Janie Moss and the Epics - We Belong Together

Janie Moss and the Epics

We Belong Together

The Epics 1963 (top row) Wayne Glore, Tommy Johnson, Art Mengel, Larry Walentachik, Bill Majors and Chick Becker; (bottom) Lynn Cline, Lindy Best Gruneisen, Jane Moss Williams, Pam Bertoli Boyd, Bobby McDonald


In 1959 Lynn Cline was so impressed with The Sultans, he wanted his own group and The Epics were formed. The members were originally all males coming from Atherton High School. The Epics first record, "Diamonds and Pearls", was recorded on their own label in 1960. In 1962 the Epics added girl singers, one of the first Louisville groups to do so.

The Epics were soon signed by the Joni Agency, a Louisville booking agency owned and operated by Gene and Vi Snyder. In 1963 the first release on the newly formed Joni label was The Epics recording of "We Belong Together/Baltimore." Both sides of the record received airplay. "We Belong Together" went to number 2 on WAKY radio and number 1 on WKLO radio. It was only the third Louisville record to reach the number one spot.

The group's follow-up record, "Theme For Janet", went to number 9 on WKLO. The Epics toured regionally and appeared with such national groups as the Beach Boys and the Lettermen and remained together until late 1965. [...] From The Epics own website



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Suzanne Goddard - It's Too Bad

Suzanne Goddard

It's Too Bad

The Orlando-based Tener label (and the Bee Jay label as well), the Bee Jay Booking Agency (later J. Bird Booking), and the Bee Jay Recording Studios were formed by Eric Schabacker, from Buffalo, NY, a member of Little Willie and the Adolescents, and The Starfires.


Bee Jay and Teener discography

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Bobby Bernell on Fortune

Bobby Bernell with the Dreamtones

Stay Away From Me

Thousand and One Dreams

Fom 1962.

Bobby Bernell is probably best known for "Move Over Big Dog " on Hi-Q (a Fortune Records subsidiary out of Detroit, Michigan).



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"Peso" Dollar & the Counterfeit Bills

Label picture credit :
Al Turner
(Rockin' Country Style)

Sixteen Miles

Law enforcer and entertainer, Warlick O'Dell Dollar was a country singer in his own right. He had a morning show that was live and ran for 15 minutes each morning on KIKO. He called himself Peso Dollar and his band was the Counterfeit Bills. He played around Phoenix and the Wickenburg area.

He passed away in 1998. His son, Mark, took over the Peso Dollar Band for his Father Peso. The Peso Dollar Band added Bandstand All-Stars to their name after Peso’s death to honor all of the great musicians and people who worked with him thru the last 50 plus years...... Peso Dollar Band@MySpace

Picture credit : Peso Dollar Band@MySpace

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Reesa and the Rooters : Nervous Breakdown

Reesa and the Rooters, Philadelphia, 1982

"Reesa Marchetti was born in Philadelphia, where she received classical music training as a child. Her family moved to Cherry Hill, N.J., when she was in grammar school. Later, she joined her high school folk music club and began playing in local coffeehouses.

In the 1980s, Reesa scored international underground punk-rock hits with two 7" vinyl singles: The Rooters' "TMI/Ultraman in Surf Villa" and "Casual Cat at a Laundromat" by her female rock trio, Suburban Wives Club. Both bands toured along the Eastern seaboard and were well known in the Philly club scene."

Reesa MySpace

Nervous Breakdown

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