KENNY KAREN - My Desert Serenade (unreleased version) 1965 BenBop1965 2022-04-30 | 60s Exotica Pop Vocal ( Popcorn Oldies Beat) Written by : Stanley J. Gelber for Elvis Presley "Harum Scarum" Original Soundtrack (1965) The demo singer is Kenny Karen aka Marc or Mark Thatcher.The released fast demo version: youtube.com/watch?v=nOxXw3zT5R4&ab_channel=BenBop1965Biography : http://www.kennykaren.com/about#Demo #Elvis #Presley
BOB TEMPLE With GEORGE BARNES his Orchestra and Chorus - Gonna See My Baby Tonight (1957) BenBop1965 2023-03-06 | 50s Country Bopper Pop (Rockabilly) with George Barnes on lead guitar 🎸at: 00:58 Fraternity Records F-762 (1957) A-Side / Real name Robert Maurice Wilson, also recorded in 1960 & 1961 under the pseudonym Robin Wilson for the Monument Records label, among other things a remake of this song under the title: "I Wanta Hang My Hat In Heaven" and the best known "The Nervous Auctioneer" with Bob Moore's Orchestra & Chorus, which is also released on the Tarheel Records label under the name of Bob Wilson of which he was the founder and president, he also uses the Robin Wilson name on this label.In 1959, he was released on Fraternity Records "And Then It Happened" as Bobby Wilson with The Jive-A-Tones.The same year, under the same name, he recorded on 20th Fox Records "Rock-A-Choo-Choo".As Bob Temple and Dave Martin Orchestra (with George Barnes on lead guitar) he wrote and recorded for King Records in 1956 "Vim Vam Vamoose" better known by Chuck Miller.#countrymusic #rockabilly #rockandroll
BOB TEMPLE With GEORGE BARNES his Orchestra and Chorus - (I Want To) Hang My Hat In Heaven (1957) BenBop1965 2023-03-05 | 50s Country Swing Pop (Rockabilly) with George Barnes on lead guitar 🎸at: 01:02 Fraternity Records F-762 (1957) B-Side / Real name Robert Maurice Wilson, also recorded in 1960 & 1961 under the pseudonym Robin Wilson for the Monument Records label, among other things a remake of this song under the title: "I Wanta Hang My Hat In Heaven" and the best known "The Nervous Auctioneer" with Bob Moore's Orchestra & Chorus, which is also released on the Tarheel Records label under the name of Bob Wilson of which he was the founder and president, he also uses the Robin Wilson name on this label.In 1959, he was released on Fraternity Records "And Then It Happened" as Bobby Wilson with The Jive-A-Tones.The same year, under the same name, he recorded on 20th Fox Records "Rock-A-Choo-Choo".As Bob Temple and Dave Martin Orchestra (with George Barnes on lead guitar) he wrote and recorded for King Records in 1956 "Vim Vam Vamoose" better known by Chuck Miller.#countrymusic #rockabilly #rockandroll
MITCHELL TOROK - Be Kind To Me / How Much Do I Love You (1958) HD Remastered BenBop1965 2022-10-31 | 50s Pop Rockabilly Bopper / Teener Pop Country Bopper - A & B-Side Decca Records 9-30599 (1958) Recorded at Quonset Hut Studio, established in 1954 at 804 16th Avenue. South, Nashville, Tennessee, by brothers Harold and Owen Bradley as Bradley's Film & Recording Studios and later operated as Columbia Studio B. (A & B-Side Written By : Ramona Redd)Mitchell Joseph Torok (October 28, 1929 - November 16, 2017) was an American Country Music singer-songwriter, guitarist, artist and author, best known for his 1953 hit record "Caribbean".He also wrote "Mexican Joe", which catapulted Jim Reeves to stardom. They began to write together and charted with many top 20 hits.Mitchell Torok reached the Billboard charts several times: in 1957 with "Pledge of Love" (Billboard Top 20), written by his wife, Gail Redd. In 1959 with an updated version of "Caribbean" (No. 27 on Billboard); with "Redneck Nat' Anthem" by Vernon Oxford in 1976; with Jerry Wallace and their song "This One's on the House" (Top 20); and with Bill Phillips's "I Can Stand It (As Long as She Can)". In 1960, Torok's recording of "Pink Chiffon" topped out at No. 60 on Billboard. His last hit record was "Instant Love" in 1966, produced by Jimmie Bowen.He continued to write songs, usually working in partnership with his wife (she has used both Gayle Jones and Ramona Redd as pseudonyms), and some have been recorded by top artists including Skeeter Davis, Kitty Wells, Glen Campbell and even Dean Martin. Hank Snow recorded "The Mysterious Lady From Martinique" on one of his last RCA albums and ‘Redneck’ was a Top 20 hit for Vernon Oxford in 1976. He is also a talented painter and painted a mural on display in the Elvis Presley Museum in Nashville.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Torok#rockandroll #rockabilly #countrysongs
JOHNNY ONEILL - The Big Movie Show In The Sky (1959) Live TV Town Hall Party (Remastered) BenBop1965 2022-08-12 | 50s Country and Western Music from TV Broadcast : "Town Hall Party" April 19, 1959 - From Musical Comedy "Texas, Li'l Darlin'" (1949) Written By : Johnny Mercer & Robert Emmett Dolan and was first performed by Danny Scholl in 1950.Columbia Records released a Town Hall Party LP album in 1958, featuring many of the regular cast members of the series. That same year, however, brought changes to the program. NBC radio had discontinued carrying the Saturday night shows, and rising union scale rates made it impossible for Wagnon to keep the huge cast of recording artists on the Compton stage week after week. The band was made smaller and many regular cast members departed in 1958. Billy Mize and Cliff Crofford, talented vocalists/instrumentalists/composers, joined the much smaller cast as band members and soloists.#CountryAndWestern #Musical #WagonTrain
JOHNNY ONEILL - They Call The Wind Maria (1959) Live TV Town Hall Party (Remastered) BenBop1965 2022-08-05 | 50s County and Western Music from TV Broadcast : "Town Hall Party" April 19, 1959."They Call the Wind Maria" is an American popular song with lyrics written by Alan J. Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe for their 1951 Broadway musical, "Paint Your Wagon", which is set in the California Gold Rush. Rufus Smith originally sang the song on Broadway, and Joseph Leader was the original singer in London's West End.It quickly became a runaway hit, and during the Korean War, the song was among the "popular music listened to by the troops".Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra recorded the song in 1951, and it was among the "popular hit singles at the record stores" that year.It has since become a standard, performed by many notable singers across several genres of popular music. A striking feature of the song in the original orchestration (also used in many cover versions), is a driving, staccato rhythm, played on the string instruments, that evokes a sense of restless motion. Other versions : Harve Presnell, Roberts Pernell, Ed Ames, Sam Cooke, Rufus Smith, Burl Ives, David Hill, Lavenders,The Smothers Brothers, The Kingston Trio, Doc Watson, The Mariners, Leon Bibb, Marty Wilde, The Dozier Boys, Baja Marimba Band, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, The Browns, Bud and Travis, Arthur Conley, The Country Gentlemen, Vic Damone, Eddie Fisher, Frankie Laine, Vaughan Monroe and his Orchestra, Robert Goulet, Earl Wrightson, P.J. Pr,oby, Bobby Osborne, Zoot Sims, The Mixtures, Bob Oates, Gilbert Price, Marty Bronson, Robert Horton, Jack Barlow ... among others...Columbia Records released a Town Hall Party LP album in 1958, featuring many of the regular cast members of the series. That same year, however, brought changes to the program. NBC radio had discontinued carrying the Saturday night shows, and rising union scale rates made it impossible for Wagnon to keep the huge cast of recording artists on the Compton stage week after week. The band was made smaller and many regular cast members departed in 1958. Billy Mize and Cliff Crofford, talented vocalists/instrumentalists/composers, joined the much smaller cast as band members and soloists.#countrymusic #Hillbilly #WagonTrain
HOYT HUDSON - They Took John Away / Individuality (1962) HD BenBop1965 2022-07-25 | 60s Folkish Rhythm And Blues / Swingin' Pop Vocal sounds like "Fever" (Popcorn Oldies) A & B-Side United Artists Records UA 428 (1962) From Houston, Texas, Art Hudson's contract with the Abbco label was taken over by United Artists, which will change its name to Hoyt Hudson for its first release. (1) Written by: Bobby Sharp (2) Written by: Bob Strong alias Carl Stevens, Chuck Sagle, true name is Charles H. Sagle.#popcorn #popvocal #rhythmandblues
Cliffie Stone And His Hepcats (vocal : Homer Hesk) Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Please, Please (1954) BenBop1965 2022-07-15 | 50s Country Swing - Rock And Roll R & B Jiver with Speedy West at the Steel Guitar B & A-Side Capitol Records F2910 (august 1954) (1) Written in 1945 by: Bill Monroe (2) Written by: Charles Singleton & Rose Marie McCoy.A native of California, Cliffie Stone was born Clifford Gilpin Snyder ( (March 1, 1917 - January 17, 1998)The son of entertainer, comedy star, and banjo picker Herman the Hermit, Stone was known for his struggle to bring California's Country & Western music into favor in post-World War II America. He began playing bass in big bands with Freddie Slack and Anson Weeks as well as with other bands around Hollywood and Pasadena, but it was his work on radio stations KFUD and KFWB that brought him respect. Shows such as Covered Wagon Jubilee and Lucky Stars, broadcast out of Los Angeles, allowed him to show off his numerous skills. Working as a DJ, comedian, performer, and host, Stone won fame doing 28 radio shows a week between 1943 and 1947. As a featured performer on the Hollywood Barn Dance, he made a place for himself in Country Music history. In 1946 he accepted a position with Capitol Records, who were gearing up for the still as yet undefined Bakersfield movement. An A&R executive with Capitol for 20 years, Stone discovered Tennessee Ernie Ford, whom he managed from 1947 to 1957, Molly Bee, Hank Thompson, and others who were flocking to L.A. to record.In spite of his success at Capitol, Stone was best remembered for his radio work. His show on Pasadena radio station KXLA, Dinner Bell Roundup, was a daily variety presentation that brought large numbers of Country & Western entertainers into the homes of his listeners. In 1944 the show picked up and moved to El Monte. The new location brought with it a new name, Hometown Jamboree. Recording six albums of his own he earned co-writing credits on hits "Divorce Me C.O.D.," "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed," and in 1947, "Silver Stars, Purple Sage, Eyes of Blue." He recorded with various versions of his own band, including Cliffie Stone & His Orchestra, Cliffie Stone & His Barn Dance Band, as well as Cliffie Stone's Country Hombres, Cliffie Stone And His Hepcats, Cliffie Stone And His Hometown Hepcats...Concentrating on the business side of things, the 1960s saw Stone's publishing company, Central Songs, flourish. He even headed up a label, Granite, for a time. The father of Curtis Stone, one of the founding members of Highway 101, Stone wrote several books, including Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Songwriting but Didn't Know Who to Ask, published in 1991. He died of a heart attack on January 17, 19##rockandroll #countrymusic #rhythmandblues
