Obscure American Artists 1956-1963, Rock 34

 

1. Kirk Hanserd - One Night (2:23)
2. Kirk Hanserd - My Heart's Broke Baby (2:06)
3. Kirk Hanserd - Johnny Collins (2:58)
4. Kirk Hanserd - Two Won't Care (2:38)
5. Kirk Hansard - Time Keeps Moving On (2:21)
6. Kirk Hansard - Gonna' Tie One On (2:04)
7. Kirk Hansard - Widow Maker (2:24)
8. Kirk Hansard - Johnny Teresa (3:03)
9. Kirk Hansard - My Old Home Town (2:29)
10. Kirk Hansard - If The Rains Don't Come (2:29)
11. Kirk Hansard - Little Teahouse In Yokohama (2:33)
12. Kirk Hansard - I Couldn't Stand It (To See A Big Man Cry) (2:18)
13. Kirk Hansard - Ole Willie Joe (2:37)
14. Kirk Hansard - They've All Come Home But One (2:48)
15. Kirk Hansard - Draggin' The River (2:40)
16. Kirk Hansard - Make This Night Last Forever (2:34)
17. Kirk Hansard - One Of The Ten Most Wanted Women (2:35)
18. Kirk Hansard - Little Brother (3:00)
19. Kirk Hansard - Crying On The Inside (2:16)
20. Kirk Hansard - It Looks Like The End (2:36)
21. Kirk Hansard - Bad Dad From Bagdad (2:58)
22. Kirk Hansard - That's Not What He's Got On His Mind (2:56)
23. Kirk Hansard - Nudist Colony (2:33)
24. Kirk Hansard - A Thousand Honky Tonks Ago (2:51)
25. Kirk Hansard - Last Train To Nowhere (2:12)
26. Kirk Hansard - Beyond The Thirteen Steps (2:44)
27. Kirk Hansard - Adults Only (2:12)
28. Kirk Hansard - Make It Short Make It Sweet (2:29)
29. Kirk Hansard - Dissatisfied (2:48)
30. Kirk Hansard - I'm Gonna Be Better To Me From Now On (2:25)
31. Kirk Hansard - I'll Be There (2:25)
32. Kirk Hansard - Through This World Of Mine (3:24)

R34 Artist Bios

Rare Brit Pop, Discog...s of Lost Artists Pt. 205 updated

 

1. Karl Stuart & The Profiles - Love Of My Eyes (2:08)
2. Karl Stuart & The Profiles - Not A Girl In A Million (2:15)
3. The Profile - Haven't They Got Better Things To Do (2:35)
4. Karl Stuart & The Profile - The Touch Of Your Hand (3:01)
5. The Profile - Got To Find A Way (2:39)
6. The Profile - Don't Say Goodbye  (2:18)
7. The Voice - The Train To Disaster (2:50)
8. The Voice - The Truth (2:50)
9. Dodie West - Going Out Of My Head (2:08)
10. Dodie West - Is He Feeling Blue (2:38)
11. Dodie West - In The Deep Of The Night (2:28)
12. Dodie West - Rovin' Boy (2:35)
13. Dodie West - Thinking of You (2:36)
14. Dodie West - And Love Will Come (3:01)
15. Dodie West - Make The World Go Away (2:43)
16. Dodie West - Who Does He Think He Is (2:39)
17. The Gangbusters - The Memory Of Your Face (1:58)
18. The Gangbusters - When We Met (1:44)
19. The Caribbean - Inside Out (2:37)
20. The Caribbean - Up My Street (1:57)
21. The Changing Times - Making Me Cry (2:35)
22. The Escorts - I Can Tell (2:30)
23. The 4 Instants - Discotheque (2:42)
24. The 4 Instants - Water Melon Man (4:20)
25. The 4 Instants - Mashed Potatoes (2:04)
26. The 4 Instants - Caravan (4:51)
27. The 4 Instants - Portobello Road (3:09)
28. The 4 Instants - Bogattini (2:15)
29. The 4 Instants - Outrage (3:23)
30. The 4 Instants - Monkey Time (3:05)
31. The 4 Instants - All About My Girl (3:39)
32. The 4 Instants - Night Train (2:59)

