Obscure American Artists 1956-1963, Rock 04

 

1. Jackie Gotroe - Lobo Jones (1:58)
2. Jackie Gotroe - Don't Treat Me This Way (2:47)
3. Jackie Gotroe - Raised On Rock And Roll (2:26)
4. Jackie Gotroe - Rock It To The Moon - Version 1 (2:31)
5. Jackie Gotroe - Rock It To The Moon - Version 2 (2:21)
6. Jackie Gotroe - Golden Spur (2:10)
7. Jackie Gotroe - Summer Lightning (2:21)
8. Jackie Powers - Child's Play (2:30)
9. Jackie Powers - Carolina Moon (2:10)
10. Charlie Booth - Fishin' Fits (2:28)
11. Charlie Booth - Gonna Find Some Lovin' (2:20)
12. Charlie Booth - Bad You Can't Remember (2:24)
13. Charlie Booth - Lord Made Man (1:51)
14. Charlie Booth - Give Me A Chance (2:35)
15. Charlie Booth - Dreamer (1:43)
16. The Skee Brothers - Big Deal (2:03)
17. The Skee Brothers - While I'm Away (2:27)
18. The Skee Brothers - Four Aces (2:06)
19. The Skee Brothers - That's All She Wrote (2:10)
20. The Skee Brothers - Lu Ann (2:16)
21. The Skee Brothers - Romeo Joe (1:59)
22. Red Smiley & The Vel-Tones - Take A Ride (2:04)
23. Red Smiley & The Vel-Tones - Lover Blues (2:32)
24. Red Smiley & The Vel-Tones - I'm Your Fool (2:35)
25. Red Smiley & The Vel-Tones - Jailbird (2:11)
26. Lonnie Smithson - It Takes Time (2:10)
27. Lonnie Smithson - Me And The Blues (2:05)
28. Lonnie Smithson - Quarter In The Juke Box (2:13)
29. Lonnie Smithson - Will You (2:10)
30. Lonnie Smithson - No Surrender, No Retreat (2:30)
31. Lonnie Smithson - Paul Rever (2:11)
Jackie Gotroe. Born Jack Gautreaux, in San Francisco, son of a Cajun Frenchman and a Jewish girl. Jackie officially released only 4 singles between 1958 and 1960 but his "legend" lives on to this day. The songs Lobo Jones on Vortex and Raised On Rock And Roll / Rock It To The Moon* on Rhythm have been reissued and repackaged dozens of times on CD and vinyl over the past 40 years. Jackie went on to record Golden Spur for Keen records as a jingle for Golden Spur wine and in 1960 recorded Childs Play and Carolina Moon for Decca as Jackie Powers. There were two other singles recorded for Decca that have never seen the light of day.
https://www.jackiegotroe.com/#!bio/cf2b
·      Rhythm single has been released twice. A female chorus was added to the second release of Rock It To The Moon. Both releases of Raised On Rock And Roll are aurally identical (RCS).
Charlie Booth. Rock musician, songwriter, producer, and founder of Golden Eagle - soul and blues record label from Houston, Texas, active from 1962-1968. In 1961 and 1962 Booth released three singles, on Lori Records - label from Houston, Texas. Booth composed all tracks.
The Skee Brothers. Rockabilly artists from Pontiac, MI.
Real names: T.J. and Jim Shedlowsky.
In 1958 and 1959 released three singles, for different national labels: Epic, OKeh, Roulette. Jim composed 4/6 of all tracks.
Red Smiley. Born Bob Shurley, 12 Sept. 1928 in Peoria, Illinois. Swamp pop, cajun and gospel musician, guitarist, lap steel guitarist and songwriter. He started his career in Louisiana in the 1950s, where he founded 
Red Smiley & The Vel-Tones 
(aka Bob Shurley & The Vel-Tones), and played in several other local bands. He has since relocated to Yucca Valley, California where he has focused exclusively on religious music.
In 1959 released two singles, on JIN. The first single features Clint West on vocals. Shirley composed 3/4 of all tracks.
Lonnie Smithson. Obscure country and rockabilly singer. In 1957 and 1958 recorded two singles, for Starday (Madison, Tennessee). In 1960 he recorded his third and the last single, for Pontiac - small independent label from Dallas, Texas, active in 1960. Smithson composed three tracks, the other three were composed by Eddie McDuff & Orville Couch - prolific country singers/songwriters.