MEL TORME - The Sidewalk Shufflers /Around the World (1951) BenBop1965 2022-07-03 | 50s Jiver Boogie - Pre-Rock And Roll Roots / Uptempo Pop Vocal Dixieland - B & A-Side Capitol Records - F1383 (February 1951) Orchestra conducted by: Pete Rugolo.(1) Also recorded by: Steve Gibson And The Original Red Caps as "Sidewalk Shuffle" RCA Victor 22-0127/50-0127 (May 1951) Written By: Don Raye & Gene De Paul (2) Written By: Bennie Benjamin & George Weiss.Melvin Howard Tormé (September 13, 1925 – June 5, 1999) Nicknamed "The Velvet Fog", was an American musician, singer, composer, arranger, drummer, actor, and author. He composed the music for "The Christmas Song" ("Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire") and co-wrote the lyrics with Bob Wells. Full Bio Here: allmusic.com/artist/mel-torm%C3%A9-mn0000344275/biography#Jivers #RockAndRoll #50s
BOBBY LORD - A Rose And A Thorn / Fascination (Is Just For The Moment) 1961 BenBop1965 2022-06-29 | 60s Haunted Snap Finger Country Pop Ballad (Popcorn Oldies) A & B-Side Columbia Records 4-42012 (1961) (1) Written By: Wayne Walker & Webb Pierce also recording by: Webb Pierce (Decca - DL 4144 - 1960) Andy Rose (Coral Records - 9-62227 - 1960) The Telstars (Oriole Records U.K CB 1754 - 1962) (2) Written By: Violet Mozelle Lord & Bobby Lord - Producer: Don Law.Robert Lester Lord (January 6, 1934 - February 16, 2008), better known as Bobby Lord was a working musician when he could be, which in the ‘50s and ‘60s turned out to be at television stations. Making his way on a southern circuit, he appeared regularly on TV around Florida, Missouri, and Nashville, and such exposure in the music city lead to a recording contract with Columbia where he cut a bunch of Rockabilly singles in the late ‘50s that never attracted much attention, although his frenzied Rocker “No More, No More, No More” subsequently gained a cult following. Bobby Lord soldiered on with a career as a country television presenter, first on a local Nashville station in the ‘60s then as an outdoorsman on The Nashville Network in the ‘80s.A native of Florida raised in Tampa, Bobby Lord received his first big break when he headed to Philadelphia after winning a talent contest at the 1951 Florida State Fair. Returning to Florida, he performed regularly on local television, as well as playing live, gaining an audience and the attention of songwriter Boudleaux Bryant, who kick-started the singer’s signing to Columbia in 1954. At his first session he cut the wild “No More, No More, No More,” and over the next year, he alternated between this loose-limbed Rockabilly and lean Honky Tonk, sometimes finding songs that split the difference between the two, such as “Hawk-Eye,” which received a big push in 1955. Any momentum Lord may have had with “Hawk-Eye” was undercut by a competing cover by pop crooner Frankie Laine, but neither turned into a significant hit. Still, the 45 gained some attention for Lord and he threw himself into Rockabilly in 1956, taking a version of Wanda Jackson’s “Without Your Love” into Billboard’s Country Top Ten, then his direction shifted toward sweeter Pop and Ballads, which also didn’t garner much chart action. Throughout his chart struggles, Lord performed regularly on the Red Foley-hosted, Springfield, Missouri-based TV and Radio show Ozark Jubilee, sometimes filling in for Red Foley himself. Once the Rockabilly and Teen Pop failed to pan out, Lord devoted himself to Country, making his home in Nashville and joining the Grand Ole Opry cast. He signed to Hickory after his Columbia contract expired, but he made a greater impact hosting The Bobby Lord Show on WSM-TV beginning in September 1963. It was successful enough that it headed into syndication in 1965, but it came to a close in 1968. Shortly afterward, Lord curbed his music career, concentrating instead on developing vacation and recreation properties in Florida, but he still played, signing with Decca where he had a Top 20 single in 1970 with “You and Me Against the World.” Bobby Lord sporadically recorded in the ‘70s as he transitioned to businessman, coming back to TV in 1983 to host The Nashville Network’s Country Sportsman, a show that combined his outdoor and music interests. It was renamed Celebrity Outdoors, and Lord hosted it until 1989 when he decided to retire from performing. Over the next two decades, he continued to work his various business projects, eventually dying from a stroke on February 16, 2008. ( R.I.P )#CountryAndWestern #PopCornOldies #Music
CAROL HUGHES - Fancy Dance / Mine All Mine (1956) BenBop1965 2022-06-26 | 50s Frantic Jiver Rocker / Pop Vocal with Backing Vocal groups / (#1) with George Barnes on lead guitar🎸 at 00:54 - B & A-Side Mercury 70986X45 (1956)(1) Written By: Lincoln Chase (2) Written By: Marion Weiss / Accompanied By: Hugo Peretti And His Orchestra.In 1942 Carol Hughes was born, likely somewhere in New Jersey.A local paper in West Orange, New Jersey wrote in the winter of 1956 that: a 14 years old, sophomore at West Orange High School (N.J) (has been) singing since the age of 2. She's had TV experience appearing on the Arthur Murray Dance Party and the Dean Martin Show…Carol Hughes’ first single was “Fancy Dance” recorded in October 1956 while she was only 14 years old. She was one of a number of female Rockers following in the tradition of Brenda Lee, of which there were very few.Carol Hughes second single for Mercury was “Lover Boy” / "My Big Brother's Dream".In 1957 Hughes switched from Mercury Records to Roulette and released her third single called “Pick Another Baby”. The songs lyrics advised the boyfriend to get lost and find someone else. “Lend Me Your Comb” was her second single release with Roulette and her fourth single in sixteen months.“Lend Me Your Comb” could be a hit record for Carol Hughes. By moving from Mercury Records to Roulette Records in 1957, Carol Hughes was fortunate to have “Lend Me Your Comb” produced by Hugo Peretti.Carol Hughes version of “Lend Me Your Comb” made the Top 40 in Phoenix, Toronto and Albany (N.Y). It climbed into the Top 50 in Buffalo and made the play list in Los Angeles. However, it was in Vancouver where the song managed its best performance peaking at #6.In the February 3, 1958, issue of Billboard Magazine, there was a short write-up about Carol Hughes under her photo. It was part of a two page advertisement by Roulette Records that boasted: The Roulette product stems from many sources. Just a glance at these pages will prove this. Here you will find youngsters who are just starting out in the business, together with established names in the entertainment world. Roulette’s aim is to help these talents realize their full artistic potential whether they are old hands at cutting discs or just starting.” Regarding Carol Hughes, the ad introduced her with these words: Carol Hughes has one ambition. She wants to make a hit record for Roulette. Those in the know at Roulette feel she has a big future ahead. Carol is a sophomore at West Orange (N.J.) high school. She has been singing since the age of two and has had plenty of TV experience, having appeared on such network favorites as the Arthur Murray Dance Party, Dean Martin Show and many others.From this ad we know that at the time the ad was submitted to Billboard for the February 3, 1958, issue, Carol Hughes was still fifteen years old and would turn sixteen later in the year, before August 11, 1958. We know this because by August 11, 1959, Carol was said to be 17 years old when she appeared on a TV show.In November 1958 Hughes released a song in tribute to bass vocalists on pop records simply titled “The Bass“. Her fellow Roulette recording star, Jimmie Rodgers, gave her a phone call. Soon Carol Hughes, then 17 years old, appeared on The Jimmie Rodgers Show on August 11, 1959, along with Rodgers other guests The Brothers Four and Tony Bennett.Carol Hughes final single release was “Hello Heartbreak” in 1962 on the Carleton Label. It was her twelfth single in just over five years. In that time she had grown from being a 14-year-old to a 19-year-old. She'd gotten a first-hand look at the recording industry, having been on contract in this short period of time with Mercury, Roulette, Dot, RCA-Victor and Carlton. It seems her most productive contract was with RCA where she released five singles in the span of ten months.Not to be confused with Rhythm and Blues singer Carol Hughes as recording "Let's Get Together Again" on Corby Records in 1966 and Actress Carol Hughes (born Catherine Mabel Hukill, January 17, 1910 - August 8, 1995)#Jivers #Rockers #RockAndRoll #popvocal
ANDY ROSE - A Rose and a Thorn / A Wonderous Place (1960) BenBop1965 2022-06-22 | 60s Hauntingly Rock-A-Ballad (Popcorn Oldies) Teener Rocker - A & B-Side Coral Records - 9-62227 (1960) Conductor & Arranger : Dick Jacobs.A-Side written by: Wayne Walker & Webb Pierce / B-Side written by: Jeff Lewis & Bill Giant. (1) also recording by: Webb Pierce (Decca - DL 4144 - 1960) Bobby Lord (Columbia Records 4-42012 - 1961) The Telstars (Oriole Records U.K CB 1754 - 1962)B-Side also recording by: Jimmy Jones (MGM Records - May 1960) Billy Fury (Decca records U.K - released on September 25th 1960) Rod Lauren (RCA Victor 47-8020 - 1962) Aart Brouwer with Johnny And His Cellar Rockers ( Philips Netherlands 327 575 JF - 1963) Joe Costa ( Warner Bros. Records - 5357 - 1963) The Cherokees (Columbia Records U.K - 1965) and many others...In 1961, Andy Rose was the lead singer on a Doo Wop tune titled “Crazy For You” & "Don't Ask Me To Be Lonely" the song was credited to Andy Rose and the Exotics. A year later he recorded “Perfidia” credited to Andy Rose and the Thorns. The 1940 hit by Xavier Cugat didn’t help Andy Rose have a comeback hit and he remained a one-hit wonder with “Just Young” as his only song on the Billboard Hot 100. Subsequently, he also recorded at least one single credited to Andy Rose and the Sandmen.In 1964 Andy Rose tried twice more to release singles with different record labels hoping for a break. He released “Everybody But You” on Ember Records and next released “Hey Scooter” on Golden Crest Records. On his last single release he was billed as Andy Rose & The Thorns. But the songs were commercial failures. A final effort was recorded as a duo named Andy & Gino. Their song, “Love Is Love” included a host of title songs in the lyrics that climbed up the pop charts in 1964. Phrases found in “Love Is Love” included “do you want to know a secret,” “money can’t buy me love,” “a world without love,” “yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,” “twist and shout,” “I want to hold your hand,” “thank you girl,” “Romeo and Juliet,” “bits and pieces,” “walk on by,” “glad all over” and “chapel of love.” Despite the attempt to build on title song familiarity, “Love Is Love” also failed to chart. That’s the story of Andy Rose and his foundering recording career as a teen idol. The music career of Andy Rose is just a reminder, a sign meant to warn, you won’t necessarily become a chart topper even if you have classic good looks, can sing and write your own songs.In 1995, Andy Rose died of lung cancer.
