 

Bill Foster as Gundermar the dragon, his biggest role ?

 

Dorse Lewis, 1952 footage The Scared Coal Miner'

The Shannopin boat crew, deckhands, walking up hill, entering restaurant in Morgantown, West Virginia. 

Dorsey Lewis w/ guitar singing, 'The Scared Coal Miner' song to crew 

 

Women of Music volume 19

 

 Women of Music volume 19

Nikki Corvette on cover 

 

Abbe Lane - A Good Man Is Hard to Find.mp3                    
Ailish McBride - Scania 164.mp3                               
Brenda Lee (& The Vocaltones) - Ain't Gonna Give Nobody.mp3   
Eileen Barton - Fujiyama Mama .mp3                            
Lorin Dean - Fi Fo Fum.mp3                                    
Marsha Lyn - Tennessee Homesick Blues.mp3                     
Maxine Davis - Another Man.mp3                                
Nikki And The Corvettes - Honey Bop!.mp3                      
Scooter Lee - Barefootin'.mp3                                 
Tanya Tucker - San Antonio Stroll (Single Version).mp3        
Terri ''Cup Cake'' O'Mason - Cup Cakes.mp3                    
Winfield Parker - Funkey Party.mp3                            
 

G. M. Farley LP Rural Rhythm 128

 

 G. M. Farley LP Rural Rhythm 128

 

Following info found at Scratchy Attic

Give Name: George Milburn Farley, Jr.
Date of Birth: January 16, 1927
Place of Birth: Kayford, West Virginia
Date of Death: November, 1991
Marital Status: Francis E. Castle
Children: 3

Musical Style: Bluegrass/Country Gospel
Talents: Fiddle, Guitar, Singer, Songwriter

Rev. G. M. Farley was a coal miner like his father, until he was called into the Gospel Ministry around 1950. Before his conversion he had a bluegrass band called Fiddling Slim Blue in which he played the fiddle and sang.
Part of his church ministry was singing, so in the 1960's cut several albums with Rural Rhythm Records. These were sold mostly in his evangelistic meetings and by Rural Rhythm Records' mail order service.

He always planned on doing another album with just songs that he had written but never got around to it. Most of his free time was committed to his writing. He had numerous articles and several books published. He was also an accomplished artist with oil painting.

He pioneered Trinity Bible Church in 1977, which is still thriving today.

 Discography :

Gloryland Jubilee 
Discogs 

Pictures credit  :

Find A Grave 

 

Harley Gabbard - The Tall Timber Man

 

 

Harley Gabbard - Tall Timber Man 

 Vetco Records 3006

(1970) 

 

1 - Folsom Prison Blues.mp3         
2 - Nine Pound Hammer.mp3           
3 - Doodling on the Dobro.mp3       
4 - Nobody's Darling But Mine.mp3   
5 - Long Black Veil.mp3             
6 - Dreams of my Heart.mp3          
7 - Poppa Played the Dobro.mp3      
8 - I Still Miss Someone.mp3        
9 - Ring of Fire.mp3                
10 - Doing my Time.mp3              
11 - Maggie.mp3                     
12 - Understand You Man.mp3  

Harley Gabbard's sole album apparently, but had singles between 1956 and 1968.

For some bio and discography see https://www.discogs.com/fr/artist/2115281-Harley-Gabbard 

 

Women of Music voluime 17

 

 Women of music volume 17

 

Marie Queenie Lyons

 

Marie Queenie Lyons

 

 

1. Marie Queenie Lyons - See And Don't See.mp3                           
2. Marie Queenie Lyons - Daddy's House.mp3                               
3. Marie Queenie Lyons - You Used Me.mp3                                 
4. Marie Queenie Lyons - Your Thing Ain't No Good Without My Thing.mp3   
5. Marie Queenie Lyons - Snake In The Grass.mp3                          
6. Marie Queenie Lyons - Your Key Don't Fit It Anymore.mp3               
7. Marie Queenie Lyons - Fever.mp3                                       
8. Marie Queenie Lyons - I Don't Want Nobody To Have It But You.mp3      
9. Marie Queenie Lyons - We'll Cry Together.mp3                          
10. Marie Queenie Lyons - I'll Drown In My Tears.mp3                     
11. Marie Queenie Lyons - I Want My Freedom.mp3                          
12. Marie Queenie Lyons - Try Me.mp3      

