$30,000 Worth Of Rockabilly
The cover of this old rockabilly, to take inflation into account, has been modified. Almost perfect rockabilly compilation, almost, because, in my opinion, "Back Rub" by The James Boys cannot be labeled rockabilly.
This collection has been issued by Spin (1997), by Lost Gold (1998) and by Yeaah! (2000).
These three are listed at Rockin' Country Style. HERE (Spin issue)
$30,000 Worth Of Rockabilly
(labels & Lost Gold booklet included)
FREE!
The United States Army Recruiting Song
Dick Dale and his Del-Tones & Francine York (Honorary Army Recruiter)
with Joe Bomack and The Overland Swingin' Top Brass
Official L.A. Army Recruiters' Song
a 1963 Public Service Recording from Overland Records
by the composer of Nob Hill Nocturne & Bel Air Concerto Jimmy Sheldon
Unidentified male singer
Could it be one of these acetates made in a coin-operated recording booth so popular in the 50s ?
Nothing is greater than a mother's love
Cobra Records was founded in August 1956 by Elias P. Toscano (1924-1967) and Howard Bedno (1919-2006) was an independent record label that operated in Chicago from 1956 to 1959 and launched the careers of Chicago blues artists Otis Rush, Magic Sam and Buddy Guy, a new generation who pioneered the West Side Sound.
The most comprehensive Cobra/Artistic reissue package to date (it does not include alternate takes, but it throws in both sides of 8 Abcos for good measure) appeared in Japan in 2008: The Complete Cobra Singles, 4 CDs on P-Vine Special PCD 18528/31
Disc 1
01 - Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby [Cobra 5000]
02 - Otis Rush - Sit Down Baby [Cobra 5000]
03 - The Clouds - Rock And Roll Boogie [Cobra 5001]
04 - The Clouds - I Do [Cobra 5001]
05 - Shakey Horton - Have A Good Time [Cobra 5002]
06 - Shakey Horton - Need My Baby [Cobra 5002]
07 - The Calvaes - Mambo Fiesta [Cobra 5003]
08 - The Calvaes - Fine Girl [Cobra 5003]
09 - Harold Burrage - One More Dance [Cobra 5004]
10 - Harold Burrage - You Eat Too Much [Cobra 5004]
11 - Otis Rush - Violent Love [Cobra 5005]
12 - Otis Rush - My Love Will Never Die [Cobra 5005]
13 - Sunnyland Slim - It's You Baby [Cobra 5006]
14 - Sunnyland Slim - Highway 61 [Cobra 5006]
15 - Lee Jackson - Fishin' In My Pond [Cobra 5007]
16 - Lee Jackson - I'll Just Keep Walkin' [Cobra 5007]
17 - Gloria Irving - I Need A Man [Cobra 5008]
18 - Gloria Irving - For You And Only You [Cobra 5008]
19 - Duke Jenkins - Something Else [Cobra 5009]
20 - Duke Jenkins - The Duke Walks [Cobra 5009]
21 - Otis Rush - Groaning The Blues [Cobra 5010]
22 - Otis Rush - If You Were Mine [Cobra 5010]
Disc 2
01 - Little Willie Foster - Crying The Blues [Cobra 5011]
02 - Little Willie Foster - Little Girl [Cobra 5011]
03 - Harold Burrage - Messed Up [Cobra 5012]
04 - Harold Burrage - I Don't Care Who Knows [Cobra 5012]
05 - Magic Sam - All Your Love [Cobra 5013]
06 - Magic Sam - Love Me With A Feeling [Cobra 5013]
07 - The Calvaes - Born With Rhythm [Cobra 5014]
08 - The Calvaes - Lonely Lonely Village [Cobra 5014]
09 - Otis Rush - Love That Woman [Cobra 5015]
10 - Otis Rush - Jump Sister Bessie [Cobra 5015]
11 - Clarence Jolly - Changing Love [Cobra 5016]
12 - Clarence Jolly - Don't Leave Me [Cobra 5016]
13 - Guitar Shorty - You Don't Treat Me Right [Cobra 5017]
14 - Guitar Shorty - Irma Lee [Cobra 5017]
15 - Harold Burrage - Stop, For The Red Light [Cobra 5018]
16 - Harold Burrage - Satisfied [Cobra 5018]
