Roger Ford
2006-09-10 08:55:58 UTC
Continuing our regular weekly look at some of the more memorable and
not quite so memorable records reviewed as NEW RELEASES by "Billboard
this week in......
1953 (Sep 12)
The Four Lads - Istanbul (Columbia 40082)
The Robins - How Would You Know (RCA 5434)
Jimmy Reed - High & Lonesome (Chance 1142)
The Five Willows - All Night Long (Allen 1002)
The Flames - Baby Pretty Baby (7-11 2107)
Buster Smith - Crying In The Chapel (Meteor 5010)
1954 (Sep 11)
Perry Como - Papa Loves Mambo (RCA 5857)
The Capris - God Only Knows (Gotham 304)
The El Dorados - Baby I Need You (Vee Jay 115)
The Medallions - Buick 59 (Dootone 347)
The Dodgers - You Make Me Happy (Aladdin 3259)
The Chimes - My Heart's Crying For You (Flair 1051)
1955 (Sep 10)
Vaughn Monroe - Black Denim Trousers & Motorcycle Boots (RCA 6260)
Little Willie John - All Around The World (King 4818)
Sonny Fisher - Rockin' And Rollin' (Starday 207)
Red Prysock - Hand Clappin' (Mercury 70674)
The Champions - Annie Met Henry (Chart 602)
The Feathers - Love Only You (Show Time 1106)
1956 (Sep 15)
Harry Belafonte - Jamaica Farewell (RCA 6663)
The Dells - Oh What A Nite (Vee Jay 204)
Sonee West - Rock-Ola Ruby (Nor-Va-Jak 1956)
Billy Wallace & The Bama Drifters - Burning The Wind (Mercury 70957)
Bill Flagg - Go Cat Go (Tetra 4445)
Dick Lory - Cool It Baby (Dot 15496)
1957 (Sep 16)
Ricky Nelson - Be Bop Baby (Imperial 5463)
The Johnny Otis Show - Ma! He's Makin' Eyes At Me (Capitol 3800)
The Clovers - Down In The Alley (Atlantic 1152)
The Moonglows - The Beating Of My Heart (Chess 1669)
The Rob-Roys - Tell Me Why (Back Beat 501)
Frankie Lee Sims - Walking With Frankie (Ace 527)
1958 (Sep 15)
The Five Blobs - The Blob (Columbia 41250)
The Zanies - The Blob (Era 1080)
The Fascinators - Chapel Bells (Capitol 4053)
Jesse James - Red Hot Rockin' Blues (Kent 314)
Slick Slavin - Speed Crazy (Imperial 5540)
The Temptations - Don't You Know (Savoy 1550)
1959 (Sep 14)
Johnny Mathis - Misty (Columbia 41483)
Marv Johnson - You Got What It Takes (United Artists 185)
Jerry Norell - The Comic Book Hop (Brunswick 55148)
The Shamans - Valley Of Tears (Kayham 1)
The Jades - Walking All Alone Nau-Voo 807)
The Daylighters - You're Breaking My Heart (Bea & Baby 103)
1960 (Sep 12)
Ray Charles - Them That Got (ABC-Paramount 10141)
Barry Mann - Warpaint (ABC-Paramount 10143)
Lolita - Sailor (Kapp 349)
Roger Miller - You Don't Want My Love (RCA 7776)
The Coasters - Shoppin' For Clothes (Atco 6178)
Slim Harpo - What A Dream (Excello 2184)
1961 (Sep 11)
Jerry Butler - Moon River (Vee Jay 405)
Aretha Franklin - Rockabye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody (Columbia
Sandy Nelson - Let There De Drums (Imperial 5775) 42157)
Buddy Knox - All By Myself (Liberty 55366)
The Shirelles - Big John (Scepter 1223)
Sleepy King - Pushin' Your Luck (Joy 257)
1962 (Sep 15)
Chubby Checker - Limbo Rock (Parkway 849)
Duane Eddy - (Dance With The) Guitar Man (RCA 8087)
Jan & Dean - Who Put The Bomp (Liberty 55496)
Arthur Alexander - Anna (Go To Him) (Dot 16387)
LaBrenda Ben & The Beljeans - Camel Walk (Gordy 7009)
The Tams - Untie Me (Arlen 711)
1963 (Sep 14)
Tommy Roe - Everybody (ABC-Paramount 10478)
Lesley Gore - She's A Fool (Mercury 72180)
The Orlons - Crossfire (Cameo 273)
Sonny Curtis - So Used To Loving You (Dimension 1017)
The Royalettes - Blue Summer (Chancellor 1140)
The Emotions - A Story Untold (20th Fox 430)
Yes,I know some sides as listed may not be the "top sides" as we know
them but they are the sides BB chose to review.
