Workin’ it out
Hector and the Mediators Philips Records (France) Get it? The Mediators? – “working it out”? – the Mediators?
Check out the guy on the left and that cool guitar!
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(66 votes, average: 4.30 out of 5) Loading ...Love among the tunes
Rock-A-Ballads A Cadence Records compilation with the Everly Brothers, Andy Williams, Johnny Tillotson, The Chordettes, etc.
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Campfire Songs Red Barry and the Pioneers Hollywood Records
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Tribute to James Dean on Philips He only made three movies!
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The Clover Boys RCA Victor (Mexico) “For Teenagers”
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“I Get Around” TeeVee Records Released in 1978, this is actually a cheesey, exploito compilation of early 1960’s AM hits from the first wave of skate boarding (or “sidewalk surfing” as they used to say). Willie & The Wheels “Skateboard Craze” is probably the most curious thing on this album: It’s a complete rip-off of the Beach Boys’ “Surfin’ U.S.A.” (which is itself a ripoff of Chuck Berry’s “Sweet Little Sixteen”), but with lyrics about the joys of skateboarding. Listen Up: “Skateboard Craze” Check out the glossary terms! Priceless. (Courtesy of lp cover lover, Kilwag at SkateAndAnnoy.com)
(38 votes, average: 3.05 out of 5) Loading ...Who’s that knockin’ at my door?
“Crazy Little Mama” The Eldorados Guest Artist: The Magnificents Vee Jay Records (1957) Listen up: “At My Front Door”
The El Dorados did a week at Chicago’s Regal Theater starting February 22, 1957. They shared the boards with Bobby Charles, the Spaniels, Jimmy Reed, Arthur Prysock, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, the Rhythm Kings, Gene & Eunice, Big Joe Turner, Priscilla Bowman, Brook Benton, and the Tab Smith Orchestra.
In March, while the group was in Atlanta, Vee Jay announced that the El Dorados would have the honor of being the subject of the company’s first LP. Issued as VJLP-1001 (“Crazy Little Mama”), it contained ten songs by them: “My Loving Baby,” “Baby I Need You,” “Annie’s Answer,” “I Began To Realize,” “At My Front Door” (“Crazy Little Mama”), “Now That You’ve Gone,” “I’ll Be Forever Loving You,” “Rock ‘N Roll’s For Me,” “There In The Night,” and “A Fallen Tear.” For some reason, while they left off some of the El Dorados releases, they included two tunes by the Magnificents: “Up On The Mountain” and “Caddy Bo.”
Crazy little mamma come knockin’
Comes a-knockin’ at my front door, door, door
Crazy little mamma come knockin’
Knockin’ at my front door
Crazy little mamma come knock, knock, knockin’
Just like she did before
I woke up this morning with a feeling of despair
Looking for my baby and she wasn’t there
Heard someone knockin’ much to my surprise
There stood my babe lookin’ at my eyes
Crazy little mamma comes knock, knock, knockin’
Just like she did before
If you got a little mamma and you wanna keep her neat
Keep your little mama off my street
Same thing will happen like it did before
She’ll come knock, knock, knockin’ at my door
Crazy little mamma come knock, knock, knockin’
Just like she did before
(44 votes, average: 3.77 out of 5) Loading ...Greasers and gang bangers
“Boppin’, “Rumble” and “Cadillacs Meet The Orioles” Thanks to Lp cover lover, Joan for sending us these three compilations of fifties rock and roll and doo-op on Jubilee Records. “Whoppers” and “Paragons Meet the Jesters are others in the series (look for future postings here.)
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Leap froggin’
Celia Vilela “…e Viva a Juventude!!!” RGE Records
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