17 - Betty Everett - My Life Depends On You [Cobra 5019]
18 - Betty Everett - My Love [Cobra 5019]
19 - Duke Jenkins - Where Can My Loved One Be [Cobra 5020]
20 - Duke Jenkins - Shake It [Cobra 5020]
21 - Magic Sam - Everything Gonna Be Alright [Cobra 5021]
22 - Magic Sam - Look Whatcha Done [Cobra 5021]
23 - Harold Burrage - She Knocks Me Out [Cobra 5022]
24 - Harold Burrage - A Heart (Filled With Pain) [Cobra 5022]
Disc 3
01 - Otis Rush - Three Times A Fool [Cobra 5023]
02 - Otis Rush - She's A Good-'Un [Cobra 5023]
03 - Betty Everett - Ain't Gonna Cry [Cobra 5024]
04 - Betty Everett - Killer Diller [Cobra 5024]
05 - Magic Sam - All Night Long [Cobra 5025]
06 - Magic Sam - All My Whole Life [Cobra 5025]
07 - Harold Burrage - I Cry For You [Cobra 5026]
08 - Harold Burrage - Betty Jean [Cobra 5026]
09 - Otis Rush - It Takes Time [Cobra 5027]
10 - Otis Rush - Checking On My Baby [Cobra 5027]
11 - Jimmy Kelly & The Rock-A-Beats - Little Chickie [Cobra 5028]
12 - Jimmy Kelly & The Rock-A-Beats - Bonnie [Cobra 5028]
13 - Magic Sam - Easy Baby [Cobra 5029]
14 - Magic Sam - 21 Days In Jail [Cobra 5029]
15 - Otis Rush - Double Trouble [Cobra 5030]
16 - Otis Rush - Keep On Loving Me, Baby [Cobra 5030]
17 - Betty Everett - I'll Weep No More [Cobra 5031]
18 - Betty Everett - Tell Me, Darling [Cobra 5031]
19 - Otis Rush - All Your Love (I Miss Loving) [Cobra 5032]
20 - Otis Rush - My Baby's A Good 'Un [Cobra 5032]
21 - Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm - Walking Down The Aisle [Cobra 5033]
22 - Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm - Box Top [Cobra 5033]
23 - Evangelist "Baby" Ballinger - So Glad [Artistic 100]
24 - Evangelist "Baby" Ballinger - Let It Be [Artistic 100]
Disc 4
01 - Charles Clark - Row Your Boat [Artistic 1500]
02 - Charles Clark - Hidden Charms [Artistic 1500]
03 - Buddy Guy - Sit And Cry (The Blues) [Artistic 1501]
04 - Buddy Guy - Try To Quit You Baby [Artistic 1501]
05 - Shakey Jake - Roll Your Money Maker [Artistic 1502]
06 - Shakey Jake - Call Me If You Need Me [Artistic 1502]
07 - Buddy Guy - You Sure Can't Do [Artistic 1503]
08 - Buddy Guy - This Is The End [Artistic 1503]
09 - Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm (voc. Tommy Hodge) - (I Know) You Don't Love Me [Artistic 1504]
10 - Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm (voc. Tommy Hodge) - Down & Out [Artistic 1504]
11 - Arbee Stidham - I'll Always Remember You [Abco 100]
12 - Arbee Stidham - Meet Me Half Way [Abco 100]
13 - Herby Joe - Smoke Stack Lightning [Abco 101]
14 - Herby Joe - Dreamed (Last Night) [Abco 101]
15 - Zono Sago's Modern Sounds - Short Order [Abco 102]
16 - Zono Sago's Modern Sounds - Jivin' At Random [Abco 102]
17 - Freddie Hall & His Aces - Can't This Be Mine [Abco 103]
18 - Freddie Hall & His Aces - Playin' Hard To Get [Abco 103]
19 - Louie Meyers & The Aces - Just Whaling [Abco 104]
20 - Louie Meyers & The Aces - Bluesy [Abco 104]
21 - The Rip-Chords - I Love You The Most [Abco 105]
22 - The Rip-Chords - (Let's Do The) Razzle Dazzle [Abco 105]
23 - Morris Pejoe - Screaming And Crying [Abco 106]
24 - Morris Pejoe - Maybe Blues [Abco 106]
25 - Arbee Stidham - When I Find My Baby [Abco 107]
26 - Arbee Stidham - Please Let It Be Me [Abco 107]
note : this was posted previously at Groovy Grooves, my other blog created due to temporary technical difficulties with Dead Wax. Groovy Grooves, sooner or later, will be deleted.
