"Do The 45!" Vol. 240 (2018)

Super fun collection of soul, blues, R&B, instro, and rock 'n' roll from the original 45's. (From my record collection.)It's just me having fun with my 45's and whatever random record I pull out of the boxes. I will try to give both sides of the 45 unless one side is dull, unbearable or unplayable. I hope you enjoy. (Gyro1966)trax:
1. (Zap! Pow!) Do the Batman (Atlantic) - Billy Lamont with the Gate Wesley Band 2. Do the Thing (Atlantic) - Billy Lamont with the Gate Wesley Band 3. (What's the Word) Thunderbird (Brunswick) - The Casual-Aires 4. Batman a Go Go (Jamie) - The Combo Kings 5. Do the Slow Fizz (Jamie) - The Combo Kings 6. Let Yourself Go (Rca Victor) - Elvis Presley with the Jordanaires 7. Let's Dance (One Plus Two) - Jackie & The Cedrics 8. Moovin' 'n' Groovin' (One Plus Two) - Jackie & The Cedrics 9. Little Eva (On the Square) - The Johnny (Rockhouse) Green Orchestra  10. Forgive Me (On the Square) - The Johnny (Rockhouse) Green Orchestra 11. Liquorice Twitch (Spinout) - The Kaisers 12. That's My Girl (Spinout) - The Kaisers 13. Touch (New Rose) - The Lyres 14. Jezebel (New Rose) - The Lyres 15. Go-Go Girl (New Rose) - The Lyres 16. I'll Make Sweet Love to You (Columbia) - The Maddox Brothers & Rose   17. Open My Eyes (S.G.C.) - The Nazz 18. Uh Huh (Abc-Paramount) - Paul Anka 19. Birdland Baby (Almont) - The Ramblers 20. Poor Little Ole Me (Almont) - The Ramblers 21. Walk on By (Flair) - The Stepping Stones 22. Ooby Dooby (Je-Wel) - The Teen Kings 23. Trying to Get to You (Je-Wel) - The Teen Kings 24. May the Best Man Win (Checker) - The Vibrations 25. Since I Fell for You (Checker) - The Vibrations 26. Walk on Boy (Sabina) - The Belmonts 27. Steamboat (Atlantic) - The Drifters 28. Adorable (Atlantic) - The Drifters 29. Feelin' No Pain (Columbia) - The Del Satins 30. I've Gotta Way with Girls (Mirror) - The Chesterfield Kings 31. She Told Me Lies (Mirror) - The Chesterfield Kings 32. Bacon Fat (King) - Big Daddy & His Boys 33. Bad Boy (King) - Big Daddy & His Boys
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"TOTALLY COOL!" The Shag, And How To Do It - disc 1

 Let’s face it, Dance has been inextricably linked with Popular Music since the advent of recorded sound.  Dance music itself reached an early apogee in terms of popularity in the 1920s and 1930s, following the arrival of radio, gramophones and 78 rpm records…but by the dawn of the R&R era musical tastes had changed radically, and the first post-WWII generation of teenagers wanted to dance to far less polite and/or formal sounds.  Consequently, between the mid 1950s and early 1960s – i.e. between the arrival of Rock’n’Roll and the British Invasion – the US Pop charts were all a-shimmy with Dance Craze discs whose very exuberance, diversity and sheer silliness took unselfconsciousness into a whole new dimension.
Fuelled by T.V. shows such as Dick Clark’s American Bandstand and exploitation flicks such as Hey, Let’s Twist and Don’t Knock The Twist, fad-obsessed teens could brush up on the latest and the greatest footwork which accompanied such record hop floor-fillers as The Pony, The Watusi, The Hully Gully, The Mashed Potato, The Stroll, The Slop, The Bristol Stomp, The Madison, The Hitch Hike, The Continental and not forgetting Pat Boone’s deathless Wang Dang Taffy Apple Tango (a particular favourite of Now Dig This editor Trevor Cajiao, although he probably won’t thank me for sharing this confidential information with y’all!)...