BT05 Artist Bios

Big thank you goes to Jaime

Obscure American Artists 1956-1963 (discogs) CB Looking Ahead & MV Hit Records 1959-1963

The turn of the 1950s and 1960s was a breaking point in the history of pop music, golden age of rockabilly, teen pop and doo wop. In 1959, Billboard BU has been launched and extended the number of chart entries, Cash Box, Music Vendor and Regional Charts (Gavin, Breakout, Territorial) added many other entries. Nevertheless, many “good” Artists from American music scene didn’t enter any chart and they are worth to be saved from obscurity. Discographies of Artists that recorded between 1956 (beginning of RnR) and 1963 (year preceding British Invasion) one/few singles*, create Parts divided into five categories

·         Rock(abilly) and C&W
·         Instrumental
·        Black Doo-Wop
·        Teen Sound (see below)
·        Popcorn (see below)

and denoted as Xnn:  X=,R,Q,V,T,P. For many Artists, categorization is fuzzy!!!
* If discography spans beyond this period, then selected earlier/later recordings can be taken into account as suplement

Popcorn category has been extracted. This style, established in Belgium in the 1970s,  includes a wide variety of American obscure Blues, Soul and Trad. Pop recorded in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Singles of obscure Artists are hard to find, not available on Internet Marketplace. Please help me to reduce this number.

 Missing updated 30.03.2025

also see the below Teen Collectors Record Guide

Sound quality is essential = digital rips only*

Having a pleasure in listening obscure records in good sound quality is more important than collecting poor rips. Sound quality of majority of YouTube rips also many tracks from CD compilations is very poor and such copies are disregarded. Making a good rip is very simple, modern (produced in the XXI century) turntable and Audacity (freeware) is all that you need. I have prepared  Vinyl-to-PC (Tutorial) - please follow the guidelines.

* every single track is professionally remastered - see Project Description

Each discography has been carefully researched, booklets with biographies are attached. Primary references: Discogs, 45cat and

http://rcs-discography.com (Rockin’ Country Style)
http://doo-wop.blogg.org
http://rocky-52.net

https://www.rocknroll-schallplatten-forum.de

Teen Collectors Record Guide

This Guide lists singles from Kreiter’s collection and can’t be considered as  a database of Teen Sound discographies, rather as a comprehensive list of Teen Sound Artists. 

Numerous errors have been rectified, omissions added (denoted by K’).

Kreiter's Preface: "Before 1956 the Teen Sound and even Rock and  Roll were practically non-existent. Shortly after the British Invasion, in 1964 the Teen Sound was gone.”

Therefore, recordings made after 1963 are taken into account only exceptionally. Other exclusions:

1. Non-American Artists (UK, Canada, Australia, etc.)

2. Popular Artists who entered chart(s) and/or recorded many singles.

The few Artists, who recorded many singles, are included - only recordings made for label(s) listed in Kreiter.

 3. Rare Artists not confirmed on Discogs/45cat and/or records with release year not confirmed

4. Budget labels

 5. Generally, Artists classified to teen pop, rock, girl groups and white doo-wop are included.

The line between these genres and other genres (country, soul, blues, trad. pop) is fuzzy.

Some artist, who evidently belong to these other genres, are included - genre in Remarks

You can download this sheet and mark your personal collection. 

Missing are highlighted (color is meaningless) and I would greatly appreciate your help.