Some of the more interesting and some of the more unfamiliar records
from this weeks list will shortly appear as mp3s in the alt.binaries.
rock-n-roll group (see seperate post for details)
This week's teasers in ELEVEN big parts :-
a) Who had the original versions on these?
1.Vaughn Monroe - Black Denim Trousers & Motorcycle Boots (RCA 6260)
2. Little Willie John - All Around The World (King 4818)
3. Harry Belafonte - Jamaica Farewell (RCA 6663)
4. Dick Lory - Cool It Baby (Dot 15496)
5. The Johnny Otis Show - Ma! He's Makin' Eyes At Me (Capitol 3800)
6. Johnny Mathis - Misty (Columbia 41483)
7. Marv Johnson - You Got What It Takes (United Artists 185)
8. The Coasters - Shoppin' For Clothes (Atco 6178)
9. Aretha Franklin - Rockabye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody (Columbia
10. Chubby Checker - Limbo Rock (Parkway 849)
11 Jan & Dean - Who Put The Bomp (Liberty 55496)**
12 The Emotions - A Story Untold (20th Fox 430)
** This is NOT the famous hit song (check the mp3) but rather an
"answer" to it. But who did that original hit? (and yes that artist
appears elsewhere in this weeks list too!)
CHEAT WARNING!!! I'm not entirely sure what the original version
really is of one of these but I've included it because I bet someone
else here does! :-)
city in Turkey changed its name---and how these days "It's Istanbul
not...........".
Not what?
c)
an even earlier (and even bigger) hit.
What's the hit in question and which hit does he reprise in it?
d)
fanzine of much later years. What was its title?
e)
and then was taken to #1 again almost 20 years later by another
artist? And who was that other artist?
f)
Belafonte tell us "is fine any time of year"?
g)
featured in it a very famous 50's movie. What movie is it?
h)
previously a big hit for Tony Martin and later a massive hit (with
different lyrics and title) for Elvis Presley
What is the Clovers song titled?
i)
a group. Who is the guy (who made several records under his own name
for Columbia) who owns the voice?
And fror maximum points name the movie (with the really lurid title!)
that the original "The Blob" film with Steve McQueen originally went
out---as half of a famous double bill with---on both sides of the
Atlantic----back in 1958
j)
song and making it a hit?
k)
(1962) where he is seen performing "The Lose Your Inhibitions Twist".
Several other prominent American stars of the day also appear (Del
Shannon is one) alongside a whole slew of UK artists.
What is the movie? And what was its revised US title?
Now its that time to cross to our resident California
critic,commentator and corrector---not to mention #1 Slick Slavin fan
(so what's the thing on the MOVIE "Speed Crazy"?)----for his appraisal
of the fare on offer this week. One things for sure-----I think he
will wind up on the opposite side to me in this week's potential
"Battle Of The Blobs" discussion that may well follow in the
footsteps of the earlier "Raunchy" (Justis v Freeman)
slugfest.Personally I prefer the Five Blobs version-----that was the
one used in the movie. But he prefers the Zanies I think.
Right Norm?
ROGER FORD
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not quite so memorable records reviewed as NEW RELEASES by "Billboard
this week in......
