Showing posts with label Bakersfield (California). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bakersfield (California). Show all posts

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

The Fading Tribesmen

 




The Fading Tribesmen had two singles on Indian Records produced by Jimmie Addington, a booking agent and promoter for many years and actor appearing in many early westerns playing mostly Indian parts. Jimmy passed away in 1996.

All songs composed by Cherokee Cody (aka Cody Bearpaw, 1936-2001). Publisher : Pink Poodle Music, publishing company possibly owned by Bill Woods. Nothing is known of these Tribesmen. Was Cherokee Cody a member of the band ?

Below the songs of their second single :


More Feathers


Rain Dance

 

Sunday, March 22, 2020

Orange Blossom Special


Annette Funicello




From her 1984 (and last) album "Annette Funicello Country Album" on Starview Records (Bakersfield, Calif.).


    Lead Guitar: Phil Baugh
    Piano: Pigg Robbins, Bob Patin, Roger Morris
    Bass Guitar: Henry Strzelecki
    Rhythm Guitar: Pete Wade, Steve Chapman
    Steel Guitar: Buddy Emmons, Paul Franklin
    Violin: Buddy Spicher, Hoot Hester
    Harmonica / Percussion: Terry McMillan
    Drums: Kenny Malone
    Background Singers: Phil Forrest, Hurshel Wiginton, Lisa Silver, Diane Tidwell
    Engineer: Randy Best



Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Please Don't Play On That Guitar


Calvin Cheek


wr. Calvin Cheek, Chuck Huffman

Tally 103
From Bakersfield, California, with Bill Woods on fiddle.

I can't tell you much about Calvin Cheek.   He and Chester "Chuck" Huffman also wrote three songs listed in the BMI database (Sweet Lovin Ways, With Or Without You and Wood Man), so after all this wasn't perhaps his only record. 




 

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Goodbye Mr. Blues


Bob Ehret

Goodbye Mr. Blues
Betty Stallings - Lu-Tal Publ.

Hamilton Records

1958


Bob Ehret (Air-it), picture from the label on a single he had in 1976 on Trans-Western Records produced by Earl J. Foster, Jr.

His previous recordings were on Aladdin Records in 1957. His "Stop the Clock" was then introduced by the label as "a dynamic rock and roller, which has even more punch than "Rock Around The Clock".

Bakersfield, California was where he performed most of the times.

His Aladdin and Hamilton singles are listed in Rockin' Country Style. I can't find much more info on Bob Ehret.


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Friday, December 9, 2011

Sandy Reid on Ac'cent

Sandy Reid
Ac'cent AC 1054

Billboard, July 8, 1957
Lemonade
Young artist attractively presents a cute tale about kiddie lemonade stands as a source of movie money. Fair possibilities (Kord, BMI)

Put the Beat Behind It
Pleasant rocker with a very danceable beat is agreeably presented, but flip is stronger. (Kord, BMI)

Later in 1957, Sandy Reid had a second release on the Bakersfield located Tally Records (Tally 114 : Wotcha’ Doin’ Tonight / What A Boy). Her two records were almost certainly arranged and/or produced by Ralph Yaw.

According to Chris Kelsey :

Ralph Yaw
wrote arrangements for a great many swing-era bandleaders during the '30s and '40s, including Isham Jones, Cab Calloway, Eddie Barefield, Count Basie, and Les Brown, but Yaw is best-known for his work with Stan Kenton, for whom he wrote and arranged in the early '40s.

Yaw ceased his jazz activities around 1947 and subsequently embarked on a career in country music. His "No Longer a Prisoner", a song on the Korean War theme, was a hit for singer Hank Snow (RCA Records, 1953).
He wrote straight away a follow up to the Hank Snow hit, "I’m Still A Prisoner (Of Love)" [The first armistice song", claimed the ad published by Billboard] which was released on his own Kord label. (Billy Mize sung it, backed by Bill Woods And His Orange Blossom Playboys).



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