Ten fave unreleased tracks chosen from my yearly Favorites lists

Today………from 1955

WYNONA CARR – DING DONG DADDY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLt7FCRxyY8

From the second session for Specialty of her secular career (previously
she had concentrated on gospel material) came the rocking “Ding Dong
Daddy” that amazingly failed to get a legitimate Specialty release
(45rpm copies purporting to be Specialty 628 b/w “Touch And Go” are boots---Specialty 628 is a real Wynona release---but it has “The Things
You Do To Me” paired with “Touch And Go”---and its from 1958)

‘Twas 1985 before “Ding Dong Daddy” saw the light of a ringing cash register when it finally appeared on the UK Ace collection of Wynona tracks---“Hit That Jive Jack”

Worth mentioning that the number did EXTREMELY well in the 2014
Unreleased Battle ending up as #9 in the list of winners

BOBBY CHARLES – I’LL TURN SQUARE FOR YOU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi6DMNZldyM

Hailing from Abbeville,Louisiana Bobby Charles broke onto the music
scene in 1955 singing his self-composed “Later Alligator” number over
the phone to Leonard Chess who promptly signed him and put out his
record of the song (which promptly invited a cover version—with a slight tweak in the title---by the then riding sky high Bill Haley & His Comets
who took the song ---now as “See You Later Alligator”---high into the charts.

One of several memorable songs Bobby recorded for Chess was the catchy “I’ll Turn Square For You” that sadly ended up on Chess’ cutting room floor but was resurrected in 1983 when it finally saw release on the
“Chess Masters” LP that collected up not only this song but several
other as yet unreleased numbers by the singer

BO DIDDLEY – HEART-O-MATIC LOVE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvhqOEjl2GU

Representing the 1955 year of inception Bo Diddley in the 2014
Unreleased Battle came the sparse yet
hypnotically insistent “Heart-O-Matic Love” (Bo Diddley vcl/gtr/Lester Davenport (hca) Jerome Green (maraccas) Willie Dixon (bass) Clifton
James or Frank Kirkland (dms)

Sadly the track had to wait several decades to see release. It
eventually surfaced on the MCA/Chess
set “Rare And Well Done” in 1991

FATS DOMINO – HELP ME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYPcfeQdy0Q

This very nice slowie from Fats was recorded 15 March 1955 at Master
Recorders in Hollywood,Ca. and stayed in the Imperial vaults for over a
decade until rescued in 1968 and added to the set list for the Imperial
LP “Urban Blues Vol. 2 : New Orleans Bounce” the then latest in their famous “Legendary Masters” series of releases

THE MOONGLOWS – DOUBTFUL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-WS38Q339w

One of the very best vocal groups of the 1950’s and though I rate their earlier “earthier” material on Chance label best I still like a good
deal of their later Chess label material.

Which is where the very good “Doubtful” comes from---with Bobby Lester
on lead and the other boys doing what they do best behind him---the song
was completed in March 1955 but sadly never released at the time,

In fact it stayed in the vaults until resurrected for the 2014 set “Top
55 Classics – The Very Best
Of The Moonglows”

THE ORIOLES – BRING THE MONEY HOME https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ68zCpHHyA

From the May 1955 session for Jubilee that produced the October released
single “Moody Over You”/”Please Sing My Blues Tonight” came one of the very best things the Orioles ever did IMO ----the excellent “Bring The
Money Home” that was never released at the time (which was a total
travesty). It was 1992 before the track surfaced on the Collectables
3-CD set “For Collectors Only”

This was popular enough in the Unreleased Battle to wind up #18 in the
final listing

HAL PAIGE & THE WHALERS – ROCK THIS JOINT THIS MORNING https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9zqZMYIjS0

First off eternal thanks go to Diane for nominating this GREAT
absolutely SCORCHING rockin’ effort in the 2014 Unreleased Battle. I
don’t think I knew it before that and it instantly became one of my most favorite items in the contest. It’s stayed one of my top faves ever
since

Thanks Di!

Okay…the history….Paige & co were pacted to Hy Weiss’ Old Town recording setup in 1955 and had just one release on their subsidiary Paradise
label (most remembered as the home of The Harptones’ absolute classic
“Life Is But A Dream” earlier that year). The track in question here
seems to have languished in the Old Town vaults until rescued in 1987
when it first appeared on the UK Ace LP “Harlem Hit Parade (Old Town
Blues Vol.2)"

BTW Apparently I’m far from alone in my huge liking for this one since
it finished the HIGHEST placed recording of 1955 in the 2014 Unreleased
Battle results (where it ended up #6 overall)

ELVIS PRESLEY – WHEN IT RAINS IT REALLY POURS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbEuiMjR4hw

Possibly the last number that Elvis ever cut at Sun in November 1955
backed by Scotty Moore (gtr) Bill Black (bass) and Johnny Bernero (dms)
that revived the earlier Billy “The Kid” Emerson Number (also cut for
Sun).

