The Four Chaps - Roll Over Beethoven

The Four Chaps
Roll Over Beethoven

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Donna Hightower (RPM 481)

Donna Hightower

Billboard, December 1, 1956

RPM 481

He’s My Baby
* The thrush describes her rock and roll lover, and finally gets completely carried away in a frenzy of enthusiasm. A Lively, emotionnaly convincing demonstration.

I Ain’t Gonna Tell
* Another fine performance by Miss Hightower. This is a rhythm-ballad whose beat is vigorous and full of cute twists. The singer’s fans can chalk up two good ones here.

"Little" Donna Hightower had a dynamic, big voice and made some fine shouting records for Decca and RPM in the 1950's. She toured the "chitlin circuit" with Louis Jordan and B.B. King at that time. She not only had range and power, but was equally compelling doing sentimental, soft ballads. She was backed by the orchestras of Horace Henderson and Maxwell Davis on the Decca and RPM material, respectively... Read more

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Navajo

Navajo Man

Anne and Bill Calhoun
Navajo
[Released on John Stephenson's Cowtown label in 1960]
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Sharlet Sexton - Since Baby Put Me Down

Sharlet Sexton - Since Baby Put Me Down

Breeze label
Livingston, Tennessee
Late sixties?
(flip : my old heartaches are in the past -Herman Hatfield & his tennessee valley boys)

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The label was possibly owned by Gene McDonald as was the Re-Echo label at the same location.

BREEZE label partial discography :

274 Delmer Sexton, Bobby Jewell & Roane County Boys -1964

366 Hillbilly Herman and his tennessee valley boys /flip by Charlotte Sexton

381 Jim Sebastian & Rainbow Rhythm Ramblers -1966

511 the Pipe Dream

518 John Maxwell & His Craftsmen Playing Mountain Dulcimer & Guitars

521 Dickie Charry & Susan Scott

522 Lonnie Holt (70)

527 The Cross Country Pipeline

Hello

Thomas "Little Jr." Cannaday
& his Midnite Flyers

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Honky Tonk Caboose

Sammy Price
Born: October 06, 1908, Honey Grove, TX
Died: April 14, 1992, New York, NY

Sam Price - Honky Tonk Caboose [Savoy 1568]

Sam Price (p) Mickey Baker, Al Casey (g) Al Lucas (b) Panama Francis (d)
Recorded in New-York City, March 24, 1959

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My Mummy

Bertram Int'l #215, 1959
(Hawaii label)

According to Carter Lupton(1),

« Music and song with mummy themes date at least to the 1904 musical farce, The Maid and the Mummy. After World War I, such songs as ‘Mummy Mine’ (1918), ‘At the Mummies’ Ball » (1921) and ‘I’m a Mummy’ (1930s) appeared. Poet Rod McKuen, in his early days, collaborated to produce the late 1950s album ‘Songs Our Mummy Taught Us’, featuring the hit single ‘The Mummy’ and ‘Son of the Mummy’. Other gimmick songs were ‘My Mummy’ (1959) by Mel Cavin, ‘Mummy Walk’ by the Contrails (1966), ‘Me and My Mummy’ (1962) by Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett of Monster Mash fame, and ‘Rockin’ Teenage Mummies’ by Ray Stevens (1965). In 1993, Australian Colin Buchanan produced the CD album ‘I Want My Mummy’ with
several mummy songs. "

(1) "Mummymania for the Masses", Chapter 2 of the book Consuming Ancient Egypt, edited by Sally MacDonald and Michael Rice.

Mel Cavin and the Kokonuts - My Mummy

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