...Nonetheless, the most popular and enduring dance by far was The Twist, which first saw light of day in 1959 when Hank Ballard penned the song of the same name and devised the accompanying dance moves which he and The Midnighters performed nightly, on stage.  Although nominally issued as a B-side (‘Teardrops On Your Letter’ was the topside), ‘The Twist’ nonetheless made sufficient an impact that it entered the US R&B charts under its own steam, peaking at No.16.  But it was Chubby Checker’s cover version some eighteen months hence which went to No.1 (a process it would repeat a year later, making it the only disc of the R&R era to top the US charts on two separate occasions), thus catapulting The Twist from Philly teen fad to International phenomenon, defying the generation gap and class barriers en route.
Special “twist” shoes went on sale and “twisting” hairdos, which would rotate and bounce with the twisting motion, became the rage amongst the carefully-coiffed.  It even attained the seal of establishment approval when the First Lady, Jackie Kennedy, was spotted twisting at New York’s Peppermint Lounge.  In many ways The Twist’s vitality seemed to echo the optimism, egalitarianism and spirit of the Kennedy era, and remains one of the most memorable images of that period.
Record-wise, just about everybody – from Frank Sinatra to Elvis, from Sam Cooke to Muddy Waters and beyond – began cutting Twist records, and suddenly the world’s Hit Parades were full of ’em.  Chubby Checker, of course, recorded loads of the blighters – most notably ‘Let’s Twist Again’, a multi-million-selling, worldwide hit, which topped the UK charts – whilst Joey Dee & The Starlighters took the Peppermint Lounge’s ‘theme tune’, ‘Peppermint Twist’, to No.1 in The States.  Sadly, there wasn’t room to include more than a handful of Twist records on this comp, so instead of the obvious (and hey! who wants to listen to Frank Sinatra, anyway?) we’ve gone for a couple of off-the-wall instro’s, viz: The Bill Black Combo’s raunchy ‘Twist-Her’ and King Curtis’s sublime ‘Soul Twist’.
By 1961 Chubby Checker had become the self-appointed ‘King Of Dance Crazes’ and rattled off an accompanying string of hits, notably ‘Pony Time’ (although we’ve included Don Covay & The Goodtimers’ original version herein), ‘The Slop’ and a revival of ‘The Hucklebuck’, a late 40s song which bandleaders Lucky Millinder and Paul Williams both claim to have originated.  Again, restrictions on playing time have kept The Chubster down to a mere four tracks on this set, despite the temptation to include a dozen or more!
Before The Twist, The Stroll had been just about the most popular late 50s US teen dance.  Initially propelled by Chuck Willis’s ‘C.C. Rider’ – which had led to him being dubbed ‘The King Of The Stroll’ – it naturally became hugely popular on American Bandstand, whereupon Dick Clark remarked to The Diamonds’ manager Nat Goodman that thus far, there had been no specific song written for the dance.  Within just weeks ‘The Stroll’ (custom-penned, by Clyde Otis) was on its way to No.1, giving the Canadian quartet its biggest hit.  They tried revisiting it with ‘Walking The Stroll’ some four years hence, after their hits had dried up, but the second time around there were no takers.
Meanwhile, although he’d missed out on ‘The Twist’, Hank Ballard continued to rack up plenty of US chart action, among which were several further Dance-oriented discs, including ‘The Coffee Grind’ and ‘The Continental Walk’ (although we’ve cheated, rather, and included The Rollers’ slightly less-successful, rival version of the latter).  Elsewhere, Bobby Freeman – he of ‘Do You Want To Dance’ fame – had also become something of a Dance craze specialist, and is represented here by ‘(I Do The) Shimmy Shimmy’ and ‘The Mess Around’.  The Shimmy also provided inspiration for Little Anthony & The Imperials (check out their ‘Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko-Bop’) and The Olympics (whose ‘Shimmy Like Kate’ revived an ancient Jazz standard) whilst The Mess Around had clearly been inspired by Richard Berry & The Lockettes’ disc of the same title, some three years earlier.
Mention of The Olympics brings us to ‘(Baby) Hully Gully’, their 1959 hit which kicked-started the Hully Gully craze and unwittingly led to the the Vibrations/Marathons’ ‘Peanut Butter’ scam.  The Vibrations had originally been known as The Jayhawks, who’d registered a major hit in 1956 with ‘Stranded In The Jungle.  By 1961 they’d undergone a couple of personnel changes, were trading as The Vibrations, and were enjoying a Dance craze hit with ‘The Watusi’ (itself a clear lift of Hank Ballard’s ‘Let’s Go, Let’s Go, Let’s Go’ – but that’s another story!).  Legend has it that The Olympics’ record company, Arvee, needed a new release from the group but they were out on tour, and The Vibrations were hired to record a song titled ‘Peanut Butter’, which was a virtual clone of ‘(Baby) Hully Gully’.  The disc was released credited to The Marathons (who never actually existed!) – and ironically, ‘Peanut Butter’ became a far bigger hit than either ‘(Baby) Hully Gully’ or ‘The Watusi’!!!
Along similar lines, a couple more cases of ‘hidden identity’ concerned The Dellwoods’ zany ‘Let’s Do The Pretzel’ and Russell Byrd’s bluesy, call-and-response sizzler ‘Hitch Hike (Part 1)’.  The former had originally appeared as a 45 during 1961, credited to The Sweet Sick Teens.  The following year the same studio group reconvened as The Dellwoods to record an LP for Mad Magazine, and their earlier single was duly exhumed for inclusion on the album, this time under their new moniker!  Conversely, ‘Russell Byrd’ was one of several pseudonyms (‘Bernard Russell’ was another) employed by singer/songwriter/producer/arranger/all-round whiz-kid Bert Berns, early in his career.
Whilst it’s true to say that some of the best known hep dance records emanated from Philadelphia – and in particular Cameo-Parkway Records, home of such ebullient dance exponents as The Dovells (whose irresistible breakthrough hit ‘Bristol Stomp’ was another million seller’), teen idol Bobby Rydell (‘The Fish’, anyone?) and of course, the much-lauded Chubby Checker – other regional labels were not slow to catch on to the public’s seemingly insatiable desire for new footstomping fashions.  And, as we have already seen, some states had their own specialities which had to be catered for – mind you, it’s unlikely that some of these Dance records escaped the State they were recorded in! (certainly, Guitar Jr’s jaunty ‘The Crawl’ barely made it out of Louisiana – although Lee Baker Jr, to give him his full name, has gone on to enjoy a long and distinguished career as Blues singer/guitarist Lonnie Brooks).