An overdubbed version of the song appears on the 1965 LP “Elvis For Everyone” but the original as cut for Sun had to wait until 1987 and
“The Complete Sun Sessions” set on RCA

Here’s the 1954 Billy “The Kid” original version (as “When It Rains It Pours”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY7PWAAHnDY

MAMIE REE & YOUNG WOLF – NO NEED ACTING LIKE THAT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi2K3x-sQd0

Recorded for Jake Porter’s Combo label in 1955 Mamie Ree (alias Mamie
Perry and later more accurately Mamie Jenkins*) combined with “Young Wolf”---alias bandleader Gus Jenkins---(who as “Gus Jinkins” (sic) will have the big r&b hit “Tricky” a year on from here) on the excellent “No Need Acting Like That which missed getting a Combo release and stayed in
the vaults until 1991 when it was rescued with inclusion on the UK Ace collection “Back To The Alley” (a set compiled by discographer and
friend in heaven Ray Topping)

Mamie herself went on to record for Pioneer International where---as
Mamie Perry---she recorded the future Northern Soul monster “Lament” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uesZaljG4o

No,that one doesn't do much for me either

*I guess most everyone will have guessed by now that somewhere in this convoluted saga Mamie and Gus took a few moments out to tie the knot and
become man and wife 😊

THE TENDERFOOTS – NO OTHER ONE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_j9paBmHTM

These guys evolved from The Lamplighters with Carl White taking the
Thurston Harris role with lead vocal duties ably assisted by Al Frazier
(tenor) Sonny Harris (lead) and Matthew Nelson (bass).

Still signed to Federal,in 1955 in ultra-quick succession the guys
released no less than four singles
in the space of just six months. The tasty “No Other One” was an
unreleased left over from the sessions
that begat these singles

The track finally saw light when included in lineup of the various
artists set “Great Googa Mooga : Rhythm & Bluesin’ With
King-Federal-Deluxe Vocal Groups Vol. 1” on Sequel in 1996

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On Fri, 9 Aug 2024 05:39:49 +0000, [email protected] (Roger)
wrote:

Ten fave unreleased tracks chosen from my yearly Favorites lists

Today���from 1955

https://www.youtube.com/watch_videos?video_ids=ZLt7FCRxyY8,Mi6DMNZldyM,fvhqOEjl2GU,jYPcfeQdy0Q,8-WS38Q339w,lQ68zCpHHyA,B9zqZMYIjS0,wbEuiMjR4hw,Wi2K3x-sQd0,P_j9paBmHTM,

WYNONA CARR � DING DONG DADDY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLt7FCRxyY8

BOBBY CHARLES � I�LL TURN SQUARE FOR YOU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi6DMNZldyM

BO DIDDLEY � HEART-O-MATIC LOVE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvhqOEjl2GU

FATS DOMINO � HELP ME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYPcfeQdy0Q

THE MOONGLOWS � DOUBTFUL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-WS38Q339w

THE ORIOLES � BRING THE MONEY HOME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ68zCpHHyA

HAL PAIGE & THE WHALERS � ROCK THIS JOINT THIS MORNING https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9zqZMYIjS0

ELVIS PRESLEY � WHEN IT RAINS IT REALLY POURS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbEuiMjR4hw

MAMIE REE & YOUNG WOLF � NO NEED ACTING LIKE THAT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi2K3x-sQd0

THE TENDERFOOTS � NO OTHER ONE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_j9paBmHTM

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On 8/9/2024 1:39 AM, Roger wrote:

Ten fave unreleased tracks chosen from my yearly Favorites lists

Today………from 1955

BO DIDDLEY – HEART-O-MATIC LOVE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvhqOEjl2GU

Representing the 1955 year of inception Bo Diddley in the 2014
Unreleased Battle came the sparse yet
hypnotically insistent “Heart-O-Matic Love” (Bo Diddley vcl/gtr/Lester Davenport (hca) Jerome Green (maraccas) Willie Dixon (bass) Clifton
James or Frank Kirkland (dms)

Sadly the track had to wait several decades to see release. It
eventually surfaced on the MCA/Chess
set “Rare And Well Done” in 1991

-----------
Even more sadly, I thought I had a killer diller when I nominated this
in the Obscurities tourney, but it didn't do all that well. Glad you appreciate it too.
-------------

HAL PAIGE & THE WHALERS – ROCK THIS JOINT THIS MORNING https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9zqZMYIjS0

First off eternal thanks go to Diane for nominating this GREAT
absolutely SCORCHING rockin’ effort in the 2014 Unreleased Battle. I don’t think I knew it before that and it instantly became one of my most favorite items in the contest. It’s stayed one of my top faves ever
since

Thanks Di!

