| Dow Patterson sent me this unreleased tune, another great country teen crossover sound recorded in the same session as "Faded Summer Love". Dow went to architecture school at Texas Tech with singer John Denver and Denver's cousin David Sprague, the latter was in on this session too. Click here for another picture of Dow.
PATTI AND THE XL'S
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37 | Nice teen medium slow song, dated 1966, but sounds earlier than that. This song reminds me more of the 1962 and 1963 sounds of Paul and Paula or Dick and Dee Dee. The flip side, "After The Laughter Came The Tears" is more garage oriented and actually charted on KXOK radio in St. Louis Missouri in the summer of 1966. |
PAUL AND PAULA
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| "HEY PAULA" | |
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36 | Paul and Paula were Ray Hildebrand and Jill Jackson. They formed the duo while attending college in Texas, Howard Payne College in Brownwood. The song made #1 on the charts, and was on the Billboard charts for 15 weeks in late 1962 and early 1963. Junior High memory record for me. |
PHIL AND THE FLAKES
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| "CHROME REVERSED RAILS" | |
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45 | From Newport Beach California, this is a medium fast surf teen rocker from 1964. The son of a successful southern California urologist, Phil Pearlman later recorded "The Beat Of The Earth", which is more experimental like the Velvet Underground type music. Being an early to mid 1960's Beach Boys style music fan, this is the one release I like quite a bit by him. |
PRINCETONS FIVE
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| "PASSING BY" | |
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49 | From St. Joseph Michigan, this is a nice medium fast mid 1960's teen pop tune. Any further information about the Princetons Five would be appreciated. The songwriters were Hess and Misraki and the publisher is Chappell Company, ASCAP affiliation. |
PUBLIO AND THE VALIANTS
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31 | Nice teen doowop group out of San Antonio Texas, from 1963 led by Publio Casillas Jr. Publio and the Valiants were still performing in South Texas as recently as 2007, according to what I have seen on the internet. Click here and scroll down to Publio and the Valiants for more information. |
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BILLY QUAD AND THE RAVENS
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| "SOMEONE TO LOVE" | |
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41 | From Buffalo New York, this is a nice uptempo teen rocker from 1964 or 1965. Click here to visit the Peter Haskell website, which leads to a lot of information on Billy Quad as they were associated in music back then. |
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DIANE RENAY
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33 | Medium fast girl teen pop from 1964. Written by Eddie Rambeau and Bud Rehak, who also wrote Diane Renay's chart hits as well. Diane Renay was actualy Renee Diane Kushner. Click here to visit the Diane Renay website. |
RENEGADES
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| "IN MY DREAMS" | |
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55 | Medium tempo teen soft rock from Beloit Wisconsin. Although it has an early 1960's sound to it, this was recorded in the early 1980's according to producer David Tasse, who was kind enough to answer my email inquiry. |
AL RENO
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| "CHERYL" | |
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39 | Medium tempo white vocal group sound from 1961. Al Reno was from the Bronx, and was in another doowop group called the Selections. "Cheryl" was backed by another white group the Dials, who recorded on the Philips label in their own right. Al Reno's real name was Al Di Paolo. |
TODD RICHARDS
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| "TELL ME TEENAGE TEARS" | |
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39 | Nice medium tempo teen sound from 1960. Somewhat in the style of Frankie Avalon, but has a nice group backup which enhances the record even more. Writers are Molinaro-Colletti-Merle, publisher is Tonecraft Music, BMI affiliation. Any further information on Todd Richards would be appreciated. |
JOHNNY RIVERS
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| "YOUR FIRST AND LAST LOVE" | |
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39 | This was one of the early recordings by Johnny Rivers, from 1959. This was long before he had all his hits on the Imperial label in the 1960's. Click here to visit the Johnny Rivers website. |
ROGER AND THE TOURAINS
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39 | Nice medium tempo teen ballad from Massachusetts, recorded July 1961. The Galaxy label comes from Newton, a bedroom community near Boston. The group was led by Roger Coveno, confirmed in an email from his daughter Brenda in July 2008. |
DAN ROGERS
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| "I'D BE LOST WITHOUT YOU" | |
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41 | Medium fast teen rocker with a vocal group backup from 1964. Song was written by Dan Peddicord, publisher is Dee-Pam Publishing Company, ASCAP affiliation. Some websites have mentioned the Belmonts backing him up on this song, but I just can't find any hard evidence of that. Any further information on Dan Rogers would be appreciated. |