BOBBY RYDELL - Love Is Blind (1963) BenBop1965 2022-06-14 | 60s Pop Vocal Teener (Popcorn Oldies) B-Side 45 rpm Cameo Records C-242 (1963) A-Side is: "Butterfly Baby" . Born Robert Louis Ridarelli (April 26, 1942 - April 5, 2022) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, he grew up in the Lower Moyamensing neighborhood of South Philadelphia.Known by the stage name Bobby Rydell, was an American singer and actor who mainly performed Rock And Roll and traditional Pop Music. In the early 1960s he was considered a teen idol. It was his father who encouraged him to pursue a career in show business. At the age of four, Rydell would sit in front of the TV and impersonate such performers as Milton Berle, Louis Prima, and Johnny Ray. He also admired drummer Gene Krupa and began playing the drums at the age of six. At the age of seven, and with his father's encouragement, Rydell began performing in nightclubs in Philadelphia.In 1950, Rydell entered Paul Whiteman's amateur show his first-place win earned him a regular part on the show.He stayed with the Whiteman show for three years and then joined several local bands in Philadelphia.It was here, too, that Bobby Ridarelli became the easier-to-pronounce Bobby Rydell. At 16 he began playing with local groups, landing a spot as a drummer for Rocco and the Saints. (Frankie Avalon, another Philadelphia-born musician, played trumpet for the group.) While with the band, Rydell signed a recording contract with Cameo-Parkway Records in Philadelphia. His hit "Kissin' Time," recorded in the summer of 1959, launched his musical career and made him a teen idol at the age of 17.After making his first hit recording, he pursued a solo career, performing at the Copacabana in New York in 1961, where he was an instant hit. Rydell made his acting debut in 1962 on the television show Combat! One year later, he starred as Hugh Peabody in the famous musical Bye Bye Birdie. It was only after his acting debut that he fervently began playing the nightclub circuit. During the 1960s, Rydell had numerous hit records on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. His recording career earned him 34 Top 100 hits, placing him in the Top 5 artists of his era (Billboard). They included his most popular successes: "Wild One" (his highest scoring single, at number 2), "Volare" (number 4), "Swingin' School" (number 5), "Kissin' Time" (number 11), "Sway" (number 14), "I've Got Bonnie" (number 18), and "The Cha-Cha-Cha" (number 10). His last major chart success was "Forget Him", which reached number 4 on the Hot 100 in January 1964. The song, written by Tony Hatch, was his fifth and final gold disc winner.Bobby Rydell left Cameo-Parkway Records later in 1964 and signed with Capitol Records.By this point, the British Invasion had arrived and acts such as Rydell suffered a dramatic decline in popularity.Bobby Rydell died on April 5, 2022 due to complications of pneumonia. He was 79 years old...R.I.P ❤️#Bobby #Rydell #Tribute
BILLY WILLIAMS And The Pecos River Rogues - Yippee Ki-Aye (1946) 🤠 BenBop1965 2022-06-06 | 40s Country And Western Pop Song - RCA Victor 20 -1849 (1946) 🤠Aston Parker Williams alias Billy Williams, Is a US singer from Texas active in the 1940s often associated with Sammy Kaye And His Orchestra, "The Pecos River Rogues" includes some members of Sammy Kaye's Orchestra.(A-Side is "Heart Break Trail") #CountryAndWestern #Hillbilly #Singer
BUDDY GRECO And His Quintet - Bon Bons, Chocolates And Chewing Gum / Aint Misbehavin (1951) BenBop1965 2022-05-31 | 50s Boogie Jive Rhythm And Blues with Backing Vocal / Pop Vocal - London Records USA - 1093 A & B-Side (1951) 78 RPM (1) Written By: "Josh " Joshua Daniel White & William White. (2) Written By: Andy Razaf / Harry Brooks / Thomas "Fats" Waller.Armando Joseph "Buddy" Greco (August 14, 1926 - January 10, 2017) Was an american Jazz and Pop singer and pianist who had a long career in the US and UK. His recordings have sold millions, including "Oh Look A-There Ain't She Pretty", "Up, Up and Away", and "Around the World".His most successful single was "The Lady Is a Tramp", which sold over one million copies.During his career, he recorded over sixty albums. He conducted the London Symphony Orchestra, performed for Queen Elizabeth II and with The Beatles.#Boogie #Jivers #PopVocal
JIMMIE RODGERS & Frankie Bell & His Rhythm Kings - I Wont Sing Rock And Roll / I Always Knew (1956) BenBop1965 2022-05-23 | 50s Jiver Boogie Rock And Roll / Pop Vocal with Orchestra - B & A-Side Zig Zag Records (Vancouver, Washington) CR 2073 / 2072 (1956) James Frederick Rodgers (September 18, 1933 - January 18, 2021) Also known as Jimmie F. Rodgers is not related to the Country singer Jimmie C. Rodgers (1897 - 1933) who died the same year the younger Rodgers was born his official songwriting credits is often credited as Jimmie F. Rodgers to differentiate the two. He learned how to play the piano and guitar during his childhood.Musician, actor, guitarist, pianist of the Pop Music and Folk genres, he scored numerous Top 40 singles on the American Pop Charts including the gold records "Honeycomb" (1957), "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" (1957) "Oh-Oh, I'm Falling In Love Again" (1958) and "Secretly" (1958). Following service with the United States Air Force during the Korean War, he began performing on the night club circuit and had an appearance on the TV program "Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts." After securing a contract with the Roulette label, he would go on to place 14 singles on the Top 40 charts between 1957 and 1967 beginning with "Honeycomb" which achieved number one status for four weeks in 1957. His popularity led to his own TV variety series "The Jimmie Rodgers Show" in 1959, in addition to performing on such programs as "American Bandstand", "The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show", "Shindig!" and "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson." Rodgers also found acting parts in motion pictures including the starring role in "The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come" (1961) and "Backdoor to Hell" (1964) which co-starred a young Jack Nicholson.In 1967, Rodgers signed a new deal with A&M Records, and his career was looking up; his song "Child of Clay'' rose to number 31 on the singles charts, and his first album for the label was faring well. But his good luck abandoned him on December 1, 1967; an assailant brutally beat Rodgers and left him with a severe skull fracture that had to be repaired with a metal plate. While he survived the attack, it left him with ongoing health problems that often interfered with his career (including a recurring case of spasmodic dysphonia, a condition that impacts the vocal cords and makes it difficult to sing), and he would record only three more albums after 1967 -- including Windmills of Your Mind -- though he hosted a summer replacement TV series in 1969 and was a guest on Johnny Cash's variety show in 1970.In time, Rodgers recovered to the point that he could return to performing in the late 1990s, playing nightclubs and appearing in a Branson, Missouri show called "Golden Girls U.S.A." In 2007, he successfully underwent surgery that removed the plate in his head after his fracture finally healed, and in 2010 he published his memoirs, Dancing on the Moon: The Jimmie Rodgers Story. Rodgers spent the last years of his life living quietly in Palm Springs, California; he died on January 18, 2021 at the age of 87. #Pop #Singer #Folk
Mickey & Sylvia - Cant Get You On The Phone (1958) Unissued VIK Records Recordings BenBop1965 2022-05-15 | 50s Strollers Rhythm And Blues (Popcorn Oldies Beat) Unissued VIK Recordings - Recorded July 9,1958 at RCA Victor Studio B, New-York City with: McHouston "Mickey" Baker (vocal/guitar) Sylvia Vanderpool, who later became Sylvia Robinson (vocal) George Barnes (electric guitar) Don Arnone (rhythm guitar) George Shaw (bass) "Stick" Evans (drums) Phil Kraus (bongo / percussion) Ernest Hayes (piano) "King" Curtis Ousley (saxophone) Sid Bass (leader) Eugene Lowell, Miriam Workman, Keith Booth, Eugene Stock, James Stover, Peggy Powers, Francine Carroll (chorus) Sylvia Robinson (born Vanderpool; May 29, 1935 – September 29, 2011) was an American singer, record producer, and record label executive.Robinson had two R&B chart toppers: as half of Mickey & Sylvia with "Love Is Strange" in 1957 and her solo record "Pillow Talk" in 1973. She later became known for her work as founder and CEO of the hip hop label Sugar Hill Records.Robinson is credited as the driving force behind two landmark singles in the hip hop genre; "Rapper's Delight" (1979) by the Sugarhill Gang, and "The Message" (1982) by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five; which caused her to be dubbed "The Mother of Hip–Hop". Robinson received a Pioneer Award for her career in singing and being the founder of Sugarhill Records at the 11th Annual Rhythm and Blues Awards Gala in 2000. Of all the guitarists who helped transform rhythm & blues into rock & roll, Mickey Baker was one of the very most important, ranking almost on the level of Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley. The reason he wasn't nearly as well known as those legends is that a great deal of his work wasn't issued under his own name, but as a backing guitarist for many R&B and rock & roll musicians. Baker originally aspired to be a jazz musician, but turned to calypso, mambo, and then R&B, where the most work could be found.In the early and mid-'50s, he did countless sessions for Atlantic, King, RCA, Decca, and OKeh, playing on such classics as the Drifters' "Money Honey" and "Such a Night," Joe Turner's "Shake, Rattle & Roll," Ruth Brown's "Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean," and Big Maybelle's "Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On." He also released a few singles under his own name, and made a Latin jazz-tinged solo album, Guitar Mambo.The Wildest Guitar Baker's best work, though, was recorded as half of the duo Mickey & Sylvia. Their hit "Love Is Strange," as well as several other unknown but nearly equally strong tracks, featured Baker's keening, bluesy guitar riffs, which were gutsier and more piercing than most anything else around in the late '50s. Mickey & Sylvia split in the late '50s (though they recorded off and on until the middle of the next decade), and Baker recorded his best solo album, the all-instrumental The Wildest Guitar. In 1961, he took the male spoken part (usually assumed to be Ike Turner) on Ike & Tina Turner's first hit, "It's Gonna Work Out Fine." Shortly afterwards he moved to France, making a few hard-to-find solo records and working with a lot of French pop and rock performers, including Ronnie Bird, the best '60s French rock singer. He recorded only sporadically after the mid-'60s. Mickey Baker died at his home in Montastruc-la-Conseillère, France on November 27, 2012, at the age of 87.
CURTIS WILSON - Our Love Died Young (1960) BenBop1965 2022-05-14 | 60s Teener Rocker - B-Side - G.B. Records 406 - USA (1960)#PopcornOldies #Singer #Guitarist
EDDIE FONTAINE - Im Gonna Settle Down / My Heart Belong To You (Studio & *Movie Video version) 1962 BenBop1965 2022-05-13 | 60s Teener Groovy (Popcorn Oldies) Rock & Roll / 🇮🇹 Italian Flavored Pop Ballad (Studio & Bonus *Soundtrack Video Version 04:58) B & A-Side Warner Bros. USA 5313 (1962) B & A-Side Warner Movie Bros. Japan BR-1398.Track 2 from the TV Series "The Gallant Ment" (1962-63)Born Edward Henry Reardon, 6 March 1927, Springfield, Massachusetts - Died 13 April 1992, Los Angeles County, California. He inherited his looks from his Italian mother rather than from his Irish father, who was far from pleased when Eddie changed his surname to Fontaine, because it was "slicker".Eddie grew up in Rockaway Beach, 20 miles from New York City. With Frankie Laine as his main inspiration, he got his start in the music business singing in bars in New York with a guitar and passing the hat. By the early 1950s Fontaine had graduated to singing in cocktail lounges where he was discovered by bandleader Neal Hefti and Jimmy Hilliard, who was just starting up the new 'X' label, a subsidiary of RCA. Two weeks later, in the first week of 1955, Eddie found himself in New York's RCA Victor studio, cutting covers of two Henry Glover compositions, "Rock Love" originally recorded by Lula Reed, but a Top 20 hit for the Fontane Sisters and "All My Love Belongs To You" (Bullmoose Jackson). It sold well enough to garner a UK release (HMV 7 M 304). Fontaine was part of the first of Alan Freed's Rock & Roll shows, at the Brooklyn Paramount in April 1955, with LaVern Baker, The Penguins, The Clovers, Red Prysock, The Moonglows, Mickey Baker & others.After seven singles for "X" Records and its successor, Vik, and an isolated 45 on Jalo Records, Eddie was signed to Decca in the summer 1956. His first release on the label was "Cool It Baby", which had been recorded by Dick Lory for Dot Records just a few weeks earlier. It was Eddie's first out-and-out Rocker and gained him a cameo appearance in the classic Rock & Roll movie "The Girl Can't Help It". 