Okay…the history….Paige & co were pacted to Hy Weiss’ Old Town recording
setup in 1955 and had just one release on their subsidiary Paradise
label (most remembered as the home of The Harptones’ absolute classic “Life Is But A Dream” earlier that year). The track in question here seems to have languished in the Old Town vaults until rescued in 1987
when it first appeared on the UK Ace LP “Harlem Hit Parade (Old Town
Blues Vol.2)"

BTW Apparently I’m far from alone in my huge liking for this one since
it finished the HIGHEST placed recording of 1955 in the 2014 Unreleased Battle results (where it ended up #6 overall)

----------
Wow! I don't even remember that! Anyhow, you're welcome.
------------

MAMIE REE & YOUNG WOLF – NO NEED ACTING LIKE THAT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi2K3x-sQd0

Recorded for Jake Porter’s Combo label in 1955 Mamie Ree (alias Mamie Perry and later more accurately Mamie Jenkins*) combined with “Young Wolf”---alias bandleader Gus Jenkins---(who as “Gus Jinkins” (sic) will
have the big r&b hit “Tricky” a year on from here) on the excellent “No
Need Acting Like That which missed getting a Combo release and stayed in
the vaults until 1991 when it was rescued with inclusion on the UK Ace collection “Back To The Alley” (a set compiled by discographer and friend in heaven Ray Topping)

Mamie herself went on to record for Pioneer International where---as
Mamie Perry---she recorded the future Northern Soul monster “Lament” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uesZaljG4o

No,that one doesn't do much for me either

*I guess most everyone will have guessed by now that somewhere in this convoluted saga Mamie and Gus took a few moments out to tie the knot and become man and wife 😊

-------------
She had a nice 2-sider on Flash in 1957, "Jump With Me Baby"/"Hambone" (different song from the Dee Clark group). She was Mrs. Jenkins by then.

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On Fri, 9 Aug 2024 5:39:49 +0000, Roger wrote:

Ten fave unreleased tracks chosen from my yearly Favorites lists

Today………from 1955

WYNONA CARR – DING DONG DADDY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLt7FCRxyY8

Very good, a 7.

BOBBY CHARLES – I’LL TURN SQUARE FOR YOU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi6DMNZldyM

Good, a 6.

BO DIDDLEY – HEART-O-MATIC LOVE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvhqOEjl2GU

Excellent, an 8, and #223 on my 1955 list.

FATS DOMINO – HELP ME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYPcfeQdy0Q

Not big on this one, just a 5.

THE MOONGLOWS – DOUBTFUL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-WS38Q339w

It's very good, a 7.

THE ORIOLES – BRING THE MONEY HOME https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ68zCpHHyA

Best thing they ever did IMO, a great 10. It's #23 on my 1955 list.

HAL PAIGE & THE WHALERS – ROCK THIS JOINT THIS MORNING https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9zqZMYIjS0

Very good, a 7. Hal's backup group went on to much bigger fame when they changed the spelling of the band name and switched over to reggae in the
1960s!

ELVIS PRESLEY – WHEN IT RAINS IT REALLY POURS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbEuiMjR4hw

Another very good one, a 7.

MAMIE REE & YOUNG WOLF – NO NEED ACTING LIKE THAT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi2K3x-sQd0

This is an mazing 10 and in my top 100 of all time. It's #13 on my 1955
list.

Mamie herself went on to record for Pioneer International where---as
Mamie Perry---she recorded the future Northern Soul monster “Lament” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uesZaljG4o

No,that one doesn't do much for me either

Yeah, it's not good.

THE TENDERFOOTS – NO OTHER ONE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_j9paBmHTM

It's good, a 6.

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Okay, here are some others.

Met a Girl On The Corner - Orchids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3OtlSrHXeI

Love this, a solid 9 and in my top 100 for the year.

Kansas City - Little Richard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVrbORtHZBE

He did this one in a different style than the one that came out on a
single in 1959
and was subsequently done that way by Paul and the Beatles. I like this
one much better.

Fine Sweet Woman - Orchids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H45XkZ3p1as

Another excellent one from the Orchids.

Down The Line - Buddy Holly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qcs7cgNOagE

I Wanna Play House With You - Buddy Holly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX29eZu82p8

These were both done by Buddy when he was part of Buddy and Bob
(Montgomery) and eventually came out on the Holly In The Hills album in
1965.

