Obscure American Artists 1956-1963, Teen 144-147

 

Obscure American Artists 1956-1963, Teen 144
1. Larry Meadows - Phyllis (1:47)
2. Larry Meadows - We're Through (2:03)
3. Larry Meadows - Such A Lonely Boy (2:33)
4. Larry Meadows - Don't Hide Your Love (2:18)
5. Larry Meadows - Couldn't That Just Tear Your Heart Out (2:07)
6. Larry Meadows - Pretend (2:34)
7. Little Billy - Say It Like You Mean It (1:56)
8. Little Billy - I Found Me A Girl (2:04)
9. Ernie Menehune - Back In Aloha Land (1:49)
10. Ernie Menehune - Minoi Minoi (2:16)
11. Bongo Johnny Menenz - Bye Bye Linda (2:23)
12. Bongo Johnny Menenz - Self Love. (2:16)
13. Adgis Merrill - How Cruel Can You Be (1:39)
14. Adgis Merrill - Close To My Heart (2:06)
15. Mark Merritt - Top Notch (1:16)
16. Mark Merritt - Whatcha Gonna Do (1:50)
17. Mike Mershon - Pardon Me For Loving You (2:39)
18. Mike Mershon - Sure Is Lonesome Out Tonight (2:22)
19. Todd Michaud - I Need Your Love (2:32)
20. Todd Michaud - Top Dawg (2:13)
21. George Michel - True True Love (2:13)
22. George Michel - Another Start (2:18)
23. A Teenage Memory - A Teenage Memory (3:02)
24. Baby I'm All Alone - Baby I'm All Alone (2:18)
25. Bye Bye Baby - Bye Bye Baby (2:03)
26. Believe In Me - Believe In Me (2:27)
27. Mike Leeds - Working After School (2:01)
28. Mike Leeds - Lover Baby (2:11)
29. The Jammie Sisters - You Are My Sunshine (With A Teen Greek Beat) (2:00)
30. The Jammie Sisters - Waiting For Your Answer (2:45)
Ta44 Artist Bios
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Obscure American Artists 1956-1963, Teen 145
1. Chuck Howard - I'm Alright (2:39)
2. Chuck Howard - Time (Will Tell) (2:42)
3. Chuck Isaacs w. The Craftsmen - Graduation (2:11)
4. Chuck Isaacs w. The Craftsmen - Paul And Silas (2:07)
5. Don Houston - Ginchy Little Baby (1:53)
6. Don Houston - Standing On Your Doorstep (2:34)
7. The Idylls - Annette (2:01)
8. The Idylls - Love Me Again (2:20)
9. The Incidentals - Wheres My True Love (2:52)
10. The Incidentals - Barbara (2:20)
11. Jackie Hurst - Night Wind (2:35)
12. Jackie Hurst - King Of Dreamers (1:59)
13. Jimmy Irwin - Do I Stand A Chance (2:01)
14. Jimmy Irwin - You're For Me (1:45)
15. Terry Hull & The Starfires - Meant To Be (2:06)
16. Terry Hull & The Starfires - Those Pretty Brown Eyes (2:32)
17. The Hysterical Society Boys - I Got Shot (Out Of The Saddle) (2:30)
18. The Hysterical Society Boys - Funny Face (2:04)
19. Frank Haven - I Say I Have Forgiven (2:01)
20. Frank Haven - Seven Days (2:07)
21. Tony Gunner - (I've Been Traveling The) Rough Road (2:14)
22. Tony Gunner - You Gotta Go Home (2:14)
23. The Hall Brothers - I´m Still Lonely (2:39)
24. The Hall Brothers - Toy Boy (2:13)
25. Ronnie Hall - Sunddenly You Know (2:21)
26. Ronnie Hall - Why Can't It Happen To Me (2:42)
27. Bill Griffith - Think About Me (2:14)
28. Bill Griffith - Baby (2:18)
29. Eddie Gaines - Out Of Gas (2:11)
30. Eddie Gaines - I Never Had It So Good (1:58)
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Obscure American Artists 1956-1963, Teen 146
