Manfred Man - Cock-A-Hoop / Now You're Needing me

Manfred Mann's 1st single from 1963. Non album cuts.

Manfred Mann - Cock-A-Hoop

Wanda Jackson - Now You're Needing me

The Rocky Fellers - Ching-A-Ling Baby

Stanley Kahn discovered The Rocky Fellers, a pop/rock band in the 1960s, and signed them to Scepter Records. The group was composed of four Filipino brothers: Tony, Junior, Eddie, and Albert Maligmat, and their father, Doroteo "Moro" Maligmat. They had a hit single called "Killer Joe", written by Bert Russell and Bob Elgin in 1963. The song was inspired by famed dance instructor and "King of the Discotheque," Killer Joe Piro. It has many similarities to the chorus of the Mickey and Sylvia hit, "Love is Strange."

"Killer Joe" reached No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1963. They followed up with another Bob Elgin song called "Like the Big Guys Do". Among their other recordings was a Christmas novelty song, "Santa, Santa", written by a then-unknown songwriter, Neil Diamond. The Rocky Fellers also recorded another Neil Diamond song, "We Got Love" which is available on their LP, Killer Joe from 1963. The Rocky Fellers faded quickly from the music scene in the mid-1960s, due primarily to the arriving British Invasion bands.

This is none of the songs mentioned above....

The Rocky Fellers - Ching-A-Ling Baby

The Human Jungle - Gorilla Milk

When you milk a gorilla you better be kind!

Back to some weirdness... A little rocking psychedelic novelty tune from The Human Jungle w/ Gorilla Milk from 1967. Not really sure what was going on with this...? A weird answer to doing "The Monkey"??? Kinda late for that since the monkey hit its peak in 1963.... Anyway, another weird 45 that sounds cool my weird ears.... maybe you'll enjoy it too....????

The Human Jungle - Gorilla Milk

The Vice-Roys - Buzz-Bomb

Another 50 cent flea market find. Today we have the Vice-Roys w/ Buzz-Bomb. A nice little surfy garage number from 1963 w/ cool sax, some mean guitar licks & killer keyboard fills.

Yeah, it's seen better days but hey, for 50 cents i aint complaining.... and since it is free to you, you shouldn't either...

As for the Vice-Roys.....??? Looks like they were a Seattle Washington band.... Other than that your guess is as good as mine.

Edit: Oops, per the comments of BobbyM these guys were not from the PNW but a Chicago area band. And they had a very minor hit in '63 with "Seagrams". They followed that one up with "Buzz-Bomb"....

Thanks BobbyM!

The Vice-Roys - Buzz-Bomb

Royaltones - Poor Boy - Seesaw

2 instrumental cuts from 1963 by The Royaltones on the Port label. Looks like Poor Boy was original issued with "Wail" as the flip on Jubilee records in 1958. In 1959 Seesaw was issued on Jubilee w/ Little Bo as the flip. This pressing from '63 pairs both A sides.....

Here is some Royaltones info lifted from www.rockabilly.nl

One of the better instrumental rock 'n' roll acts, the Royaltones hailed from Dearborn in Michigan. They had a longer run than most (1957-1964), the constant presence throughout these years being sax player George Katsakis, who was recently interviewed by Dave Burke and Alan Taylor of Pipeline magazine, for the liner notes of the new Royaltones CD on Ace. George Katsakis (born 1941) started out on clarinet at the age of eight, but later switched to the saxophone. Influences were Clifford Scott, Lee Allen, Red Prysock and Sam Taylor, among others. The group that Katsakis formed in 1957 was initially called the Paragons and included the twin brothers Mike and Greg Popoff (also born 1941). The three youngsters began to write their own instrumentals, one of which was "Poor Boy". Studio owner Stuart Gorelic was impressed with the acetate of the song and gave them a chance to make a professional recording. For this purpose the group was expanded with guitarist Bob Sanderson and a second sax player, Ken Anderson. Mike Popoff played keyboards and Greg Popoff drums. Gorelic sent the tapes to New York and within three days the group was signed to and released on Jubilee Records, owned by Jerry Blaine, who changed the group's name to The Royaltones, as there was already a recording group with the name the Paragons. Gorelic also told them that they needed someone over the age of 21 to sign the publishing contract. Although Bob Sanderson (1935-1994) had no hand in writing "Poor Boy", he was the only one old enough to sign and so he became the official composer of the group's early group-written tunes. The plan was to sort things out later, but that never happened.