 

 

Ashtabula HS 1961

Biography (from https://www.jazzapedia.com/artists/marie-queenie-lyons)

Marie "Queenie" Lyons is an American soul and funk singer born in Archibald, Louisiana, who moved to Ashtabula, Ohio at a young age. She first performed professionally in 1963 at Club Castaway in Geneva, Ohio, and quickly became a fixture on the Chitlin' Circuit, a network of venues catering to Black performers and audiences. In the late 1960s, Lyons' career gained momentum when she was hired by James Brown as one of his "Funky Divas" and served as a vocalist with the King Curtis Band in New York City in 1964. She performed alongside major artists including Jackie Wilson, Fats Domino, The Coasters, and Jerry Lee Lewis, establishing herself as a talented and versatile performer during the soul music era.

In 1968, while touring with James Brown, Lyons traveled to Cincinnati and recorded at King Records studio what would become her only album, "Soul Fever," released on DeLuxe Records in 1970. The album, produced by Henry Glover with pianist Don Pullen as bandleader, showcased Lyons' powerful and captivating voice through a combination of covers—including "Fever" and "Try Me"—and original compositions. Billboard awarded the album "Four-Stars" in its October 10, 1970 edition, recognizing its sales potential within the soul music category. The album was also released in Brazil that same year and later in Spain on Vampi Soul in 2018.

Despite the critical acclaim and the album's eventual cult classic status, Lyons mysteriously disappeared from the music industry after "Soul Fever's" release, never recording or performing publicly again. Over the decades, the album has become recognized as one of the rarest and most prized Southern soul albums from the early 1970s, with critics praising it as one of the funkiest soul LPs ever recorded. According to reports from the Buckeye Beat, Lyons remained active in her community, operating Queenie's Lounge, a bar in Ashtabula, Ohio, which was still open as of 2014.
Fun Facts

    Lyons performed under the pseudonym "Shelley Shoop And The Shakers" and released a 1965 single titled "Fair Shake" before her Soul Fever album.
    Her rendition of the jazz standard "Fever" begins with breathy, spoken lyrics as an homage to earlier versions by Sarah Vaughan and Peggy Lee, and is considered one of the best embodiments of the soul-funk hybrid sound of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
    Soul Fever was released in Brazil in 1970 and remained relatively obscure until nearly 40 years later when it was finally issued in Spain on the Vampi Soul label in 2018, eventually achieving cult classic status.
    Lyons penned one song and co-penned two songs on the Soul Fever album, demonstrating her talents as both a vocalist and songwriter during the recording sessions.

Mentors/Influences

    James Brown - Hired Lyons as one of his "Funky Divas" and she toured with him; he was her idol and inspiration (Soul Fever album (James Brown classic "Try Me" covered by Lyons)) [Late 1960s]

Women Of Music Volume 15

 

WoM V 15

     

Connie Stevens -  Hey, Good Lookin' .mp3                     
Dorothy Pay - Smooth Operator.mp3                            
Effie Smith - Be Bop Boogie.mp3                              
Elaine Stritch - Let It Snow- Let It Snow- Let It Snow.mp3   
Jackie DeShannon -Trouble.mp3                                
Juanita Hall - Baby Won't You Please Come Home.mp3           
Marion Colby - Dim, Dim, the Lights.mp3                      
Pony Sherrell - Jungle Ungle, Um, Bai .mp3                   
Scooter Lee - Barefootin'.mp3                                
Skeeter Davis - It's So Easy.mp3                             
Sue Brubaker - Well Ride Again.mp3                           
 

 

Women of Music Volume 14

 

Women of Music Volume 14

(Betty Everett on cover) 

 

Adrienne Nelson & The  Dodge City Dudes- Eights And Aces - G&G 101a.mp3   
Betty Everett - Why Did You Have To Go (CJ)_.mp3                          
Betty O Brien - She'll Be Gone (Liberty).mp3                              
Carol Jarvis - Red White & Jolly All Over (Downbeat).mp3                  
Judy Reynolds - A Goodnight Kiss (Rich-R-Tone).mp3                        
Lola Sugia  - Blue Tears (Golden Crest).mp3                               
Lynn Marshall - I'm A Fool To Care (Star).mp3                             
Marsha Lyn - Johnny B Goode (Alibi).mp3                                   
Mary Ellen - Ya'll Come (Golden Arrow).mp3                               
Mary Padgett - Love Gone Cold (Snap).mp3
Sister Pauline Trotter   Satan Ain't Nothing But A Bomb (J&B).mp3         
Unknown Singer  - She Rides (Coburt Acetate).mp3                          