Among the more obscure Dance crazes, special mentions should perhaps be made of  Dee Clark’s stillborn ‘Kangaroo Hop’ (buried on the B-side of his rather better-known ‘Gloria’), Tony & Joe’s frankly daft ‘The Freeze’, and The Commandos’ ‘Chicken Scratch’ (a record which very likely featured King Curtis) - although while we’re talking chickens, Rosco Gordon was (sadly) never likely to do much business with a disc titled ‘The Chicken (Dance With You)’.  And whilst The Shirelles’ ‘Doin’ The Ronde’ made for a great B-side, you didn’t ever see anyone in New York or Philly actually doing The Ronde, did you?; furthermore, as great as he undoubtedly was, I really can’t remember too many 50s teenagers complying with Sam Cooke’s assertion that ‘Everybody Loves To Cha-Cha-Cha’!
Whilst we’re discussing truly great artists, it’s generally forgotten that Roy Orbison, no less, made his recording debut with a bonà-fide Dance disc, viz: ‘Ooby Dooby’ (a million-selling record on the legendary Sun label, in 1956).  On the other hand, long-established (and highly respected) Blues singer Jimmy McCracklin wrote and recorded ‘The Walk’ as a direct cash-in, to try and tap into the white R&R record-buying market, after he’d seen the success being enjoyed by artists like Chuck Berry.  He was duly rewarded with a Top 10 hit, although further endeavors to tap the same market – e.g. ‘The Wobble’ – were spectacular failures.  Mind you, McCracklin certainly wasn’t the first established performer to try and hop aboard the Dance craze bandwagon.  Johnny Otis was just as well-established and respected as Jimmy – albeit with a rather more commercially successful track record – and he enjoyed a massive worldwide hit during 1958 with the infectious ‘Willie & The Hand Jive’, a song which would inspire dozens of cover versions.
Even Rock’n’Roll wild man Gene Vincent climbed aboard the Dance craze bandwagon in search of a hit record, in 1957, with ‘Dance To The Bop’ (he was duly rewarded with a million-seller), whilst that self-same Bop had also provided half of Bill Haley’s former Comets, now calling themselves The Jodimars, with the inspiration for their popular ‘Dance The Bop’ the previous year.  The “Bop” indeed proved itself to be both a popular and versatile concept within the Rockabilly canon, as further evidenced by a quartet of exceptionally fine floor-fillers, viz: Alvadean Coker & The Cokers’ chugging ‘We’re Gonna Bop’, Sparkle Moore’s high-octane ‘Rock-A-Bop’, Vern Pullens’ frantic ‘Bop Crazy Baby’ (the latter, as near faultless a Rockabilly record as you’ll ever hear) and The Barker Brothers’ Everlys-styled sprint through Lee Hazlewood’s ‘Hey Littla Mama’.  Four great records, which would be more or less guaranteed to get young Dave Penny and his chums up on the floor and dancing around their briefcases, in no time.
The oldest track featured herein is an (extremely unlikely) English record, ‘The Creep’ by Ken Mackintosh & His Band (co-written by saxophonist Mackintosh and his trombone player, Gordon Langhorn – aka Don Lang), which made the UK Top 10 in early 1954.  By all accounts this disc was a huge favourite among the embryonic Teddy Boys, who danced to it en masse, in an early approximation of The Stroll.  A couple of other very early sides are The Hawketts’ iconic, eternally-influential ‘Mardi Gras Mambo’ (which featured a 17-year-old Art Neville on lead vocals) and The Robins’ evocative, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller-penned ‘Loop De Loop Mambo’, which appeared on the flip of their celebrated ‘Framed’.  The Robins, of course, later evolved into The Coasters, for whom Leiber & Stoller wrote a whole slew of memorable hits (although ironically, ‘Dance!’ appeared on the flip of ‘Gee Golly’, one of their very few flops).
Elsewhere, a pair of moody, menacing instros, The Strangers’ down’n’dirty ‘Caterpillar Crawl’ and Lee Cook & The Shades’ Link Wray-esque ‘Strollin’ After Dark’, would later provide inspiration for The Cramps.  A further cluster of classy instros features Lee Allen & His Band’s struttin’ ‘Walkin’ With Mr Lee’, Sil Austin’s handclap-propelled ‘Slow Walk’, Noble ‘Thin Man’ Watts & His Rhythm Sparks’ equally-saxy ‘Hard Times (The Slop)’ and The Flee-Rekkers’ mellifluous ‘Blue Tango’ (the latter, doubtless inspired by The Bill Black Combo’s contemporaneous US hit).  Another curio which perhaps belongs in this company, although it ought more accurately be described as a ‘semi-instro’, is Nat Kendrick & The Swans’ call-to-arms, ‘(Do The) Mashed Potatoes’, a disc which audibly features James Brown.  By all accounts the number was a popular feature of Brown’s live set, and he wanted to cut it as a single.  His record company, King, demurred, whereupon he and his band cut it for a small, rival label, Dade, with Brown playing piano and yelling out both the song’s title and the “Yeahs”.  In order to try and prevent anyone recognising his voice, local radio deejay Carlton ‘King’ Coleman was asked to overdub additional shouted vocals, although Brown’s dulcet tones can still clearly be heard.  The disc – which eventually carried a label credit to ‘Nat Kendrick & The Swans’ (Kendrick was the drummer in James Brown’s band at that time) – became a major success, making the R&B Top 10 and even crossing over to the Top 100.
A further quartet of the half-forgotten goodies featured herein – viz: ‘The Madison Time’ by The Ray Bryant Combo, ‘The Roach’ by Gene & Wendell, ‘Foot Stompin’ by The Flares and ‘The Bug’ by Jerry Dallman & The Knightcaps – were proudly included in John Waters’ lavishly kitsch tale of dance-crazed Baltimore teen culture, Hairspray…although how more of these gems managed to escape inclusion remains a mystery!
But, we could go on all night!  We’ve still not discussed the merits of such long-lost floor-fillers as Chicano rocker Chan Romero’s utterly magnificent, Ritchie Valens-inspired ‘Hippy Hippy Shake’, the mighty Dion’s eternally-cool ‘The Majestic’ (which was initially conceived as the A-side of ‘The Wanderer’), Al Brown’s Tunetoppers (featuring Cookie Brown)’s eternally-overlooked original version of ‘The Madison’ (which lost out, chart-wise, to the aforementioned ‘Madison Time’, by Ray Bryant) or even the erratic, oft-controversial Larry Bright’s invitation to come and do the ‘Mojo Workout’.  Happily, however, all of these golden goodies – not to mention Danny & The Juniors’ all-encompassing Dance fave ‘At The Hop’ (which we’ve even got in its original incarnation, ‘Do The Bop’) – are now available once again for everyone to enjoy.  So, roll back that rug, kick off your sling-backs and get dancin’.  And girls, best apply extra hair lacquer lest that bouffant takes a battering.  Ahhh, you’re lookin’ good… - Groper Odson