Wayne (Bob) Roberts
Japaneese Rhumba
Rhythm & Range 45-102 B
"Reavis Studio" in
the deadwax |Nashville studio]
1956
Nashville, Tennessee
Record listed in Rockin' Country Style (no location)
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Kicks Magazine #7 published a review of this record (see above). And we learn a little more about it.
This was a posthumous release :
"According to the accompanying promo sheet, Wayne Roberts was an aspiring crooner and when he met with an untimely death Mama Roberts had a band pop the bop onto some of his old tapes and ished & promoted the disc herself : "As his mother since his unfortunate accident I have taken it on myself to try to make to him what he always wanted to be"
Nothing is greater than a mother's love.
Note: the only other known record on Rhythm & Range (#101) was by Little Hank singing two Roy Hall compositions. See https://oldwax.blogspot.com/2022/09/hank-rhythm-kings-rhythm-range-45-101.html
"Japanese Rumba" is an example of a GI song, a type of song composed for American soldiers stationed in postwar Japan. G. I. songs were broadcast on the Far East Network and issued on souvenir records that the soldiers could take home. "Japanese Rumba" was written by Jerry F. Miller, an arranger for an air force dance band, when he was stationed in Nagoya, Japan. First performed in 1949, the song was later issued on the 1951 souvenir EP World Famous Japanese Hit Melodies in an arrangement by the Japanese Itsuro Raymond Hattori and sung by Japanese American soldiers Nobuo Nishimoto and George Shimabukuro.
The song, which features lyrics in Japanese—or, more accurately, "bamboo English," a pidgin form of Japanese used by non-Japanese speaking soldiers to communicate with the locals—pokes fun at the linguistic struggles of Americans in Japan. The first verse roughly translates to "Where go, here come / Hey, well, good morning," the second to "What mama-san, hurry up papa-san, yes / Hey, girl, wait a moment, please," and the third to "What, well, nice makeup, yes / What do, eh good afternoon."
US covers were done in 1955 by Jayne & Audrey Meadows on RCA and the Twin Tunes on Sound.
Rockin' Country Style has no location for this label which issued two records both by Del Swade in 1959 and 1960, "A Sound Production Recording, released through
Fajam Enterprises " on both labels.
Del Swade was a member of Local 10-208, Chicago , Ilinois, certainly the location (of his own, no doubt) Production label.
Francis E. Shimandle (his real name) was active in Chicago at least until 1965, when he performed backed by The Key Notes. The group included Dennis Nix, durmmer, formerly with the Benny Goodman band; Eddie Kay of the Dick Contino Show and Riley King.
Bud Gay
I'm A Long Gone Daddy
(Hank Williams, Fred Rose Music, BMI)
Nashville Records CD-1003
Early seventies
Record listed at RCS (no location)
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This Nashville label (indeed located in Nashville, Tennessee) had few releases in the early seventies (including two singles by Bob Folsom and one by Bob Rash). Charlie Dick, the widower of country legend Patsy Cline, was it's owner, perhaps with the idea of giving a new life to the old Starday's subsidiary, still releasing albums, but no more singles. But the time of the good old country music was over.
Charlie Dick, at this time, was also a promotion man for Starday-King in Nashville.
