Obscure American Artists 1956-1963, Rock 05

 

1. Susan Capone - Four Five Hundred Kisses (1:57)
2. Susan Capone - I'll Be Dancin' (2:36)
3. Susan Capone - Click-I-Dee, Click-I-Dee (2:15)
4. Susan Capone - Maybe Someday (2:38)
5. Wayne Carroll - Cindy Lee (2:32)
6. Wayne Carroll - Chicken Out (2:39)
7. Wayne Carroll - Rockin' Chair Mama (2:15)
8. Wayne Carroll - Theres Been A Change In Me (2:30)
9. Wayne Carroll - He Created (2:27)
10. Wayne Carroll - Wall Around Your Hear (2:19)
11. Nan Castle - Take My Love (2:30)
12. Nan Castle - Run Along, Junior (2:23)
13. Nan Castle - Star Light, Star Bright (1:56)
14. Nan Castle - I'm Not Ashamed (2:20)
15. Nan Castle - A Steady Baby (2:13)
16. Nan Castle - Angel With Horns (2:06)
17. Dick Hiorns - I'm Movin' On (2:07)
18. Dick Hiorns - The Gods Were Angry (1:59)
19. Emil Spak & The Encores - Hold Up (2:16)
20. Emil Spak & The Encores - Stuck-Up (2:11)
21. The Spades - Challenge (2:02)
22. The Spades - Fatty Patty (2:21)
23. The Spades - Hey Hey (2:03)
24. The Spades - Jim Dandy (2:19)
25. Bill Taylor w. Clyde Leoppard's Snearly Ranch Boys - Lonely Sweetheart (3:04)
26. Bill Taylor & Smokey Joe w. Clyde Leoppard's Snearly Ranch Boys - Split Personality (2:22)
27. Smokey Joe - The Signifying Monkey (3:18)
28. Smokey Joe - Listen to Me Baby (2:30)
29. Smokey Joe - Start All Over Again (2:13)
30. Smokey Joe - Perfect Girl (2:05)
31. Smokey Joe Baugh - Hula Bop (2:52)

Susan Capone. Obscure pop-rock and doo-wop singer from Boston. In 1956 she recorded two singles, on Pilgrim (Boston), the second single with

The Four Esquires.

Wayne Carroll. Obscure rockabilly artist. In 1958 he recorded three singles, for King Records.

Nan Castle. Nancy Louise Castleberry. Country/rockabilly singer from Greenville, Texas born April 2, 1941. Member of the KFTV Red River Jamboree and KRLD Big D Jamboree. She appeared in front of nationwide audiences on the CBS show, "Saturday Night Country Style". She had a show of her own on KSST in Sulphur Springs, Texas by the time she was 14 and a RCA Victor contract by 16 (three singles).

https://www.discogs.com/artist/2861937-Nan-Castle 

Dick Hiorns. Country/rockabilly singer (1922 - 2002). In 1952 while he was with radio station WBAY in Green Bay, Wisconsin, doing radio, stage and night club work. in Green Bay, he had two shows. In 1954 recorded one single. In 1961 he recorded the second single, for Cuca (Wisconsin).

Smokey Joe. Joseph Edward Baugh Jr. Rockabilly and country singer and pianist (1932 – 1999). Baugh was born in Helena, Arkansas, and by the age of 14 had begun playing piano semi-professionally around Memphis. Around 1952 he joined the Shelby Follin Band, where he met guitarist Paul Burlison. With Burlison, he accompanied Howlin' Wolf on radio performances on station KWEM in West Memphis. He then joined the Snearly Ranch Boys, led by Clyde Leoppard, performing and touring with them, and recorded the single "Split Personality", released on the Flip label, an offshoot of Sun Records, in early 1955, and credited to Bill Taylor (the band's trumpeter) and Smokey Jo. Sam Phillips recognized that Baugh's distinctive raspy voice could appeal to black audiences, though Baugh himself was white. He signed to Sun Records, and later in 1955 recorded "The Signifying Monkey", a song written by Bill Taylor and Stan Kesler based on traditional African American folklore. The record became successful around Memphis, and Baugh, who was assumed by the promoters to be black, was invited to perform at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem. The song formed the basis of Chuck Berry's "Jo Jo Gunne". Baugh's original recording, featuring a prototype ska rhythm of the type popularized by Millie Small's "My Boy Lollipop", was reissued in 1964, and the song was recorded about the same time by Sam the Sham. Baugh's recording has subsequently been issued on various rockabilly compilations. Although Baugh made further recordings for Sun, including "Hula Bop" featuring Hawaiian guitar as well as Baugh's piano, most were not issued at the time, perhaps because Baugh and Phillips had a poor relationship. However, Baugh did record as a session musician on records by Warren Smith, Barbara Pittman, Carl Perkins, and others. He was also present at the Million Dollar Quartet recording in December 1956, with Perkins, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis. During the early 1960s, he was a member of Bill Black's Combo. Baugh's career was limited by financial problems and a dependence on alcohol and other drugs. He moved to Waco, Texas, and in 1970 formed a country band, the Midnite Cowboys, with guitarist Buddy Holobaugh.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokey_Joe_Baugh

Emil Spak & The Encores. Eugene "Geno" Viscione, teen-pop and doo-wop singer from Somerville (New Jersey). In 1962 he recorded three singles, credited to Geno & The Encores and released by the local label WGW. The fourth single, in a more rock & roll style, was released under the name Emil Spak & The Encores, vocal background by The Plazas.

http://doo-wop.blogg.org/geno-the-encores-2-a205813154

The Spades. Numerous rock groups active in the late 1950s and in the 1960s used this name.

The Spades from Georgia released one single on Super (Atlanta), A: instrumental, B: vocal by Al Steele.

The Spades  from Tennessee released one single on Rebel (S. Pittsburg), A: vocal by Jerry Bradford; B: vocal by Sara Lee.