trax CD 1:

1. The Shag (is Totally Cool) - Billy Graves 2. The Stroll - The Diamonds 3. Baby Hully Gully - The Olympics 4. The Walk - Jimmy McCracklin & His Band 5. (I Do the) Shimmy Shimmy - Bobby Freeman 6. The Majestic - Dion 7. The Kangaroo Hop - Dee Clark (aka: The Kool Gents) 8. The Crawl - Guitar Jr 9. Let's Do the Pretzel - The Dellwoods (Aka The Sweet Sick Teens) 10. Doin' the Ronde - The Shirelles 11. Bristol Stomp - The Dovells 12. The Fish - Bobby Rydell 13. The Hucklebug - Chubby Checker 14. Pony Time - Don Covay & The Goodtimers 15. The Chicken (Dance With You) - Rosco Gordon 16. Hard Times (the Slop) - Noble Thin Man Watts And His Rhythm Sparks 17. The Roach - Gene & Wendell With The Sweethearts 18. The Bug - Jerry Dallman & The Knightcaps 19. The Watusi - The Vibrations 20. Foot Stomping - The Flares 21. The Madison Time, Pt 1 - Ray Bryant Combo 22. The Caterpillar Crawl - The Strangers 23. The Freeze - Tony & Joe 24. Mojo Workout - Larry Bright 25. The Mess Around - Richard Berry & The Lockettes 26. Walkin' With Mr Lee - Lee Allen And His Band 27. Loop De Loop Mambo - The Robins 28. The Peppermint Twist - Joey Dee & The Starliters 29. Strollin' After Dark - The Shades & Lee Cook 30. Bop Crazy Baby - Vern Pullens 31. The Twist - Hank Ballard & The Midnighters 32. Do the Bop - Danny & The Juniors (aka: The Juvenaires)
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"Do The 45!" Vol. 263 (2018)

Super fun collection of soul, blues, R&B, instro, and rock 'n' roll from the original 45's. (From my record collection.)It's just me having fun with my 45's and whatever random record I pull out of the boxes. I will try to give both sides of the 45 unless one side is dull, unbearable or unplayable. I hope you enjoy. (Gyro1966)trax:
1. Pipe Dreams (Champion) - Jimmy Beck & His Orchestra 2. Blue Night (Champion) - Jimmy Beck & His Orchestra 3. If You Don't Know What Love Is (Abc-Paramount) - Fats Domino 4. Something You Got Baby (Abc-Paramount) - Fats Domino 5. Hey Now Mama (Yogi-Man) - Jessie Hill 6. Poop's in the Woodshed (Yogi-Man) - Jessie Hill 7. Little Island Girl (Hush) - The Golden Tones 8. Doreetha (Hush) - The Golden Tones 9. Stampede (Dot) - The Scarlets 10. Park Avenue (Dot) - The Scarlets 11. Ski Storm (Challenge) - The Snow Men 12. Ski Storm - Pt. 2 (Challenge) - The Snow Men 13. Tell Me What You're Gonna Do (Columbia) - The Bo Street Runners 14. And I Do Just What I Want (Columbia) - The Bo Street Runners 15. Gonna Git That Man (M-G-M) - Connie Francis 16. The Way You Do the Things You Do (Motown) - Diana Ross & The Supremes 17. Beeside (Deram) - Tintern Abbey 18. Secret (Deram) - The Virgin Sleep 19. I Got Stripes (Columbia) - Johnny Cash 20. Five Feet High and Rising (Columbia) - Johnny Cash 21. Only Columbe (Columbia/Sundazed) - Gene Clark 22. The French Girl  (Columbia/Sundazed) - Gene Clark 23. Va Va Voom (Relic) - The Martells 24. Don't Want That (Polydor) - The Betterdays 25. Here 'tis (Polydor) - The Betterdays 26. Let's Do the Boogie (Rpm) - B.B. "Blues Boy" King & His Orch. 27. Did You Ever Love a Woman (Rpm) - B.B. "Blues Boy" King & His Orch. 28. Honey Honey (Cash) - Lee Maye 29. Do the Bop (Rpm) - Arthur Lee Maye & The Crowns 30. Gone Gone Get Away (Fox) - The Romeos 31. I Don't Want You (Philips) - The Anteeeks 32. Ball and Chain (Philips) - The Anteeeks 33. Bell Bottom Boogie (Capitol) - Merrill Moore
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"Do The 45!" Vol. 112 (2018)

