Everybody a happy New Year's party and some advice: 'Shake It'!
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Little Junior's Blue Flames - Fussin' And Fightin' Blues (1953)
Yes, X-mas: a time for Love and Peace ...
Monday, December 23, 2013
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Wednesday, November 27, 2013
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Sunday, November 24, 2013
Etta James & the Peaches - The Wallflower (1955)
Etta James' 'The Wallflower', subtitled 'Dance With Me Henry', can surely be seen as a true rock and
roll original.
An early favorite in Alan Freed's "Rock & Roll Show" miss Peaches wants to get up her feet and roll with Henry, while the rolling is on! Henry's voice is Richard Berry (of 'Louie Louie' and 'Have Love Will Travel' fame).
The song is one in a long exchange of 'Annie and Henry' songs: 'Work With Me Annie', 'Dance With Me Henry', 'Annie Had A Baby', 'Henry's Got Flat Feet', 'Hey Henry', 'Annie's Aunt Fannie' etc. The 'Annie' songs were introduced by Hank Ballard & the Midnighters, but in 'Annie's Aunt Fannie' Ballard refers back to Roy Brown's 'Fannie Brown' I guess ... and so the family tree branches out.
Modern Records 947
An early favorite in Alan Freed's "Rock & Roll Show" miss Peaches wants to get up her feet and roll with Henry, while the rolling is on! Henry's voice is Richard Berry (of 'Louie Louie' and 'Have Love Will Travel' fame).
The song is one in a long exchange of 'Annie and Henry' songs: 'Work With Me Annie', 'Dance With Me Henry', 'Annie Had A Baby', 'Henry's Got Flat Feet', 'Hey Henry', 'Annie's Aunt Fannie' etc. The 'Annie' songs were introduced by Hank Ballard & the Midnighters, but in 'Annie's Aunt Fannie' Ballard refers back to Roy Brown's 'Fannie Brown' I guess ... and so the family tree branches out.
Modern Records 947
Saturday, November 23, 2013
Bill Haley & his Comets - Thirteen Women (1954)
Bill Haley and his Comets turn a mambo-flavored jump blues by Dickie Thompson into a post-apocalyptic mambo-billy nightmare. Flip-side of 'Rock Around The Clock' in 1954.
Friday, November 22, 2013
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