The IGL Rock Story - Part One (1965-67)

 

 The IGL Rock Story - Part One (1965-67)
CD Arf! Arf! from 1994

 

Label from Milford, Iowa, known as Iowa Great Lakes Recording or IGL.
Founded by members of Dee Jay And The Runaways.

Billy Rat & The Finks - All American Boy.mp3            
Billy Rat & The Finks - Little Queenie.mp3              
Dale & The Devonaires - Never Be Free.mp3               
Dale & The Devonaires - Take a Look at a Fool.mp3       
Dee Jay & The Runaways - Boney Maronie.mp3              
Dee Jay & The Runaways - Jenny Jenny.mp3                
Dee Jay & The Runaways - Peter Rabbit.mp3               
Dee Jay & The Runaways - She's a Big Girl Now.mp3       
Dee Jay & The Runaways - The Gorilla Song.mp3           
Pete Klint Quintet - Very Last Day.mp3                  
The Canoise - Born in Chicago.mp3                       
The Canoise - Something I Can Do.mp3                    
The Continental Co-ets - I Don't Love You No More.mp3   
The Continental Co-ets - Medley of Junk.mp3             
The Dark Knights - Dark Knight.mp3                      
The Dark Knights - Send Her to Me.mp3                   
The Epicureans - I Don't Know Why I Cry.mp3             
The Rockers - Runaway.mp3                               
The Scavengers - But If You're Happy.mp3                
The Scavengers - It's Over.mp3                          
The Scavengers - She Don't Care About Time.mp3          
The Sha-Dels - Hand Jive.mp3                            
The Torries - Don't You Know.mp3                        
The Torries - Play Your Games.mp3                       
The X-Men - Until I Leave.mp3                           
Those of Us - Without You.mp3                           
Tommy Tucker & The Esquires - Don't Tell Me Lies.mp3    
Tommy Tucker & The Esquires - Peace of Mind.mp3         
Wally Shoop & The Zombies - Memphis.mp3                 
Wally Shoop & The Zombies - Okoboji.mp3                 
Wally Shoop & The Zombies - Summertime.mp3
 

I've Been Honky Tonkin'

 

Joe Cannonball Lewis

 I've Been Honky Tonkin'

Cattle CD (2006)

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Jesse Elmo "Cannonball" Lewis (1924-2001)

Born in Laurel County, Kentucky, Joe “Cannonball” Lewis grew up in Connersville and Lawrenceburg, Indiana, and eventually made his home in Hamilton, Ohio. He worked the clubs in Cincinnati and secured a recording contract with MGM Records, where he attracted attention with “Train Whistle Nightmare,” in which he vocally imitated a train whistle. An excellent country singer with a strong and expressive voice, he made eight singles for MGM. Many of them had a strong bluegrass flavor, with instrumental leads taken by fiddle and mandolin and a five-string banjo in the background. He wrote and recorded “Before I Met You” on Gateway, which later became a bluegrass standard when Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs cut it. He also had singles on other local labels–Kentucky, Lucky, Lunar, and Sunrise–but these were much more country, using electric lead and steel guitar. He and his wife also recorded gospel music on Hamilton’s Melody label.

Bio & discography
https://www.hillbilly-music.com/artists/story/index.php?id=11058

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tracklist

You've Been Honky Tonkin' - Cold And Lonely Heart - I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down - Before I Met You - I Wonder If I Can Lose The Blues This Way - Railroad Engineer - I'd Be Sweet Talkin' You - Only In Dreams - Missing In Dreams - Still Around - Yours To Claim - Calling Out My Name - Train Whistle Nightmare - Trust Me Again - Truck Drivers Night Run Blues - Whatever Has Become Of You - What's The Use - (Down The) Road To Love - I'm Mighty Hard To Beat - Take Me Back For Ol' Times Sake 

 

 

 

 

Twisted and Bent

 

"I try to be totally different", said Bad Boy Butch Batson, a 28-year old food equipment salesman from Greenville, South Carolina.