"Poor Boy" entered the Billboard charts in October 1958 and rose to # 17, quite a feat for such a "dirty" instrumental. The flip was the equally exciting "Wail!", making this one of the classic double-sided rock instrumental 45s of the 1950s. The Popoff brothers then temporarily left the group and were replaced by Bo Savich (drums) and Ken Anderson's wife Diane on piano. This line-up plays on the second Jubilee single, "See-Saw"/"Little Bo" (Jubilee 5362), again a strong coupling, but this time there was no chart action. "

Royaltones - Poor Boy

Royaltones - Seesaw

The Sharpees - Do The 45

This record is pretty beat and i wouldn't have even bought it if not for the picture that was stuck in the sleeve. I found this @ the local flea market and bought it because of that pic. I mean, the song is great ( a cool little soul dance number from 1963) but the record condition leaves a bit to be desired. I've talked about it before but it always sorta bums me out when i find stuff like this while digging for records. People will clean out houses and take the entire contents to the flea market and try and sell whatever they can and it bums me out that stuff like pictures and personal family items that no one in the family wants just end up in a pile of junk with strangers rooting through it... Anyway try and enjoy the tune even with the snap crackle and pops and dig on that family photo and hope that one day your stuff doesn't end up in a flea market because no one in your family cares enough....

The Sharpees - Do The 45

The Dubs - Your Very First Love - Just You

Great Doo Wop from 1963. It kind of boggles my mind that this is from 1963 because even though its great, it sort of has an old fashion sound to it. I mean, just think, the very next year in 1964 The Kinks would blow everything up along with The Stones, The Who & The Beatles. And only 3 years later Hendrix would put out his first record and stretch it even further.... only a few years seperate this from them but they sound lifetimes apart. Either way i still dig this.

The Dubs - Your Very First Love

The Dubs - Just You

Big Dee Irwin - Another Night With The Boys

Big Dee Irwin w/ Little Eva from 1962. This is the flip to his big hit Swinging On A Star.

Big Dee Irwin - Another Night With The Boys

Al Casey - Surfin Hootenanny - Easy Pickin

2 rockin' surf type cuts by Al Casey today from 1963. Pretty light fare... but a nice start to the warmer weather that is starting to show.

You can read more about Mr. Casey @ the Rockabilly Hall Of Fame.


Al Casey - Surfin Hootenanny

Al Casey - Easy Pickin

The Allisons - Surfer Street - Money

This 45 is a little rough around the edges but what a Tuff - Ruff Sound!!! This has some attitude! A real strut to it, mostly the flip, which is a really great version of Money!

The Allisons - Surfer Street

The Allisons - Money

The Eagles - Stalactite

No not those "Eagles"... This is a British group from 1963 and this rules.

This is my favorite record at the moment.

Very Moonterkkers like w/ a Joe Meek vibe.

I needed this.

a few corrections/additions from some Termbo peeps:

the band real name was les Aiglons (the baby eagles), from Lausanne, Switzerland.

The funny thing is that the band leader, Leon Francioli, is since years a world-wide famous jazz musician... that don't wanna hear from the Aiglons stuff again.


The Eagles - Stalactite

The Legends - Bop-A-Lena - I Wish I Knew

I bought this record on one fact and one fact alone. For the cover version of Ronnie Self's Bop-A-Lena. Another record i have already talked about HERE: on the Devil's Music. Not knowing anything about this group i had to check out the cover of one of my all time amped up 50's songs. And while this doesn't even come close to the original it is a pretty cool Buddy Holly type version. And the flip is a cool piece of Buddy Holly worship too. I've read that this is from either 62' or 63'.

Here is what i dug up on this cool band:

As any aging greaser can tell you, In the pre-Beatles '60's, rock 'n' roll in Milwaukee was spelled "L-E-G-E-N-D-S". The Legends, with front man McCue, were the first band to truly rock Beertown. Their singles "Say Mama", "Bop-A-Lena" and "Lariat" went to the top of the charts in Milwaukee. They were the first local rock band to nail a national record contract, getting signed by Capitol. Every weekend they held court over the spacious dance floor at Muskego Beach. And they helped inspire a generation of local musicians to make music their living. By any reasonable standard, Sam McCue is the godfather of Milwaukee rock. The son of a "semi-pro" trumpet-playing dad and a singing, fiddling mom, McCue started out with ukulele at age 6 and graduated to guitar.
In 1964, McCue left to take an opportunity as lead guitarist and band leader for the Everly Brothers. The Everlys turned out to be a memorable experience. McCue traveled all over the world, worked on a national musical variety TV series, and met and played with such rock royalty as Carl Perkins, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash, Frankie Avalon and Bobby Vinton.

