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Some mesmerizing renditions of Star Spangled Banner
As you can see on the cover, some spectators had fun
Carl Lewis.mp3
Cela Harper.mp3
Christina Aguilera.mp3
Fergie.mp3
Ingrid Andress.mp3
Kinsley Murray.mp3
Malea Emma.mp3
Maya Rudolph.mp3
Roseanne Barr.mp3
God Save America
The others can rot
High Flying Wine
download
The Buffer
download
Both composed by C. Appel and published by Chart-Gap Pub.
Wine Records #09
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1963
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"Inflammable Dan" was the radio moniker of Charlie Apple, a popular radio disc jockey in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area (most notably on WPSL) during the 1960s. In 1963, Apple teamed up with a local Pittsburgh rock and roll band named The Igniters to record a novelty garage-rock single.
Some info found at Wikibin, the Wikpedia trashbin :
Charlie "C.A." Apple (born 1941 - Penn Hills, Pennsylvania) is a veteran R&B and oldies radio disc jockey from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Apple began broadcasting at WPSL 1510 AM in Monroeville, Pennsylvania in 1966, and his career has seen stops at mostly small AM and FM stations in the Pittsburgh area. Along the way, he has amassed a cult following of fans who refer to themselves collectively as The Apple Corps.
Heavily influenced by fellow Pittsburgh DJ Porky Chedwick, Apple's announcing style often utilizes speaking in rhyme and makes extensive use of reverb. Like Chedwick, Apple's show specializes in what he has coined "Pittsburgh Oldies" or simply "sounds" from his own record collection - songs originally popular on a local basis, but largely unknown outside the area. The format includes blues, doo wop, garage bands, and novelty records frequently - though not always - by groups from the Pittsburgh area.
The trio of Apple, Chedwick, and Mike Metrovich are seen as founders of this peculiar Pittsburgh radio subculture which has endured continuously "under the radar" since the 1950s. Through them, several other DJ's have been inspired to host shows of "Pittsburgh Oldies" on area radio stations.
Charlie is well respected by the students he taught at St. Edmund's Academy in Squirrel Hill. Always challenging his students to think and act, of which he has a formal pupil budding Broadway star Christian Borle. For several years Charlie was a home room teacher who inspired his classes through 50's movie, The Body Snatchers etc., music, and free thought. A family man and a teacher Charlie also found time to be the Head Chaplain at the small Episcopal grade school.
Also see article published by Pittsburgh City Paper in 2003
But Charlie Appel had a dark side : in 2014, Charlie Appel was sentenced to five years in prison for downloading child pornography. See Tribune Review. He died in 2019. More serious related facts came to light after his death. See Spotlight On Abuse
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For the sake of
completeness, I must mention that Rockin' Country Style also lists another single on the same
label, likewise without a location. But I won't say
anything about it here, because The Zaks' 45 holds little interest for
rockabilly fans.
Seagulls are quiet birds, considered quite beneficial by agriculturists (they were credited with saving farmer's crops by consuming the insects endagering them). They are usually gentle creatures, exhibiting neither antagonism to not fondness for man.
What interested Tom Wilson Weinberg about the seagulls was their behaviour or more precisely the behaviour of some seagulls : in response to a UC Irvine study of long term monogamous lesbian behaviour in seagulls on Santa Barbara Island, Tom Wilson Weinberg wrote and composed "Lesbian Seagull" originally recorded and released it on his own 1979 album, The Gay Name Game.
Mike Judge, creator-designer of Beavis and Butt-Head, heard the song in a David Letterman "Dave's Record Collection" segment and contacted Weinberg about using it in the film. The song was originally featured in the animated comedy film “Beavis and Butt-Head Do America,” and it quickly became a cult classic. Performed by Engelbert Humperdinck, the song explores themes of acceptance and finding beauty in unconventional places.
“Lesbian Seagull” holds a special place in the hearts of many members of the LGBTQ+ community and is often seen as an empowering anthem that promotes love, acceptance, and self-expression.
Note : today LGBTQ+ is supplanted by the more inclusive LGBTTQQIAAP (I'm not joking). I'm expecting some additional letters in a near future (Z, for instance - I'm joking).