Insulting Blues Boogie - Harptones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdwzXf01SjI

The video says 1954, so I may have to move this. It's not mentioned at
all in Marv's Harptones article. It may not have been know yet when he
wrote the article. I think the Harptones themselves claimed that this
wasn't them when it surfaced in like the 1990s maybe. Could be whoever
had the track just claimed it was the Harptones to help it sell. Maybe
Roger knows the real story.

She's My Star - Little Richard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJaeBeKHCcw

This one shows off how good of a singer Richard actually was. With a
vocal group.

You Can't Make Love To Somebody - Carl Perkins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXOnc_smePM

Not near as many as Jerry Lee, but Carl did have a bunch of really good unissued things for Sun, including the one that won Roger's unreleased
battle, "Put Your Cat Clothes On."

Rock And Roll Ruby - Johnny Cash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p_aelcaUF8

Johnny wrote this, and this may be the demo.

Maybellene (Live) ¦ Elvis Presley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH8fMkKXH80

Nice clean live recording from Elvis, Scotty and Bill.

You Played The Part - Spiders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi_GM4jgZfA

One of several really good unreleased things that surfaced when Bear
Family put out a double CD on the Spiders some time in the 1980s I
think.

Sitting Here - Orioles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf4grvuZLjI

Another good unissued one from the Orioles 5 CD box set on Bear Family.
Bluesy, Diane should like it.

Can't Stop Loving You - Little Walter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zexq6cQTTMw

A solid 7.

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On Sat, 10 Aug 2024 15:06:50 +0000, Bruce wrote:

On Fri, 9 Aug 2024 5:39:49 +0000, Roger wrote:

Ten fave unreleased tracks chosen from my yearly Favorites lists

Today………from 1955

WYNONA CARR – DING DONG DADDY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLt7FCRxyY8

Very good, a 7.

#213 on my list and a low 8

BOBBY CHARLES – I’LL TURN SQUARE FOR YOU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi6DMNZldyM

Good, a 6.

#418 and a 7

BO DIDDLEY – HEART-O-MATIC LOVE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvhqOEjl2GU

Excellent, an 8, and #223 on my 1955 list.

#230 and a 7

FATS DOMINO – HELP ME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYPcfeQdy0Q

Not big on this one, just a 5.

#235 and ab 7

THE MOONGLOWS – DOUBTFUL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-WS38Q339w

It's very good, a 7.

#142 and an 8

THE ORIOLES – BRING THE MONEY HOME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ68zCpHHyA

Best thing they ever did IMO, a great 10. It's #23 on my 1955 list.

#68 and an 8

HAL PAIGE & THE WHALERS – ROCK THIS JOINT THIS MORNING
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9zqZMYIjS0

Very good, a 7. Hal's backup group went on to much bigger fame when they changed the spelling of the band name and switched over to reggae in the 1960s!

#46 and a 9

ELVIS PRESLEY – WHEN IT RAINS IT REALLY POURS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbEuiMjR4hw

Another very good one, a 7.

~132 and an 8

MAMIE REE & YOUNG WOLF – NO NEED ACTING LIKE THAT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi2K3x-sQd0

This is an mazing 10 and in my top 100 of all time. It's #13 on my 1955
list.

#118 and an 8

Mamie herself went on to record for Pioneer International where---as
Mamie Perry---she recorded the future Northern Soul monster “Lament”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uesZaljG4o

No,that one doesn't do much for me either

Yeah, it's not good.

THE TENDERFOOTS – NO OTHER ONE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_j9paBmHTM

It's good, a 6.

~90 and an 8

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On Sat, 10 Aug 2024 15:53:40 +0000, Bruce wrote:

Okay, here are some others.

Met a Girl On The Corner - Orchids https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3OtlSrHXeI

Love this, a solid 9 and in my top 100 for the year.

#665 and a 7

Kansas City - Little Richard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVrbORtHZBE

He did this one in a different style than the one that came out on a
single in 1959
and was subsequently done that way by Paul and the Beatles. I like this
one much better.

I don't list this one but I guess I should since I list several other "alternates" (most famously "It'll Be Me") I like the 1959 version
better (a 9). This would be an 8 I think

Fine Sweet Woman - Orchids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H45XkZ3p1as

Another excellent one from the Orchids.

#459 and a 7

Down The Line - Buddy Holly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qcs7cgNOagE

#417 and a 7

I Wanna Play House With You - Buddy Holly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX29eZu82p8

#429 and a 7

These were both done by Buddy when he was part of Buddy and Bob
(Montgomery) and eventually came out on the Holly In The Hills album in
1965.

Insulting Blues Boogie - Harptones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdwzXf01SjI

The video says 1954, so I may have to move this. It's not mentioned at
all in Marv's Harptones article. It may not have been know yet when he
wrote the article. I think the Harptones themselves claimed that this
wasn't them when it surfaced in like the 1990s maybe. Could be whoever
had the track just claimed it was the Harptones to help it sell. Maybe
Roger knows the real story.