Butch’s recordings began circulating around Greenville, SC, in the mid-1980s, where they gained a devoted following among local musicians and creative types. His first full-length collection, Twisted and Bent, was assembled on cassette in 1989 from his low-tech, self-produced recordings, showcasing his raw talent and boundary-pushing vision.

Twisted and Bent 

Dutch Boy Records
1989 

 

1 - Motor Mouth Girl .mp3                
2 - Miss X.mp3                           
3 - Green Girl.mp3                       
4 - Don't Trust.mp3                      
5 - I Love A Girl Named Donna Epps.mp3   
6 - Kathy.mp3                            
7 - As Summer Dies.mp3                   
8 - Carolina Drive-In.mp3                
9 - Wild Stray Girl.mp3                  
10 - Once Upon A Dream.mp3               
11 - Rhonda Rhonda.mp3                   
12 - Hypnotic Man.mp3      

 

Rockin' Boogie March

 

Ollie Pierre Quintet - Rockin' Boogie March (Anjac 102)

Label out of Albuquerque (New Mexico)
1956

No further info

 Ed: year added (thanks Apesville)

 

 

Lattie Moore - You Can't Make Hay Pickin' Cotton (LP)

 

Lattie Moore - You Can't Make Hay Pickin' Cotton (LP)

Derby Town lp 102
Derby Town Records
2061 Edgewood Drive
Charlestown, Ind.
 1968

1 - Lattie Moore - You Can't Make Hay Pickin' Cotton.mp3   
2 - Lattie Moore - Tall Man.mp3                            
3 - Lattie Moore - A Doubt Appeared.mp3                    
4 - Lattie Moore - Come Back And Be A Wife.mp3             
5 - Lattie Moore - A Sadness I Feel.mp3                    
6 - Lattie Moore - Bottle By Bottle.mp3                    
7 - Lattie Moore - Here I Am Drunk Again.mp3               
8 - Lattie Moore - Juke Box Johnny.mp3                     
9 - Lattie Moore - Out Of Control.mp3                      
10 - Lattie Moore - Let's Be Sweethearts Again.mp3         
11 - Lattie Moore - This Is The Right Time.mp3             
12 - Lattie Moore - You Never Looked Sweeter.mp3           

 

Singer (Country/Rockabilly), born 16 October 1924 in Scottsville, Kentucky; died 13 June 2010 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Although he's best known to rockabilly collectors, Lattie Moore was a real-deal, hardcore honkytonker. Although he was born in bluegrass territory, Moore moved to Indianapolis in the early 1940s, and established himself as a Midwestern artist, recording for various labels, but mainly for the King label, in nearby Cincinnati.

Derby Town Records and Cuzz Publishing were operated by Kenny Sowder, whose main claim to fame is to have co-written "Lonely Street", a classic country song, first recorded by Carl Belew, an artist whom he managed.

 

Bill Carlisle - Tramp On The Street

 

Bill Carlisle
Tramp On The Street

Cattle CD (Germany, 2001)

(24 tracks, Decca & King recordings)

 

tracklist :  

Ditty Wah Ditty
A Mouse Been Messin' Around
Wabash Cannonball
Sparkling Blue Eyes
What Does It Matter To You
You Wouldn't Understand
When Snowflakes Fall
Dollar Bill Mama Blues Part 1
Dollar Bill Mama Blues Part 2
Girl In The Blue Velvet Band
Shine Your Light To Others
Wedding Bells
Sparkling Blue Eyes
Tramp On The Street
Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Mother
That Guy's Out Gunnin' For You
I Never See My Baby Alone
I Hope You See The Same Star That I Do
I Saw My Future In A Rainbow
I'm Cryin' Tonight Over You
Empty Arms
Dreamy Eyes
She Won't Be My Baby No More
Don't Tell Me Your Worries

 

 

Bill Carlisle

 

 

Bill Carlisle bio :      https://tims.blackcat.nl/messages/bill_carlisle.htm

 His discography (with recording sessions):
     https://countrydiscography.blogspot.com/2010/09/bill-carlisle-carlisles.html

 or here :     https://www.rocky-52.net/chanteursc/carlisle_b.htm