6 more Decca singles followed in 1956-57, more Pop than Rock. He bowed out in fine style with a cover of Johnny Horton's "Honky Tonk Man", recorded in Nashville with Hank Garland, Grady Martin, Bob Moore & Buddy Harman. Next came an excellent 2-sider for Chancellor, "Goodness, It's Gladys"/"Middle Of the Road", the A-side being one of his most Rocking sides. But this was a one-off deal, and Eddie was now without a recording contract.Fontaine went into the studio at his own cost and cut a demo of a song he had written (or at least, he has always claimed that he was the sole writer) "Nothin' Shakin'", using guitarists George Barnes & Eddie O'Connor, drummer Cozy Cole and two others. He submitted the demo to publisher Gene Goodman in the hope that he would get the song placed with a record company, but there were no takers initially. Eddie then signed with Tommy Valando's Sunbeam label and re-recorded "Nothin' Shakin'" for them. Soon after the release of this new version he found out - to his dismay - that his original demo had been sold to Chess Records without his knowledge and had acquired three additional writing credits : by Diane Lampert, John Gluck Jr. (later co-writer of "It's My Party") and Cirino Colacral. This original (and superior) version came out on Argo 5309 in August 1958 and climbed to # 64 on Billboard's Hot 100, the only chart entry of Eddie's career. "Nothin' Shakin'" was also released in the UK (London HLM 8711) and was later recorded by the Beatles (for the BBC), Billy Fury and Craig Douglas, among others. Next, Fontaine spent some time in Cuba, doing a nightclub act, until Battista was overthrown by Fidel Castro.Later releases on Warner Bros. & Liberty were less interesting and Eddie faded from the recording scene, while his acting career took off. 1961 found him in Hollywood, playing the part of a singing G.I. in the weekly TV drama "The Gallant Men" for Warner Bros. After the series came off the air in 1963, Fontaine spent the next two decades flitting between nightclub crooning and TV bit-parts: Kojak, Baretta, Planet of the Apes (1974) The Rockford Files, Happy Days (as Fonzie's dad) The Six Million Dollar Man, & others...In 1981, he resumed his former mantle as a Rock & Roll singer and toured Europe. In 1984, he was charged with soliciting the murder of his ex-wife, Pamela, he was having a custody battle with at the time. An acquaintance, part-time country singer David Faircloth, told the San Fernando Municipal Court that Fontaine had offered him $ 3000 and as an additional incentive, the promise of a recording contract with RCA or a guitar depending on the sources.Eddie was sentenced to four years in a California prison.Fontaine successfully appealed his murder-for-hire conviction based on the trial judge's rulings concerning these earlier offenses. He was acquitted by an appeal court in 1985.He made his last TV appearance in the series "Sisters" in 1991, and died of throat cancer the following year at age 65.#popcorn #popvocal #rockandroll
EDDIE FONTAINE - Poor Little Monday / The Rain Song (1955) HD BenBop1965 2022-05-09 | 50s Bluesy Rock And Roll / Spiritual Folk Vocal - "X" Records 4X-0151 B & A-Side (1955) Orchestra & chorus conducted by Marty Gold.Born Edward Henry Reardon, 6 March 1927, Springfield, Massachusetts - Died 13 April 1992, Los Angeles County, California.Eddie Fontaine liked to tell people that he was born in 1937, in reality he was ten years older. He inherited his looks from his Italian mother rather than from his Irish father, who was far from pleased when Eddie changed his surname to Fontaine, because it was "slicker".Eddie grew up in Rockaway Beach, twenty miles from New York City. With Frankie Laine as his main inspiration, he got his start in the music business singing in bars in New York with a guitar and passing the hat. By the early 1950s Fontaine had graduated to singing in cocktail lounges where he was discovered by bandleader Neal Hefti and Jimmy Hilliard, who was just starting up the new 'X' label, a subsidiary of RCA. Two weeks later, in the first week of 1955, Eddie found himself in New York's RCA Victor studio, cutting covers of two Henry Glover compositions, "Rock Love" originally recorded by Lula Reed, but a Top 20 hit for the Fontane Sisters and "All My Love Belongs To You" (Bullmoose Jackson). It sold well enough to garner a UK release (HMV 7 M 304). Fontaine was part of the first of Alan Freed's Rock And Roll shows, at the Brooklyn Paramount in April 1955, with LaVern Baker, the Penguins, the Clovers, Red Prysock, the Moonglows, Mickey Baker and others.After seven singles for "X" Records and its successor, Vik Records, and an isolated 45 on Jalo Records, Eddie was signed to Decca in the summer of 1956. His first release on the label was "Cool It Baby", which had been recorded by Dick Lory for Dot Records just a few weeks earlier. It was Eddie's first out and out Rocker and gained him a cameo appearance in the classic Rock And Roll movie "The Girl Can't Help It". Six more Decca singles followed in 1956-57, more Pop than Rock. He bowed out in fine style with a cover of Johnny Horton's "Honky Tonk Man", recorded in Nashville with Hank Garland, Grady Martin, Bob Moore and Buddy Harman. Next came an excellent two-sider for Chancellor, "Goodness, It's Gladys"/"Middle Of the Road", the A-side being one of his most rocking sides. But this was a one-off deal and Eddie was now without a recording contract.Fontaine went into the studio at his own cost and cut a demo of a song he had written (or at least, he has always claimed that he was the sole writer) "Nothin' Shakin'", using guitarists George Barnes and Eddie O'Connor, drummer Cozy Cole and two others. He submitted the demo to publisher Gene Goodman in the hope that he would get the song placed with a record company, but there were no takers initially. Eddie then signed with Tommy Valando's Sunbeam label and re-recorded "Nothin' Shakin'" for them. Soon after the release of this new version he found out - to his dismay - that his original demo had been sold to Chess Records without his knowledge and had acquired three additional writing credits : by Diane Lampert, John Gluck Jr. (later co-writer of "It's My Party") and Cirino Colacral. This original (and superior) version came out on Argo 5309 in August 1958 and climbed to # 64 on Billboard's Hot 100, the only chart entry of Eddie's career. "Nothin' Shakin'" was also released in the UK (London HLM 8711) and was later recorded by the Beatles (for the BBC), Billy Fury and Craig Douglas, among others. Next, Fontaine spent some time in Cuba, doing a night club act, until Battista was overthrown by Fidel Castro.Later releases on Warner Bros. and Liberty were less interesting and Eddie faded from the recording scene, while his acting career took off. 1961 found him in Hollywood playing the part of a singing G.I. in the weekly TV drama "The Gallant Men" for Warner Bros. After the series came off the air in 1963, Fontaine spent the next two decades flitting between night club crooning and TV bit-parts: Kojak, Baretta, Planet of the Apes (1974) ,The Rockford Files, Happy Days (as Fonzie's dad) The Six Million Dollar Man, and others...In 1981 he resumed his former mantle as a Rock And Roll singer and toured Europe. In 1984 he was charged with soliciting the murder of his ex-wife, Pamela he was having a custody battle with at the time. An acquaintance, part-time country singer David Faircloth, told the San Fernando Municipal Court that Fontaine had offered him $ 3000 and as an additional incentive, the promise of a recording contract with RCA or a guitar depending on the sources.Eddie was sentenced to four years in in a California prison.Fontaine successfully appealed his murder-for-hire conviction based on the trial judge's rulings concerning these earlier offenses. He was acquitted by an appeal court in 1985.He made his last TV appearance in the series "Sisters" in 1991, and died of throat cancer the following year at age 65.#Teener #Rocker #Pop
TOMMY SANDS - Doctor Heartache / On And On (1960) HD BenBop1965 2022-05-06 | 60s Swingin' Popcorn Oldies a la "Fever" / Ballad - B & A-Side Capitol Records USA 4470 (1960) (B) Written by: Bobby Hart (A) Written by: Ruth Freed & Sharon Silbert.Orchestra Conducted by: Jimmie Haskell (Produced by Karl Engemann brother of The Lettermen: member Bob Engemann) The multi-talented Thomas Adrian Sands aka Tommy Sands was born August 27, 1937, in Chicago, Illinois, to show-business parents. His entry into the business was no mistake, surprise, or happenstance, but genetic and inevitable. His father played piano and his mother sang.He took guitar lessons when he was eight years old and became an adequate axeman. By this time the Sands had moved to Houston, Teas, where Sands got the acting bug. He moved to Los Angeles after high school and landed a job on Cliffie Stone's country & western television show. The exposure led to regular appearances on Tennessee Ernie Ford's weekly televison program and nightclub gigs.He got a big break in 1957 when he got the lead role in The Singin' Idol, a television drama on Rock And Roll. The producer's first choice was Elvis Presley but he wasn't available, so a search went on and Sands won. A single from the show Teenage Crush on Capitol Records went to number two on Billboard's pop chart and Sands became an overnight sensation. He appeared on many Kraft Theater shows and nearly every network variety show on television. No one-hit wonder, he also hit the charts with "Goin' Steady," "The Worryin' Kind," "Blue Ribbon Baby," "Sing Boy Sing," "The Old Oaken Bucket," and "The Parent Trap." The release of "I'll Be Seeing You," marked a new musical direction for Sands. He cut two albums with Nelson Riddle and continue to release singles for a variety of labels, but none in the teen rock format that made him famous.From the late '50s to the '70s he appeared in more than 150 television programs, and many movies including "Sing Boy Sing" (his first), "Babes in Toyland", "The Longest Day", "Ensign Pulver", "None but the Brave", "Mardi Gras", and "The Violent One". He married Nancy Sinatra in 1960; the union lasted five years. Tommy Sands interview 2020 : youtube.com/watch?v=aiG56aVkbIo&ab_channel=JessicaSandsHoffmann%28ArwenSandsMusic%29#TommySands #RockAndRoll #PopcornOldies
TOMMY SANDS - Cant Change My Love (1957) HD BenBop1965 2022-04-27 | 50s Rockabilly Teener - Rock And Roll - from LP Various Artists featuring : Ferlin Husky / Sonny James / Tommy Sands / Gene Vincent " Teen-Age Rock! " Capitol Records - T 1009 (Side A-5) Released in september 1958. Recorded, 4 March 1957 at Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine St., Hollywood, California,U.S.A. (Producer : Ken Nelson)The multi-talented Thomas Adrian Sands aka Tommy Sands was born August 27, 1937, in Chicago, Illinois, to show-business parents. His entry into the business was no mistake, surprise, or happenstance, but genetic and inevitable. His father played piano and his mother sang.He took guitar lessons when he was eight years old and became an adequate axeman. By this time the Sands had moved to Houston, Teas, where Sands got the acting bug. He moved to Los Angeles after high school and landed a job on Cliffie Stone's country & western television show. The exposure led to regular appearances on Tennessee Ernie Ford's weekly televison program and nightclub gigs.He got a big break in 1957 when he got the lead role in The Singin' Idol, a television drama on Rock And Roll. The producer's first choice was Elvis Presley but he wasn't available, so a search went on and Sands won. A single from the show Teenage Crush on Capitol Records went to number two on Billboard's pop chart and Sands became an overnight sensation. He appeared on many Kraft Theater shows and nearly every network variety show on television. No one-hit wonder, he also hit the charts with "Goin' Steady," "The Worryin' Kind," "Blue Ribbon Baby," "Sing Boy Sing," "The Old Oaken Bucket," and "The Parent Trap." The release of "I'll Be Seeing You," marked a new musical direction for Sands. He cut two albums with Nelson Riddle and continue to release singles for a variety of labels, but none in the teen rock format that made him famous.From the late '50s to the '70s he appeared in more than 150 television programs, and many movies including "Sing Boy Sing" (his first), "Babes in Toyland", "The Longest Day", "Ensign Pulver", "None but the Brave", "Mardi Gras", and "The Violent One". He married Nancy Sinatra in 1960; the union lasted five years. Tommy Sands interview 2020 : youtube.com/watch?v=aiG56aVkbIo&ab_channel=JessicaSandsHoffmann%28ArwenSandsMusic%29#TommySands #RockAndRoll #Rockabilly
TOMMY SANDS - Playin the Field (1958) Unissued Capitol Recording (Stereo & Mono Version) HD BenBop1965 2022-04-26 | 50s Rockabilly Teener - Rock And Roll - Stéréo and Mono Version.Unissued Recording of 26 July 1958 - Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine St., Hollywood, California, U.S.A. with Tommy Sands and The Raiders. (Tommy Sands (vocal) Scotty Turner (lead guitar) Eddie Edwards (rhythm guitar) Leon Bagwell (bass) Hal Blaine (drums) Producer: Ken Nelson.The multi-talented Thomas Adrian Sands aka Tommy Sands was born August 27, 1937, in Chicago, Illinois, to show-business parents. His entry into the business was no mistake, surprise, or happenstance, but genetic and inevitable. His father played piano and his mother sang. He took guitar lessons when he was eight years old and became an adequate axeman. By this time the Sands had moved to Houston, Teas, where Sands got the acting bug. He moved to Los Angeles after high school and landed a job on Cliffie Stone's country & western television show. The exposure led to regular appearances on Tennessee Ernie Ford's weekly televison program and nightclub gigs.He got a big break in 1957 when he got the lead role in The Singin' Idol, a television drama on Rock And Roll. The producer's first choice was Elvis Presley but he wasn't available, so a search went on and Sands won. A single from the show Teenage Crush on Capitol Records went to number two on Billboard's pop chart and Sands became an overnight sensation. He appeared on many Kraft Theater shows and nearly every network variety show on television. No one-hit wonder, he also hit the charts with "Goin' Steady," "The Worryin' Kind," "Blue Ribbon Baby," "Sing Boy Sing," "The Old Oaken Bucket," and "The Parent Trap." The release of "I'll Be Seeing You," marked a new musical direction for Sands. He cut two albums with Nelson Riddle and continue to release singles for a variety of labels, but none in the teen rock format that made him famous.From the late '50s to the '70s he appeared in more than 150 television programs, and many movies including "Sing Boy Sing" (his first), "Babes in Toyland", "The Longest Day", "Ensign Pulver", "None but the Brave", "Mardi Gras", and "The Violent One". He married Nancy Sinatra in 1960; the union lasted five years. Tommy Sands interview 2020 : youtube.com/watch?v=aiG56aVkbIo&ab_channel=JessicaSandsHoffmann%28ArwenSandsMusic%29#Tommy #Sands #RockAndRoll
