Obscure American Artists 1956-1963, Teen 148-151

 

Obscure American Artists 1956-1963, Teen 148
1. Jimmy Gatlin - Texarkana Baby (2:23)
2. Jimmy Gatlin - The One You Love (2:47)
3. Gerri & Sherri - Jellybean (2:17)
4. Gerri & Sherri - Gotta Make It Grow (2:26)
5. Melvin Gayle - You're In Love (2:39)
6. Melvin Gayle - Khrushchev Twist (1:59)
7. Ben Gabus - Starting Out Young (2:42)
8. Ben Gabus - I Got Enough For Now (2:45)
9. Gale Gibson - Adonis (2:13)
10. Gale Gibson - Mister Bailey (2:20)
11. John Gaudet & The Laurels - Xmas Will Soon Be Here (1:35)
12. John Gaudet & The Laurels - Your Name Shall Be Remembered (2:41)
13. The Freelancers - Why (2:24)
14. The Freelancers - High School Flame (2:09)
15. The Furys - Jenny (2:34)
16. The Furys - Run To Him (2:53)
17. Jimmy Rivers Quartet - Angels Never Leave Heaven (1:57)
18. Gaspar Sisters - Drive-In Date (2:04)
19. Jackie Gerard - Make Up Your Mind (1:54)
20. Jackie Gerard - Gonna Find A Love That's True (1:45)
21. Ron Fraiser - A Wish For Love (2:22)
22. Ron Fraiser - Summer Skies (2:31)
23. The Four Checkers - Broken Heart (2:24)
24. The Four Checkers - Sheila (2:41)
25. Jerry Frasier - A Million Tears Ago (2:34)
26. Jerry Frasier - I'd Rather Die Young (2:41)
27. Jimmy George - If She Should Come To You (2:36)
28. Jimmy George - Gonna Walk Away (1:47)
29. Bob Gerardi & The Classic 4 - Nobody Wants You Anymore (2:16)
30. Bob Gerardi & The Classic 4 - You're Everything To Me (2:05)
Ta48 Artist Bios
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Obscure American Artists 1956-1963, Teen 149
1. Billy Eustis - Forgetting (2:27)
2. Billy Eustis - On My Mind Again (2:16)
3. Billy Eustis - The Rope (2:47)
4. Billy Eustis - I'm Sorry You're Gone (3:20)
5. Mike Figlio - How Do I Know (2:20)
6. Mike Figlio - More Than Anything (2:13)
7. Mike Figlio - Judy (2:25)
8. Mike Figlio - Song Of The Dreamer (2:07)
9. Hedley & Lee - Little Miss Treater (2:26)
10. Hedley & Lee - Trouble (2:23)
11. Johnny Hughes - Johnny Blue (2:04)
12. Johnny Hughes - Pretty Little Girl (2:02)
13. Johnny Hughes - Doll Baby (1:56)
14. Johnny Hughes - Grounded (1:55)
15. Johnny Hughes - After Tonight (2:07)
16. Johnny Hughes - Junior High Doll (1:59)
17. Faith O'Hara - Jimmy Wasn't There (2:50)
18. Faith O'Hara - Soft Lips (2:01)
19. Fred Martin & The Matadors - Sharin Sharon (2:33)
20. Fred Martin & The Matadors - Lonely Star (2:33)
21. Lee-Anne - Never (2:10)
22. Lee-Anne - Um-Golly-Gee (2:00)
23. Tommy Jay & The Jay-Notes - Sandie Jane (1:45)
24. Tommy Jay & The Jay-Notes - Jinglin' Janglin' Pockets (2:52)
25. Tommy Jay - Good And Lonely (2:49)
26. Tommy Jay - A Dream On My Dresser (2:25)
27. Tommy Jay - Going Steady Ring (2:25)
28. Tommy Jay - Three Roses (2:26)
29. Tommy Jay - Tender Love (2:36)
30. Tommy Jay - Springtime's Coming (2:15)