Super fun collection of soul, blues, R&B, instro, and rock 'n' roll from the original 45's. (From my record collection.)It's just me having fun with my 45's and whatever random record I pull out of the boxes. I will try to give both sides of the 45 unless one side is unbearable. I hope you enjoy. (Gyro1966)
Starting with volume 28, I went back to the same setup that i used for the Garage Greats 45's series. I used the NAD preamp. Not sure if there is a sonic difference, but these 45's sure sounded great blasting out of two huge power amps into two quality sets of speakers on my end.trax:
1. Do the 45" (One-Derful!) - The Sharpees 2. Make Up Your Mind (One-Derful!) - The Sharpees 3. I'm Gonna Try (Port) - Carol Fran 4. Crying in the Chapel (Port) - Carol Fran 5. Dumb Head (M-G-M) - Ginny Arnell 6. How Many Times Can One Heart Break (M-G-M) - Ginny Arnell 7. Casbah (Spinout) - Eddie Angel 8. Beyond Zone X (Spinout) - Eddie Angel 9. Tornado (Dee Jay Jamboree) - The Jiants 10. She's My Woman (Dee-Jay Jamboree) - The Jiants 11. Burnt Toast and Black Coffee (Kent) - Mike Pedicin 12. Up & Down the Hill (Kent) - TC Lee & The Bricklayers 13. It's the Last Time (Decca) - Leon Haywood 14. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (Decca) - Leon Haywood 15. Sway and Move with the Beat (Era) - Donnie Brooks 16. Come-On (Jackpot) - Wynn Stewart 17. B-I-L-L Why (M-G-M) - Ginny Arnell 18. A Little Bit of Love Can Hurt (M-G-M) - Ginny Arnell 19. Catch Us If You Can (Epic) - The Dave Clark Five 20. On the Move (Epic) - The Dave Clark Five 21. Oh Baby Doll (Tear Drop) - Kirby St. Romain 22. Please Mr. Postman (Tamla) - The Marvelettes 23. So Long Baby (Tamla) - The Marvelettes 24. What's a Matter Baby (Press) - The Small Faces 25. Whatcha Gonna Do About It (Press) - The Small Faces 26. Confetti (Somethin' Groovy) - The Specktrum 27. I Was a Fool (Somethin' Groovy) - The Specktrum 28. Go and Say Goodbye (Atco) - The Buffalo Springfield 29. Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing (Atco) - The Buffalo Springfield 30. Hold On! (M-G-M) - Herman's Hermits 31. I'm Still Hung Up on You (Laurie) - The Central Nervous System 32. It Takes All Kinds (Laurie) - The Central Nervous System 33. Follow Me (White Whale) - Lyme & Cybelle 34. Like the Seasons (White Whale) - Lyme & Cybelle
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"Do The 45!" Vol. 1144 (2026)

Super fun collection of soul, blues, R&B, instro, and rock 'n' roll from the original 45's. (From my record collection.)
It's just me having fun with my 45's and whatever random record I pull out of the boxes. I will try to give both sides of the 45 unless one side is dull, unbearable or unplayable. I hope you enjoy. (Gyro1966)
trax:
1 Talk Talk (Original Sound) - The Music Machine 2 Come on in (Original Sound) - The Music Machine 3 Check Me Baby (Peacock) - Willie Tomlin 4 Stroke My Yoke (Peacock) - Willie Tomlin 5 Cookin' in Style (Tangerine) - Percy Mayfield 6 The Hunt Is on (Tangerine) - Percy Mayfield 7 Tendency to Be Free (Uni) - Rabbit Mackay 8 Somebody Beat Me (Uni) - Rabbit Mackay 9 Everybody Do the Click (Rca Victor) - Jose Feliciano 10 Livin' (Punch) - The Henchmen 11 Please Tell Me (Punch) - The Henchmen 12 See the Cheetah (Uni) - The Big Game Hunters 13 Swingin' Shepherd Blues (Uni) - The Big Game Hunters 14 (Papa Chew) Do the Boo-Ga-Loo, Part 1 (Jerry-O) - Tom & Jerroo 15 (Papa Chew) Do the Boo-Ga-Loo, Part 2 (Jerry-O) - Tom & Jerroo 16 Absolutely Positively (Original Sound) - The Music Machine 17 Double Yellow Line (Original Sound) - The Music Machine 18 Wonderful (Nashboro) - The Pilgrim Jubilee Singers 19 Time to Testify (Nashboro) - The Pilgrim Jubilee Singers 20 Girl Down the Street (Phalanx)The Headlyters 21 Shop Around (Phalanx) - The Headlyters 22 One Step Inside (Nashboro) - The Supreme Angels 23 Calvary (Nashboro) - The Supreme Angels 24 The People in Me (Original Sound) - The Music Machine 25 Masculine Intuition (Original Sound) - The Music Machine 26 Babba Diddy Baby (Remus) - The Heart Attacks 27 I'm Angry, Baby (Remus) - The Heart Attacks 28 Things Won't Change (Octopus) - The Herd 29 Sun Has Gone (Octopus)The Herd 30 Searchin' (Tiger) - Alvin Robinson 31 Something You Got (Tiger) - Alvin Robinson
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"Do The 45!" Vol. 40 (2017)