BOBBY RYDELL - Diana / Stranger In The World (1965) HD Remastered Sound BenBop1965 2022-04-10 | 60s Pop Vocal Teener (Popcorn Oldies) A & B-Side 7" Capitol USA 5352 / K 22 895 Germany / F. LP "Somebody Loves You" Capitol T-2281(1965) The arrangement of "Diana" sound-alike "Unchained Melody" of The Righteous Brothers.(1) Written and also singing by : Paul Anka (2) Written By : Howard Greenfield & Jack Keller.Born Robert Louis Ridarelli (April 26, 1942 - April 5, 2022) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, he grew up in the Lower Moyamensing neighborhood of South Philadelphia.Known by the stage name Bobby Rydell, was an American singer and actor who mainly performed Rock And Roll and traditional Pop Music. In the early 1960s he was considered a teen idol. It was his father who encouraged him to pursue a career in show business. At the age of four, Rydell would sit in front of the TV and impersonate such performers as Milton Berle, Louis Prima, and Johnny Ray. He also admired drummer Gene Krupa and began playing the drums at the age of six. At the age of seven, and with his father's encouragement, Rydell began performing in nightclubs in Philadelphia.In 1950, Rydell entered Paul Whiteman's amateur show his first-place win earned him a regular part on the show.He stayed with the Whiteman show for three years and then joined several local bands in Philadelphia.It was here, too, that Bobby Ridarelli became the easier-to-pronounce Bobby Rydell. At 16 he began playing with local groups, landing a spot as a drummer for Rocco and the Saints. (Frankie Avalon, another Philadelphia-born musician, played trumpet for the group.) While with the band, Rydell signed a recording contract with Cameo-Parkway Records in Philadelphia. His hit "Kissin' Time," recorded in the summer of 1959, launched his musical career and made him a teen idol at the age of 17.After making his first hit recording, he pursued a solo career, performing at the Copacabana in New York in 1961, where he was an instant hit. Rydell made his acting debut in 1962 on the television show Combat! One year later, he starred as Hugh Peabody in the famous musical Bye Bye Birdie. It was only after his acting debut that he fervently began playing the nightclub circuit. During the 1960s, Rydell had numerous hit records on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. His recording career earned him 34 Top 100 hits, placing him in the Top 5 artists of his era (Billboard). They included his most popular successes: "Wild One" (his highest scoring single, at number 2), "Volare" (number 4), "Swingin' School" (number 5), "Kissin' Time" (number 11), "Sway" (number 14), "I've Got Bonnie" (number 18), and "The Cha-Cha-Cha" (number 10). His last major chart success was "Forget Him", which reached number 4 on the Hot 100 in January 1964. The song, written by Tony Hatch, was his fifth and final gold disc winner.Bobby Rydell left Cameo-Parkway Records later in 1964 and signed with Capitol Records.By this point, the British Invasion had arrived and acts such as Rydell suffered a dramatic decline in popularity.Bobby Rydell died on April 5, 2022 due to complications of pneumonia. He was 79 years old...R.I.P ❤️#Bobby #Rydell #Tribute
George Wharton Lester aka BOBBY LEEDS - Suicide (1964) BenBop1965 2022-04-08 | 60s Haunted Novelty Country Rocker - King Records 45-5841 (1964) Born : George Wharton Lester : October 19, 1937 Atlanta, Georgia - Death : December 12, 2017, Atlanta, USA - Also using the names : George Lester, Geo. Lester ("Cold Dark Night"), Bobby Lee, Bob Leeds. Worked in auto sales & other jobs while pursuing his singing career, had at least eight 45s on 6 labels from 1960 - 1977 ( "Suicide" is writting by : Ray Whitely - B-Side is "Twirl Away" ) #Rockabilly #CountryRock #Novelty
DONNY LEE MOORE - Fire ! / You Left Me Standing There (1958) BenBop1965 2022-04-01 | 50s Rockabilly - Rockers - Rock And Roll / Teener Ballad - B & A-Side Golden Crest Records CR-512 (1958)Donald "Donny" Lee Moore Sr. (December 19, 1936 – January 13, 2021) took his final bow, he passed away peacefully at home in the arms of his loving wife after a long illness at the age of 84. Donald was born to Fred and Dessie Moore in the Golden Belt Mill Hill area of Durham, NC. He was very proud of his humble beginnings. He started playing guitar at 8 years of age after learning a few chords from his older brother, Fred Jr. He had his first radio show at 10 years old on WTIK in Durham. His natural talent and love of music and entertaining led to a lifelong career in show business. He was a veteran, proudly serving in the U.S. Coast Guard for four years, stationed in Long Island, NY. While serving his country, he continued to play and record music, some of which is still popular and can be heard on the Oldies and Rockabilly channels, and YouTube. While in New York, he formed a show group, The Jades & J'adorables with Tommy Ronca and Kenny Howe, who have remained lifelong friends. They were pioneers in the Las Vegas entertainment scene of the 60's. They came to Vegas on a two-week contract at the Flamingo that turned into three years, quickly becoming one of the most popular acts in Vegas, Reno, and Tahoe, and played nearly every major hotel on the strip and downtown. In 1974 they renamed themselves "The Brothers", working at the Stardust, Jolly Trolley, Aladdin, Tropicana and starring in "Pin-ups at the Sahara" along with a local hit TV show. He was named as one of the top Elvis impersonators on the Dick Clark Live national TV show and was part owner of the EL Jardin, a popular restaurant and nightclub. After retiring from performing himself, he took on the role of director/producer of Playboy's Girls of Rock & Roll at the Maxim Hotel and Caesars Tahoe for a five-year run. In 1991, he and partner Mark Callas formed Springtime Productions and produced "American Superstars" in Loughlin, Tahoe, Reno. Biloxi, Gulfport, Greece, and Las Vegas. The show ran for 20 years in Vegas, 15 of those at the Stratosphere. In 2008, he was honored with a star on the Las Vegas Strip from the LV Walk of Stars. He was a musician, entertainer, producer, and showman first and foremost, and the world was his stage. He was a devoted family man who would do anything for his loved ones. He was a loving father of five, grandfather of 12, and great-grandfather of 14. He will be remembered for his unrelenting positive attitude and generosity to those he loved.R.I.P. ❤️#rockandroll #oldiesbutgoodies #rocker
DONNY LEE MOORE - Im Buggin Out, Little Baby (1959) BenBop1965 2022-03-30 | 50s Rockabilly - Rockers - Rock And Roll - Shelley Records 1000 (1959) A-Side.Donald "Donny" Lee Moore Sr. (December 19, 1936 – January 13, 2021) took his final bow, he passed away peacefully at home in the arms of his loving wife after a long illness at the age of 84. Donald was born to Fred and Dessie Moore in the Golden Belt Mill Hill area of Durham, NC. He was very proud of his humble beginnings. He started playing guitar at 8 years of age after learning a few chords from his older brother, Fred Jr. He had his first radio show at 10 years old on WTIK in Durham. His natural talent and love of music and entertaining led to a lifelong career in show business. He was a veteran, proudly serving in the U.S. Coast Guard for four years stationed in Long Island, NY. While serving his country, he continued to play and record music, some of which is still popular and can be heard on the Oldies and Rockabilly channels, and YouTube. While in New York, he formed a show group, The Jades & J'adorables with Tommy Ronca and Kenny Howe, who have remained lifelong friends. They were pioneers in the Las Vegas entertainment scene of the 60's. They came to Vegas on a two-week contract at the Flamingo that turned into three years, quickly becoming one of the most popular acts in Vegas, Reno, and Tahoe, and played nearly every major hotel on the strip and downtown. In 1974 they renamed themselves "The Brothers", working at the Stardust, Jolly Trolley, Aladdin, Tropicana and starring in "Pin-ups at the Sahara" along with a local hit TV show. He was named as one of the top Elvis impersonators on the Dick Clark Live national TV show and was part owner of the EL Jardin, a popular restaurant and nightclub. After retiring from performing himself, he took on the role of director/producer of Playboy's Girls of Rock & Roll at the Maxim Hotel and Caesars Tahoe for a five-year run. In 1991 he and partner Mark Callas formed Springtime Productions and produced "American Superstars" in Laughlin, Tahoe, Reno. Biloxi, Gulfport, Greece, and Las Vegas. The show ran for 20 years in Vegas, 15 of those at the Stratosphere. In 2008, he was honored with a star on the Las Vegas Strip from the LV Walk of Stars. He was a musician, entertainer, producer, and showman first and foremost and the world was his stage. He was a devoted family man who would do anything for his loved ones. He was a loving father of five, grandfather of 12, and great grandfather of 14. He will be remembered for his unrelenting positive attitude and generosity to those he loved.R.I.P ❤️
JIMMY SIMPSON And The Oilfield Playboys - Can I Come Home (1956) BenBop1965 2022-03-24 | 50s Hillbilly Country Rockabilly Bopper - Big State Records (Texas) 45-595 (Starday Custom)JIMMY (J.D.) SIMPSON have been born in the state, at Sullivan Hollow, Ashland City, some twenty odd miles from Nashville on 24th March, 1928.His vocal whilst being good is cleverly subtle, and the Luther Perkins type guitar work provide a solid base to assist a lightly touched steel man. As was mentioned briefly at the start of this article, his family was involved in the construction business and this may have been the reason for his departure to Alaska in the late Fifties. He soon got into radio working at both KBYR and KFAD in Anchorage. In 1959 whilst on leave in Nashville he cut two tracks which he sent to Hank Harral’s Caprock setup in West Texas. He did for him his first version of « I’m an Oil Field Boy ». It does seem that this may be how his Sixties discs were all cut as he also appeared on Starday itself with one of his best sellers « The Alcan Run », a nice trucking number, and had at least two releases on their subsidiary Nashville in the early Sixties. He also turns up on Sims in 1965. His last known, to me at last, recordings were two LPs on his own Sourdough label entitled « Sings Alaska », on which Jimmy was involved in composing 11 out of the twelve songs, and « Sings of Iditarod trail », in 2003.bopping.org/jimmy-simpson-the-oil-field-boy
JAY BRINKLEY - Forces Of Evil 👿 / Crazy Crazy Heart ❤️ (1955) Ronnex Records BenBop1965 2022-03-19 | 50s Jiver Rock And Roll - Country Swing - Pop Rockabilly - A & B-Side Ronnex Records 1131X45 (Belgium) DOT Records 45-15371 (U.S.A) Reo Records 8024X (Canada) 1955.A-Side written by : George Campbell and Marvin J. Moore / B-Side written by : George Campbell and Larry Brinkley ("Move Over Rover", "Jackson Dog", "The Man Of The House" etc...)Jay "J.B." Brinkley was one of the top session guitarists in Texas during the 1950s and '60s, and got to play on recordings by Andy Starr, Jerry Fuller, and the Chuck-A-Lucks, as well as cutting a his own songs. He was one of those journeyman figures whose career in Country helped pave the way for Rock & Roll, even if he never had a hit himself with the newer music. Brinkley was born and raised in Texas, and started singing with The Crystal Springs Ramblers ("Fort Worth Stomp" etc...) in 1937. He got his big break at the end of the '30s when he joined the Light Crust Doughboys as a guitarist and singer. He was the featured vocalist on the group's 1941 recordings sides.Brinkley had made further records after World War II, but he was primarily known as a top session guitarist, based in the Dallas area and playing regularly on numerous sessions for other artists. Along with his fellow guitarists Paul Buskirk and Lefty Perkins, he became a mainstay of Joe Leonard's Linn Records label.Brinkley's bluesy Western Swing licks adapted easily to Rockabilly and mainstream Rock And Roll as it evolved, and he played a big part on such Hot-Rocking sides as the Chuck-A-Lucks "Disc Jockey Fever" and Andy Starr's "Do It Right Now." Brinkley not only played lead guitar but usually led these studio bands as well. The 50s saw Brinkley turned into one of the mainstays of the Linn label and one of the busier guitar players in Dallas-Fort Worth, although he did cut one single from Dot Records in the mid-'50s. In 1958, Brinkley billed as J.B. Brinkley cut a single under his own name for Leonard.More impressive musically was the Brinkley-authored B-side,an instrumental called "Guitar Smoke" that was reminiscent of "Raunchy" with more for the guitar to do and some impressive baritone sax work by Jodie Lyons.This single became the record by which Joe Leonard introduced the Lin subsidiary label Kliff Records.Brinkley kept active on the Texas music scene for many years, playing on innumerable Rock & Roll and Country sessions, and cutting songs for Major Bill Smith (the producer of Bruce Channel's "Hey Baby" and Paul & Paula's "Hey Paula," and J Frank Wilson's "Last Kiss. He passed away at age 68.
