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ron holden thunderbirds began when holden was arrested my band and myself were at a little high school sock hop during the intermission the boys in the band including myself went out we jumped in our band car we had probably a half pint of i w harper and one of them funny little cigarettes it was about ten of us stuck in this little car the police came over checked us out found out i was the only one over 18 i did my little odd job for the government while i was in there i met the forensic expert the guy who took fingerprints every two hours or so he d take my fingerprints i couldn t figure out what this guy was doin he was tryin to get in my head he heard me doo wopping in the can and he said what was that song you were doing i told him i had just written a letter to my girlfriend explaining to her that i wasn t a bad guy he said i m going to quit the sheriff s department when you get out come and visit me and we ll see if we can do something fingerprint guy turned out to be larry nelson who was about to quit law enforcement and start the seattle based nite owl label nelson s partner chuck markulis who attended san pedro high school and everett junior college in washington and sang as the shades on dear lori b w one touch of heaven on aladdin 3453 in 1959 the holden recording session took place on a sunday morning in nelson s 10 x 12 feet living room i had no idea what a studio was about chuck markulis owned the stereo roberts tape recorder and we had two channels to get 20 microphones in and all these guys there was a dog in the room it was real bizarre we did it live every time we d try to record the dog would bark twenty hours later we all hated each other love you so had a 38 second intro perfect for a dj a yak up before the vocals b w my babe on nelson s new nite owl 10 which charted on seattle s kyao at 5 on november 1 1959 markulis and nelson shopped the song to l a labels and the challenge label pressed up 5 000 45s but then backed out to avoid litigation challenge sent 5 000 unlabeled discs to seattle nelson and markulis glued nite owl labels on them one by one they then made a deal with bob keane who released love you so b w my babe on donna 1315 where it charted higher than it did in seattle it first charted on kfxm at 1 on february 13 1960 at wallichs music city at 1 on march 14 1960 on krla at 1 on march 18 1960 valley news chart at 1 on march 18 1960 kfwb at 1 on march 26 1960 kacy in oxnard at 1 on april 3 1960 and billboard charts at 7 on april 4 1960 and the billboard r b charts at 11 on may 16 1960 in all seven months november 1959 to may 1960 of appearing on different charts posted in uncategorized leave a comment jimmy norman vs the t birds green stamps august 17 2015 first came jimmy norman after singing with the chargers vocalist jimmy norman hooked up with h b barnum who had him record thank him and a remake of hank williams you win again on mun rab 102 barnum spelled backwards in late 1959 norman s reference to the marketing ploy totally different from the t birds hit green stamps was very much influenced by sheb wooley s purple people eater complete with squeaky voices b w a rocker just to get to you on dot 16016 that was done as a demo in the beginning but dot records put it out they decided to leave my name on it make my name on it i was introduced to the lady who ran dot they had a party for me at the time norman s green stamps was a kfxm pick on october 17 1960 then came the t birds a two release off shoot of the jaguars the t birds who recorded green stamps b w come on dance with me on the very short lived t bird 101 r i on chess 1778 were sonny chaney charles middleton and val poliuto of the jaguars who said we were always a member short of a group t bird was an example of creating a label to market master to more major label that was john marascalco s production and he had a lot of gimmicks chaney recalled we were with my ex wife s cousin he was faking guitar on the record from the platter matter column of jan 12 61 a new singing group has the right idea about original lyrics that attain the sound which sparks listeners interest since practically every store service station and supermarket in the nation promotes collective stamps the t birds must have decided why not sing about them green stamps is the title of this amusing record which tells about a boy who pledges to give his girl green stamps yellow stamps blue chip too every time she kisses him he also urges her to come an get em throughout this rock n roll platter there is an outstanding similarity between the t birds style and that of the well known coasters this style the beat lyrics and expressions used all combine to make this recording one that will probably do quite well on the surveys it did green stamps was a krla pick on january 13 1961 a wallichs hit at 33 on january 23 1961 a krla hit at 24 on january 27 1961 and a kfxm pick on february 4 1961 green stamps did not chart nationally nor did