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Another unsuspecting seagull has been previously seen as vector of educational and social values, when Hall Bartlett directed in 1973 Jonathan Livingston Seagull, a Paramount Pictures directed by Hall Bartlett who gives us "twelve great lessons". , a movie rightfully listed in the book "The 50 Worst Movies of All Time", by Harry Medved and quoting some critics. Here is just an example :
No, I have not read the book but, oh my God, did I ever see the movie ! Seagulls, as the film stresses, subsist on garbage, and, I guess, you are what you eat... As if this were not nauseating enough to itself, Neil Diamond composed and sings an ear-splitting and stomach-turning score, its platitudes and decibels running abreast and amuck .
Update :
Links removed two years ago by my hosting service following a copyright infringement complaint sent by Melissa Morgia
Hey Melissa Honey,
I hope your are well. Just to ask you, if you are still interested to hunt the copyright outlaws, what kind of measures you intend to take towards those who posted "Be" and "Lesbian Seagull" songs at YouTube ?
The links:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22neil+diamond%22+be
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22lesbian+seagull%22+humperdinck
Kind regards,
Johnny Garmon and the Shadows issued three singles for Garmon's own Missile label, which is listed at Rockin' Country Style unlocated.
Billy Miller and Miriam Linna of Norton Records have included three of their sides in their "El Paso Rock" volume 4.. Therefore, as I trust the always reliable Billy and Miriam, we can say that the Missile label was located in El Paso, Texas.
Johnny Garmon and the Shadows
the six sides and labels
Alabama Annie - Let's Work Together.mp3
Barbara Hogue & The Countrymen - Specialize In Love.mp3
Donna Mae Tremblay - Tell Me Why.mp3
Elise LeGrow - You Never Can Tell.mp3
Gail Davis - I'm A Female Thru And Thru.mp3
Irma Thomas - Don't Mess with My Man.mp3
Jai Malano - Matchbox, (I'm Gonna Forget About You).mp3
Judy Clay - Do You Think That's Right.mp3
Lucille Mapp - Chinchilla.mp3
Maria Mariadou (MG Shuffle) - Roll Over Beethoven.mp3
Myrna Lorrie - Listen To My Heart Strings.mp3
Ruby Falls - He Loves Me All To Pieces.mp3
One of a couple of singles released by Cuppy (a label with connections to Bill Haley's ex-wife, whose nickname was Cuppy) that were produced by John (a.k.a. Johnny) Grande, who was Bill Haley's piano player in the Comets in the 1950s and early 1960s. Interestingly, in the late 50s the Comets, moonlighting as "The Lifeguards" recorded a tune called "Everybody Out'a the Pool" that is very similar in some respects to the one here (though the melody is different; the main similarity is somebody calling "everybody out of the pool!" every so often!)
"Everybody Out'a the Pool" written by Frank Pingatore and recorded by The Lifeguards saw three releases (backed by "Teenage Tango") on Casa Blanca, ABC-Paramount and DR.
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This record is listed by Rockin' Country Style but gives no indication as to it's address. The information regarding this small label is so contradictory—apart from the address —that I had to find out a bit more; something I admit I enjoy doing most of the time in cases like this. While there is unanimity regarding the address (Philadelphia) which is incorrect, that is far from the case of the owners' names. According to R&B indies it was owned by Bill Haley, Cuppy Haley, Tony Messina and Sonny Cassella. Jointly owned by Sonny Casella and Tony Messin, according to Discogs. Etc.
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Here is the correct information :
Location: Folkcroft, Pennsylvania
Owners: Earle Hahn 40% Barbara Joan (Cuppy) Cupchak 25%, Johnny Grande 17.5.% and Jack Howard 17.5%.
Earle Hahn : business man, Cuppy's boyfriend
Barbara Joan (Cuppy) Cupchak : married to Bill Haley from 1952 to 1960
Johnny Grande : ex-Comets
Jack Howard : ex-manager
Source : "Crazy Man Crazy (The Bill Haley Story)" by Bill Haley Jr (and Peter Benjaminson) published by Omnibus Press in 2019.
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Record listed in Rockin' Country Style (no location) as Souvenir From Geno Lanzi.
Location : Long Beach, California
This is the first record of a series of 8 recordings (last issued in 1967) produced by Mark Hendrix who operated the United Artists Theater in Long Beach, California. All following records were either by his son Marlow Hendrix (also using the pseudonym Marlow Stewart) or by The Monacles of which he was the guitarist.