track-list

S01  S02

T01  T02  T03  T04  T05  T06  T07  T08  T09  T10  T11  T12  T13  T14  T15  T16  T17  T18  T19  T20  T21

T22  T23  T24  T25  T26  T27  T28  T29  T30  T31  T32  T33  T34  T35

P01  P02  P03  P04  P05  P06  P07  P08  P09  P10  P11  P12

R01  R02  R03  R04  R05  R06  R07  R08  R09  R10  R11  R12  R13  R14  R15  R16  R17  R18  R19  R20

R21  R22  R23  R24  R25  R26  R27  R28  R29  R30  R31  R32  R33  R34  R38

Q01  Q02  Q03  Q04  Q05  Q06  Q07  Q08  Q09  Q10  Q11  Q12  Q13  Q14  Q15  Q16  Q17  Q18  Q19

Q20  Q21  Q22  Q23  Q24  Q25  Q26  Q27  Q28  Q29  Q30  Q31  Q32  Q33  Q34  Q35  Q36  Q37  Q38

Q39  Q40  Q41  Q42  Q43  Q44  Q45  Q46  Q47  Q48  Q49  Q50  Q51  Q52  Q53  Q54  Q55  Q56  Q57

Q58  Q59  Q60  Q61  Q62  Q63  Q64  Q65  Q66  Q67  Q68  Q69  Q70  Q71

V01

Access to passes only for collectors who actively participate in the project = help to reduce missing (highlighted on the sheet above)

If you are not able to find any missing track, you can search the missing 45 on Discogs or e-bay, buy, rip and send mp3 to me.

"I need the pass" request will remain unanswered!

Previously posted files (detailed track-lists) can be found below this post Observations after five years

CASH BOX LOOKING AHEAD 1959-1963

non-Billboard (all charts); non-Breakout Hits; non- Music Vendor; non-Gavin Report
no re-entries and re-issues, single edits only
392 singles ≈ ¼ of all singles that entered Looking Ahead 1959-1963.

As & Bs - no missing tracks!

NL01  NL02  NL03  NL04  NL05  NL06  NL07  

NL08  NL09  NL10  NL11  NL12  NL13  NL14

NL15  NL16  NL17  NL18  NL19  NL20  NL21

NL22  NL23  NL24  NL25  NL26

Track-list LA

Looking Ahead chart started on October 3, 1959 (with 20 positions) and grew up to 50 positions by April 29, 1961.

MV HIT RECORDS 101-150 1959-1963

non-Billboard (all charts); non-Breakout Hits; non-Gavin Report, non-CB (incl. LA)*

≈ 750 45's (SP or EP) ≈ 70% of all 45's that entered MV 100+ 1959-1963, In majority, from the original 45's (from my record collection). Mono single edits only. 

One 45 (Dennis Day) missing (denoted on the sheet)

Every track is professionally remastered and tagged (see Project Description}. Data are collected from original charts, as printed in Music Vendor = numerous omissions and errors present in Whitburn’s book are rectified.

Links to H01-H50 below.

 

Non-Bill... Hit Records

* On February 23, 1959, Music Vendor magazine introduced “Beat Of The Week - Heading For The Top 100” chart (5-35 entries). This was 15 weeks prior to Billboard introducing its “Bubbling Under” chart. In September of 1962, Music Vendor’s "Heading  For The Top 100" chart grew to 50 positions and changed its name to “Looking Up”. In April of 1964**, Music Vendor became Record World and this chart was retitled “Singles Coming Up”.

H01  H02  H03  H04  H05  H06  H07  H08  H09  H10  H11  H12  H13  H14  H15  H16  H17  H18  H19  H20

H21  H22  H23  H24  H25  H26  H27  H28  H29  H30  H31  H32  H33  H34  H35  H36  H37  H38  H39  H40

H41  H42  H43  H44  H45  H46  H47  H48  H49  H50  H51  H52  H53  H54  H55

** The last issue of Music Vendor was released on the 11^th of April 1964. Track-list for 15 weeks of 1964 below, links to corresponding files (H51-H55) above (no missing tracks).

Non Bill… Hit Records 64

Tracks US Charts 59-63

you can download and sort by charts (column F): Bill, Bill R&B (B), Bill Country (C), Gavin (NG), Breakout Hits (NB), Music Vendor (NV) and Cash Box (N and NL)

Links to already posted non-Billboard Cash Box, Music Vendor, Gavin Report can be found in
non-Bill CB, MV & GR

Links to Territorial and Breakout Hits can be found in

T & BH

Content of the blog

Above: the last Posts, 

Below: other recently added Posts

Project Description, Terms of Participation     MissUK MissUS

Obscure American Artists 1956-1963   track-list Cash Box & Music Vendor 100+, 1959-1963