TTa49 Artist Bios
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Obscure American Artists 1956-1963, Teen 150
1. Craig Alden - Goggle Eyed (2:17)
2. Craig Alden - Crazy Little Horn (2:26)
3. Patricia Alden w. The Delights - Boomp A Cha (1:45)
4. Patricia Alden w. The Delights - Dream Time (2:13)
5. Charlie Allen - Sweetie Pie (2:23)
6. Charlie Allen - Wheelin' & Dealin' (2:08)
7. Charlie Allen - Molasses (2:25)
8. Charlie Allen - There's Only One (1:51)
9. The Breakers - Balbao Memories (2:25)
10. The Breakers - Long Way Home (1:54)
11. Chuck & Chuckles - One Hundred Baby (2:23)
12. Chuck & Chuckles - Bury The Hatchet (2:34)
13. Don Colby - Honky Tonk Song (2:32)
14. Don Colby - Let Me Be The One (2:12)
15. Pat Collins - Blue Teardrops (2:35)
16. Pat Collins - Little Girls (2:44)
17. Billy Cook - Mystery Girl (2:04)
18. Billy Cook - This Little World (2:07)
19. The Countdowns - Midnight Walk (2:21)
20. The Countdowns - Find My Love (2:28)
21. Linda Dee - Trying (3:19)
22. Linda Dee - Go On (Throwing My Love Away) (1:22)
23. Linda Dee - Racket Called Love (2:14)
24. Linda Dee - Lonely World (1:49)
25. Dee Dee Dorsey - Chester The Chop (2:11)
26. Dee Dee Dorsey - The Last Dance (2:19)
27. Ronnie Dru - Start Of A New Love (2:12)
28. Ronnie Dru - Never Ever To Die (2:00)
29. Glenn Dunno - Sitting By The Record Player (2:18)
30. Glenn Dunno - Some One Like You (2:25)
Ta50 Artist Bios
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Obscure American Artists 1956-1963, Teen 151
1. Chet Elliott - Homework (2:01)
2. Chet Elliott - Anywhere You Go (2:31)
3. The Encores - Loves Encore (2:33)
4. The Encores - Fading Winds (2:16)
5. The Encores - Love's Hidden Island (2:26)
6. The Encores - Gerry Gerry (2:10)
7. The Encores - Midnite Walk (3:14)
8. The Encores - Rita My Teenage Bride (2:27)
9. Kenny Gee - Blue Note (1:54)
10. Kenny Gee - Searching For Romance (2:03)
11. Kenny Gee - Give Me Your Love (2:18)
12. Kenny Gee - Our First Date (2:00)
13. Kenny Gee - Need Your Love (1:57)
14. Kenny Gee - I Do-I Love You (2:02)
15. Big Don Hargrave - Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum (2:49)
16. Big Don Hargrave - I Cried (3:07)
17. The Honan Brothers - No Letter Today (2:41)
18. The Honan Brothers - Dream Again (2:42)
19. Bobby Jackson - Wow, Man! (2:15)
20. Bobby Jackson - Deep Elm Blues (2:14)
21. Bobby Jackson - My Teen Angel (1:58)
22. Bobby Jackson - Dinah's Party (2:31)
23. Pierre Le Bon - Cesarina (3:22)
24. Pierre Le Bon - Sh-Boom (2:12)
25. Chris Page - Wait 'N' See (2:22)
26. Chris Page - Mine, Mine, Mine (2:18)
27. Frank Williams & The Sounds - Judy, I Love You So (2:30)
28. Frank Williams & The Sounds - Little Baby Be Mine (2:06)
29. Christine Spencer - Anything (2:32)
30. Christine Spencer - Since Love Came Into My Heart (2:04)
Ta51 Artist Bios