The United Artists Theater was operated by the father of budding surf rock guitar star Marlow Hendrix, who performed as Marlow Stewart. Marlow’s dad would publicize his son’s guitar prowess with stage shows and buy-a-record-get-free-admission deals (or vice versa) and book other stage shows, like the Elvis impersonator show of which Dick Dale took first prize. 14-year-old Marlow also had his own interview show on KNAC-FM, which was located in Lakewood Village. http://longbeachhistory.wordpress.com/2010/08/21/long-beach-movie-theater-goings-on/
Date is probably 1962 as Geno Lanzi introduced his record , " Countdown 4-3-2-1 , " from the stage of the United Artists theatre , adressing his record off the press to Col. John Glenn at Cape Canaveral for his teenage daughter. [
For the other records in the UA/VP (United Arists/Variety Production) see
https://www.45cat.com/label/variety-productions and https://www.45cat.com/artist/the-monacles
Barbara Lee Mac - Big Fat Mama.mp3
Brenda Burns I'll Come Running.mp3
Dolly Cooper - My Man.mp3
Dolly Parton_ All Shook Up (Live).mp3
Donna And The Tennessee Moonshiners - Geisha Girl.mp3
Edna McGriff - Oh Little Daddy.mp3
Ellen Marty - This Time Of Year.mp3
Judy Tremaine - Chain Lightning.mp3
Judy Valentine--Never Smile At A Crocodile.mp3
Merry Clayton - It's In His Kiss.mp3
Odessa Harris - A Rockin' Good Way.mp3
Sherrell Townsend - He Thinks I Still Care.mp3
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Record listed at Rockin' Country Style (no location). Nice record, but is it rockabilly?
Singer from Long Island, New York. In 1955 she was a winner on the Arthur Godfrey "Talent Scouts" television show. As a result she was signed to the Rama label in New York and, shortly afterward, to the Capitol label before recording for the Hilton label in 1957. Record re-issued by Verve Records on the West Coast. See her discography at 45cat.
Location is given by "The American Record Label Directory and Dating Guide, 1940-1959" by Galen Gart at 510 Madison Avenue, NYC.
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| Carole Bennett, early 1955 |
Rebecca De Mornay from The Slugger's Wife (1985)
Oh Jimmy, Little Red Corvette & Hey, Hey, My My
The three tracks sung by Rebecca in The Slugger's Wife, a 1985 romantic comedy film about a baseball star who falls for a singer (Rebecca De Mornay). Written by Neil Simon, directed by Hal Ashby and produced by Ray Stark, the film stars Michael O'Keefe, Rebecca De Mornay, and Randy Quaid.
Rebecca De Mornay
Her breakthrough film role came in 1983, when she starred in Risky Business. De Mornay is also known for her roles in The Slugger's Wife (1985), Runaway Train (1985), The Trip to Bountiful (1985), Backdraft (1991), and The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992).
Say Mama direct link)
Informative article and comments at garage hangover plus a Mobie Records listing
03/1958 – DOT 45-15729 – JUDY and JOYCE
He's The One / Hey Pretty Baby
08/1958 – DECCA 9-30729 – JUDY and JOYCE
Washboard Sam / Nursery Rock (Beedle De Bop)
11/1958 – SEVILLE 45-101 – JJUDY and JOYCE
Rock And Roll Kittens / Hey Pretty Baby
11/1959 – U.T. 4004 – Joyce HARRIS
It's You / The Boy In School
10/1960 – DOMINO R-903 – Joyce HARRIS
I Cheated / Do You Know What It's Like To Be Lonesome?