The Bachelors LPs & 45s 1963-1975  track-list

Rare Brit Pop, Lost Gems  track-list

Non-Billboard Cash Box, Music Vendor, Gavin Rep.  tracks CB  MV  Gavin

Non-Billboard Territorial & Breakout

British Chart 1952-1966  track-list UK Chart 1952-1969

British Chart 1967-1979; US Chart 1970s  track-list 1970s   US 1970s

Deutsche Hit Parade 1959-1969  track-list 

Hit Parade France 1959-1969   track-list

Hit Parade Italia 1959-1969  track-list

Billboard:

Easy Listening 1965-1969   track-list

Country 1944-1969 : 68,9  66,7  64,5  62,3  60,1  58,9  56,7  54,5  52,3  50,1  48,9  46,7  44,,5  tracks

R&B 1942-1969 : 68,9  66,7  64,5  62,3  60,1  58,9  56,7  54,5  52,3  50,1  48,9  46,7  44,,5  42,3  tracks

Top 20/30 Hits of the 40's : 40,1  42,3  44,5  46,7  48,9   track-list

Top 30/100 Hits of the 50's : 50,1  52,3  54,5  56  57  58  59   track-list

Hot 100 & BU Hits of the 60's : 69  68  67  66  65  64  63  62  61  60  track-list

Older posts can be found below this post: Observations after five years

My 45’s and 33’s

An aggregate sheet of all US charts 1954-1969:
US Charts 1954-1969

Tutorials

Extracting info from Google Sheet

Vinyl-to-PC

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cykliczna audycja muzyczna w Radiu z Charakterem, odcinki 1.....100+ do odsłuchania

Hit Parades Excel

Project Description, Terms of Participation

The Music Part of the blog has been launched in Oct. 2018. Initially, Billboard Hot 100 (up to 1969) files were posted. Then, other charts, other thematic sections have been added. List of all sections (subsections), with links, can be found in “Content” post.

In the first 1.5 years, thousands of anonymous downloaders and less than 100 Active Followers, Project Supporters. Therefore, from Spring 2020, passes are added to all files and

passes* are visible to Active Followers only

Creation of the Let The Good Times Roll Club, the Society that shares the same passion, was my goal. My reflections after five years can be found here

You may apply to the Club, by supporting the blog

directly, by finding

MISSING - see Content post and Obscure American Artists (hundreds of songs)

or indirectly, by making a donation**   

PayPal , 1$=4PLN, e.g. 25$=100PLN (average gross cost of one 45)

 You can  contact me via Contact Form (preferred) or Facebook,

Let The Good Times Roll Fan Club.

"what is the pass" request will remain unanswered!

* sheet with passes consists not only the library of passes but, first of all, the register of all already posted files, documentation of all updates.

Google Drive cloud is used: 1. not banned worldwide, 2. updates are uploaded automatically, 3. no pop-ups, 4. no Time2Delete – no need for re-ups, 

all links are active as long as I'm paying for the Google cloud.

Sound quality is essential = no mic rips(1)  , no poor YouTube

(1)  Sharing music recorded by a camera mic (mobile or other) is murdering of the music.

>50% from the original 45s, >10% from my record collection. 

You can download and listen. Further sharing of downloaded parts or individual tracks is not allowed!!!

Every single track is remastered (2), iZotope RX7 licenced software and Audacity freeware are applied. All files are properly tagged. 

Tags: 1. Title, 2. Artist, 3. Album, 4. Publisher, 5. Copyright, 6. Comment, 7. www, 8. Cover

(2) remastering = fixing any shortcomings of the ripped vinyl or the transferred CD track (de-click, de-noise, normalization, intro/outro silence). The frequency spectrum is not "improved", it remains unchanged, as the norm.

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** Instead of donation (indirect support), you can buy missing 45, rip it (or buy mp3) and send mp3 to me and this is the preferred (direct) way of support. 