LOUlE BASHELL And His Silk Umbrella Orchestra - Oklahoma Boogie (1954) 🪗 BenBop1965 2022-02-28 | 50s Country Hillbilly Boogie - 45 EP-EPA 550 & 7" - 47-5583 RCA Victor (1954)Louis Bashell (July 1, 1914 - December 17, 2008) was an American Polka musician from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, his parents emigrated from Slovenia 🇸🇮 Bashell formed his first trio in the 1930s.He was known for playing the Slovenian-Style Polka, he was nicknamed "Milwaukee's Polka King" 👑 Bashell's band was signed to RCA Victor for eight years.He played accordion 🪗 and he hired a drummer and saxophone player. Bashell formed a five-piece band in the late 1940s, their recording of the Slovenian folk song, "Zidana Marela" ("Silk Umbrella") was successful.Bashell said : It sold out as fast as they could make the records. Then RCA Victor came along and hired us to make records for them, and we were on the RCA label for almost eight years.RCA wanted Bashell to promote the records on a lengthy national tour, but he refused. He wanted to be close to his wife and children.He later did tours through the "polka belt" in northern United States from North and South Dakota through New Jersey.Bashell performed at his family's bar for 50 years, as well as house parties, weddings, anniversaries, ballrooms, halls, clubs, bars, and other community-based events in Milwaukee.His albums sold around the United States and worldwide.Louis Bashell was a trustee in the Wisconsin Polka Hall of Fame in the 2000s.Louis Bashell stopped performing in the 2000s after his health began declining.He died on December 17, 2008 from complications of pneumonia. He had been fighting Alzheimer's disease for two years at his death.Louis Bashell was inducted in the Wisconsin Polka Hall of Fame and received a lifetime achievement award from the National Cleveland Style Polka Hall of Fame.He was nominated for six Wisconsin Area Music Industry's (WAMI) polka awards between 1996 and 2001, he won the award in 1999.Louis Bashell was a recipient of a 1987 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. __________________________________________________________________________Country Hillbilly Boogie z 50. rokov - 45 EP-EPA 550 a 7" - 47-5583 RCA Victor (1954)Louis Bashell (1. júla 1914 – 17. decembra 2008) bol americký hudobník Polka z Milwaukee, Wisconsin, jeho rodičia emigrovali zo Slovinska 🇸🇮 Bashell založil svoje prvé trio v 30. rokoch 20. storočia.Bol známy hraním Polky v slovinskom štýle, prezývali ho „Kráľ polky Milwaukee“ 👑 Bashellova kapela podpísala zmluvu s RCA Victor na osem rokov.Hral na akordeón 🪗 a zamestnal bubeníka a saxofónistu.Bashell vytvoril päťčlennú skupinu koncom 40-tych rokov, ich nahrávka slovinskej ľudovej piesne „Zidana Marela“ („Hodvábny dáždnik“) bola úspešná.Bashell povedal: Vypredalo sa to tak rýchlo, ako dokázali vyrobiť nahrávky.Potom prišiel RCA Victor a najal nás, aby sme pre nich robili nahrávky a na labeli RCA sme boli takmer osem rokov.RCA chcela, aby Bashell propagoval nahrávky na dlhom národnom turné, ale on odmietol.Chcel byť nablízku svojej žene a deťom.Neskôr absolvoval turné cez "polka belt" na severe Spojených štátov od Severnej a Južnej Dakoty cez New Jersey.Bashell vystupoval vo svojom rodinnom bare 50 rokov, ako aj na domácich večierkoch, svadbách, výročiach, tanečných sálach, sálach, kluboch, baroch a iných komunitných podujatiach v Milwaukee.Jeho albumy sa predávali po celých Spojených štátoch a po celom svete.Louis Bashell bol v roku 2000 členom Siene slávy Wisconsin Polka.Louis Bashell prestal vystupovať v roku 2000 po tom, čo sa jeho zdravie začalo zhoršovať.Zomrel 17. decembra 2008 na komplikácie zápalu pľúc.Po jeho smrti dva roky bojoval s Alzheimerovou chorobou.Louis Bashell bol uvedený do Wisconsinskej Polka Hall of Fame a získal cenu za celoživotné dielo od National Cleveland Style Polka Hall of Fame.V rokoch 1996 až 2001 bol nominovaný na šesť polka cien Wisconsin Area Music Industry (WAMI), cenu získal v roku 1999.Louis Bashell bol v roku 1987 držiteľom štipendia National Heritage Fellowship, ktoré mu udelila National Endowment for the Arts, čo je najvyššie ocenenie vlády Spojených štátov v ľudovom a tradičnom umení.#Country #Boogie #Accordion
BOBBY POE And The POEKATS - Rebel Without A Cause (1958) Unreleased Recording (vidéo clip tribute) BenBop1965 2022-02-18 | 50s Haunted Rock And Roll Novelty - James Dean tribute song (February 8, 1931 - September 30, 1955) Group formed by Bobby Poe (April 13, 1933 - January 22, 2011) who has also recorded as Bobby Brant in Coffeyville, Kansas in the 1950's. The Poe-Kats were one of the first interracial Rock And Roll groups, featuring Bobby Poe performing covers of Elvis Presley & Jerry Lee Lewis numbers and pianist "Big" Al Downing (January 9, 1940 - July 4, 2005) doing the lead vocals on their Fats Domino and Little Richard songs. Lead guitarist Vernon Sandusky and drummer Joe Brawley rounded out the quartet. They toured with Wanda Jackson and also can be found on her early Capitol Records recordings, including the Rockabilly classic "Let's Have A Party" "Money, Honey" "Long Tall Sally" "Mean Mean Man" "Rock Your Baby" .Bobby Poe and The Poe Kats got the attention of Sam Phillips of Sun Records with their first recorded track, "Rock and Roll Record Girl" based on the music of the old standard "Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy", "Rock and Roll Record Girl" was at first blocked from release by Wesley Rose of Acuff-Rose because of that fact. By the time all of the legal hurdles were cleared, Sam Phillips was no longer interested in releasing the track. Instead, Dallas, Texas radio personality Jim Lowe stepped in and released the single on his White Rock Records label "Rock and Roll Record Girl" backed with "Rock and Roll Boogie" became a #1 single in the state of Texas. After one more single for Jim Lowe's White Rock Records entitled "Piano Nellie", under the name of Bobby Brant and The Rhythm Rockers, Bobby Poe gave up his career as an artist to become an artist manager. His first client was "Big" Al Downing.Bobby, Wanda, Big Al and Vernon are all members of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.FULL BIO : poekat.blogspot.comCD Various: James Dean Tribute "Rebel With A Cause" available here: https://www.bear-family.fr/various-james-dean-rebel-with-a-cause-cd.htmlVidéo : Car racing ("Chickie Run") trailer scene from the movie "Rebel Without A Cause" Directed by Nicholas Ray (1955)#James #Dean #Tribute
DON SARGENT Sings! with Walt Nobriga and His Orchestra - The Rockin Chair Roll (1956) BenBop1965 2022-02-10 | 50s Jiver Rock And Roll - Mecca Records MEC 101 - 78 & 45 RPM (1956) Also sung by Del Lavon with Jimmy Rivers And The Cherokees (Hillbilly Boogie - Rockabilly version) Cavalier Records 870 (1956) Johnny Cavalier And The Keynotes (Rocker Version) Hi-Class Records 105 as " Rock'n Chair Roll" (1959) Written by : Sid Mobell & Tom Spinosa (Flip Side of Don Sargent 7" is "His Name Was Dean") A James Dean tribute.Sorry for the poor sound quality, but it is very difficult to find this single in mint condition.Other titles of DON SARGENT on my channel: youtube.com/watch?v=y8GvHggpchk&ab_channel=BenBop1965youtube.com/watch?v=wl7FA4fSTBs&ab_channel=BenBop1965#Jiver #RockAndRoll #50s
MILLS BROTHERS - Ninety Eight Cents / King Porters Stomp (1956) BenBop1965 2022-02-07 | 50s Jiver Vocal Groups - A & B-Side Brunswick Records U.K 05600 (1956)(A-Side) released in the USA on Decca Records 9-29977 (B-Side) released in the USA on Decca Records9-29897 also in 1956.(1) Orchestra directed by Sy Oliver (2) Accompanied by : Sonny Burke And His Orchestra.The Mills Brothers, a musical quartet, originally featured John Jr. (b. 1910), Herbert (b. 1912), Harry (b. 1913), and Donald Mills (b. 1915). Born in Piqua, Ohio, the Mills Brothers lived with their father John Hutchinson Mills, a barber, and their mother, Eathel Harrington. As children, the Mills Brothers sang at local churches. For extra money, they also sang on street corners and at May’s Opera House, a local movie theater, between films. During these performances, the Mills Brothers began to develop their distinctive sound, which would later influence other doo-wop and rhythm and blues performers. While singing four-part harmonies, John Jr. played guitar and the brothers imitated the instruments of an orchestra, such as the saxophone, trumpet, and tuba.In 1925, WLW radio hired the brothers and the family moved to Cincinnati. The quartet performed under different names including the Steamboat Four, the Tasty Yeast Jesters, Four Boys and a Guitar, and the Mills Brothers. In 1929, the Mills Brothers auditioned for CBS radio in New York City. CBS signed them to a three-year contract and gave them their own network show, a first for African Americans on the radio.In 1931, the Mills Brothers recorded their first album and their song “Tiger Rag” became a national hit. One of the first African American musical groups to receive mainstream popularity, the group’s success continued with “Goodbye Blues,” “Paradise,” and “Sweet Lucy Brown” among others. In Hollywood, the Mills Brothers made several films, including The Big Broadcast (1932) starring Bing Crosby, Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934), Broadway Gondolier (1935), Reveille with Beverly (1939), and Chatterbox (1943).In 1936, John Jr. died of pneumonia and their father John Sr. replaced him in the quartet. In 1943, “Paper Doll” sold six million copies and spent twelve weeks at number one on the pop charts. The Mills Brothers recorded hits for Decca into the 1950s.In 1954, John Sr. left the group. As a trio, the Mills Brothers recorded for Dot Records and toured around the country. They appeared as musical guests on The Jack Benny Show, the Perry Como Show, The Tonight Show, and Hollywood Palace. The Mills Brothers had their last hit with “Cab Driver” in 1968.At the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, Bing Crosby hosted a celebration of the Mills Brothers’ 50-year career in 1975. The trio stopped performing together when Harry died in 1982. Herbert died in 1989. Piqua, Ohio dedicated a monument to the Mills Brothers on the town’s public square in 1990 and the group received a Grammy for Lifetime Achievement in 1998. Until Donald’s death in 1999, Donald and his son John continued to perform under the Mills Brothers name.#Vocal #Groups #Harmony
BILLY WALKER - I Can’t Keep the Girls Away (1957) TV vidéo clip (Remastered Sound) BenBop1965 2022-01-21 | 50s Country - Hillbilly Bopper from Ozark Jubilee TV ShowAugust 31, 1957.Studio version release on Columbia Records 21191 (1953)William Marvin "Billy" Walker (January 14, 1929 - May 21, 2006) was an American country music singer and guitarist best known for his 1962 hit, "Charlie's Shoes". Nicknamed "The Tall Texan", Walker had more than 30 charting records during a nearly 60-year career, and was a longtime member of the Grand Ole Opry. On May 21, 2006, Walker died in a road accident when the van he was driving back to Nashville after a performance in Foley, Alabama, veered off Interstate 65 in Fort Deposit and overturned.His wife Bettie; bassist Charles Lilly Jr., son of Everett Lilly of The Lilly Brothers; and guitarist Daniel Patton were also killed.The Walkers, Lilly, and Patton died instantly.Walker's grandson, Joshua Brooks, survived with serious injuries.__________________________________________________________________________Ozark Jubilee is a 1950s United States network television program that featured country music's top stars of the day. It was produced in Springfield, Missouri.The weekly live stage show premiered on ABC-TV on January 22, 1955, was renamed Country Music Jubilee on July 6, 1957, and was finally named Jubilee USA on August 2, 1958.Originating "from the heart of the Ozarks", the Saturday night variety series helped popularize country music in America's cities and suburbs, drawing more than nine million viewers. The ABC Radio version was heard by millions more starting in August 1954.#Country #Hillbilly #Singer
RUNNIN WILD - Killer Taco Stomp - Live at Screamin Festival (2005) Calella, Barcelona, Spain. BenBop1965 2022-01-15 | 90s Belgium Rockabilly Band Live at "Screamin' Festival" 2005 Calella, Barcelona, Spain.Runnin' Wild "Killer Taco Stomp" 🌮 Written by : Koen Verbeek & Patrick Ouchene.LYRICS :I'm gonna tell you 'bout my favorite foodIt's the best in the west and the neighbourhoodIt's gonna make you jump to the Killer Taco StompJust heat up some oil in yer frying panAdd some onions, garlic, spicy jalopeñas and thenYou're on your way to jump to the Killer Taco StompCorn and tomatoes are the last things to addTo yer hot taco sauce, that's gonna make you sweatSweat and jump to The Killer Taco StompNow it's time for the meat to take all the heatDontcha be too cheap on the meatBetter take a big chunk for the Killer Taco StompNow it's time for the meat to take all the heatDontcha be too cheap on the meatBetter take a big chunk for the Killer Taco StompThe next thing you know you'll be fillin' taco shellsWith the meat and the taco sauce from HellGettin' ready to jump to the Killer Taco StompAdd lettuce and tomatoes and last but not leastCheese and sour cream now you're ready to feastFeast and jump to the Killer Taco StompFeast and jump to the Killer Taco StompFeast and jump to the Killer Taco StompStudio Version : youtube.com/watch?v=hjohphOxHfY&ab_channel=ElToroRecordsFind them on Itunes, Spotify, etc, and check http://www.screaminfestival.comopen.spotify.com/artist/4Qvv0xApnubSNhWSIJKPYt/discography/albumdiscogs.com/fr/artist/2043426-Runnin-Wild#Rockabilly #Live #ScreaminFestival2005