Super fun collection of soul, blues, R&B, instro, and rock 'n' roll from the original 45's. (From my record collection.)It's just me having fun with my 45's and whatever random record I pull out of the boxes. I will try to give both sides of the 45 unless one side is unbearable. I hope you enjoy. (Gyro1966)
Starting with volume 28, I went back to the same setup that i used for the Garage Greats 45's series. I used the NAD preamp. Not sure if there is a sonic difference, but these 45's sure sounded great blasting out of two huge power amps into two quality sets of speakers on my end.trax:
1. Crawlin' (Atlantic) - The Clovers 2. Yes It's You (Atlantic) - The Clovers 3. Weird (Norton) - Bob Vidone & the Rhythm Rockers 4. Wobble Wickie (Norton) - The Rhythm Tones 5. Stop the Clock (Aladdin) - Bob Ehret 6. So Lonely (Aladdin) - Bob Ehret 7. Blast Off (Dee-Jay Jamboree) - Alden Holloway 8. Swingin' the Rock (Dee-Jay Jamboree - Alden Holloway 9. Trick Bag (Norton) - The Artesians 10. My Woman (Norton) - Woody Carr & The El Caminos 11. Our Little Rendez-Vous (Op Art) - Fab 12. I Only Gave You Everything (Op Art) - Fab 13. Jay Walker (Josie) - The Cadillacs 14. Copy Cat (Josie) - The Cadillacs 15. The Wash (Dionn) - Brenda & The Tabulations 16. Dry Your Eyes (Dionn) - Brenda & The Tabulations 17. The Wadda-Do (Herald) - The Turbans 18. Congratulations (Herald) - The Turbans 19. Cottonhead Joe (Whirlybird) - Leon Peels 20. A Casual Kiss (Whirlybird) - Leon Peels 21. Kick Out (Valiant) - The Safaris 22. Lonely Surf Guitar (Valiant) - The Safaris 23. Nineteen Days (Epic) - The Dave Clark Five 24. Sitting Here Baby (Epic) - The Dave Clark Five 25. The Flea (One-Derful!) - The 5 Du-Tones 26. Please Change Your Mind (One-Derful!) - The 5 Du-Tones 27. Do the Do (Chess) - Howlin' Wolf 28. Mama's Baby (Chess) - Howlin' Wolf 29. Watch Your Step (V-Tone) - Bobby Parker 30. Steal Your Heart Away (V-Tone) - Bobby Parker 31. Tampico Rage (Hitt) - Tommy Dae & The High Tensions 32. Lost Horizon (Hitt) - Tommy Dae & The High Tensions
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"Do The 45!" Vol. 165 (2018)

Super fun collection of soul, blues, R&B, instro, and rock 'n' roll from the original 45's. (From my record collection.)It's just me having fun with my 45's and whatever random record I pull out of the boxes. I will try to give both sides of the 45 unless one side is dull, unbearable or unplayable. I hope you enjoy. (Gyro1966)trax:
1. Do the Tighten Up (Dakar) - Major Lance 2. I Have No One (Dakar) - Major Lance 3. A Broken Man (White Whale) - The Malibu's 4. It's All Over but the Shouting (White Whale) - The Malibu's 5. Sack Dresses (Imperial) - The Sad Sacks 6. 40 Acres and a Mule (Soulville) - The Sound Explosion 7. Casting My Spell (American Arts) - The Talismen 8. Masters of War (American Arts) - The Talismen 9. Chewin' Gum (Checker) - Tommy Tucker 10. Ooh Poo Pah Doo (Atlantic) - Ben & Spence 11. I Do (Atlantic) - Ben & Spence 12. Do the Frog (Checker) - Bo Diddley 13. We're Gonna Get Married (Checker) - Bo Diddley 14. Mr. Success (Shout) - Bobby Harris 15. Sticky, Sticky (Shout) - Bobby Harris 16. I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself (Roulette) - Buddy Knox 17. Rock Around the Barn (Diadon) - The Canucks with Ray Parks 18. Stumble and Fall (Philles) - Darlene Love 19. Milk the Cow (Jubilee) - Doug Clark & the Nuts 20. Baby, Come Back (Rca Victor) - The Equals 21. Hold Me Closer (Rca Victor) - The Equals 22. Let's Do the Dog (Dog) - Fido 23. Mayonnaise Man (Dog) - Fido 24. Baby, Please Don't Cry (Epic) - The Five Sounds 25. Loadin' Coal (Epic) - The Five Sounds 26. It's You (Shane) - The Actioneers 27. No One Wants Me (Shane) - The Actioneers 28. Rockin' Horses (Mercury) - The Apollos 29. Let Your Hair Down (Chess) - The Gems 30. One More Year (Chess) - The Gems 31. Bail Bondsman (Country Caravan) - Gene Nitz 32. Running From the Law (Country Caravan) - Gene Nitz 33. Rock-A-Billy (Columbia) - Guy Mitchell
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"Do The 45!" Vol. 116 (2018)

Super fun collection of soul, blues, R&B, instro, and rock 'n' roll from the original 45's. (From my record collection.)It's just me having fun with my 45's and whatever random record I pull out of the boxes. I will try to give both sides of the 45 unless one side is unbearable. I hope you enjoy. (Gyro1966)
Starting with volume 28, I went back to the same setup that i used for the Garage Greats 45's series. I used the NAD preamp. Not sure if there is a sonic difference, but these 45's sure sounded great blasting out of two huge power amps into two quality sets of speakers on my end.trax:
1. Good Good Lovin' (Tcf) - Johnny Preston 2. I'm Asking Forgiveness (Tcf) - Johnny Preston 3. Why Don't We Do It in the Road (Jewel) - Lowell Fulsom 4. Black Pepper (Atlantic) - Hal Driggers 5. Brown Baggin (Barefoot) (Atlantic) - Hal Driggers 6. At the Party (Eric) - Big Sambo & The House Wreckers 7. The Rains Came (Eric) - Big Sambo & The House Wreckers 8. Gunslinger (Checker) - Bo Diddley 9. Signifying Blues (Checker) - Bo Diddley 10. (I Do The) Shimmy Shimmy (King) - Bobby Freeman 11. Booker-Loo (Stax) - Booker T. & The M.G.'s 12. My Sweet Potato(Stax) - Booker T. & The M.G.'s 13. Grounded, Pt. 1 (Silver Fox) - Gloria Taylor 14. Grounded, Pt. 2 (Silver Fox) - Gloria Taylor 15. Spanish Twist (Wand) - The Isley Brothers 16. Twist and Shout (Wand) - The Isley Brothers 17. Can Your Monkey Do the Dog (Stax) - Rufus Thomas 18. I Want to Get Married (Stax) - Rufus Thomas 19. I'm Blue (Atlantic) - The Sweet Inspirations 20. Sweet Inspiration (Atlantic) - The Sweet Inspirations 21. Day Tripper (St. Lawrence) - The Vontastics 22. My Baby (St. Lawrence) - The Vontastics 23. For Better or Worse (Atlantic) - Wilson Pickett 24. I'm Gonna Cry (Atlantic) - Wilson Pickett 25. Star Review (Atco) - Arthur Conley 26. Love Sure Is a Powerful Thing (Atco) - Arthur Conley 27. Doin' It (United Artists) - Ike & Tina Turner 28. I'm Yours (Use Me Anyway You Wanna) - Ike & Tina Turner 29. Never Had Enough of Nothing Yet (Abc) - Ray Charles 30. Cool It, Baby (Vik) - The Treniers 31. Rock and Roll President (Vik) - The Treniers 32. How to Catch the Girl (Dionysus) - Percy & The Gaolbirds
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"Do The 45!" Vol. 487 (2020)