Billboard Country 1960.03 updated

 

1. Jimmie Skinner - Lonesome Road Blues (2:24)
2. Jimmie Skinner - Two Squares Away (2:23)
3. Charlie Walker - Who Will Buy The Wine (2:36)
4. Charlie Walker - I Go Anywhere (To Forget You) (2:38)
5. Frankie Miller - Baby Rocked Her Dolly (2:41)
6. Frankie Miller - Rain, Rain (2:14)
7. Marion Worth - That's My Kind Of Love (2:20)
8. Marion Worth - I Lost Johnny (3:12)
9. Ernie Ashworth - Each Moment (Spent With You) (2:35)
10. Ernie Ashworth - Night Time Is Cry Time (2:06)
11. Wynn Stewart - Wrong Company (2:15)
12. Wynn Stewart - We'll Never Love Again (2:24)
13. Carl Belew - Too Much To Lose (2:46)
14. Carl Belew - That's What I Get for Loving You (2:40)
15. Loretta Lynn - I'm A Honky Tonk Girl (2:17)
16. Loretta Lynn - Whispering Sea (2:14)
17. Bill Anderson - The Tip Of My Fingers (2:34)
18. Bill Anderson - No Man's Land (2:40)
19. Jimmy Newman - A Lovely Work Of Art (2:31)
20. Jimmy Newman - What About Me (2:12)
21. Carl Smith - Cut Across Shorty (2:41)
22. Carl Smith - Why Did You Come My Way (2:45)
23. Ray Godfrey - The Picture (2:57)
24. Ray Godfrey - The Overall Song (2:09)
25. Lewis Pruitt - Softly And Tenderly (2:34)
26. Lewis Pruitt - Riches And Gold (2:23)
27. Laverne Downs - But You Used To (2:42)
28. Laverne Downs - What Have I Done (2:44)
29. Red Herring - Wasted Love (2:52)
30. Red Herring - Wasting My Tears (2:24)

the last missing of all Billboard Charts = no missing songs 1940-1969 (A's & B's)

Sharing songs on YouTube

 

The motivation of this post was to highlight two facts. Majority of YouTubers sharing music

1. steal this music and share to earn money, or

2. are digital immigrants and make rips of very poor sound quality - If digitalization is made unprofessionally, then bit rate is meaningless.

How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?

Rare Brit Pop, Discog...s of Lost Artists Pt. 231

 

1. The Baker Twins - Words Written On Water (2:22)
2. The Baker Twins - He's No Good (2:20)
3. The Baker Twins - Romeo Jones (2:03)
4. Steve Perry - Step By Step (2:25)
5. Steve Perry - Because They're Young (2:08)
6. Steve Perry - Ginny Come Lately (2:35)
7. Steve Perry - Two Of A Kind (2:04)
8. Steve Perry - Steve Perry - Young And In Love (2:18)
9. Steve Perry - Let It Come True (2:44)
10. Steve Perry - My Dad (2:14)
11. Steve Perry - Find Me A Girl (2:23)
12. Steve Perry - Crooked Little Man (2:10)
13. Steve Perry - Day Dreams (2:16)
14. Sandy Sarjeant - Can't Stop The Want (I Got For You Babe) (2:21)
15. Sandy Sarjeant - Lone Rivers Gonna Run (2:27)
16. Shelley - I Will Be Wishing (1:44)
17. Shelley - Why Wont You Say (That You Love Me) (2:19)
18. Shelley - Stairway To A Star (2:45)
19. Shelley - I Heard A Whisper (2:18)
20. Shelley - Where Has Your Smile Gone (2:52)
21. Shelley - Paradise (2:14)
22. Shelley - Bye Bye Bird (3:16)
23. Shelley - Take You Where The Music Is Playing (2:41)
24. Shelley - Please Please Please (2:53)
25. Shelley - The War (3:27)
26. The Squires - Pop The Question (1:45)
27. The Squires - David's Theme (2:35)
28. The Squires - 'Games People Play (4:03)
29. The Squires - Funky Bayswater (2:37)

Bios BT31

Obscure American Artists 1956-1963, Instr. 71

 