MARGIE SINGLETON - If You Want Some Lovin Just Let Me Know (1960) TV vidéo clip (Remastered Sound) BenBop1965 2022-01-14 | 50s Uptempo Country Pop - Hillbilly Bopper from Ozark Jubilee TV Show May 27, 1960 Margaret Louise Ebey (born October 12, 1935), known professionally as Margie Singleton, is an American country music singer and songwriter. In the 1960s, she was a popular duet and solo recording artist, working with country stars George Jones and Faron Young. Margie Singleton had her biggest hit with Faron Young called "Keeping Up with the Joneses" in 1964. She managed a successful solo career in the 1960s. She was born in Coushatta, Louisiana, United States. As a young child, she was influenced by blues and gospel music. In 1949, at the age of 13, she married Shelby Singleton. They worked at a munitions plant near Shreveport, Louisiana during the Korean War. She began to play guitar and write songs as a teenager after the birth of her first child, Stephen Singleton, in 1950. She had her second son, Sidney Singleton, in 1955.In 1957, she signed with Starday Records, and released her first single that same year called "One Step (Nearer To You)". The flip side of the single was called "Not What He's Got". Both of these songs were self-penned. In 1958, she made her radio and professional debut on Louisiana Hayride. That same year, she released other 2 singles "Nothing But True Love" and "Teddy" with a great b-side, the outstanding Rockabilly "Oo-Wee (You're The One For Me) all penned by Her and Shelby Singleton. "Nothing But True Love" was more successful, becoming a minor hit on the country music chart, reaching the top 25. She regularly appeared on Louisiana Hayride before moving to Jubilee USA in 1960. __________________________________________________________________________Ozark Jubilee is a 1950s United States network television program that featured country music's top stars of the day. It was produced in Springfield, Missouri.The weekly live stage show premiered on ABC-TV on January 22, 1955, was renamed Country Music Jubilee on July 6, 1957, and was finally named Jubilee USA on August 2, 1958.Originating "from the heart of the Ozarks", the Saturday night variety series helped popularize country music in America's cities and suburbs, drawing more than nine million viewers. The ABC Radio version was heard by millions more starting in August 1954.#Hillbilly #Music #CountryMusic
LEROY VAN DYKE - You Don’t Have To Be a Baby To Cry (1960) TV vidéo clip (Remastered Sound) BenBop1965 2022-01-14 | 50s Country Hillbilly Bopper from Ozark Jubilee TV Show May 27, 1960. Written By : Bob Merrill &Terry Shand.Leroy Frank Van Dyke (born October 4, 1929) Mora, Missouri, U.S.A is an American country music singer and guitarist, best known for his hits "The Auctioneer" (1956) and "Walk on By" (1961) ________________________________________________________________________________________________Ozark Jubilee is a 1950s United States network television program that featured country music's top stars of the day. It was produced in Springfield, Missouri.The weekly live stage show premiered on ABC-TV on January 22, 1955, was renamed Country Music Jubilee on July 6, 1957, and was finally named Jubilee USA on August 2, 1958.Originating "from the heart of the Ozarks", the Saturday night variety series helped popularize country music in America's cities and suburbs, drawing more than nine million viewers. The ABC Radio version was heard by millions more starting in August 1954.#Auctioneer #Country #Hillbilly
THE RONETTES - Be My Baby (at the The Big TNT Show, August 1966) TV vidéo clip HD - R.I.P 💔 BenBop1965 2022-01-13 | 60s Girls Groups - The Ronettes (featuring Veronica Greenfield (born Veronica Yvette Bennett, August 10, 1943 - January 12, 2022, known as Ronnie Spector) at the The Big TNT Show, August 1966. Live documentary performances by some of the top acts of the mid 60s. Includes : The Ronettes, Ray Charles, Bo Diddley, Ike and Tina Turner, The Byrds, The Lovin' Spoonful, Roger Miller, Joan Baez, The Modern Folk Quartet, Donovan, The Byrds, Petula Clark...Director : Larry Peerce (1966)Studio version release on Philles Records 116 (1963) Producer : Phil Spector / Arranger : Jack Nitzsche.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Spector#TheRonettes #Ronnie #Spector
RED FOLEY - Peter Cottontail (1955) TV vidéo clip (Remastered Sound) BenBop1965 2022-01-07 | 50s Country Hillbilly Bopper with a full solo of Grady Martin on lead guitar at 00:59From Ozark Jubilee TV Show April 9, 1955 segment 1.Ozark Jubilee is a 1950s United States network television program that featured country music's top stars of the day. It was produced in Springfield, Missouri.The weekly live stage show premiered on ABC-TV on January 22, 1955, was renamed Country Music Jubilee on July 6, 1957, and was finally named Jubilee USA on August 2, 1958.Originating "from the heart of the Ozarks", the Saturday night variety series helped popularize country music in America's cities and suburbs, drawing more than nine million viewers. The ABC Radio version was heard by millions more starting in August 1954.#Grady #Martin #Guitar #PeterCottontail
CHARLINE ARTHUR - Burn That Candle (1955) TV vidéo clip (Remastered Sound) BenBop1965 2022-01-02 | 50s Country Hillbilly Bopper from Ozark Jubilee TV Show December 3,1955.Also release on studio version by : The Cues (Capitol Records F3245) Oct.1955 / Charline Arthur (RCA Victor 47-6297) Nov.1955 / Bill Haley And His Comets (Decca Records 9-29713) Nov.1955 , among others...Written by : Richard Kirk aka Winfield Scott, Born in 1920 - Died on October 26, 2015.Charline Arthur (also Charlene Arthur, born Charline Highsmith, September 2, 1929 - November 27, 1987) was an American singer of Boogie-Woogie, Blues, and Early Rockabilly.In 1950, Arthur began work as a singer and a disc jockey at the Texas radio station KERB. She left three years later after the impresario Colonel Tom Parker discovered her, signing her with RCA Records. She was a regular performer on the Big D Jamboree radio program throughout the 1950s and 1960s. She also performed and toured with Elvis Presley and others, but in 1956 RCA dropped her from the label and her career declined.Described as a "flash in the pan" and a "woman before her time", Arthur was inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame and has, since the 1980s, found favor with critics who praise her vocal style, her stage presence, and her influence on artists such as Elvis Presley and Patsy Cline.Charline Arthur didn't play by the rules. During the '50s, country music wasn't particularly receptive to rowdy, racy material sung by females, much less one who refused to submit to the orders of her record company or promoters. No matter how much pressure Arthur received, she didn't change her ways. With a raging temper, she was difficult to work with, particularly angering her producer, Chet Atkins. Nevertheless, her music was frequently impressive. In some ways, Arthur was a forerunner of rockabilly, with her bluesy, raw hillbilly music and her wild stage shows. She was the first female singer in country music to perform in pants and she used the extra freedom to prowl the stage. While her career was extremely brief -- she recorded for RCA for three years -- her music gained a cult following over the years, as proved by the appearance of Bear Family's "Welcome to the Club" compilation in 1986. Suffering from debilitating arthritis, she went back to Idaho in 1979, and stayed there until her death in 1987. ___________________________________________________________________________________________Ozark Jubilee is a 1950s United States network television program that featured country music's top stars of the day. It was produced in Springfield, Missouri.The weekly live stage show premiered on ABC-TV on January 22, 1955, was renamed Country Music Jubilee on July 6, 1957, and was finally named Jubilee USA on August 2, 1958.Originating "from the heart of the Ozarks", the Saturday night variety series helped popularize country music in America's cities and suburbs, drawing more than nine million viewers. The ABC Radio version was heard by millions more starting in August 1954.#Country #Hillbilly #Bopper
HAWKSHAW HAWKINS & SAMMY BARNHART - Sensation (1957) TV vidéo clip (Remastered Sound) BenBop1965 2021-12-30 | 50s Country Hillbilly Bopper from "COUNTRY STYLE U.S.A" Season 2 - Show #20 (1957) Harold Franklin Hawkins (December 22, 1921 – March 5, 1963) Hawkins died in the 1963 plane crash that also killed country stars Patsy Cline and Cowboy Copas. He was a member of the Grand Ole Opry and was married to country star Jean Shepard.#Country #Hillbilly #Bopper
RITA ROBBINS - Teen-age Crush (1957) Remastered Sound (TV vidéo clip) 1080p BenBop1965 2021-12-26 | 50s Country Pop / Rock And Roll Teener best known by Tommy Sands - from "COUNTRY STYLE U.S.A" Season 2 - Show #21 (1957) Country singer, born: 15 August 1932. In 1955, Country & Western Jamboree's Disc Jockey poll ranked her Number 4 among "Top New Female Singers" behind Myrna Lorrie, Ginny Wright and Betty Amos. The next year, she was named one of the "Top Female Singers". Rita was one of the trio "Nita, Rita & Ruby" (Anita Carter, Rita Robbins, Ruby Wright) Shes was the sister of country yodelle Don Winters, who served as Marty Robbins' harmony vocalist and guitarist for 23 years.Studio version : Rita Robbins - RCA Victor 47-6612 (1956) / Tommy Sands - Capitol Records F3639 (1957) written by : Audrey Allison and Joe Allison #Teenage #Crush #CountryPop
CARL PERKINS - Honey Dont (1956) Remastered & Powerful Sound (TV vidéo clip) 1080p HD BenBop1965 2021-12-13 | 50s Rockabilly Bopper Live from Ozark Jubilee March 17, Springfield, Missouri, 1956.While some ill-informed revisionist writers of rock history would like to dismiss Carl Perkins as a Rockabilly artist who became a one-hit wonder at the dawn of Rock And Roll's early years, a deeper look at his music and career reveals much more. A quick look at his songwriting portfolio shows that he composed "Daddy Sang Bass" for Johnny Cash, "I Was So Wrong" for Patsy Cline, and "Let Me Tell You About Love" for The Judds, big hits and classics all. His influence as the quintessential Rockabilly artist has played a big part in the development of every generation of rockers to come down the pike since, from the Beatles' George Harrison to the Stray Cats' Brian Setzer to a myriad of others in the country field as well. His guitar style is the other twin peak -- along with that of Elvis' lead man Scotty Moore -- of Rockabilly's instrumental center, so pervasive that modern-day players automatically gravitate toward it when called upon to deliver the style, not even realizing that they're playing Perkins licks, sometimes note for note. As a singer, his interpretation of Country ballads is every bit as fine as his better-known Rockers. And within the framework of the best of his music is a strong sense of family and roots, all of which trace straight back to his humble beginnings.Working alongside Blacks in the field every day, it's not at all surprising that when Carl was gifted with a secondhand guitar, he went to a local sharecropper for lessons, learning firsthand the Boogie rhythm that he would later build a career on. By his teens, Carl was playing electric guitar and had recruited his brothers Jay on rhythm guitar and Clayton on string bass to become his first band. The Perkins Brothers Band, featuring both Carl and Jay on lead vocals, quickly established itself as the hottest band in the get-hot-or-go-home cutthroat Jackson, Tennessee.It was here that Carl started composing his first songs with an eye toward the future. Watching the dancefloor at all times for a reaction, Perkins kept reshaping these loosely structured songs until he had a completed composition, which would then be finally put to paper. Perkins was already sending demos to New York record companies, who kept rejecting him, sometimes explaining that this strange new hybrid of country with a Black rhythm fit no current commercial trend. But once Perkins heard Elvis on the radio, he not only knew what to call it, but knew that there was a record company person who finally understood it and was also willing to gamble in promoting it. That man was Sam Phillips and the record company was Sun Records, and that's exactly where Perkins headed in 1954 to get an audition.It was here at his first Sun audition that the structure of the Perkins Brothers Band changed forever. But after selling Elvis' contract to RCA in December, Perkins was encouraged to finally let his rocking soul come up for air at his next Sun session. And rock he did with a double whammy blast that proved to be his ticket to the bigs. The chance overhearing of a conversation at a dance one night between two teenagers coupled with a song idea suggestion from labelmate Johnny Cash inspired Perkins to approach Phillips with a new song he had written called "Blue Suede Shoes." After cutting two sides that Phillips planned on releasing as a single by the Perkins Brothers Band, Perkins laid down three takes each of "Blue Suede Shoes" and another rocker, "Honey Don't." A month later, Phillips decides to shelve the two country sides and go with the rockers as Perkins' next single. Three months later, "Blue Suede Shoes," a tune that borrowed stylistically from Pop, Country, and R&B music, sat at the top of all charts, the first record to accomplish such a feat while becoming Sun's first million-seller in the bargain.The follow-ups to "Shoes" were, in many ways, superior to his initial hit, but each succeeding Sun single held diminishing sales, and it wasn't until the British Invasion and the subsequent Rockabilly revival of the early '70s that the general public got to truly savor classics like "Boppin' the Blues," "Matchbox," "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby," "Your True Love," "Dixie Fried," "Put Your Cat Clothes On," and "All Mama's Children." While labelmates Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis (who played piano on "Matchbox") were scoring hit after hit, Perkins was becoming disillusioned with his fate, fueled by his increasing dependence on alcohol and the death of his brother Jay to cancer. He kept plugging along, and when Cash left Sun to go to Columbia in 1958, Perkins followed him over. The royalty rate was better, and Perkins had no shortage of great songs to record, but Columbia's Nashville watch-the-clock production methods killed any of the spontaneity that was the charm of the Sun records. Carl Lee Perkins (April 9, 1932 - January 19, 1998) R.I.P#Carl #Perkins #Live