#274 and a 7 in 1954. Nope sorry You know more than me on this one

She's My Star - Little Richard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJaeBeKHCcw

This one shows off how good of a singer Richard actually was. With a
vocal group.

#409 and a 7

You Can't Make Love To Somebody - Carl Perkins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXOnc_smePM

Not near as many as Jerry Lee, but Carl did have a bunch of really good unissued things for Sun, including the one that won Roger's unreleased battle, "Put Your Cat Clothes On."

#720 and a 7

Rock And Roll Ruby - Johnny Cash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p_aelcaUF8

Johnny wrote this, and this may be the demo.

#241 and a 7

Maybellene (Live) ¦ Elvis Presley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH8fMkKXH80

Nice clean live recording from Elvis, Scotty and Bill.

#221 and a 7

You Played The Part - Spiders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi_GM4jgZfA

One of several really good unreleased things that surfaced when Bear
Family put out a double CD on the Spiders some time in the 1980s I
think.

#541 and 7

Sitting Here - Orioles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf4grvuZLjI

Another good unissued one from the Orioles 5 CD box set on Bear Family. Bluesy, Diane should like it.

#232 and a 7

Can't Stop Loving You - Little Walter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zexq6cQTTMw

#471 and a 7

A solid 7.

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On Sat, 10 Aug 2024 18:39:36 +0000, Roger wrote:

THE ORIOLES – BRING THE MONEY HOME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ68zCpHHyA

Best thing they ever did IMO, a great 10. It's #23 on my 1955 list.

#68 and an 8

Wow. So you only have 67 or fewer tens and nine in 1955?

I have well over 100.

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On Sat, 10 Aug 2024 23:24:50 +0000, Bruce wrote:

On Sat, 10 Aug 2024 18:39:36 +0000, Roger wrote:

THE ORIOLES – BRING THE MONEY HOME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ68zCpHHyA

Best thing they ever did IMO, a great 10. It's #23 on my 1955 list.

#68 and an 8

Wow. So you only have 67 or fewer tens and nine in 1955?

I have well over 100.

1955 FAVORITES

10
Tutti-Frutti Little Richard
Maybellene Chuck Berry
Baby Let's Play House Elvis Presley
Mystery Train Elvis Presley
Ain't It A Shame Fats Domino
I'm Left,You're Right,She's Gone Elvis Presley
Bo Diddley Bo Diddley
What'cha Gonna Do Clyde McPhatter & Drifters
All By Myself Fats Domino
I Hear You Knocking Smiley Lewis

9 GREAT

I'm A Man Bo Diddley
Dust My Blues Elmore James
Flip Flop & Fly Joe Turner
I Can't Go On Fats Domino
Midnight Cannonball Joe Turner
Real Gone Lover Smiley Lewis
My Babe Little Walter
Bring It To Jerome Bo Diddley
Gone Gone Gone Carl Perkins
20Manish Boy Muddy Waters
Don't Be Angry Nappy Brown
Life Is But A Dream Harptones
The Way You Dog Me Around Diablos
At My Front Door El Dorados
Why Do Fools Fall In Love Teenagers
Speedoo Cadillacs
Nite Owl Tony Allen & Champs
Thirty Days Chuck Berry
Diddley Daddy Bo Diddley
Morning Noon & Night Joe Turner
Don't Think I Will Young Jessie
Folsom Prison Blues Johnny Cash
Feel So Good Shirley & Lee
Milk Cow Blues Boogie Elvis Presley
All Around The World Little Willie John
Story Untold Nutmegs
Pretty Thing Bo Diddley
The Chicken & The Hawk Joe Turner
40The Wallflower Etta James
Blue Velvet Clovers
Stand By Me Guitar Slim
Count Every Star Rockers
Hide And Seek Joe Turner
See You Later Alligator Bill Haley & His Comets
Smokey Joe's Cafe Robins
Rock This Joint This Morning Hal Paige & Whalers (unreleased)
Bumpity Bump Smiley Lewis
You Didn’t Learn It At Home “5” Royales
Four Winds Dave Bartholomew
Later Alligator Bobby Charles

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On Sun, 11 Aug 2024 5:52:45 +0000, Roger wrote:

On Sat, 10 Aug 2024 23:24:50 +0000, Bruce wrote:

On Sat, 10 Aug 2024 18:39:36 +0000, Roger wrote:

THE ORIOLES – BRING THE MONEY HOME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ68zCpHHyA

Best thing they ever did IMO, a great 10. It's #23 on my 1955 list.