Super fun collection of soul, blues, R&B, instro, and rock 'n' roll from the original 45's. (From my record collection.)It's just me having fun with my 45's and whatever random record I pull out of the boxes. I will try to give both sides of the 45 unless one side is dull, unbearable or unplayable. I hope you enjoy. (Gyro1966)trax:

1. Midnite Blues (Phillips) - Charlie Rich 2. Easy Money (Phillips) - Charlie Rich 3. Nobody Can Do the Dog Like I Do (The Dog - Nobody but Me) (Colt 45) - Sebastian and the House Rockers 4. The Best Man Cried (Colt 45) - Sebastian and the House Rockers 5. Never Love a Robin (Dynamo) - Tommy Hunt 6. The Biggest Man (Dynamo) - Tommy Hunt 7. Sister's Got a Boyfriend (Stax) - Rufus Thomas 8. Talkin' Bout True Love (Stax) - Rufus Thomas 9. Come on Baby (Smash) - Bruce Channel 10. Mine Exclusively (Smash) - Bruce Channel 11. Alvin's Boo-Ga-Loo (Mar-V-Lus) - Alvin Cash & The Registers 12. Let's Do Some Good Timing (Mar-V-Lus) - Alvin Cash & The Registers 13. Look at Me (Sure-Shot) - The Bell Brothers 14. Pity Me (Sure-Shot) - The Bell Brothers 15. Had (Grapevine) - Steve Douglas 16. Rockin' Green Sleeves (Grapevine) - Steve Douglas 17. Blues on the Moon (Whit) - Raful Neal 18. Let's Work Together (Whit) - Raful Neal 19. Green Onions '65 (Columbia) - The Brian Auger Trinity 20. Kiko (Columbia) - The Brian Auger Trinity 21. It Hurts to Be in Love (Musicor) - Gene Pitney 22. Hawaii (Musicor) - Gene Pitney 23. Fool for You (Curtom) - The Impressions 24. I'm Loving Nothing (Curtom) - The Impressions 25. I've Been Around (Imperial) - Fats Domino 26. Be My Guest (Imperial) - Fats Domino 27. Gonna Make You (Atco) - The Troggs 28. I Can't Control Myself (Atco) - The Troggs 29. I Can't Stop Dancing (Atlantic) - Archie Bell & the Drells 30. You're Such a Beautiful Child (Atlantic) - Archie Bell & the Drells

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"TOTALLY COOL!" The Shag, And How To Do It - disc 2

Let’s face it, Dance has been inextricably linked with Popular Music since the advent of recorded sound.  Dance music itself reached an early apogee in terms of popularity in the 1920s and 1930s, following the arrival of radio, gramophones and 78 rpm records…but by the dawn of the R&R era musical tastes had changed radically, and the first post-WWII generation of teenagers wanted to dance to far less polite and/or formal sounds.  Consequently, between the mid 1950s and early 1960s – i.e. between the arrival of Rock’n’Roll and the British Invasion – the US Pop charts were all a-shimmy with Dance Craze discs whose very exuberance, diversity and sheer silliness took unselfconsciousness into a whole new dimension.
Fuelled by T.V. shows such as Dick Clark’s American Bandstand and exploitation flicks such as Hey, Let’s Twist and Don’t Knock The Twist, fad-obsessed teens could brush up on the latest and the greatest footwork which accompanied such record hop floor-fillers as The Pony, The Watusi, The Hully Gully, The Mashed Potato, The Stroll, The Slop, The Bristol Stomp, The Madison, The Hitch Hike, The Continental and not forgetting Pat Boone’s deathless Wang Dang Taffy Apple Tango (a particular favourite of Now Dig This editor Trevor Cajiao, although he probably won’t thank me for sharing this confidential information with y’all!)...