1. Teri Allen - Poor Little Puppy (2:26)
2. Teri Allen - Goodnight, It's Time To Go (2:04)
3. Teri Allen - This Little Girl Stayed Home (2:47)
4. Terri Alen - In The First Place (2:15)
5. Teri Allan - Can't Run To Daddy Anymore (2:16)
6. Teri Allen - Her Or Me (2:20)
7. Johnny Caruso - Telephone Talk (2:12)
8. Johnny Caruso - Sugie (2:13)
9. Jim Cava - Humpty Dumpty Heart (2:08)
10. Jim Cava - Take-Away (2:13)
11. Lucky Clark - So Sick (2:26)
12. Lucky Clark - Two Kinds Of People (2:26)
13. Lucky Clark - Let Me Be The Fool (2:37)
14. Lucky Clark - Feeling Of Love (2:29)
15. Jeanne & The Epics - Mama Dear (2:14)
16. Jeanne & The Epics - Glad To Be Free (1:54)
17. Jeanne & The Epics - I Want To Be Your Girl (2:09)
18. Jeanne & The Epics - So Many Times (2:25)
19. Richard Fields - Devoted (2:38)
20. Richard Fields - Doctor Feelgood (2:59)
21. Tony Lee - I Don't Care What You Do (2:58)
22. Tony Lee - Someone To Love (2:27)
23. Tony Lee - So Shy (2:29)
24. Tony Lee - Summer Love (2:03)
25. Vicki Lee - Ronnie My True Love (2:29)
26. Vicki Lee - Eddie My Love (2:34)
27. David Lucas - Bula Vinaka (2:25)
28. David Lucas - So Until I See You Again (2:55)
29. Kelly Sims - Betrayed By Love (2:31)
30. Kelly Sims - A Girl in Love (2:25)
Ta46 Artist Bios
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Obscure American Artists 1956-1963, Teen 147
1. Jack Roberts - Light Up The Candles (2:30)
2. Jack Roberts - After Being Your Lover (2:33)
3. Cook Bros. - Always Together (2:37)
4. Cook Bros. - Teenage Love Affair (2:32)
5. Ira Cook - What Is A Girl (2:28)
6. Ira Cook - What Is A Boy (2:38)
7. The Dalton Boys - I'm Thinkin' (2:31)
8. The Dalton Boys - Much More Stronger (1:54)
9. Jay Darrow - Girl In My Dreams (1:44)
10. Jay Darrow - I Love That Girl (1:49)
11. Jay Darrow - Ballad Of A Teenage Prayer (2:45)
12. Jay Darrow - The Body-O Twist (1:46)
13. Herb Essex - Come My Little Baby (1:56)
14. Herb Essex & The Walters Sisters - Was It Make-Believe (1:55)
15. Mary Eustics & The Chums - That's It (2:35)
16. Mary Eustics & The Chums - Never A Moment (2:48)
17. Linda Ray - These Precious Moments (2:44)
18. Linda Ray - Sentimental And Sorry (2:36)
19. Dotty Frederick - Ricky (2:36)
20. Dotty Frederick - Just Wait (1:53)
21. Ricky Robins - If I'm A Fool (1:58)
22. Ricky Robins - Baby What You Gonna Do (2:32)
23. Randy Robins - Wishing Star (2:22)
24. Randy Robins - Night Life (2:14)
25. Steve Wilson - Oh De Dum (1:50)
26. Steve Wilson - Written In The Stars (2:31)
27. Steve Wilson - Out L.A. Way (2:07)
28. Steve Wilson - Feelin' Blue (2:31)
29. Steve Wilson - Pretty Little Angel (2:24)
30. Steve Wilson - When Will I Learn Not To Cry (2:51)
Ta47 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.

Location of the file with a given Obscure Artist can be found on Google sheet:

Obscure US Artists 1956-1963 - EXCEL

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

Links to Obscure US ... files can be found in the main post of this series. 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