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Sissy Spacek on cover
Amanda Lynn - Singin' Jambalaya.mp3
Ann Breen - Jambalaya (On The Bayou).mp3
Carole King feat Slash - Locomotion (live).mp3
Carrie Becker Leave Me Out Of Your Plans.mp3
Cherry Blossom - Jungle Rock.mp3
Donna Loren - Shakin' All Over (live).mp3
Heidi Hall and the Chix - Black Stretch Pants.mp3
Joni Wallace - The Tennessee Rock And Roll.mp3
Joy Adams - The Snorer.mp3
Judy MCIntyre - Slyly.mp3
Lois Hinds - Loving In Vain Again.mp3
Reesa and The Rooters - Melt the Iceman.mp3
Sissy Spacek - Honky Tonkin'.mp3
Wing - Dancing Queen.mp3
Yoko Ono - Midsummer New York.mp3
Porter Records was active in 1957/1958. Some details here.
Chip Young
A: There's A Great Day Coming
both wr. Joe South, Joe South Music (BMI)
Esco 200 CY
Sept. 1959
It seems that the Billboard reviewer sensed insufficient promotion from Esco for this Chip Young record ("could step out with plugs" and "could create interest with exposure"). And he was not wrong, at least regarding a national promotion.
The Esco label (and its Escophonic sound proudly printed on all the labels) was the offshoot of Esco Artists, a local booking agency located at 112 Nathan Rd.,in Atlanta, recording members of its stable [except Joe South] to ensure a regional promotion. At Esco, the star was Joe South, a NRC recording artist, who penned almost all the songs recorded by the label, which were all copyrighted by his own publishing company, Joe South Music (BMI). Still under contract with Bill Lowery as a recording artist, Joe South didn't have a record issued by Esco. Did he owned that booking agency ?
Guitarist and producer Chip Young died Dec. 20 2014 at the age of 76 in Nashville, Tenn., a month after undergoing triple bypass surgery at St. Thomas Hospital.
Young, a.k.a. Jerry Marvin Stembridge, was born in Atlanta, Ga., on May 19, 1938, and began his remarkable career in the 1950s, playing with guitarist Jerry Reed and singer-songwriter Joe South. In the '60s and '70s, Young lent his notable thumb-picking talents to Dolly Parton's hit 'Jolene,' Elvis Presley's 'Guitar Man,' Charley Pride's 'Kiss an Angel Good Morning' and many other fan-favorite songs.
He was a regular member of Presley's studio band from 1965 until the King's death in 1977. Young worked with other talented artists as well, including Waylon Jennings, Jerry Lee Lewis, Kris Kristofferson, Porter Wagoner, George Jones, Willie Nelson, the Oak Ridge Boys and Reba McEntire, among others.
The Retreds
R & T Records RP 660
Acton, Massachusetts
[listed in RCS, but location unknown]
1966
DC Hill Studios
Vocal by John Hill
Image from this blog (The Making Of A Band) written by The Old Dude who was a member of the band. Plenty of recollections there...
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Women of Music 41
Mary Padgett on cover
Amber Digby - How You Drink The Wine.mp3
Carol Grimes - Private Number.mp3
Jeri Southern - Senor Blues.mp3
Kay Bell And The Spacemen- Scream Along (With The Monster) .mp3
Linda Leigh - The Scent .mp3
Lynda Carter - The Loco-Motion.mp3
Lynette Morgan & Her Tennessee Rhythm Riders - Kaw- Liga.mp3
Margaret Lewis - Shake A Leg.mp3
Mary Padgett - Great Big Man.mp3
Maureen Tucker - Bo Diddley.mp3
Ramona Locke - No Minors Allowed!.mp3
Tania Kernaghan - Back Of The Barn.mp3
The tiny obscure Marly label was from the West Coast
Eddie WeldonDIGRESSION: REST IN PEACE?
o Clair E. Weldon—a.k.a. “Eddie Weldon,” “Mr. D.J. USA,” the “Panting Panther,” and the “Shooting Star of North America”—recorded and broadcasted under his various performance monikers throughout the 1950s and 1960s
o Under the moniker “Panting Panther” on a song titled “Cooler Weather,” Weldon became one of the first popular musicians to cross what then was known as the “color line,” singing with the backing of an African-American blues combo
o Today he continues to work in entertainment, largely under the name “Eddie Weldon”
o A recording firm, having heard nothing of the “Panting Panther” in decades, re-released “Cooler Weather” on an anthology CD with liner notes describing the artists as intellectually inferior “white trash”—and with a somewhat bizarre cover photograph
o Having made no effort to consult Weldon either prior to or after the re-release, they mistakenly assumed the “Panther” to have panted his last
o (Lawsuit, anyone?)