#68 and an 8

Wow. So you only have 67 or fewer tens and nine in 1955?

I have well over 100.

1955 FAVORITES

10
Tutti-Frutti Little Richard
Maybellene Chuck Berry
Baby Let's Play House Elvis Presley
Mystery Train Elvis Presley
Ain't It A Shame Fats Domino
I'm Left,You're Right,She's Gone Elvis Presley
Bo Diddley Bo Diddley
What'cha Gonna Do Clyde McPhatter & Drifters
All By Myself Fats Domino
I Hear You Knocking Smiley Lewis

9 GREAT

I'm A Man Bo Diddley
Dust My Blues Elmore James
Flip Flop & Fly Joe Turner
I Can't Go On Fats Domino
Midnight Cannonball Joe Turner
Real Gone Lover Smiley Lewis
My Babe Little Walter
Bring It To Jerome Bo Diddley
Gone Gone Gone Carl Perkins
20Manish Boy Muddy Waters
Don't Be Angry Nappy Brown
Life Is But A Dream Harptones
The Way You Dog Me Around Diablos
At My Front Door El Dorados
Why Do Fools Fall In Love Teenagers
Speedoo Cadillacs
Nite Owl Tony Allen & Champs
Thirty Days Chuck Berry
Diddley Daddy Bo Diddley
Morning Noon & Night Joe Turner
Don't Think I Will Young Jessie
Folsom Prison Blues Johnny Cash
Feel So Good Shirley & Lee
Milk Cow Blues Boogie Elvis Presley
All Around The World Little Willie John
Story Untold Nutmegs
Pretty Thing Bo Diddley
The Chicken & The Hawk Joe Turner
40The Wallflower Etta James
Blue Velvet Clovers
Stand By Me Guitar Slim
Count Every Star Rockers
Hide And Seek Joe Turner
See You Later Alligator Bill Haley & His Comets
Smokey Joe's Cafe Robins
Rock This Joint This Morning Hal Paige & Whalers (unreleased)
Bumpity Bump Smiley Lewis
You Didn’t Learn It At Home “5” Royales
Four Winds Dave Bartholomew
Later Alligator Bobby Charles

Here are mine:

10
1 ¦ Tutti-Frutti ¦ Little Richard
2 ¦ Midnight Cannonball ¦ Joe Turner
3 ¦ My Babe ¦ Little Walter
4 ¦ Bo Diddley ¦ Bo Diddley
5 ¦ Stand By Me ¦ Guitar Slim
6 ¦ Whatcha Gonna Do ¦ Drifters
7 ¦ I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone ¦ Elvis Presley
8 ¦ Gone, Gone, Gone ¦ Carl Perkins
9 ¦ Folsom Prison Blues ¦ Johnny Cash
10 ¦ If You Love Me (Let Me Know) ¦ Clovers
11 ¦ Feel So Good ¦ Shirley & Lee
12 ¦ Flip, Flop And Fly ¦ Joe Turner
13 ¦ No Need Acting Like That ¦ Mamie Ree
14 ¦ Move Baby Move ¦ Larry Harrison
15 ¦ House Party ¦ Amos Milburn
16 ¦ Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On ¦ Roy Hall
17 ¦ Diddley Daddy ¦ Bo Diddley
18 ¦ Nip Sip ¦ Clovers
19 ¦ You're My Big Baby Now ¦ Roy Moss
20 ¦ Six To Eight ¦ Sticks McGhee
21 ¦ Dust My Blues ¦ Elmore James
22 ¦ You're A Heartbreaker ¦ Elvis Presley
23 ¦ Bring The Money Home ¦ Orioles
24 ¦ Steamboat ¦ Drifters
25 ¦ Seventh Son ¦ Willie Mabon
26 ¦ Nite Owl ¦ Tony Allen & Champs
27 ¦ Don't Think I Will ¦ Young Jessie
28 ¦ At My Front Door ¦ El Dorados
29 ¦ Story Untold ¦ Nutmegs
30 ¦ Shut Your Mouth ¦ B.B. King
31 ¦ Down In Mexico ¦ Kidds
32 ¦ Come Back My Love ¦ Wrens
33 ¦ Get Your Mind Out The Gutter ¦ Sticks McGhee
34 ¦ Upside Your Head ¦ Buddy & Ella Johnson
35 ¦ Real Gone Lover ¦ Smiley Lewis
36 ¦ One Kiss ¦ Robins
37 ¦ If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin' ¦ Bullmoose Jackson
38 ¦ Bells In My Heart ¦ Spiders
39 ¦ Ain't It A Shame ¦ Fats Domino
40 ¦ All Around The World ¦ Little Willie John
41 ¦ You Didn't Learn It At Home ¦ Five Royales
42 ¦ You Baby You ¦ Cleftones
43 ¦ Morning, Noon And Night ¦ Joe Turner
44 ¦ You Nearly Lose Your Mind ¦ Roy Moss
45 ¦ I'm A Man ¦ Bo Diddley
46 ¦ I Hear You Knocking ¦ Smiley Lewis
47 ¦ Git to Gittin' Baby ¦ Wynonie Harris
48 ¦ Mary Lou ¦ Young Jessie
49 ¦ Heaven And Paradise ¦ Don Julian & Meadowlarks
50 ¦ Smokey Joe's Cafe ¦ Robins
51 ¦ Baby Let's Make Some Love ¦ Penguins
52 ¦ Blue Velvet ¦ Clovers
53 ¦ Will You Love Me ¦ Marvin & Johnny
54 ¦ Drunk, Drunk, Drunk ¦ Kidds
55 ¦ Baby Let's Play House ¦ Elvis Presley
56 ¦ WPLJ ¦ Four Deuces
57 ¦ If Teardrops Were Kisses ¦ Robins
58 ¦ Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On ¦ Big Maybelle
59 ¦ Yours Truly ¦ Pee Wee Crayton

