roger ford

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own thread)

Continuing our regular weekly look at some of the more memorable and
not quite so memorable records listed and reviewed as NEW RELEASES by
"Billboard" this week in......

1953 (May 2)

The Hilltoppers - P.S I Love You (Dot 15085)
Faron Young - I Can't Wait (Capitol 2461)
Henry Pierce & Five Notes - Hey Fine Mama (Specialty 461)
Frankie Lee Sims - Lucy Mae Blues (Specialty 459)
Elmore James - Baby Whats Wrong (Meteor 5003)
George Green - Finance Man (Chance 1135)**

1954 (May 1)

Johnnie Ray - Hey There (Columbia 40224)
The Four Aces - Three Coins In The Fountain (Decca 40224)
The Checkers - Don't Stop Dan (King 4710)
J.B & His Hawks - Combination Boogie (Chance 1155)
The Cardinals - Under A Blanket Of Blue (Atlantic 1025)
John Christmon - My Baby's Gone (Excello 2031)**

1955 (Apr 30)

Frank Sinatra - Learnin' The Blues (Capitol 2102)
Fats Domino - Ain't It A Shame (Imperial 5348)
Sammy Lewis - I Feel So Worried (Sun 218)
The Marigolds - Rollin' Stone (Excello 2057)
The Feathers - Why Don't You Write Me (Show Time 1105)
Lou Bart - (Zoom) Gove Me Your Love Tonight (Apollo 473)**

1956 (May 5)

The Four Lovers - Honey Love (RCA 6519)
Little Willie John - Fever (King 4935)
Mac Curtis - If I Had Me A Woman (King 4927)
Sid King & The 5 Strings - Ooobie Doobie (Columbia 40680)
The Five Chances - Gloria (States 156)
The Kinglets - Six Days A Week (And Sundays Too) (Calvert 101)**

1957 (May 6)

Pat Boone - Love Letters In The Sand (Dot 15570)
The Dell-Vikings - Little Billy Boy (Dot 15571)
Dale Hawkins - Susie -Q (Checker 863)
Earl Palmer's Party Rockers - Johnnie's House Party (Aladdin 3379)
Marvin & Johnny - Yak Yak (Aladdin 3371)
The Gladiators - Girl Of My Heart (Dig 135)**

1958 (May 5)

Betty Johnson - Dream (Atlantic 1186)
Don & Dewey - Justine (Specialty 631)
Big Maybelle - Blues Early Early (Savoy 1536)
Arthur Gunter - Ludella (Excello 2137)
The Titans - Arlene (Specialty 632)
Casanova Jr - Sally Mae (Port 70001)**

1959 (May 4)

Ronnie Hawkins - Forty Days (Roulette 4154)
Dave "Baby" Cortez - The Happy Organ (Clock 1009)
The Drifters - There Goes My Baby (Atlantic 2025)
The Coasters - Along Came Jones (Atco 6141)
The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You (End 1046)
The Lifeguards - Everybody Outa The Pool (ABC-Paramount 10021)

1960 (May 2)

The Hollywood Argyles - Alley Oop (Lute 5905)
Duane Eddy - Because They're Young (Jamie 1156)
The Fleetwoods - Runaround (Dolton 22)
Dorsey Burnette - Hey Little One (Era 3019)
Johnny & The Hurricanes - Down Yonder (Big Top 308)
The Fendermen - Mule Skinner Blues (Soma 1137)

1961 (May 1)

Frankie Avalon - Gotta Get A Girl (Chancellor 1077)
The Edsels - Rama Lama Ding Dong (Twin 700)
The Fireballs - Quite A Party (Warwick 644)
Phil Upchurch Combo - You Can't Sit Down (Boyd 1026)
Huey Smith & The Clowns - Behind The Wheel (Imperial 5747)
The Jive Five - My True Story (Beltone 1006)

1962 (May 5)

The Everly Brothers - That's Old Fashioned (Warner Bros 5273)
Paul Anka - A Steel Guitar & A Glass Of Wine (RCA 8030)
Joanie Sommers - Johnny Get Angry (Warner Bros 5275)
Bobby Vinton - Roses Are Red (Epic 9509)
Clarence "Frogman" Henry - Dream Myself A Sweetheart (Argo 5414)
Ricky Dee & Embers - Work Out (New Town 5001)

1963 (May 4)

Bobby Rydell - Wildwood Days (Cameo 252)
Johnny Cash - Ring Of Fire (Columbia 42788)
Link Wray - Jack The Ripper (Swan 4137)
Doris Troy - Just One Look (Atlantic 2188)
The O'Jays - Crack Up Laughing (Imperial 5942)
Ernest Ashworth - Talk Back Trembling Lips (Hickory 1214)

** these I have'nt heard as far as I know

Yes,I know some sides as listed may not be the "top sides" as we know
them but they are the sides BB chose to review

This week's teaser---in two parts

1) It might look like one of the records above covers a much more well
known artists' more famous version of the song but the record as
listed above WAS the first issued version of the song.What record are
we talking about here?

2) One of the records listed was originally released 3 years earlier.
What is it? What was the original label it appeared on? And for
maximum points what was the ORIGINAL title of the song as shown on
said original label?

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randypny

I believe Ernest Ashworth's version of "Talk Back, Trembling Lips" preceded
the better-known pop version by Johnny Tillotson.

"Rama Lama Ding Dong," which was issued on Dub International 2843 in 1958 as
"Lama Rama Ding Dong."

- Randy

roger ford

Good call but it's not the one I had in mind---anyway Tillotson's
version only just about scrapes by as a cover since it was released at
least six months later than the Ashworth original


Yup!! Dead right!!

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roger ford

Technically it is "Oobie Doobie" (sic) by Sid King & the Five Strings
that actually came out BEFORE the Orbison version (the Je-Wel original
release) altthough the Big O recorded the song first.

Owing to the mess up in posting last week I never noticed till now
that Mark D. pretty well answered this one so congrats Mark!!

Already answered by Randy in another post in this thread

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|| <mariabus@bblueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
||
||| (Apologies if this appears twice I had to alter header so it forms
||| its own thread)
|||
||
||| This week's teaser---in two parts
|||
||| 1) It might look like one of the records above covers a much more
||| well known artists' more famous version of the song but the record
||| as listed above WAS the first issued version of the song.What
||| record are we talking about here?
|||
|| Technically it is "Oobie Doobie" (sic) by Sid King & the Five Strings
|| that actually came out BEFORE the Orbison version (the Je-Wel
|| original release) altthough the Big O recorded the song first.

The Orbison one is the definitive one.


||
|| Owing to the mess up in posting last week I never noticed till now
|| that Mark D. pretty well answered this one so congrats Mark!!
||
||| 2) One of the records listed was originally released 3 years
||| earlier. What is it? What was the original label it appeared on?
||| And for maximum points what was the ORIGINAL title of the song as
||| shown on said original label?
||
|| Already answered by Randy in another post in this thread
|||
||
||
|| ROGER FORD
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dcguy

Thanks to Randy for posting about the Edsels and Dub International. I've been certain for years the initial release was on Dub Itnernational, and any number of people told me I was crazy. I grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas, and think I remember a DJ saying there was some Little Rock connection with the initial release -- maybe it was recorded there, maybe some band member came from there, something. Anyone have any idea?