Teenage Vamp

Jeri Lynn Fraser

Teenage Vamp

Written by Al Siegel

From the LP "Two Tickets To Paris"
Roulette Records R 25182

1962

Her career was guided by Al Siegel who has similarly served Ethel Merman, Dolores Gray and Frances Langford among others.

Jeri Lynne Fraser began performing at age of six in a local talent show at the Bolton, CT Town Hall.  She sang Oh Johnny.  Jeri Lynne performed in many local events in Connecticut and the surrounding communities.  At 11 years old Jeri Lynne was a 3-time winner in the Ted Mack Original Amateur Hour, a nationally televised program.  This qualified Jeri Lynne to perform in Madison Square Garden.  At 12, Jeri signed her first recording contract with Big Top Records and at 13 signed with Columbia Records.  During this time, Jeri Lynne performed with many notable artists including Sophie Tucker, Frankie Avalon, Gene Pitney, Johnny Tillitson, Brian Hyland, Buzz Clifford, Freddie Cannon, Curtis Lee, Tommy Boyce, and Tony Orlando.

    Jeri Lynne was the female lead in the 1962 “twist” movie entitled Two Tickets to Paris with Joey Dee.

More info here 

Jeri and her Boys at the Ted Mack Original Amateur Hour

singing All Shook Up 

(September 20, 1958)

Jeri Lynne Fraser discography

Big Top 3015 : If / Now I'm Of Age  (As By Jeri Lynn)
Columbia 41790 : Poor Begonia / Catch Me
Columbia 42032 : Give My Your Arm, Papa / Lessons In Love
Columbia 42234 : Poor Joe / Take T Easy Baby
ABC Paramount 10395 :  Hush, Harvey, Hush / You Spolied Me
ABC Paramount 10438:  Movie Queen / Are You A Guy With A Line

Jump When I Say Frog

 Bob Merrill

with Hugo Peretti and his Orchestra

Nairobi

Jump When I Say Frog

Roulette 4043

Born Henry Lavan (or Levan) in Atlantic City in 1921, Bob Merrill did most of his growing up in the Philadelphia area, graduating from high school there.   Following his discharge from the Army at the end of World War II, he went to Hollywood and got a job as a writer at CBS Radio while also finding work as an actor, appearing in The Story of GI Joe and in his own words, "a dozen B films and westerns."

Merrill soon realized he had better be on the other side of the camera, and took a job as a dialogue director with Columbia Pictures in Hollywood where he stayed for seven years.

While working on a film for the company he met a woman named Dorothy Shay, a popular performer and singer known as the "Park Avenue Hillbillie," for whom he wrote several songs.   These later proved a popular part of her million-seller album and encouraged Bob to explore writing songs as a career. He quit his job at Columbia Pictures and moved to New York, becoming one of the starving songwriters haunting the Brill Building.

One of his earliest songs was the novelty song “If I’d Known You Were Comin’, I’d ’Ve Baked a Cake,” which was recorded by Eileen Barton.   This success was followed by other successes including “Honeycomb,” recorded by Jimmie Rodgers; “How Much Is That Doggie In the Window,” recorded by Patti Page; “Love Makes the World Go ’Round,” “Don’t Rain on My Parade,” “Pittsburgh Pennsylvania,” “Mambo Italiano” and “Make Yourself Comfortable.”    

Info above from the Bob Merrrill Official Website

Jasmine Records (UK) has compiled a 2CD set (61 tracks) featuring songs penned by Bob Merrill and sung by such big name artists as Tony Martin, Guy Mitchell, Burl Ives, Patti Page, Doris Day.  Also included are the 18 songs from his own Coral album from 1956.

Bob Merrill discography
(as singer)

Coral CRL 57081 album "And then I wrote..."     (1956)

 Side 1 : (If I Knew You Were Coming) I'd've Baked A Cake - Toys - Candy And Cake - My Truly Truly Fair - Pittsburgh Pennsylvania - Sparrow In The Treetop - Walkin' To Missouri - So Beautiful Is The Glow - Feet Up
Side 2 : Belle Belle My Liberty Belle - Lovers' Gold - (How Much Is) That Doggie In The Window - I'm Nothin' But A Dreamer - Mambo Italiano - Our First Kiss - Make Yourself Comfortable - Chow Mein - When I Was Young

Roulette 4043     (1958)

Nairobi Jump / When I Say Frog   

Roulette 4085     (1958) 

Swimmin' Suit  / With One Side Of Your Heart   

Little Fish

Ken Pepper

Little Fish

J. Duncan, Dundee Music, BMI

Roulette 4375

July 1961

 Recorded in Clovis, N.M.

Ken Pepper real name is Homer Tankersley, Jr.

Homer Tankersley was the long-serving lead singer of The Imperial Quartet, a Texas gospel group organised in the forties by Marion Snider, former pianist for the Original Stamps Quartet and Rangers Quartet. By 1955 the Imperial Quartet began transitioning away from gospel music and into popular music as the Commodores (records on Dot and Challenge,1955-1957)

 Homer Tankersley, Clovis News Journal :

While teaching voice in California, my dad called and said the Imperial Quartet wanted me to audition as lead singer.

I did and the job lasted for some 16 years.

As recording artists, The Imperials traveled coast-to-coast performing with many gospel groups. We were on the “Texas Quality Network” weekly in Dallas and a Friday night television show with Pat Boone in Fort Worth, Texas.

Eventually we became known as The Commodores, singing popular music with a hit record “Riding On a Train.” We were guests several times on the CBS “Arthur Godfrey Show” in New York.

While in New York, I resigned from The Commodores and moved my family to Clovis, where I became program director for KCLV and later KICA radio stations.   I started working with Norman Petty, recording under the name “Ken Pepper” (my radio name). Ken James and I sang with the Norman Petty trio and worked many recording sessions as backup singers.

Pick Another Baby

Carol Hughes

Pick Another Baby

Wise-Weisman
Oxford Music (ASCAP)

Roulette Records

1957

According to Billboard (Feb. 3, 1958 issue) Carol, 15 years old, is singing since the age of two. Sophomore at West Orange (New Jersey) highschool. Has had plenty of TV experience, having appeared on such network favorites as the "Arthur Murray Dance Party", "Dean Martin Show" and many others.

"Pick Another baby" was her third record. She was first on Mercury Records for which she recorded two singles.

A Carol Hughes discography can be found here. But on Corby and Carlton Records, I am sure, that's a different singer (soul/RnB).