1979
Mary Ellen Bates (1941-1983)
from Iuka, Mississippi,
Mary Ellen Bates (1941-1983)
from Iuka, Mississippi,
wrote the song with William B. Hendricks
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Baby Should I
Ann White, Jamige Music Co., BMI
GC Records 101
1515 Euclid Ave. Cleveland, OH
1957
1957
Another obscurity on a label owned by Gene Carroll, who hosted his own TV show for years in Cleveland. The first on the label ?
GC Records discography
GC Records discography
Monday, February 1, 2016
Old New Orleans
Johnny Jungletree
Arr. and cond. by Leroy Glover; Prod. by Laurence Weiss
Kapp 715
Kapp 715
1965
His numerous compositions have been recorded by Bill Haley, Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, to name few. He recorded himself four singles and one album, but there is possibly more pseudonymous records still to find, I guess.
This is John Leslie McFarland (1926-1971), an eccentric New York songwriter and pianist. One of his first song he composed, "You Dyed Your Hair Chartreuse", was recorded by Louis Jordan in 1950.
His numerous compositions have been recorded by Bill Haley, Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, to name few. He recorded himself four singles and one album, but there is possibly more pseudonymous records still to find, I guess.
Discography
1957 - Brunswick 55004 as Pumpkin, with chorus and orchestra dir. by Dan Fisher (March 1957)
Boom-Boom / ½ Past 17 (¼ To 21)
1957 - Jupiter 45-3 as Johnny McFarland (May 1957)
Please, Evelina / Talihi
1959 - United Artists UAL 4053 (LP) John McFarland Sextet (Nov. 1959)
Provocatif - 9 exotic motifs
1960 - Top Rank 2060 as John McFarland, produced by Sonny Lester (august 1960)
Pumpkin Juice Perfume / Oakey Doakey
1965 - Kapp 715 as Johnny Jungletree, arr. and cond. by Leroy Glover; Prod. by Laurence Weiss (Nov. 1965);
Old New Orleans / Why Me
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