Vinyl to PC transfer (pdf Tutorial)

Singles of obscure Artists are hard to find. Missing available on Internet Marketplace below, Seller in the right column*:

 Missing US - updated 27.01.2026

link to Missing UK in Content post 

marked in green = ordered, not received yet

*empty cell in column "Seller" = not available on Discogs

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. You can purchase a 45, make a rip and send mp3 to me - I prefer raw rips and my own remastering.

* Every single track is remastered (2), iZotope RX7 licensed 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 of 0.75/2.00). The frequency spectrum is not "improved", it remains unchanged, as the norm.

Link to Google sheet with discographies of Obscure Artists (Teen, Rock, Doo-Wop, Popcorn, Instrumental)

Obscure US Artists 1956-1963

Teen Sound Artists are denoted in column N by K, K' or K- (more info in the main post). 

Location of the file containing the discography of a specific Obscure Artist can be found in column R.

Links to Obscure US ... files can be found in the main post of this series. All links are active - yearly Google Drive subscription has been renewed on 06.02.2026

Bios

Posts with files (bios and track-lists) can be found below this post: Observations after five years

File Naming and Tagging - Tips

 

99% of songs posted on the Internet are improperly named and tagged, including CDs. Common mistakes:

1.       Many tags are added to Filename. Use a clean, consistent format like Artist - Title or Artist - Album - Track - Title. Artist and Title are obligatory, do not add other tags, such as Year, Genre, etc., add them to internal tags (metadata).

https://gomusic1.com/knowledge/importing-data-2/whats-the-best-way-to-name-my-audio-files/ 

2.       The Filename differs from the internal tag (metadata) that shows in music players. Very often content of internal tag does not correspond to its description, e.g. tag described as Title contains both Title and Artist.

3.       Do not add “& The Group” in both Filename and Artist tag – all songs are recorded with The Group of musicians, except acapella, and adding “& The Group” does not add any information.

4.       In many cases, song titles do not follow common title capitalization rules. Following capitalization rules used in popular libraries of music is recommended = every word in Title should be capitalized.
In Artist tag, use ampersand (&) and short-form abbreviations (w. or w/; ft.), Forename Surname & ...

Music Tagging best practices - 5 tips to tag like a pro

Tags used in this project:

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

Rare Brit Pop, Discog...s of Lost Artists Pt. 235-236

 

Rare Brit Pop, Discog...s of Lost Artists Pt. 235
1. Ray Singer - Tell Me Now (2:44)
2. Ray Singer - I'm Comin' Home (2:34)
3. Ray Singer - It's Gotta Be (2:31)
4. Ray Singer - Hey, Who? (2:21)
5. Ray Singer - I'm the Richest Man Alive (3:37)
6. Ray Singer - Pretty Little Ramblin' Rose (2:30)
7. Ray Singer - You'll Come Crying To Me (2:33)
8. Ray Singer - Who Can I Talk To About You (2:06)
9. Ray Singer - What's Done Has Been Done (3:04)
10. Ray Singer - Won't It Be Fine (2:53)
11. Ray Singer - Tell Me Now (re-issue) (0:01)
12. Ray Singer - Don't Cross Over To My Side Of The Street (2:45)
13. Ray Singer - I'm Comin' Home (re-issue) (0:01)
14. Ray Singer - Over The Weekend (2:33)
15. Ray Singer - It's Gotta Be (re-issue) (0:01)
16. Ray Singer - Girl Can't Help It (2:28)
17. Ray Singer - Hey, Who (re-issue) (0:01)
18. Ray Singer - Look In Your Eyes (2:39)
19. Ray Singer - He, Vous! (Hey Who) (2:30)
20. Ray Singer - Que Ne Vienne Jamais (2:59)
21. Ray Singer - O Toi La Vie (2:33)
22. Ray Singer - Je N'étais Rien (2:34)
23. Ray Singer - What's Done Has Been Done (re-issue) (0:01)
24. Ray Singer - A Dreamer Of The Past (2:04)
25. Ray Singer - Won't It Be Fine (2:53)
26. Ray Singer - Little Words (2:21)
27. Ray Singer - Ah Oop (3:06)
28. Ray Singer - Stargazin' (1:57)
29. Ray Singer - She's Not You (2:31
Artist Bios BT35

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Rare Brit Pop, Discog...s of Lost Artists Pt. 236