SHIRLEY CADDELL - I Dont Care If The Sun Dont Shine (1956) TV vidéo clip (Remastered Sound) BenBop1965 2021-12-12 | 50s Hillbilly Bopper - Country Swing Pop from Ozark Jubilee March 3, 1956.Also recorded by: Patti Page (Mercury Records) 1950 / Dean Martin (Capitol Records) 1950 / Tony Martin (RCA Victor) 1950 / Elvis Presley (Sun Records) 1954 / Mel Williams (DIG Records) 1957 / Roger La Rue And His Pals (Holland Records - NYC) 1958 / Little Tony And His Brothers (Durium Records) 1959 / John Leyton (His Master's Voice) 1962 and many more ...Angelina Simpson also known as Shirley Caddell (1955-58) Shirley Collie (1959-63) as Shirley Caddell And The Aristocrats she recorded the great rockin' song "The Big Bounce" for Lesley Records AL-1927 (1962) youtube.com/watch?v=ZokwsKMNRZ4&ab_channel=ShirleyCaddell-TopicShe was married with Willie Nelson from 1962 to 1971.Born : March 16, 1931 Chillicothe, Missouri, U.S. / Died : January 27, 2010 (aged 78) Springfield, Missouri, U.S.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Collie_Nelson_____________________________________________________________________________________________Ozark Jubilee is a 1950s United States network television program that featured country music's top stars of the day. It was produced in Springfield, Missouri.The weekly live stage show premiered on ABC-TV on January 22, 1955, was renamed Country Music Jubilee on July 6, 1957, and was finally named Jubilee USA on August 2, 1958.Originating "from the heart of the Ozarks", the Saturday night variety series helped popularize country music in America's cities and suburbs, drawing more than nine million viewers. The ABC Radio version was heard by millions more starting in August 1954.#Country #Hillbilly #Bopper
THE PHILHARMONICS - Swing Low Sweet Chariot (1956) TV vidéo clip (remastered sound) BenBop1965 2021-12-12 | 50s Vocal Group - Gospel Music - Doo Wop - Rhythm And Blues from Ozark Jubilee March 3, 1956.In 2002, the US Library of Congress honored the song as one of 50 recordings chosen that year to be added to the National Recording Registry. It was also included in the list of Songs of the Century, by the Recording Industry Association of America and the National Endowment for the Arts. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Ozark Jubilee is a 1950s United States network television program that featured country music's top stars of the day. It was produced in Springfield, Missouri.The weekly live stage show premiered on ABC-TV on January 22, 1955, was renamed Country Music Jubilee on July 6, 1957, and was finally named Jubilee USA on August 2, 1958.Originating "from the heart of the Ozarks", the Saturday night variety series helped popularize country music in America's cities and suburbs, drawing more than nine million viewers. The ABC Radio version was heard by millions more starting in August 1954.#Gospel #VocalGroups #RhythmAndBlues
ROY HALL - See You Later Alligator (1956) TV vidéo clip (Remastered Sound) BenBop1965 2021-12-10 | 50s Country - Hillbilly Boogie from Ozark Jubilee March 3, 1956. "See You Later, Alligator" is 50s a Rock And Roll song written & first recorded by American singer - songwriter Bobby Charles, the song was a Top Ten hit for Bill Haley & His Comets in 1956 in U.S.A _____________________________________________________________________________________________Ozark Jubilee is a 1950s United States network television program that featured country music's top stars of the day. It was produced in Springfield, Missouri.The weekly live stage show premiered on ABC-TV on January 22, 1955, was renamed Country Music Jubilee on July 6, 1957, and was finally named Jubilee USA on August 2, 1958.Originating "from the heart of the Ozarks", the Saturday night variety series helped popularize country music in America's cities and suburbs, drawing more than nine million viewers. The ABC Radio version was heard by millions more starting in August 1954.#Country #Hillbilly #Boogie
BOBBY LORD - I Ain’t A Gonna Let It Happen No More (1955) TV vidéo clip (Remastered Sound) BenBop1965 2021-12-09 | 50s Country Bopper - Hillbilly from Ozark Jubilee TV Show December 17, 1955 by Robert "Bobby" L. Lord (January 6, 1934 - February 16, 2008) Written & also sung by Tennessee Ernie Ford (Capitol Records) on B-side of "The Shot Gun Boogie" (1950) _________________________________________________________________________________Ozark Jubilee is a 1950s United States network television program that featured country music's top stars of the day. It was produced in Springfield, Missouri.The weekly live stage show premiered on ABC-TV on January 22, 1955, was renamed Country Music Jubilee on July 6, 1957, and was finally named Jubilee USA on August 2, 1958.Originating "from the heart of the Ozarks", the Saturday night variety series helped popularize country music in America's cities and suburbs, drawing more than nine million viewers. The ABC Radio version was heard by millions more starting in August 1954.#BobbyLord #Rockabilly #CountryMusic
SONNY JAMES - Christmas In My Home Town 🎅🏻🎄(1955) TV vidéo clip (remastered sound) BenBop1965 2021-12-08 | 50s Country Christmas Song - Hillbilly Ballad from Ozark Jubilee TV Show December 17, 1955.Jimmie Hugh Loden (May 1, 1928 - February 22, 2016) Known professionally as Sonny James, was an American country music singer and songwriter best known for his 1957 hit, "Young Love". Dubbed the "Southern Gentleman" for his congenial manner, his greatest success came from ballads about the trials of love.Sonny James had 72 country and pop charted releases from 1953 to 1983, including an unprecedented five-year streak of 16 straight Billboard No. 1 singles among his 26 No. 1 hits. Twenty-one of his albums reached the country top ten from 1964 to 1976. James was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1961 and co-hosted the first Country Music Association Awards Show in 1967.He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2007. ____________________________________________________________________Ozark Jubilee is a 1950s United States network television program that featured country music's top stars of the day. It was produced in Springfield, Missouri.The weekly live stage show premiered on ABC-TV on January 22, 1955, was renamed Country Music Jubilee on July 6, 1957, and was finally named Jubilee USA on August 2, 1958.Originating "from the heart of the Ozarks", the Saturday night variety series helped popularize country music in America's cities and suburbs, drawing more than nine million viewers. The ABC Radio version was heard by millions more starting in August 1954.#Christmas #Songs #50s
THE DOVELLS - Bristol Stomp (1962) Movie Clip Video (Remastered Sound) HD BenBop1965 2021-11-23 | 60s Rock And Roll Vocal Group - Doo Wop - Song from the movie : "Don't Knock the Twist" is a 1962 comedy musical film starring Lang Jeffries, directed by Oscar Rudolph and produced by Sam Katzman for release by Columbia Pictures. It is a sequel to the 1961 film Twist Around the Clock, featuring musical artists including Chubby Checker. Studio version was release on Parkway Records - P 827 (1961)The Dovells were an American doo-wop group, formed at Overbrook High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1957, under the name "The Brooktones".The original members were Arnie Silver, Len Borisoff (alias Len Barry) , Jerry Gross (alias Summers), Mike Freda and Jim Mealey (alias Danny Brooks). Gross left the Brooktones in 1959 to form the group The Gems with Jerry Gross, Mark Stevens, Mike Freda, Warren Purdy, and Roland Scarinci. The remaining Brooktones signed to Parkway Records in 1960 and added Jerry Sirlen and William Shunkwiler to the group, while changing the band's name to The Dovells. While rehearsing "Out in the Cold Again", which turned out to be the B-side of "Bristol Stomp", Len called Jerry and asked for help with the harmonies. After two days of trying, Len asked Jerry to be part of the group and replace two of the other members. Sirlen and Shunkwiler were replaced by Gross and Freda. Mark went on to start his own group Tony & the Raindrops ("Our Love is Over", a local hit), and later joined The Dovells in the 1960s. The Dovells at that point (1961) were Len Borisoff (aka Len Barry), Gross, Silver, Mealey, and Freda, which went on to record eight hit records, starting with the "Bristol Stomp". Mealey left the group in 1962 for personal reasons, but still did some recordings with them.The Dovells first national hit was "Bristol Stomp", a dance song.This was followed by the similar hit "Do the New Continental" (featured in the John Waters movie Hairspray for a minute). "Bristol Stomp" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.They appeared performing both songs in the Chubby Checker movie Don't Knock The Twist in 1961. They released a series of singles over the next few years. These included "You Can't Sit Down", a top hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963. Len left at the end of 1963 for a solo career under the name Len Barry. The high point of his solo career was the Top 5 smash "1-2-3" in 1965, and the follow up hit "Like a Baby".The Dovells released "If You Wanna Be Happy" on the album You Can't Sit Down in 1963. The song was previously released by Jimmy Soul earlier that year and based on the song "Ugly Woman" by Roaring Lion.In 1963, American Bandstand signed the band to Dick Clark's Caravan of Stars national U.S. tour which was scheduled to perform its 15th show on the night of November 22, 1963 at the Memorial Auditorium in Dallas, Texas until suddenly the Friday evening event had to be cancelled moments after U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated that afternoon while touring Dallas in an open car caravan.The Dovells performed at both of President Bill Clinton's inaugural balls, with Clinton guest appearing on saxophone. In 1991, Len Barry reunited with The Dovells twice.He died in a Philadelphia hospital of myelodysplasia, a bone marrow disease, on November 20, 2020. He was 78 years old.#Bristol #Stomp #TheDovells
JOHN LEYTON - Lonely City (1962) Movie Clip Video HD BenBop1965 2021-11-09 | 60s Lugubrious Teener Ballad - Featured in the movie director by Richard Lester "It's Trad, Dad! (1962), known in the U.S. as Ring-A-Ding - including songs by artists such as:Helen Shapiro, Craig Douglas, John Leyton, The Brook Brothers, Chubby Checker, Del Shannon, Gary U.S. Bonds, Gene Vincent, Gene McDaniels, The Paris Sisters, Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen among others ...John Dudley Leyton (born 17 February 1936 is an English actor and singer.As a singer he is best known for his hit song "Johnny Remember Me" (written by Geoff Goddard and produced by Joe Meek) , which reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in August 1961 despite being banned by the BBC for its death references.His follow-up single, "Wild Wind", reached number two in the charts.Like the better-remembered Adam Faith, John Leyton had a lot of success in Britain in the early '60s with lugubrious teen idol pop that was only tenuously related to Rock And Roll.Not much of a singer, his hits are most notable for Joe Meek's inventive production, which utilized ghostly female backup vocals, variable-speed pianos, and swirling wind effects.Most of Leyton's earliest (and most successful) material was written by Geoff Goddard, a songwriter who often penned compositions for Meek's acts; heavy on loner melodrama, it often used pseudo-wild west galloping rhythms and lyrical themes. "Johnny Remember Me" and "Wild Wind" were huge hits for John Leyton in 1961, and "Son This Is She" and "Lonely City" also made the Top 20 soon afterward.But in 1963, Meek and Goddard's association with Leyton ended; that circumstance, combined with the British beat boom, cast Leyton adrift immediately,Alongside singing, Leyton's acting career saw him appearing in television and films throughout the 1960s.His films included "The Great Escape", "Guns at Batasi", "Von Ryan's Express" and "Krakatoa, East of Java".In 2009 he also had a small role in the film "Telstar", a biopic based on Joe Meek's life in which Leyton himself was portrayed by Callum Dixon.
