Motorcycle Jack

Terry Ann

Motorcycle Jack
(Claire Lafferty, Canon Music BMI)

Cleveland Records

Produced by Lafferty-Furth


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Note : audio and label (b&w) picture are from the CD Savage Rockin' Girls (Collector CLCD4450).

Hollywood label almost certainly owned by T.J. Lafferty & Al Furth and related to Corsair Records. Despite extensive research, I've found only two other records on the same label :

Cleveland 104
Sammy Houston & the Alamos : Summer Souvenir/Hey Swamper

Cleveland 108
The Apollo Brothers : My Beloved On / Riot

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Ain't Got A Nickel

Max Lowe

Ain't Got A Nickel

(F.D. & Max Lowe, Waterfall Publishing BMI)

Waterfall Records
Morristown, Tenn.

1959

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Max Lowe

Born: September 7, 1937

WNOX Tennessee Barn Dance
WCRK Morristown, TN
WLIK Newport, TN
WNOX Knoxville, TN

source : hillbilly-music.com


The handful of records issued on the Waterfall label were custom-pressed by King Records of Cincinnati, Ohio. Client account #643.

#501 is Bobbby Wallin With The Monitors (that's right : first name spelled with three Bs on label)

#504 is Ray Birchfield with Serena Birchfield And Helen Auer

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According to Wikipedia, Morristown notable natives and residents includes Uncle Am Stuart – early Country music fiddle player and Jane Wagner – playwright and actress who wrote The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe.

Audio file is from Collector CLCD4536 (Slow Boogie Rockin', Vol. 8)

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I'm Starryeyed

Ann Caudell

I'm Starryeyed
(Ann Caudell, Lyn Lou BMI)

Quick Records
3191 N. Watkins
(Memphis, Tennessee)

Subs. of Carroll Records, Inc.

1963?

The B-side (Longing For You) is readily available on the net, including a tampered speeded up version.

As it's almost always the case, the fellows YouTube "do-wop/northern-soul/and whatever " stakhanovists have choosen to spread the worst side on which Ann is backed by an horrendous and omnipresent Hammond organ.

The best side is certainly "I'm Starryeyed" on which you'll feel Miss Ann's breath.

Annette (Ann) Caudell wrote both sides of her record. the BMI database shows a third song : "Raindrops keep Fallin" a song she co-wrote with John Hinson And Leonard Varah.

This is the second record on the tiny Quick label (first was Sonny Lavelle).



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Johnny Be Good

Link Davis

Johnny Be Good

Al's 1503

Houston, circa 1961
Vcl/ts with Joey Long, lead gtr; Walter 'Buck' Henson, bass; prob. Bucky Meadows or Wiley Barkdull, piano; unknown drums.

(info above from this Link Davis discography)

Link Davis at Rockin' Country Style


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Bo Diddley

Jerry Dee and the Intruders

Bo Diddley

Sara Record Co.
Sauk City, Wis.

Producer Dick Hoff

1963

According to the Wisconsin Folk Library Index, the Intruders were active from 1961 to 1964.

Jerry Dee's real name : Weslyn J. LaMuska

Band members :

Mike Schellberger, drums; Wayne Toske, guitar, James Wahl, guitar and Mick Zirngible, bass.

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Weslyn J. LaMuska "Jerry Dee," 68, of Eau Claire passed away peacefully on Monday, January 25, 2010.

He was born on August 6, 1941 in Joliet, IL to John and Gladys (Bortle) LaMuska.

After graduating in 1959 from Memorial High School, he pursued a career in singing and was known as Jerry Dee And The Intruders. Weslyn had a love for singing and animals! He also sang in the choir at Bethel Church in Eau Claire. After his singing career, he started his own interior decorating business and did that for about 20 years.

For the past 10 years, he worked at Walmart as a photo lab technician.

(From his obituary published by the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram)



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