1953 (Sep 12)
The Four Lads - Istanbul (Columbia 40082)
The Robins - How Would You Know (RCA 5434)
Jimmy Reed - High & Lonesome (Chance 1142)
The Five Willows - All Night Long (Allen 1002)
The Flames - Baby Pretty Baby (7-11 2107)
Buster Smith - Crying In The Chapel (Meteor 5010)
1954 (Sep 11)
Perry Como - Papa Loves Mambo (RCA 5857)
The Capris - God Only Knows (Gotham 304)
The El Dorados - Baby I Need You (Vee Jay 115)
The Medallions - Buick 59 (Dootone 347)
The Dodgers - You Make Me Happy (Aladdin 3259)
The Chimes - My Heart's Crying For You (Flair 1051)
1955 (Sep 10)
Vaughn Monroe - Black Denim Trousers & Motorcycle Boots (RCA 6260)
Little Willie John - All Around The World (King 4818)
Sonny Fisher - Rockin' And Rollin' (Starday 207)
Red Prysock - Hand Clappin' (Mercury 70674)
The Champions - Annie Met Henry (Chart 602)
The Feathers - Love Only You (Show Time 1106)
1956 (Sep 15)
Harry Belafonte - Jamaica Farewell (RCA 6663)
The Dells - Oh What A Nite (Vee Jay 204)
Sonee West - Rock-Ola Ruby (Nor-Va-Jak 1956)
Billy Wallace & The Bama Drifters - Burning The Wind (Mercury 70957)
Bill Flagg - Go Cat Go (Tetra 4445)
Dick Lory - Cool It Baby (Dot 15496)
1957 (Sep 16)
Ricky Nelson - Be Bop Baby (Imperial 5463)
The Johnny Otis Show - Ma! He's Makin' Eyes At Me (Capitol 3800)
The Clovers - Down In The Alley (Atlantic 1152)
The Moonglows - The Beating Of My Heart (Chess 1669)
The Rob-Roys - Tell Me Why (Back Beat 501)
Frankie Lee Sims - Walking With Frankie (Ace 527)
1958 (Sep 15)
The Five Blobs - The Blob (Columbia 41250)
The Zanies - The Blob (Era 1080)
The Fascinators - Chapel Bells (Capitol 4053)
Jesse James - Red Hot Rockin' Blues (Kent 314)
Slick Slavin - Speed Crazy (Imperial 5540)
The Temptations - Don't You Know (Savoy 1550)
1959 (Sep 14)
Johnny Mathis - Misty (Columbia 41483)
Marv Johnson - You Got What It Takes (United Artists 185)
Jerry Norell - The Comic Book Hop (Brunswick 55148)
The Shamans - Valley Of Tears (Kayham 1)
The Jades - Walking All Alone Nau-Voo 807)
The Daylighters - You're Breaking My Heart (Bea & Baby 103)
1960 (Sep 12)
Ray Charles - Them That Got (ABC-Paramount 10141)
Barry Mann - Warpaint (ABC-Paramount 10143)
Lolita - Sailor (Kapp 349)
Roger Miller - You Don't Want My Love (RCA 7776)
The Coasters - Shoppin' For Clothes (Atco 6178)
Slim Harpo - What A Dream (Excello 2184)
1961 (Sep 11)
Jerry Butler - Moon River (Vee Jay 405)
Aretha Franklin - Rockabye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody (Columbia
Sandy Nelson - Let There De Drums (Imperial 5775) 42157)
Buddy Knox - All By Myself (Liberty 55366)
The Shirelles - Big John (Scepter 1223)
Sleepy King - Pushin' Your Luck (Joy 257)
1962 (Sep 15)
Chubby Checker - Limbo Rock (Parkway 849)
Duane Eddy - (Dance With The) Guitar Man (RCA 8087)
Jan & Dean - Who Put The Bomp (Liberty 55496)
Arthur Alexander - Anna (Go To Him) (Dot 16387)
LaBrenda Ben & The Beljeans - Camel Walk (Gordy 7009)
The Tams - Untie Me (Arlen 711)
1963 (Sep 14)
Tommy Roe - Everybody (ABC-Paramount 10478)
Lesley Gore - She's A Fool (Mercury 72180)
The Orlons - Crossfire (Cameo 273)
Sonny Curtis - So Used To Loving You (Dimension 1017)
The Royalettes - Blue Summer (Chancellor 1140)
The Emotions - A Story Untold (20th Fox 430)
Yes,I know some sides as listed may not be the "top sides" as we know
them but they are the sides BB chose to review.
Some of the more interesting and some of the more unfamiliar records
from this weeks list will shortly appear as mp3s in the alt.binaries.
rock-n-roll group (see seperate post for details)
This week's teasers in ELEVEN big parts :-
a) Who had the original versions on these?