Rocky Morgan and the Rockin' Guitars
"Wolf Whistle Baby" B. Motola, R. Morgan, J. Dalton
Wheel Of Fortune Music, BMI
b/w
Mike Hufford and the Rockin' Guitars
"Turn
That Gun Around"
R. Morgan, Echo Whalan, Peer International, BMI
Pic Records
#907
Record listed at Rockin' Country Style (no date or label location given). The other Pic records listed by The Jaguars is unrelated and were from Mitchell, Indiana.
Short-lived company founded in 1958, Pic Records was jointly owned by Buddy Motola and Rocky Paul Morgan at 13027 Lome Street, North Hollywood.
Regarding the date of issue, I'm still unsure as RCS also lists a Garrison Studios "Wolf Whistle Baby" acetate dated 1961.
Rocky Morgan, backed by his Triple R Boys, had previously a record issued by the Modern label in 1948. See Swingbillies: Hillbilly And Western Swing On Modern/Colonial/Flair issued on Ace Records (UK) in 2003.
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Cover : Nataly Dawn (of Pomplamoose)
Aggie Dukes John John.mp3
Betsy Spokes - O My Family.mp3
Carolyn Dixon - King Of The Highway.mp3
Cora Lynn (& La Memphis Mafia) - Rock The Bop.mp3
Elsa Leroy - Comment Fais-Tu_.mp3
Emmylou Harris - Mister Sandman.mp3
Fysah - Like Jazz.mp3
Karen Valentine - Blame It On The Bossa Nova.mp3
Lani Massey - What Am I Gonna Do.mp3
Merry Clayton - Walk On In.mp3
Nataly Dawn. (& Pomplamoose) - Oh, Pretty Woman .mp3
Suzi Quatro - Shakin´ All Over.mp3
Alice Ann - No Cheaters Fool.mp3
Angela Christie -It's All Up To You.mp3
Cammy Carol - Pin Up Boy.mp3
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Dee Dee Warwick - You're No Good.mp3
Donna Hightower - Hands Off.mp3
Fran Harris - He's My Texas Baby.mp3
Julie London - Yummy Yummy Yummy.mp3
Pat Brown - The Good Got To Suffer For The Bad.mp3
Rochelle Lara - Steady.mp3
Sue Brubaker - The Dead Came Back.mp3
Sylvia Jean - No No (Twist).mp3
Theresa Lindsey - Daddy - O.mp3
Lona Parr
Side A of her Mystic single (her only record?). Publisher is Okun Music (BMI), owned by Harry & Madelyn Okun at 1430 North McCadden Place, Hollywood, CA.
Unknown singer and composer Lona Parramore wrote several songs in 1954-1956 but I can't find any release for these songs :
COOL DADDY BLUES; w, m & © Lona Parramore 5Apr54 EU353234
I WANT TO TELL MY STORY; w, m & © Lona Parramore 5Apr54 EU353235
HARD WORKING MAN; w, m & © Lona Parramore 5Apr54 EU353236
I'M A BOP; w, m & © Lona Parramore 5Apr54 EU353237
ROCK 'EM AND ROLL 'EM BLUES; w, m & © Lona Parramore 2Jul54 EU363169
I HAVE BUT ONE HEART TO LOOSE; w, m & © Lona Parramore 2Jul54 EU363170
I'M SINCERE ABOUT THAT GUY; w Lona B. Parramore m Larry Allen © Lona B.Parramore & Crown Music Co. 4Nov54 EU376085
OH, WEE HONEY BABY, w Lona B. Parramore, m Larry Allen, Crown Music 10 Mar 55
Long, long time ago, w Lona B. Parramore m Larry Allen 11 july 55
PLAY BOY, w, m & C Lona B. Parramore, 25 August 55
Baby,i’m blue , w, m & C Lona B. Parramore, 25 aug 55
Can’t bop ; w Lona B. Parramore m Larry Allen 6 sept. 55
OH HO ; words by Lona Parramore . ( Melody ] © Lona Parramore ; 27 May56 ; EP101400 .
