“Bad Girl” is a 1959 doo-wop single by The Miracles. Issued locally on the Motown Records label, it was licensed to and issued nationally by Chess Records because the fledgling Motown Record Corporation did not, at that time, have national distribution. It was the first single released (and the only one released by this group) […]
Read More “SMOKEY ROBINSON – BAD GIRL”A Philly vocal group who were originally known as the Cavaliers in 1954, the Sensations initially featured dual lead vocalists Yvonne Mills Baker and Tommy Wicks. They enjoyed two Top 40 R&B hits in that vein, the biggest being “Please Mr. Disc Jockey” for Atco in 1956. They changed their style and lineup in 1961, […]
Read More Let Me In | The SensationsAntoine “Fats” Domino, Jr. (born February 26, 1928) is an American pianist and singer-songwriter. Domino released five gold (million-copy-selling) records before 1955. He also had 35 Top 40 American hits and has a music style based on traditional rhythm and blues ensembles of bass, piano, electric guitar, drums, and saxophone. Source
Read More Fats Domino “Blueberry Hill”In 1953, Ballard joined doo-wop group the Royals, which had previously been discovered by Johnny Otis and signed to Federal Records(a division of King Records), in Cincinnati. Ballard joined Henry Booth, Charles Sutton, Sonny Woods and Alonzo Tucker in the group, replacing previous singer Lawson Smith. The Royals released “Get It” (1953), an R&B song […]
Read More Hank Ballard, Let’s Go Let’s Go Let’s GoDo You Want to Dance” is a song written by American singer Bobby Freeman and recorded by him in 1958. It reached number No. 5 on the United States Billboard Top 100 Sides pop chart and No. 2 on the Billboard R&B chart. Cliff Richard and the Shadows‘ version of the song reached No. 2 […]
Read More Bobby Freeman | Do You Want To DanceIn May 1957, songwriter Bob Crewe saw a couple embracing through a windowshade as he passed on a train. He quickly set about turning the image into a song. Frank Slay, who owned the small Philadelphia record label XYZ with Crewe, added lyrics, and they soon had a complete song ready to record. The story […]
Read More SILHOUETTES BY THE RAYSOur friends The Tee Tones helped us take Pitbull’s “Timber” back in time to the 1950’s, where it would have undoubtedly been played at sock hops across the country. Special thanks to saxophonist David Luther for literally jumping in at the last minute to lend his talents on sax – visit his site here: http://davidluthermusic.com […]
Read More “Timber – Vintage 1950’s Doo Wop Pitbull / Ke$ha Cover”“You Got It” is a song from Roy Orbison’s twenty-second studio album, Mystery Girl (1989). The song was released in January 1989 with “The Only One” as the B-side,and according to the Official Roy Orbison Discography by Orbison researcher Marcel Riesco, released again with “Crying” (version with k. d. lang) shortly thereafter. The A-side reached […]
Read More Roy Orbison “You Got It”Here’s Little Richard is the debut album by American musician Little Richard, released on March 4, 1957. Little Richard was on a roll. The album’s twelve tracks were produced by Robert “Bumps” Blackwell and recorded in New Orleans and Los Angeles in a highly collaborative process. Several of the songs included have been characterised as […]
Read More Little Richard “Can’t Believe You Wanna Leave”A post from: MissBackInTheDayUSA “Get a Job” is a song by the Silhouettes released in November 1957. It reached the number one spot on the Billboard pop and R&B singles charts in February 1958.“When I was in the service in the early 1950s and didn’t come home and go to work, my mother said ‘get […]
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