the much rarer taco harry b w hog wild chess 1792 which presaged the demise of the t birds the same lineup also recorded as the runaways on lavender about six months later posted in uncategorized leave a comment 2010 in review january 2 2011 the stats helper monkeys at wordpress com mulled over how this blog did in 2010 and here s a high level summary of its overall blog health the blog health o meter reads this blog is doing awesome crunchy numbers a boeing 747 400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers this blog was viewed about 5 800 times in 2010 that s about 14 full 747s in 2010 there were 3 new posts growing the total archive of this blog to 30 posts the busiest day of the year was september 10th with 86 views the most popular post that day was about rockin steve where did they come from the top referring sites in 2010 were oldwax blogspot com wpmd org en wordpress com en wikipedia org and search aol com some visitors came searching mostly for evelyn freeman john dolphin huggy boy jesse belvin and ed townsend attractions in 2010 these are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010 1 about rockin steve august 2007 3 comments 2 didn t it rain by evelyn freeman the exciting voices december 2007 4 comments 3 the death of john dolphin august 2007 7 comments 4 record shops and in car record players december 2007 4 comments 5 frank wilson on soul northern soul s rarest updated may 6 2009 december 2008 posted in uncategorized leave a comment california eagle police stop teen agers drink party apr 1 1954 july 8 2010 thurs april 1 1954 police stop teen agers drink party santa monica police raided a crowd of 600 dancers at the chase hotel saturday night and stopped the dancing when they found scores of teen agers among the heavy drinking patrons the dance reportedly was promoted by jack lauderdale former owner of the downbeat record shop and at present operator of the la dale motel both in los angeles john dolphin owner of dolphin s record co vernon and central los angeles and his disc jockey richard huggie boy hug capt reinbold of the santa monica police said there were many juveniles drinking when he arrived that one 16 year old was already so drunk he could hardly stand up and that there were no chaperons in evidence he also said that no permit had been obtained police arrived about 10 o clock when summoned by the hotel they ordered the dancing stopped and also broke up fights that had broken out outside comment no doubt crazed by the wild beat of rock n roll rhythm n blues in 1950 the eagle gave a lot of ink to dolphin when he opened his shop but the amount of coverage seemed to relax as the dolphin advertising budget slacked off tags dolphin s of hollywood down beat record shop huggy boy jack lauderdale john dolphin la dale motel posted in huggy boy john dolphin leave a comment the passions february 19 2010 harold garcia sammy handy kenny sinclair from the six teens earl sinclair and william devase bass were the passions on both era and dore on era they rendered the uptempo jackie brown b w my aching heart 1063 reissued on capitol 3963 after this fine two label release stiffed the passions were laid off to the era sister label of dore after the cousins who ran era broke their partnership for the less effective tango of love b w nervous about sally 505 in 1958 in 1959 most likely because of a competing east coast passions group which had hit big with just to be with you they became the colognes on lummtone after which sinclair and devase joined the elements elgins vocal group posted in los angeles r b doo wop leave a comment ed townsend february 18 2010 ed townsend had scant success with aladdin dot and carlton however his fortune improved when townsend recalled nat cole brought me over to capitol i met him in las vegas when i sang with horace heidt townsend s powerful ballad for your love b w over and over again 3926 was his breakout local and national success hitting top 15 nationally and top 10 in l a and on border radio for your love was enhanced by the full sound of the combining of two gospel groups one white one black in the background of this studio session supplementing this background were gwen johnson and betty wright who went to school with the blossoms arranger rene hall recalled how townsend was strongly opinionated about how he wanted the session to sound that would be an ed townsend trademark he liked background singers that sing in the broadway production style and violas instead of violins i only followed his style he d say get me plenty of violas and keep those high screechy things down as much as you can that s what he called violins posted in uncategorized leave a comment bells of st mary s march 3 2009 kell osborne arrived in l a in 1959 from detroit where he had moved with future members of the temptations in l a i met lester sill who was manager of the coasters and president of trey records and manager of phil spector he recalled about his disc debut bells of st mary b w that s all right baby