9
60 ¦ Maybellene ¦ Chuck Berry
61 ¦ When You Dance ¦ Turbans
62 ¦ All By Myself ¦ Fats Domino
63 ¦ Why Do Fools Fall In Love ¦ Teenagers
64 ¦ Speedoo ¦ Cadillacs
65 ¦ Come Back My Love ¦ Cardinals
66 ¦ Bring It To Jerome ¦ Bo Diddley
67 ¦ Life Is But A Dream ¦ Harptones
68 ¦ Witchcraft ¦ Spiders
69 ¦ Hide And Seek ¦ Joe Turner
70 ¦ Lily Maebelle ¦ Valentines
71 ¦ Jump With You Baby ¦ B.B. King
72 ¦ Let The Doorbell Ring ¦ Champion Jack Dupree
73 ¦ Don't Start Me Talkin' ¦ Sonny Boy Williamson
74 ¦ Mardi Gras Mambo ¦ Hawketts
75 ¦ Chocko Mo Feendo Hay ¦ Danny Barker
76 ¦ Ain't Got The Money ¦ Mello-Harps
77 ¦ Ti-Ri-Lee ¦ Joe Turner
78 ¦ In The Morning Time ¦ Clovers
79 ¦ Milkcow Blues Boogie ¦ Elvis Presley
80 ¦ Git With The Grits ¦ Wynonie Harris
81 ¦ Poison Ivy ¦ Two Crows & Diggers (Willie Egan)
82 ¦ Bumpity Bump ¦ Smiley Lewis
83 ¦ I Wanna Know ¦ Lamplighters
84 ¦ Tennessee Toddy ¦ Marty Robbins
85 ¦ La-La ¦ Fats Domino
86 ¦ Double Crossing Liquor ¦ Sticks McGhee
87 ¦ Good Rocking Daddy ¦ Etta James
88 ¦ Whadaya Want ¦ Robins
89 ¦ Most Of All ¦ Moonglows
90 ¦ That's Your Mistake ¦ Charms
91 ¦ Who Will Be Next ¦ Howlin' Wolf
92 ¦ What's It All About ¦ Little Leo
93 ¦ Thirty Days ¦ Chuck Berry
94 ¦ Met A Girl On The Corner ¦ Orchids
95 ¦ Chop Chop Boom ¦ Danderliers
96 ¦ Sixteen Tons ¦ Tennessee Ernie Ford
97 ¦ Lovable Lily ¦ Mellows
98 ¦ Sag, Drag And Fall ¦ Sid King & Five Strings
99 ¦ Country Boy ¦ Big Tiny Kennedy
100 ¦ I'll Be Forever Loving You ¦ El Dorados
101 ¦ With All Your Heart ¦ Five Royales
102 ¦ See You Later Alligator ¦ Bill Haley & Comets
103 ¦ Ashamed Of Myself ¦ Midnighters
104 ¦ I'm Gonna Ruin You (alternate) ¦ Jimmy Reed
105 ¦ So Doggone Lonesome ¦ Johnny Cash
106 ¦ Later Alligator ¦ Bobby Charles
107 ¦ Single Life ¦ Billy Tate
108 ¦ Runnin' Wild ¦ Pee Wee Crayton
109 ¦ One Monkey Don't Stop No Show ¦ Big Maybelle
110 ¦ Fishtail Blues ¦ Wynonie Harris
111 ¦ I Ain't Getting Caught ¦ Five Royales
112 ¦ Pretty Mama ¦ Marty Robbins
113 ¦ Move Baby Move ¦ Billy (The Kid) Emerson
114 ¦ The Wallflower ¦ Etta James
115 ¦ Don't Fool With Lizzie ¦ Whispers
116 ¦ Daddy Rockin' Strong ¦ Diablos
117 ¦ Crazy For You ¦ Heartbeats
118 ¦ Smack Dab In The Middle ¦ Charlie Calhoun
119 ¦ Seventeen ¦ Boyd Bennett & His Rockets
120 ¦ Hush-A-Meca ¦ Casanovas
121 ¦ Mean Mama Blues ¦ Marty Robbins
122 ¦ Four Winds ¦ Dave Bartholomew
123 ¦ Rollin' Stone ¦ Marigolds
124 ¦ I Will Move On Up A Little Higher ¦ Mahalia Jackson
125 ¦ Fannie Brown Got Married ¦ Roy Brown
126 ¦ Mystery Train ¦ Elvis Presley
127 ¦ Hey Bartender ¦ Floyd Dixon
128 ¦ I'm Givin' All My Love ¦ Lula Reed
129 ¦ If I Could Be Loved By You ¦ Clovers
130 ¦ Dreams of Contenentment ¦ Dells
131 ¦ I'm So Used To You Now ¦ Cornell Gunter & Ermines
132 ¦ Courtin' In A Cadillac ¦ Jerry McCain
133 ¦ Love, Rock And Thrill ¦ Lamplighters
134 ¦ Come Back Maybellene ¦ Big John Greer
135 ¦ Manish Boy ¦ Muddy Waters
136 ¦ Sad Bad Glad ¦ Sticks McGhee
137 ¦ Kansas City (alternate) ¦ Little Richard
138 ¦ Speedin' ¦ Medallions
139 ¦ You Tickle Me Baby ¦ Royal Jokers
140 ¦ I Diddie ¦ Dinah Washington
141 ¦ Cool, Cool Christmas ¦ Sabers
142 ¦ Cadillac Funeral ¦ Peppermint Harris
143 ¦ Johnnie Mae ¦ Blues Rockers
144 ¦ Roll On ¦ Lamplighters
145 ¦ Butterball ¦ Marvin & Johnny
146 ¦ The Great Pretender ¦ Platters

