Friday, 8 March 2024

Obscure American Artists 1956-1963, Rock 06

 

1. Chuck & Betty - Jelly Beana (2:22)
2. Chuck & Betty - Bobby Sox Baby (2:01)
3. Chuck & Betty - Walking In My Dreams (2:00)
4. Chuck & Betty - Win Or Lose (2:15)
5. Chuck & Betty - Sissy Britches (2:02)
6. Chuck & Betty - Come Back Little Girl (2:18)
7. George Cromwell - Washed Up (2:16)
8. George Cromwell - Oh Darling Mine (2:26)
9. The Fabulous Table Toppers - My Wild Irish Rose Rock (2:20)
10. The Fabulous Table Toppers - Rocking Mountain Dew (2:27)
11. The Table Toppers - Talk To Me Baby (1:56)
12. The Table Toppers - Baby In Blue (2:21)
13. Don Hopkins - Tiddley-Diddley (2:17)
14. Don Hopkins - I Knew It Was You (2:26)
15. Don Hopkins - There's No Way To Treat Your Girl (2:11)
16. Don Hopkins - Little Miss Pretty (2:06)
17. Don Hopkins - Evening In Paris (2:19)
18. Don Hopkins - Angel, Angel, From Above (2:36)
19. The Six Shooters - Don't You Just Know It (2:23)
20. The Six Shooters - Rotation (1:49)
21. Norm Skylar - Night Shift (2:16)
22. Norm Skylar - Rock'n' Roll Blues (2:10)
23. Jack C. Smith - Honeysuckle Rose (1:57)
24. Jack C. Smith - There'll Never Be Another (1:46)
25. The Surf Riders - I'm Out (2:25)
26. The Surf Riders - Rocko Soco (2:51)
27. Johnny Talbot - Turkey In The Briar Patch (2:58)
28. Johnny Talbot - Do The Broken Hip (2:10)
29. Johnny Talbot - Whatcha Wanna Do - Pt. 1 (2:39)
30. Johnny Talbot - Whatcha Wanna Do - Pt. 2 (2:36)

Chuck & Betty. Rock 'n' Roll duo: Chuck Simmons and Betty Jean Logan. Three singles for Decca (New York) in 1958 and 1959.
 
George Cromwell. Obscure rockabilly artist from Boston. Recorded one single, with orchestra, released in 1959 by Brunswick.
 
The (Fabulous) Table Toppers. Obscure rockabilly band from Lexington, KY. In 1959 recorded the first single, as The Table Toppers ft. Little Enis, this single was released  on Klondike (Memphis, TN). In 1961 released the second single, on REM  (Lexington), as The Fabulous Table Toppers, one track with
Little Enis.
Real name: Glenn Carlos Toadvine. The thing Little Enis was best known for was his left-handed upside down style of guitar playing. This was a style that was all his own. Instead of restringing the guitar which was normally made for right handed people, Little Enis played his guitar upside down. The way this was accomplished was by cording with his right hand over the top of the guitar neck and with his left hand he strummed up from the bottom instead of down in the fashion a guitar would normally be strummed or picked per say. His style of Guitar playing did not go unnoticed; the Grand Ole Opry even noticed his unique and distinctive guitar playing.
https://www.discogs.com/artist/3382989-Little-Enis
  
Jack C. Smith. Obscure rockabilly artist, probably from Texas. In 1960 released one single, on Liberty.
 
The Surf Riders. Obscure rockabilly band – one single released in 1958 for Nasco (Nashville, TN), way before the word "surf" really meant anything.
 
Don Hopkins. Pop-rock artist from Texas. The first single recorded in 1961 for Dart (Houston), next two singles in 1964 for Vandan (Dallas). Hopkins composed all six songs.
 
The Six Shooters. Instrumental band from Wisconsin headed by
Vilas Craig,
who had many releases under a couple of different names. He produced both tracks of the only single credited to The Six Shooters and released in 1960 on Cuca.
https://www.vilascraig.com/bio
 
Norm Skylar. Rockabilly artist, born Norman Schuyler Rousey 1928 in Pomeroy, Ohio, passed 2014. In 1958 recorded one single, for Crest (Hollywood, CA).
 
Johnny Talbot. Real name: Johnny Tolbert, rhythm & blues singer, born Longview, Texas, 12 August 1939. In 1963 and 1964 he released singles credited to Johnny Talbot & Band, on In (Berkeley, CA) and Red Fire Records. In later years he released several singles using his real name.

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