Saturday, 8 August 2026

Obscure American Artists 1956-1963, Teen 250

 




Lori & Carl Ford. Wife-husband duo of songwriters from NYC. In 1958 they recorded one single as singers and songwriters, for Carlton (NYC label).

Gary Scott. Teen Sound singer from California - one single for Titanic (label from Hollywood).

Pippy Shannon. Teen Sound singer from California - one single for Del-Fi Records (label from Hollywood).

Bernie Staudt. Teen Sound singer from Pennsylvania - one single for Var-Bee Records (label from Pittsburgh).

The Steadies. Teen Sound girl group. They recorded for Josie and Tad (label from Hollywood, California).

Tammy & The Carolinas. Teen Sound girl group, presumably studio outfit created by Glen Larson, who composed both songs and released them on his own label.

Mickey Farrell. Teen Sound singer, he led fronted a band that originated in the Sharon/Farrell, PA area but had much of his career based in Ohio. Mickey chose the name Farrell from the city name. His given name is Michael J. Esposito. The band started as Mickey Farrell and The Generals. They recorded a 45 on Tammy that was in the vocal group style. It was moderately successful, compared to other Tammy label records. The band played a lot in the Youngstown area, Idora Park, and nightclubs. Sometime in 1962-1963 they changed from The Generals to The Dynamics. Mickey and The Dynamics recorded two 45s for the King label subsidiary Bethlehem.
https://www.buckeyebeat.com/mickeyfarrell.html


Russ Tamblyn. Popular film and television actor and dancer, born and raised in Los Angeles. In the early 1950s, he began his career as a child actor for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In 1958 Tamblyn went to England to play the title role in the musical Tom Thumb. Main title from this film has been released on a single.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Tamblyn#Works_cited










Kitty Ford. Born Miriam Lappolito in 1935, in Salinas, California. C&W singer-songwriter.
In the 1950s she recorded numerous country songs as Mimi Roman (see Tcxx).
In 1960/1961 she recorded three singles for California labels (Jaro International, Smash Records) as Kitty Ford – the singles have been classified to Teen Sound.
After marrying singer/writer Paul Evans in 1961, she recorded as Mimi Evans.
https://www.hillbilly-music.com/artists/story/index.php?id=12760

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