Good Luck, Best Wishes

Bill Lowery

Good Luck, Best Wishes

Woodall-Packham-Carrier

Lowery Music BMI

NRC 1958

Breakable, unplayable, but still a smoking item !

Gone Twisting

Alane Cochran  And The Nomads

Gone Twisting

Conco 149

Mfg. by Confederate Record Corp.

The unknown Alane Cochran is perhaps a relative of Wayne Cochran, a Macon recording artist who may have been owner of the Conco label, or part-owner with Bobby Smith.

I'm aware of only two other records on the same label :

• 145 Rocking Capris : Money / Lights Out
• 146 Otis Redding : Fat Gal

 

Bobby Smith died recently. He founded Confederate Records, Boblo Records, and Macon Recording Studio, the first recording studio in Macon.

Macon, GA- James R. "Bobby" Smith died Thursday, October 11, 2012.

Mr. Smith attended Mabel White Baptist Church and Musella Baptist Church. He was a die-hard University of Georgia fan. A former baseball and basketball coach, he played against the Harlem Globetrotters in an exhibition match in Macon. Mr. Smith founded Confederate Records, Bob-Lo Records, and Macon Recording Studio, the first recording studio in Macon. He worked with many artists, including Otis Redding, James Brown, Wayne Cochran, Bobby Lee, Jerry Lee Lewis and Jimmy Ellis [Orion]. After retiring, his passion was working in his yard. He was predeceased by his daughter, Linda Neal, and brother, Billy Smith.

Published in The Telegraph on October 14, 2012

Shirley Ward With The Rockets

Shirley Ward With The Rockets 

101 Johnny "On The Run"

R.Golden - S.Long - P.Ferraro

Becks Music BMI

102  Dr. Ben K.C. 

J.Speca - S.Long

S&S Music BMI

 

Blossom Records

I'm not aware of any other releases on this Blossom label or any other releases by Shirley Ward.  It has to be a label out of Reading, Pennsylvania, as the four songwriters are from the seat of the Bercks County  :

• Emidio Vagnoni, better known by thousands of Berks County country music fans as Shorty Long. His career spanned more than 50 years, from Broadway shows to fronting his own performances. Not to be confused with soul singer Frederick Earl "Shorty" Long 
• John Speca wrote many songs with Shorty Long. He resided, I believe, in Pottstown, Pa.
• Patrick Ferraro headed Kingston Records, a Reading label, in 1963-1964.
• Russ Golding (R. Golden) was the associate of  Grover Barbour, owner of Bee Records, also a Reading label.