DAN ROGERS
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| "NO GIRL FOR ME" | |
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39 | Elvis Presley styled teen ballad from 1964. Song was written by Dan Peddicord, I am wondering if he could be Dan Rogers on this record? There is a Dan Peddicord who was a singer and songwriter of country music. My research points to southern California from the writer, publisher and label. |
RONNY AND THE DAYTONAS
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44 | Nashville Tennessee based surf vocal group band led by Buck "Ronny" Wilkin. "Sandy" made it to number 27 on the Hot 100 Billboard charts in January and February 1966 and was on the charts for 11 weeks. Click here for more information on Ronny and the Daytonas including a link to their website. |
RUNAROUNDS
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| "CARRIE (YOU'RE AN ANGEL)" | |
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47 | This is a fine Four Seasons styled sound, medium fast, from 1964. Some of the members were once with the Regents, of "Barbara Ann" fame. Click here for more information on the Regents and Runarounds. |
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GREG SCOTT
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43 | Medium tempo teen garage out of Spencer Iowa, in the northwest part of the state. Early 1960's vintage. |
TOMMY SENA
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39 | Medium tempo teen vocal from 1962, label is out of New York City. Publisher is Valmont Music, BMI affiliation. Writers credits go to Lance-Robins. Sal D'Amico wrote the flip side "Choo Choo Train". Conducted and arranged by Lor Crane. Anyone have any information on Tommy Sena? |
RICKY SHAW
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49 | Medium tempo teen sound, not sure of the year but my guess is in the 1963 to 1965 period. This sounds a bit like the style of the group Barry and the Tamerlanes, except the lead singer sounds different and the girls in the background are really strong. |
ERNIE SIMIELE AND THE ERRATICS
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31 | Medium fast tempo teen doowop from 1961. Ernie Simiele hailed from Clinton New York, an upstate town about 11 miles southwest of Utica. |
EDDIE SIMON
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45 | Medium tempo teen surf vocal from 1964 or 1965. This is the brother of Paul Simon, according to a note I received from co-songwriter Athena Hosey's sister in June 2009 in response to my letter of inquiry. This is also collaborated by researcher Fred Clemens who forwarded this to me in 2006. Click here to read it. |
SIR WALTER AND THE DE JAYS
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41 | Uptempo teen rocker version of this timeless classic on the Minneapolis Minnesota based Soma label, from the fall of 1962. This song was done by countless doowop groups in the 1950's and 1960's but the original goes clear back to the mid 1930's when it was first composed. Sir Walter was also backed by the Tornados on this record. Any further information would be welcome. |
RIX SLAUGHTER
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41 | Uptempo teen rocker with a bit of a Buddy Holly flavor to it, from 1962. As of 2005, Rix Slaughter was living in Georgetown Texas and has had a career with the county in Juvenile Services. |
SHERRY STARLYN
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33 | From Cleveland Ohio, this is a nice medium slow girl teen sound from 1964. Sue Thompson also recorded this song on the Hickory label, but this version has a nice group backup which enhances the song for me even more. |
JIMMY STARR
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| "BLIND DATE" | |
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41 | Uptempo country teen rocker from 1963. This was also released in Canada as Sparton 1164, leading me to believe he might be a Canadian artist. The Rockin Country Style website notes his passing in 2003. Any further information would be appreciated. |
RAY STEELE
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35 | Medium tempo country teen crossover sound from 1963. This song was also recorded two years earlier by Kim Charney. The flip side of this record is "The Silent Sea", from the film "All My Little Ones". Anyone have any more information on Ray Steele? |
BUDDY STEPHENS
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| "I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU" | |
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35 | From June 1959, this is a fine medium slow country teen crossover rocker from Alamogordo New Mexico,a southern New Mexico town not far from which the first atomic bomb was tested in July 1945. |
CONNIE STEVENS
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32 | From the late winter and spring of 1960, this was on the charts for 24 weeks and peaked at #3. Click here for more information on Connie Stevens. |
SWINGIN' MEDALLIONS
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| "DOUBLE SHOT" | |
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42 | From the spring of 1966 comes a great tune from a fine South Carolina band, one of my favorite's from my college days. Made it to number 17 on the Billboard Charts in 1966. |