Eilart Pilarm - Hound Dog

Some good news and some bad news from the Swedish Elvis :

"I like to entertain" and "I have stopped recording for a while"
(Eilart Pilarm, at his space at MySpace)

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Hound Dog

17 other tracks are available HERE


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Phantom Lover?

(I'm The) Phantom Lover

That's My Secret

This is a Joey Castle (1942-1978) recording made in the late sixites on his own label, Out Of Sight.



Bruce Eder :

Among the ranks of Elvis Presley sound-alikes, there are the imitators who came along in the wake of his death in 1977 and then there are those who came to the sound a little more honestly, back in the formative days of rock & roll. Joey Castle, aka Cliff Rivers, real name Jospeh Fohn Castaldo, fits into the latter category -- he was even signed to RCA. And he never had the chance to cash in on Elvis' death as a sound-alike artist, succumbing to brain cancer less than 18 months after the demise of his onetime idol.


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Mocking Bird Special

Mocking Bird Special

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Bob Riley

Bob Riley

A regular on the Hayloft Jamboree (WCOP, Boston, Mass.) Bob Riley jumped on the rockabilly bandwagon once Elvis came on the scene. Bob Riley was known as "the Elvis of New England." In addition to having a notable career of his own, Bob played lead guitar on Freddie Cannon's early recordings. He was still performing until recently locally on the country circuit.

Bob Riley (center) in the Radax studio
Cover of Eagle 90203 (CD) (Germany, 1994)
Rare Fifties Boston Rockabilly, Vol. 1

Two unissued acetates from 56 or 57

Four Button Suit
Rock 'N' Roll Mama

1957
Dot 15625
Without Your Love / Baby Sitten

1958

MGM 12612

The Midnight Line / Wanda Jean

1958
Coral 62002

I Waited / Mr. Bluebird


1959
Coral 62125
I Think It's a Shame (They Don't Care) / Blue Guitar Waltz

1960

York

Big Dog / I'll Win You Back Again

1961
Tibor 4500
Weekend Vacation / Memories Of Home

1965
Vikim 7661
Red Roses For A Blue Lady / Blue Suede Shoes

year?
Fleetwood Records FL51971
Bob Riley and His Fabulous "Nashville Sounds"
Far Away Places b/w "Starbrite




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Note 1 : Included is "To The Aisle". original release unknown, I'm not even quite sure that is the same Bob Riley.

Note 2 : "Big Dog" is perhaps his best rocker. Never compiled, as far as I known. Also included, even if the file is cut before the end.

Johnny Ryall

Jay Rainwater, credited as the writer along with Isle (Jimmy? Ronnie?), was Brenda Lee's step-father.

In 1955, Brenda's mother married Jay Rainwater. The family lived in Cincinnati, Ohio. Brenda began working in Jimmy Skinner's Record Shop on two Saturday programs over WNOP in Newport, Kentucky. Brenda sang the big country music hits of the day.

Later that year, the family moved to Augusta, Georgia. Brenda appeared on the Peach Blossom Special on WJAT-TV. It was while appearing on this show that the name "Brenda Lee" was created by the show's producer, Sammy Barton. He felt that Tarpley was to difficult to remember and suggested that she shorten her last name to Lee. Jay Rainwater opened a record store in Augusta and called it the Brenda Lee Record Shop. Station WRDW originated a program in the shop each week and Brenda sang on the show. Disc jockey Charlie Raiford "Peanuts" Faircloth was the announcer. Brenda composed her own theme song.

Was Jay Rainwater continuously hoping for the discovery of another Brenda Lee? Perhaps.

Anyway, in 1962, he found Johnny Ryall.

Three Little Lies

Little Gipsy


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