Excerpted from a March 12, 1998 article by Dave Tianen Journal Sentinel Pop Music Critic WAMI Nominee for Music Journalist of the Year.

BTW WAMI stands for the "Wisconsin Area Music Industry" as these guys were from Milwaukee.

The Legends - Bop-A-Lena

The Legends - I Wish I Knew

The Classics - Enie Minie Mo

Formed as the Perennials in 1958 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. The Classics were a one-hit vocal group who made the Top 20 in 1963 with a doo-wop version of the Mills Brothers’ hit ‘Till Then’. The group, all from Brooklyn, comprised Emil Stucchio (9 April 1944; lead vocals), Tony Victor (b. 11 April 1943; first tenor), Johnny Gambale (b. 4 February 1942; second tenor) and Jamie Troy (b. 22 November 1942; bass singer). The quartet all lived in the same street, attended the same high school and by 1958 had developed an act to perform at local events. They changed their name to the Classics at the suggestion of a local club performer. They were introduced to the owner of the small Dart label and recorded three singles for that company, none of which saw significant sales. Switching to the Musicnote label in 1963 they covered the 1944 Mills Brothers ballad and it became a local favourite, eventually peaking at number 20 in the USA. Further singles for Musicnote and other small companies failed and the group disbanded in the mid-60s, without releasing any albums.

This is the flip to the '63 hit and a much cooler tune imho...

The Classics - Enie Minie Mo

Rumble, Rumble, Rumble, Rumble!!!!

Anyone up for a Rumble? Or Four!?!?

One of the Devils all time fave songs here:

1st up Mr. Link Wray born Fred Lincoln "Link" Wray Jr (May 2, 1929 – November 5, 2005) with the original...

Wray was noted for pioneering a new sound for electric guitars, as exemplified in his hit 1958 instrumental "Rumble", by Link Wray and his Ray Men, which pioneered an overdriven, distorted electric guitar sound, and also for having, "invented the power chord, the major modus operandi of modern rock guitarist," "and in doing so fathering," or making possible, "punk and heavy rock".

Wray apparently poked holes in is amps speakers to get a more "live" sound...

The owner of Cadence records Archie Bleyer hated this tune and refused to release it at the time of its recording however his step-daughter loved it and demanded he release it! Thank god for her!!!

Link Wray and His Ray Men - Rumble




Not Sure who Jimmy Carroll is or his Orchestra or what year this came out but i would guess 1958 or 1959 trying to Cash in on Wray's hit. They play this one pretty close to the vest here sounding like an alternate take of Wray's version and i find it odd that the writing credits are Sondheim and Bernstein... i mean what the fuck...??? Ether way this is a pretty cool version and one you don't see to often.

Jimmy Carroll and Orchestra - Rumble




Fast forward a few years to 1963 and here we have Mr. Nitzche's version. This is a bit more full version that the previous two with a little swing pep kicked in for good measure. Bernard Alfred "Jack" Nitzsche (April 22, 1937 – August 25, 2000) was an arranger, producer, songwriter and Academy Award-winning film score composer.

Born in Chicago, Illinois and raised on a farm in Newaygo, Michigan, Nitzsche moved to Los Angeles, California in 1955 with ambitions of becoming a jazz saxophonist. He found work copying musical scores, where he met Sonny Bono, with whom he wrote the song "Needles and Pins" for Jackie DeShannon, later covered by Cher, The Searchers, The Ramones and Crack the Sky. His own instrumental composition "The Lonely Surfer" became a minor hit, as did a big-band swing arrangement of Link Wray's "Rumble".

This is, IMHO, a fine tribute.

Jack Nitzsche - Rumble

Now Fast-Fast forward to 2005 and here you have the devil himself paying homage to the great one with a very metallized version of the Wray classic. Yep, that's me playing the gee-tar on this cut... I'm sure there are other version that fall between 1963 and 2005 but we decided to do this for our Hammerhead EP to keep the man's greatness alive!!!

If anyone digs this and wants more info on my band "Solace" here is our myspace page: Solace Doom





Solace - Rumble

The Frantics - Werewolf

Here is another great creepy surf style Halloween instrumental by the frantics. the guys were from Seattle from 56 to 66. This tunes creepy vibe is totally enhanced by the spoken word intro and werewolf howls! The kids love this one!

Here is a great page that gives you the whole story Here:

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