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On Sun, 11 Aug 2024 14:42:45 +0000, Bruce wrote:

Wow. So you only have 67 or fewer tens and nine in 1955?

I have well over 100.

1955 FAVORITES

Here are mine:

10
1 ¦ Tutti-Frutti ¦ Little Richard

Great minds..............

14 ¦ Move Baby Move ¦ Larry Harrison

Despite lyric changes its a ripoff of the earlier Billy "The Kid"
Emerson Sun record of the same title

16 ¦ Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On ¦ Roy Hall

Here's how I rate the main versions of this classic

Jerry Lee Lewis 10 (naturally!)


Big Maybelle 8
Roy Hall 7

18 ¦ Nip Sip ¦ Clovers

The first Clovers record to get a UK release

24 ¦ Steamboat ¦ Drifters

I give the nod to this side but "Adorable" is terrific too both high 8's

31 ¦ Down In Mexico ¦ Kidds

Even tho they are the same group I feel this unreleased item should be
credited to "The Pelicans" since that's how the legal release on
Imperial years later is credited

35 ¦ Real Gone Lover ¦ Smiley Lewis

Yep one of his VERY BEST!!!

38 ¦ Bells In My Heart ¦ Spiders

Ditto comment here

44 ¦ You Nearly Lose Your Mind ¦ Roy Moss

Brings back fond memories of my very first US trip in 1968 and buying a
mint copy of this at Ray Avery's Records in Glendale.Ca.

54 ¦ Drunk, Drunk, Drunk ¦ Kidds

Now this one was always a genuine KIdds release

55 ¦ Baby Let's Play House ¦ Elvis Presley

Elvis' best ever record IMO

67 ¦ Life Is But A Dream ¦ Harptones

My very favorite by them and used by Scorcese to such great effect in "Goodfellas"

79 ¦ Milkcow Blues Boogie ¦ Elvis Presley

THe worst selling of the five Sun singles according to their own sales
ledger

92 ¦ What's It All About ¦ Little Leo

This guy was Lloyd Price's younger brother

98 ¦ Sag, Drag And Fall ¦ Sid King & Five Strings

My favorite record by them

107 ¦ Single Life ¦ Billy Tate

Fond memories of nominating this classic in an Obscurities contest a
while back

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On Sun, 11 Aug 2024 20:57:48 +0000, Roger wrote:

107 ¦ Single Life ¦ Billy Tate

Fond memories of nominating this classic in an Obscurities contest a
while back.

So it's a classic, but only an 8????

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