on trey 3006 osborne said i didn t like that too much phil spector was very young great guitar player and was easy to work with but he was so young hadn t made any hits yet i was the first artist he got a hold of after he became famous he wouldn t speak to me it was a 40 voice spiritual choir from l a the track was already cut it was all tracks i thought it was great lester flew me to phoenix az and i couldn t open my mouth so he gave me a whole bottle of castor oil lester thought i had a voice that was like jackie wilson lester had big plans for me but i was mpatient it hit in baltimore md of all places among other singers osborne recalled lester had bobby sheen also in 1963 the bells of st mary was given to sheen s bob b soxx and the blue jeans also produced by spector posted in uncategorized leave a comment the elements elgins december 7 2008 the elements kenny sinclair darryl cappy lewis his brother carl lewis and jimmy smith emerged from the six teens with william devase who had sung with sinclair in the colognes on lummtone also known as the passions on era and capitol their only release the fine lonely hearts club b w bad man came out on titan 1708 in 1960 a beaumont tx classmate of smith from texas oscar mcdonald replaced carl lewis and the group moved on to the flip the original home of the six teens as the elgins in 1961 brown issued my illness b w extra extra which used the opening read all about it as by the elgins 1724 with the title my illness almost immediately changed to the more appetizing heartache heartbreak the opening lines heartache heartbreak and lonely misery of the song smith recalled we always referred to it as my illness after a one disc career as the elements on titan the newly renamed elgins put down one historic 45 for flip uncle sam s man b w casey cop 353 in 1960 this tearful goodbye to a serviceman s sweetheart as he heads off to sea was patterned by darryl lewis from the bridge darling can t you see that i m going overseas of the six teens major flip label hit a casual look 315 from 1956 the elgins presentation featured strong unison harmonies overlaid with jimmy smith s impassioned lead and soaring falsetto it s what you call a weave doing falsetto over the top dropping back into the harmony back to the lead said smith it was a different thing for their next releases the elgins moved over to the lummtone label in 1961 posted in uncategorized leave a comment frank wilson on soul northern soul s rarest updated may 6 2009 december 7 2008 one copy of this disc escaped from the motown files in a transaction that involved drugs and a drug addled employee of the firm who took qualuudes from a medical professional doctor famed deceased record collector for the company s file copy of this 45 the doctor who collected 50s vocal group harmony records turned it around in a big trade and later that copy sold for upwards of 20 gs now comes the following from the latest goldmine so you don t have to click thru three links to get to the text shame on you goldmine oh the hardship sold by kenny burrell this version is one of only two surviving copies of wilson s record known to exist and it s the only one in acceptable playing condition motown kingpin berry gordy originally ordered the record destroyed as the story goes wilson who became a producer for motown was hired in late 1965 to head up the label s west coast operation in los angeles the deal was contingent upon wilson giving up his recording and performing career but wilson recorded a demo of do i love you upon finding out berry gave the order to have it wiped off the face of the earth but two copies escaped u k record dealer john manship who specializes in northern soul rarities held the auction for burrell s record the total amount of the sale which started in the middle of march and ran to april 29 was 25 742 that s sort of the back story wilson who sang with the family group the wil sones on highland and the remarkables on audio arts joined motown when it moved west he recorded the soul single then gordy told him to make a decision either you re a vocalist or a songwriter he chose writer gordy stopped the release wilson is now a preacher and lives in pasadena tags qualuudes record collector drugs motown posted in los angeles r b doo wop music 1 comment it was you december 3 2008 tags bobby sanders kaybo glen campbell posted in los angeles r b doo wop music leave a comment older entries search pages about rockin steve the steve propes 45s show archives august 2015 january 2011 july 2010 february 2010 march 2009 december 2008 november 2008 june 2008 may 2008 april 2008 january 2008 december 2007 october 2007 september 2007 august 2007 categories book review 1 cruising 2 huggy boy 1 john dolphin 1 los angeles blues 5 los angeles r b doo wop 23 murder 1 music 23 uncategorized 6 blogroll wordpress com wordpress org meta create account log in xfn wordpress blog at wordpress com entries rss and comments rss subscribe 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