1. Ray Adams - Venus In Blue Jeans (2:07)
2. Ray Adams - He's Got My Sympathy (2:01)
3. Ray & Ellien - Two Little People (3:02)
4. Ray & Ellien - It's Alright (2:05)
5. Ray & Ellien - You'll Never Find A Love Like Mine (2:10)
6. Ray & Ellien - Forget It (2:11)
7. Ray & Elaine - Please Be Patient (3:14)
8. Ray & Elaine - Never Can A Tear (2:45)
9. Ray & Elaine - Dearly Beloved (2:59)
10. Ray & Elaine - That's What Living Is For (3:03)
11. The Termites - Stavolta Hai Vinto (Tell Me) (2:57)
12. The Termites - I Found My Place (2:22)
13. The Termites - Tell Me (2:55)
14. The Termites - I Found My Place (re-issue) (0:01)
15. The Termites - Every Day, Every Day (2:16)
16. The Termites - No-One In The Whole Wide World (2:48)
17. Gloria Roma - I Didn't Know What Time It Was (2:06)
18. Gloria Roma - It Hurts Me So (2:20)
19. Dean Rogers & The Hi-fi's - End Of Time (3:05)
20. Dean Rogers - Keep The Miracle Going (2:37)
21. Dean Rogers - High In The Misty Sky (2:02)
22. Dean Rogers - Timber (2:00)
23. Sidney James - Kids (2:30)
24. Dean Rogers - One Last Kiss (1:46)
25. Tommy Steele/Bernard Cribbins/Sid James - Where's The Birdie (2:36)
26. Sidney James with Liz Frazer - Double Bunk (2:12)
27. Sidney James - The 'ooter Song (2:11)
28. Sid James - Our House (2:45)
29. Sid James - She's Gone (3:17)

Artist Bios BT36

Obscure American Artists 1956-1963 (discog-s) 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. Missing available on Internet Marketplace below, Seller in the right column:

 Missing 

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 and tagged (99% of CD tracks are improperly tagged)  see Project Description, Terms of Participation (old projects)

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*.

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.

Some Popular Aartists 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 (trad. country, soul, blues, trad. pop) is fuzzy.

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

* Incomplete discographies of Artists listed by Kreiter are completed (denoted by K’). Artists not listed by Kreiter but present on popular Teen Sound CD compilations are included (denoted by K-)

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  T36  T37  T38  T39  T40  T41  T42

T43  T44  T45  T46  T47  T48  T49  T50  T51  T52  T53  T54  T55  T56  T57  T58  T59  T60  T61  T62  T63

T64  T65  T66  T67  T68  T69  T70  T71  T72  T73  T74  T75  T76  T77  T78  T79  T80  T81  T82  T83  T84

T85  T86  T87  T88  T89  T90  T91  T92  T93  T94  T95  T96  T97  T98  T99  Ta00

Ta01  Ta02  Ta03  Ta04  Ta05  Ta06  Ta07  Ta08  Ta09  Ta10  Ta11  Ta12  Ta13  Ta14  Ta15  Ta16  Ta17  Ta18

Ta19  Ta20  Ta21  Ta22  Ta23  Ta24  Ta25  Ta26  Ta27  Ta28  Ta29  Ta30  Ta31  Ta32  Ta33  Ta34  Ta35  Ta36

Ta37  Ta38  Ta39  Ta40  Ta41  Ta42  Ta43  Ta44  Ta45  Ta46  Ta47  Ta48  Ta49  Ta50  Ta51

P01  P02  P03  P04  P05  P06  P07  P08  P09  P10  P11  P12  P33

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  R35  R36  R37  R38  R39  R40

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

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Access to passes only for collectors who actively participate in the project! 

Please read carefuly the below 

Project Description

Obscure American Artists project has been launched to create a library of music recorded by forgotten artists, from 1956 to 1963. To

save obscure artists 1956-63 from oblivion,

in another words. Their recordings are available only on original 45’s. This project is profit free project, created by passionate collectors of old music who decided to contribute their collections. I’m the main contributor, list of 45’s in my collection below,

My collection of 45's updated 10.07.25 (new additions at the bottom)

I would like to thank all contributors of rips from original 45’s: Frank, Roy, Darrell, Gyro, Russ and many others sharing rips with John, who shares next with me. There is also a group of contributors who do not have their own collection of 45’s and shared individual tracks found on the Internet. I would like to say thank you for help so far, please only rips from original 45’s in the future. Occasionally, very good YouTube copies are used, each is professionally remastered. Overall, big thank you to all YouTubers who post good rips of rare 45's 1956-1963, from own collection.

If you want to share music downloaded in this project, then same copyrights as copyrights to legally issued CDs with rare music older than 60 years*, can be applied:

1.            the sound recording copyright (ripping and remastering technique)

2.            research on artist discographies and acquisition of original material

3.            thematic concept, booklet with artist bios.

* Jasmine, Acrobat, Proper and many other labels

It means, that you can download and listen, you may not share further!

Please read my comment

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