MACKERAW ; words by Lona Parramore . ( Melody ] © Lona Parramore ; 27 May56 ; EP101401 .
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Linda Carr on cover
Beverly Taylor - It's Old History.mp3
Celia Cruz - Hava Nageela.mp3
Dori Malloy - Where Do You Go.mp3
Fran Harris With The Four Friends - Naughty Baby.mp3
Ida James - Shake Your Can.mp3
Jeanie Lee -Tic-Toc-A-Boogie.mp3
Linda Carr - Da Doo Run Run (Live).mp3
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Linda Lloyd - Heartache High School U S A.mp3
Lizzie Miles - Salty Dog.mp3
Marguerite Sanders - Second Fiddle To An Old Guitar.mp3
Melody Cristea (& Liliac Band) - Wildthing.mp3
Venita Marie - A Girl With No Tomorrow .mp3
Princeton 101
(November 1958)
G-346 High School Blues (Mascari-Mac-Wenzlaff, Bob Cor Music Inc. BM)
1st copyright reg. : w & m Mac Vickory, Eddie Mascari, & Erwin Wenzlaff © Eddie Mascari, 28 oct 1958
2nd copyright reg. : w & m Charles Vic , pseud . , arr . Eddie Mascari (Edward C. Mascari) & Erwin Wenzlaff . © Charles L. Shean ; 17Nov58G-347 We’re Not Engaged Anymoresame credits on label and copyright as above
Princeton 102
(November 1958)
G-310 The Wild One (Ricky Ricardo-Fred Petti, Copy Music Inc.)
G-311 Twang (Ricky Ricardo-Fred Petti, Copy Music Inc.)
Copy Music Inc. BMI (both sides), but Copley Music Inc.in copyright, which credits Ricky Ricardo, pseud, of Anthony Lobato, & Fred Petti. © 13 Npv.1958,
Beatrice Florea on cover
Barbara Hall - Big Man (Tuska).mp3
Beatrice Florea - Hey Baby (Yt).mp3
Dot Anderson - Jealous Hearted Woman (D.j.).mp3
Irene Belle - Battle Of The Blues (Stadium).mp3
Kathi Mcdonald - Somethin' Else (Capitol).mp3
Katie Pritchard - Blue Suede Shoes (Yt).mp3
Linda Scott - I've Told Every Little Star (Canadian-American).mp3
Nadine Renaye - Little Lee (Delpris).mp3
Ruth Durand - I'm Wise (Post).mp3
Sandra Grimms- Hallelujah Rock And Roll (Samson).mp3
Sandy And The Wild Wombats - The Train Kept A-Rollin' (Yt).mp3
Sherry Davis - Bop City (Unissued).mp3
[The Clichés]
Got Something For You Baby
Pama 1001
(1965)
Cleveland, Ohio
According to buckeyebeat :
Pinky and Jim Jenkins were a husband and wife act who were part of the Cleveland's folk scene in the 1960s. They played local clubs, including several appearances at La Cave opening for touring acts.
In 1965 they were on .one side of a split 45 that was released on Pama. On the other side was a recording by the Cliches of the James Brown song "Good Good Lovin" mistitled "Got Something For You Baby". The Jenkins' contribution was their own song "Manry and the Sea", a folk ballad styled song about Clevelander Robert Manry, who captivated the NE Ohio area in the summer of 1965 with a solo sailboat voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. The song was later recorded by the New Community Singers, a straight folk group, on Clevetown. The NCS recording was pretty popular locally.
Due to a pressing mixup, both sides of the 45 are credited to Pinky and Jim Jenkins and the Cliches, giving the impression that the Jenkinses are singing on "Got Something..." but that is not the case, each of the credited artists are only heard on their side of the record.
Discography:
Manry and the Sea / Got Something For You Baby (by the Cliches) - Pama 1001, fall of 1965
Links:
Pama/Clevetown discography
The Clichés at Discogs
The Clichés at Buckeyebeat.comListed incorrectly as a different Pama label at RCS: Pama(loc?)
Got Something For You Baby