01/1961 – DOMINO R-905 – Joyce HARRIS
03/1961 – INFINITY INX-005 – Joyce HARRIS = Domino 905
No Way Out / Dreamer
rec. 1960 - DOMINO unissued – Joyce HARRIS
Got My Mojo Working / Your Kind Of Woman
1963 – SEROCK SR 2003 – SINNER STRONG
Don't Knock It / Nobody But Me
1965 – FUN 305 – Joyce HARRIS
Baby, Baby, Baby / How Long (Can I Hold Back My Tears)
Joyce Harris : the complete recordings
note : Joyce Harris (of Joyce Harris and the Chevelles) is a different artist,
Sugar Pie DeSanto on cover
tracklist
Baby Jean - Dance If You Wanna.mp3
Barbara Lynn - What'd I Say (Live).mp3
Beulah - Rape Of Patty Herst.mp3
Fay Simmons - Rock And Roll Music.mp3
Gracie Dee - Talkin' In My Sleep.mp3
Joan Shaw - Hand-Holdin' Baby.mp3
Judy Wilson - What Did I Do To You.mp3
Julie London - Why Don't You Do Right.mp3
Marie Adams - A Fool N Love.mp3
Skeeter Davis - That'll Be The Day.mp3
Sugar Pie Desanto - Rock Me Baby (Live)-1.mp3
Wailin' and Scalin' (dl)
Hey! Cobella (dl)
both songs published by Gordon & Lefleur Music, Inc. (BMI)
ALJA 1002
1957
Record listed at RCS (location unknown)
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Real name : Peter J. Veneziano, He was born Sept. 8, 1932,
in Clarksburg, W.Va. He served in the U.S. Navy from
1951-1955. A recording artist, disc jockey and radio and television personality
known all over Ohio, he sang and appeared on TV on American Bandstand and won a
TV Emmy award and appeared in several motion pictures filmed in Ohio including, "Welcome
to Collinwood," "Brubaker," "8 Men Out" and
"Rainman."
He had been employed as a school teacher, coach and wrestling official in the
Springfield area for 21 years. He was Wooster High School wrestling coach from
1967-1970. Inducted into the South-West Ohio Wrestling Hall of Fame. Peter Veneziano also ran a wrestling camp for 15 years in Delaware.
Died in 2005 in Ohio.
Above, the only Vinni Vincent picture I was able to find.
It's from Cash Box (October 24, 1959)
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Gordon & Lefleur Music, the publisher, was listed care of Telepix Ltd., 66 West 87th Street, NYC (president : Joseph B. Dunkelman).
Al: Alvin Lefleur and JA: Jack Gordon, hence ALJA Records. Location found.
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N.B. : A note to Google: I couldn't give a flying fuck who Vinnie Vincent is—apparently a popular musician in a band called Kiss.
M & K Records is listed at RCS (location unknown).
Eddie Quinteros:
I think I was 13 or 14 when I joined the musician union at 14. I got busted playing a union house at 14 and after that I had to join, they were very powerful in those days! About 1956 I had another little group - we did a TV stint in San Francisco on KPIX... after I joined the union there was a singer bamed Bobby Freeman, and his manager saw me and wanted to know if I wanted to play guitar with them. He just had his song out "Do you Wanna Dance?" They were going to tour in Hawaii and they needed a guitar player who could read music and I auditioned and got the job at 15.
I was getting a solo spot playing the dances and stuff and eventually we went down to LA and we cut some songs and that was a hit record I had "Come Dance With Me". So the manager went to New York, he knew Bobby Shad, from Time/Brent/Shad Records. They gave me a contract and released the record. On the East Coast it hit really big, top ten; on The West Coast, it was just under the top 40, That station KYA was playing it - in those days the DJs were Tom Donahue and Bob Mitchell.
When that record came out I was touring back there with Alan Freed on the Easter tour. That was a series of one nighters, they filled the bus up with all the performers. You would perform that night, drive all night to next venue - it was grueling. That's kind of I started. I was on Dick Clark's show four times, including the Saturday Night Beechnut show. The bad part I wasn't getting royalties - my father checked into it. I was 17 at the time. What he found out was that Dick Clark sent us a letter saying the payments (for appearing on the show) had been made but the checks were endorsed and cashed by my manager who didn’t have power of attorney. The record company - all of your expenses to promote and record came out of royalties. Studio time, all expenses... We lived quite well, very well, but found there was nothing left.
After that experience I was pretty bummed about it. With nothing for your future but one nighters. I decided to go back to school,
Upon returning home to Dale City in California, Eddie launched his own label, Ed-Dar Records, with his manager. "Come On, Little Girl / Waited For You" were issued on Ed-Dar 102 in September or October 1960.
Soon, the songs had a second issue on M & K Records. While who was M isn't known for sure, but K was Bob Krasnow, who ran the King Records branch office in San Francisco from 1958 to 1964. It doesn't seems obvious, but the M & K release is the same label as MK 101 issued in October 1960. See Winkly and Nutty (two KYA DJ's : Jim Stag and Bob Mitchell).
