Charles Christy and The Martians
Come On, Baby
wr. Mamye Crabb (Jobyers Music, BMI)
Ft. Worth, Texas
1965
Undocumented first record of Charles Christy before his first hit (a cover of Skip & Flip' Cherry Pie). The owner of Mammal Records is featured on the flip : Mamie Martin backed by The Sharps doing "Dallas Chiggers" available on YT and on a Collector CD compilation. Mamie Martin (or Mamye Jo Crabb) had also the only one other single ever issued on Mammal as part of the duet Mamie and Marie (Runnin' in Circles, Mammal 002)
Charles Christy and The Crystals were one of the most popular live acts at the ‘Panther A-Go-Go’ nights from Panther Halls. They even won the coveted ‘Panther A-Go-Go’ - ‘Battle Of The Bands’ competition in July ‘65. Their biggest hit was a cover of "Cherry Pie" first issued on Cherry Records, a label owned by their manager, Warren Wubker. Soon, HBR Records (Hanna-Barbera Records) purchased the record and issued a total of three singles on Charles Christy and The Crystals.
Vee-Tone recently issued "The Lost '65 Sound City Sessions" featuring twelve of their tracks previously unissued, all recorded in 1965.
Charles Christy was heard again some ten years later. As Christy, in the late seventies, he recorded at least two singles for Major Bill Smith' Le Cam Records ("The King Is Free" credited to Major Bill Smith & Christy) and "All I Want Is You (Ode To Priscilla)" credited to Christy.
Charles Christy, born Charles May, died in 1998 at age 53.
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| Charles Christy, left |
