Sunday 3 March 2024

Obscure American Artists 1956-1963, Rock 02

 

1. The Mavricks - Sugar Baby (2:25)
2. The Mavricks - Angel With A Heartache (2:09)
3. The Mavricks - Going To The River (2:32)
4. The Mavricks - Just To Hear Ole Cotton Sing (1:49)
5. The McCoys - Daddy's Geisha Girl (2:28)
6. The McCoys - Our Love Goes On And On (1:54)
7. The McCoys - Full-Grown Cat (2:09)
8. The McCoys - Throwing Kisses (2:13)
9. Tiny Morrie - After I Had Gone (1:57)
10. Tiny Morrie - Everybody Rocks (2:43)
11. Tiny Morrie - Bump Ity Bump (2:10)
12. Tiny Morrie - My Lonely Heart (2:10)
13. Tiny Morrie - The Choo Choo (2:02)
14. Tiny Morrie - Maria Cristina (2:23)
15. Daryl Petty - Flaming Love (2:23)
16. Daryl Petty - The Day I Die (2:20)
17. Daryl Petty - One Love Forever (2:36)
18. Daryl Petty - Goodnight Mr. Blues (2:23)
19. Tyrone Schmidling - Honey Don't (2:36)
20. Tyrone Schmidling - You're Gone I'm Left (2:02)
21. Steve Schulte - Too Blue To Cry (2:31)
22. Steve Schulte - Paying The Piper (2:18)
23. Steve Schulte - The Texas Blues (2:00)
24. Steve Schulte - Such A Fool (2:43)
25. Duane Schurb - Roly Poly (2:25)
26. Duane Schurb - You're A Fool (2:12)
27. Sherman Scott - How'd Ja Do (2:15)
28. Sherman Scott - Way Out Far (2:27)
29. Dick Seaton & The Mad Lads - Juke Box Rock (2:09)
30. Dick Seaton & The Mad Lads - Cool Charm (2:44)

The Mavricks. Obscure pop-rock group. In 1961 released two singles, on Capitol. The first featured

Garry (Alley-Oop) Paxton.

The second single was produced by Nick Veneta, a staff producer and talent scout at Capitol Records.

The McCoys. Ronny McCoy (born 1945) and Peggy McCoy (born 1943). Regulars on KSKY (Dallas, Texas) in 1956 and on the Cowtown Hoedown (KCUL, Fort Worth, Texas) in 1959. In 1958 released two singles, on RCA Victor. (RCS)

Tiny Morrie. Real Name: Amador Sánchez. Pop-rock singer, brother of Albert Sanchez (known professionally as Al Hurricane). In 1958 recorded the first single, in Clovis at Norm Petty's studio on, released on Hurricane label. Tiny Morrie would have been around 18 at the time. In the early 1960s he signed a contract with Challenge label and released two singles. All songs were composed by Sanchez Brothers.

In later years Tiny Morrie released a number of albums and singles, for Hurricane and Dot.

 Daryl Petty. Country-rock singer, pianist and songwriter. Born Joseph Lee Franklin, in Avery County (North Carolina).

In 1958 and 1959 he was a member of The Hi-Liters and they recorded three singles.

In 1959, Daryl Petty recorded his first solo single, for Hornet Records, NC label – he composed both songs. In 1961 he recorded his second and the last single, for RCA Victor.

Tyrone Schmidling. Obscure country-rock singer. He released his only single in 1958, for Andex (Hollywood, California). 

Steve Schulte. Another obscure country-rock singer. In 1957 released two singles, for ABC-Paramount and Felsted.

Duane Schurb.  Swamp country-pop musician from Marrero, Louisiana. In 1959, at the age of 17, he released his only single, for Enterprise (Texas). Both songs composed by Sonny Hall, another country singer from Louisiana.

Sherman Scott. Rockabilly singer. In 1959 released his only single, on Freedom (Hollywood, California). He co-wrote both songs, the A-side track features Eddie Cochran on guitar.

Dick Seaton. Yet another country-rock singers. In 1959 he released his only single, for K-Ark (Saint Louis, Missouri) , credited to        

Dick Seaton & The Mad Lads

Dick Seaton composed both songs. The same year, The Mad Lads released an instrumental single (see Q03).


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