Location found : San Francisco, Calif
As noted by an anonymous keen follower of my blog the Volume 18 is the only one still missing to complete the series of Women Of Music. Planned a few months ago, I kept putting off its publication mainly because of the mediocrity of the performances—except, perhaps, the one by Riley Reid, despite the risqué lyrics.
So, here it is today, a special release because all the singers have something in common (and it’s not their vocal talent, but rather their on-camera performances). That is why I named this volume Deep Gold Throats.
tracklist
Adeline Lange - T'es qu'un pervers narcissique.mp3
Andrea True Connection - More, More, More.mp3
Clara Morgane - Sexy Girl.mp3
Heather Hunter - So Serious.mp3
Hyapatia Lee - Rub-A-Dub-Dub.mp3
Hyapatia Lee - Telephone Man.mp3
Ilona Staller - Più Su Sempre Più Su.mp3
Jessie Andrews - You Won't Forget Tonight.mp3
Kali Roses - Pretty & Pink.mp3
Marilyn Chambers - Shame On You.mp3
Riley Reid - 8 Ball Shawty.mp3
Traci Lords - Okey Dokey.mp3
Marty Gino - That Feelin' (direct link)
Record listed at Rockin' Country Style (no location). Victor J. Mendolia, president, announced in Cash Box the formation of his R&M Records with their first release by Marty Gino. The label operated out of offices at 1705 Royal Road, East Meadow, Long Island, N.Y.
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Women Of Music volume 30
Linda Hopkins on cover
tracklist
Barbara & The Boys - Hooty Sapperticker.mp3
Betsy Spokes - You Are My Live.mp3
Blinky - Money (That's What I Want).mp3
Debbie Carter - What Goes On In Your Mind.mp3
Delores Banks - Who Do You Think You Are.mp3
Kayla Ray - Be My Baby.mp3
Lara Mitchell - Day After Never (The Day After Never)..mp3
Letha Jones - I Got That Feeling.mp3
Linda Hopkins - Rock And Roll Blues.mp3
Louise Rogers -We're Rockin' To The Blues.mp3
Maggie Morgan - The Sugar Blues.mp3
Samantha Jones - I Deserve It.mp3
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After such a long absence, here is a brand-new CD from Buffalo Bop. It seems they are struggling to find good tracks and have to dig into their back room to find a few songs that can pass for rock and roll.
And, oh, look at that poorly designed cover—rather amateurish, if you ask me.
tracklist
01 - LLOYD JONES - Hurricane Hoop.mp3
02 - SAM CEE - Johnny B. Goode.mp3
03 - LONNIE MACK - Rock N' Roll Music.mp3
04 - TROY ONTEARE - Matchbox.mp3
05 - MCKINLEY MITCHELL - Rock Everybody Rock.mp3
06 - CARL GREENE - Nashville Boogie.mp3
07 - FREDDY FROGS & THE BMT'S
WITH THE RIBITONES - Crazy Little Mama.mp3
08 - HARRY BLANTON - Money Honey.mp3
09 - HERB GALE - Tallahassie Lassie.mp3
10 - JIMMIE HELMS AND THE COUNTRY COUSINS - Git - Cha
11 - JOE PADULO - Chinese Baby.mp3
12 - JOHNNIE PEARCE - Meanest Mama.mp3
13 - LOS TEEN TOPS - Chica Alborotada (Tallahassie Lassie).mp3
14 - MARK CLEARY - Bop Cat Rock.mp3
15 - TERRY FATOR & MAYNARD THOMPKINS - All Shook Up.mp3
16 - MEL MOORE - Can We Survive Without Gas.mp3
17 - MODEST (SHOW STOPPER) CLIFTON - Pretty Little Baby.mp3
18 - NORM SEACHRIST - Big Beat.mp3
19 - ROCK- RAGGE & HIS FOUR COMETS- Jumps, Giggles And Shouts.mp3
20 - SLIM WATTS - Tu-La-Lou
21 - BUD GAY - I'm A Long Gone Daddy.mp3
22 - KENNY PARTON AND THE JONES BOYS - Jump, Wiggle, And Shake.mp3
23 - MARSHALL LYTLE - See You Later Agitator.mp3
24 - PHOENIX - Nadine.mp3