1.Vaughn Monroe - Black Denim Trousers & Motorcycle Boots (RCA 6260)
2. Little Willie John - All Around The World (King 4818)
3. Harry Belafonte - Jamaica Farewell (RCA 6663)
4. Dick Lory - Cool It Baby (Dot 15496)
5. The Johnny Otis Show - Ma! He's Makin' Eyes At Me (Capitol 3800)
6. Johnny Mathis - Misty (Columbia 41483)
7. Marv Johnson - You Got What It Takes (United Artists 185)
8. The Coasters - Shoppin' For Clothes (Atco 6178)
9. Aretha Franklin - Rockabye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody (Columbia
10. Chubby Checker - Limbo Rock (Parkway 849)
11 Jan & Dean - Who Put The Bomp (Liberty 55496)**
12 The Emotions - A Story Untold (20th Fox 430)
** This is NOT the famous hit song (check the mp3) but rather an
"answer" to it. But who did that original hit? (and yes that artist
appears elsewhere in this weeks list too!)
CHEAT WARNING!!! I'm not entirely sure what the original version
really is of one of these but I've included it because I bet someone
else here does! :-)
The Four Lads - Istanbul (Columbia 40082)
In this hit The Four Lads regale us with the tale of how this famouscity in Turkey changed its name---and how these days "It's Istanbul
not...........".
Not what?
c)
Perry Como - Papa Loves Mambo (RCA 5857)
In one of Como's earliest (and biggest) hits he reprises a line froman even earlier (and even bigger) hit.
What's the hit in question and which hit does he reprise in it?
d)
The El Dorados - Baby I Need You (Vee Jay 115)
A later record by this group lent its name to a famous R&B vocal groupfanzine of much later years. What was its title?
e)
Vaughn Monroe - Black Denim Trousers & Motorcycle Boots (RCA 6260)
What was the title of the song that was taken to #1 by Vaughn Monroeand then was taken to #1 again almost 20 years later by another
artist? And who was that other artist?
f)
Harry Belafonte - Jamaica Farewell (RCA 6663)
In the song what famous product,that Jamaica is famous for,doesBelafonte tell us "is fine any time of year"?
g)
Dick Lory - Cool It Baby (Dot 15496)
Earlier done by another artist (see question a) above) who alsofeatured in it a very famous 50's movie. What movie is it?
h)
The Clovers - Down In The Alley (Atlantic 1152)
The flipside of this record based on a famous Italian melody waspreviously a big hit for Tony Martin and later a massive hit (with
different lyrics and title) for Elvis Presley
What is the Clovers song titled?
i)
The Five Blobs - The Blob (Columbia 41250)
"The Five Blobs" were actually just one voice overdubbed to sound likea group. Who is the guy (who made several records under his own name
for Columbia) who owns the voice?
And fror maximum points name the movie (with the really lurid title!)
that the original "The Blob" film with Steve McQueen originally went
out---as half of a famous double bill with---on both sides of the
Atlantic----back in 1958
j)
Roger Miller - You Don't Want My Love (RCA 7776)
Which famous MOR artist helped put Miller on the map by covering hissong and making it a hit?
k)
Chubby Checker - Limbo Rock (Parkway 849)
Checker made an appearance in a British teen movie in this same year(1962) where he is seen performing "The Lose Your Inhibitions Twist".
Several other prominent American stars of the day also appear (Del
Shannon is one) alongside a whole slew of UK artists.
What is the movie? And what was its revised US title?
Now its that time to cross to our resident California
critic,commentator and corrector---not to mention #1 Slick Slavin fan
(so what's the thing on the MOVIE "Speed Crazy"?)----for his appraisal
of the fare on offer this week. One things for sure-----I think he
will wind up on the opposite side to me in this week's potential
"Battle Of The Blobs" discussion that may well follow in the
footsteps of the earlier "Raunchy" (Justis v Freeman)
slugfest.Personally I prefer the Five Blobs version-----that was the
one used in the movie. But he prefers the Zanies I think.
Right Norm?
ROGER FORD
-----------------------
"Spam Free Zone" - to combat unwanted automatic spamming I have added
an extra "b" in my e-mail address (***@bblueyonder.co.uk).
Please delete same before responding.Thank you!