1. The Beachcombers - Lone Survivor (1:58)
2. The Beachcombers - Samoa (2:23)
3. Gene Bianco - Midnight Breeze (2:45)
4. Gene Bianco - Harpsicana (2:22)
5. Gene Bianco - Alarm Clock Rock (1:48)
6. Gene Bianco - Harp Rock Boogie (2:12)
7. Gene Bianco - Wall Flower (2:08)
8. Gene Bianco - Heavenly Swing (2:08)
9. Johnny Brown & The Joy Boys - Suspense (2:28)
10. Johnny Brown & The Joy Boys - Snakehips (2:19)
11. Carlo & Jimmy - Happy Tune (2:11)
12. Carlo & Jimmy - Rockin' Rocket (2:09)
13. The Coachmen - From Beyond (1:51)
14. The Coachmen - Movin' (1:53)
15. Jimmy Dobro - Everybody Listen To The Dobro (1:55)
16. Jimmy Dobro - Swamp Surfer (2:01)
17. The Sharps - Bella Guitar (2:21)
18. The Sharps - Cruisin' (2:16)
19. The Four Sharps - Safari (2:11)
20. The Four Sharps - Stranger (2:03)
21. Maximillian - Gee Baby, You're The Utmost (2:13)
22. Maximillian - Blowing My Brains Out (Over You) (2:29)
23. The Raging Storms - High Octane (1:51)
24. The Raging Storms - Madison Blues (1:41)
25. The Raging Storms - The Dribble (Twist) (2:42)
26. The Raging Storms - Hound Dog (1:43)
27. The Raging Storms - So Hard To Take (2:05)
28. The Raging Storms - Down At The Corner (1:45)
29. Tommy O' & The Ding Dongs - Hossin' Around (2:28)
30. Tommy O' & The Ding Dongs - Schuberts Rock (2:41)

Q71 Artist Bios

Music Vendor 100+ 1964 Part 5

 

1. The Tokens - Let's Go To The Drag Strip (1:56)
2. The Tokens - Two Cars (2:09)
3. Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra - Boss (2:13)
4. Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra - Blue Tango (2:00)
5. The Ventures - Journey To The Stars (2:21)
6. The Ventures - Walkin' With Pluto (2:25)
7. Vito & the Salutations - Liverpool Bound (2:16)
8. Vito & the Salutations - Can I Depend On You (2:06)
9. Lawrence Welk - Hello, Dolly! (2:38)
10. Lawrence Welk - Claire De Lune (2:36)
11. Nancy Wilson - Don'T Rain On My Parade (2:11)
12. Nancy Wilson - The Grass Is Greener (2:06)

Obscure American Artists 1956-1963, Teen 35

 

1. The Tracey Twins - Flip Flop (2:22)
2. The Tracey Twins - Hitch Hike (2:28)
3. The Tracey Twins - Tonight You Belong To Me (2:04)
4. The Tracey Twins - Picking Sweethearts (2:19)
5. The Tracey Twins - Give Me Love (2:48)
6. The Tracey Twins - Why Was I Born To Love You (2:45)
7. The Tracey Twins - Every Little Now And Then (2:50)
8. The Tracey Twins - Locked In My Heart (2:43)
9. The Tracey Twins - Do You Ever Think Of Me (2:00)
10. The Tracey Twins - A Place Of Your Own Called Home (2:21)
11. The Tracey Twins - Take Back Your Swing (1:43)
12. The Tracey Twins - The Peddler Song (2:41)
13. The Tracey Twins - Kissin' Diploma (1:57)
14. The Tracey Twins - Because We Are Young (missing) (0:01)
15. The Tracey Twins - Don't Mean Maybe Baby (2:21)
16. The Tracey Twins - Heartbreak Hill (2:30)
17. Linda & Roberta - I'm In Love With You (2:25)
18. Linda & Roberta - Grown Up (2:14)
19. Donna Lewis - Surfer Boy Blue (2:26)
20. Donna Lewis - Call Him Back (2:09)
21. Donna Lewis - Have You Had A Change Of Heart (2:10)
22. Donna Lewis - No One But You (2:13)
23. Miss Glenda Lo Vett - Nobody Wants Me (2:11)
24. Miss Glenda Lo Vett - You Treat Me Like A Baby (1:56)
25. Shirley Ray - Why Don'tcha Come Home (3:00)
26. Shirley Ray - You Know That I Know (2:10)
27. Shirley Ray - I've Done It (2:10)
28. Shirley Ray - Hurtin' The Most (2:47)
29. Teena Roma - Just For You (1:57)
30. Teena Roma - Love Is Like A Mountain (1:58)

T35 Artist Bios