...Nonetheless, the most popular and enduring dance by far was The Twist, which first saw light of day in 1959 when Hank Ballard penned the song of the same name and devised the accompanying dance moves which he and The Midnighters performed nightly, on stage.  Although nominally issued as a B-side (‘Teardrops On Your Letter’ was the topside), ‘The Twist’ nonetheless made sufficient an impact that it entered the US R&B charts under its own steam, peaking at No.16.  But it was Chubby Checker’s cover version some eighteen months hence which went to No.1 (a process it would repeat a year later, making it the only disc of the R&R era to top the US charts on two separate occasions), thus catapulting The Twist from Philly teen fad to International phenomenon, defying the generation gap and class barriers en route.
Special “twist” shoes went on sale and “twisting” hairdos, which would rotate and bounce with the twisting motion, became the rage amongst the carefully-coiffed.  It even attained the seal of establishment approval when the First Lady, Jackie Kennedy, was spotted twisting at New York’s Peppermint Lounge.  In many ways The Twist’s vitality seemed to echo the optimism, egalitarianism and spirit of the Kennedy era, and remains one of the most memorable images of that period.
Record-wise, just about everybody – from Frank Sinatra to Elvis, from Sam Cooke to Muddy Waters and beyond – began cutting Twist records, and suddenly the world’s Hit Parades were full of ’em.  Chubby Checker, of course, recorded loads of the blighters – most notably ‘Let’s Twist Again’, a multi-million-selling, worldwide hit, which topped the UK charts – whilst Joey Dee & The Starlighters took the Peppermint Lounge’s ‘theme tune’, ‘Peppermint Twist’, to No.1 in The States.  Sadly, there wasn’t room to include more than a handful of Twist records on this comp, so instead of the obvious (and hey! who wants to listen to Frank Sinatra, anyway?) we’ve gone for a couple of off-the-wall instro’s, viz: The Bill Black Combo’s raunchy ‘Twist-Her’ and King Curtis’s sublime ‘Soul Twist’.
By 1961 Chubby Checker had become the self-appointed ‘King Of Dance Crazes’ and rattled off an accompanying string of hits, notably ‘Pony Time’ (although we’ve included Don Covay & The Goodtimers’ original version herein), ‘The Slop’ and a revival of ‘The Hucklebuck’, a late 40s song which bandleaders Lucky Millinder and Paul Williams both claim to have originated.  Again, restrictions on playing time have kept The Chubster down to a mere four tracks on this set, despite the temptation to include a dozen or more!
Before The Twist, The Stroll had been just about the most popular late 50s US teen dance.  Initially propelled by Chuck Willis’s ‘C.C. Rider’ – which had led to him being dubbed ‘The King Of The Stroll’ – it naturally became hugely popular on American Bandstand, whereupon Dick Clark remarked to The Diamonds’ manager Nat Goodman that thus far, there had been no specific song written for the dance.  Within just weeks ‘The Stroll’ (custom-penned, by Clyde Otis) was on its way to No.1, giving the Canadian quartet its biggest hit.  They tried revisiting it with ‘Walking The Stroll’ some four years hence, after their hits had dried up, but the second time around there were no takers.
Meanwhile, although he’d missed out on ‘The Twist’, Hank Ballard continued to rack up plenty of US chart action, among which were several further Dance-oriented discs, including ‘The Coffee Grind’ and ‘The Continental Walk’ (although we’ve cheated, rather, and included The Rollers’ slightly less-successful, rival version of the latter).  Elsewhere, Bobby Freeman – he of ‘Do You Want To Dance’ fame – had also become something of a Dance craze specialist, and is represented here by ‘(I Do The) Shimmy Shimmy’ and ‘The Mess Around’.  The Shimmy also provided inspiration for Little Anthony & The Imperials (check out their ‘Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko-Bop’) and The Olympics (whose ‘Shimmy Like Kate’ revived an ancient Jazz standard) whilst The Mess Around had clearly been inspired by Richard Berry & The Lockettes’ disc of the same title, some three years earlier.
Mention of The Olympics brings us to ‘(Baby) Hully Gully’, their 1959 hit which kicked-started the Hully Gully craze and unwittingly led to the the Vibrations/Marathons’ ‘Peanut Butter’ scam.  The Vibrations had originally been known as The Jayhawks, who’d registered a major hit in 1956 with ‘Stranded In The Jungle.  By 1961 they’d undergone a couple of personnel changes, were trading as The Vibrations, and were enjoying a Dance craze hit with ‘The Watusi’ (itself a clear lift of Hank Ballard’s ‘Let’s Go, Let’s Go, Let’s Go’ – but that’s another story!).  Legend has it that The Olympics’ record company, Arvee, needed a new release from the group but they were out on tour, and The Vibrations were hired to record a song titled ‘Peanut Butter’, which was a virtual clone of ‘(Baby) Hully Gully’.  The disc was released credited to The Marathons (who never actually existed!) – and ironically, ‘Peanut Butter’ became a far bigger hit than either ‘(Baby) Hully Gully’ or ‘The Watusi’!!!
Along similar lines, a couple more cases of ‘hidden identity’ concerned The Dellwoods’ zany ‘Let’s Do The Pretzel’ and Russell Byrd’s bluesy, call-and-response sizzler ‘Hitch Hike (Part 1)’.  The former had originally appeared as a 45 during 1961, credited to The Sweet Sick Teens.  The following year the same studio group reconvened as The Dellwoods to record an LP for Mad Magazine, and their earlier single was duly exhumed for inclusion on the album, this time under their new moniker!  Conversely, ‘Russell Byrd’ was one of several pseudonyms (‘Bernard Russell’ was another) employed by singer/songwriter/producer/arranger/all-round whiz-kid Bert Berns, early in his career.
Whilst it’s true to say that some of the best known hep dance records emanated from Philadelphia – and in particular Cameo-Parkway Records, home of such ebullient dance exponents as The Dovells (whose irresistible breakthrough hit ‘Bristol Stomp’ was another million seller’), teen idol Bobby Rydell (‘The Fish’, anyone?) and of course, the much-lauded Chubby Checker – other regional labels were not slow to catch on to the public’s seemingly insatiable desire for new footstomping fashions.  And, as we have already seen, some states had their own specialities which had to be catered for – mind you, it’s unlikely that some of these Dance records escaped the State they were recorded in! (certainly, Guitar Jr’s jaunty ‘The Crawl’ barely made it out of Louisiana – although Lee Baker Jr, to give him his full name, has gone on to enjoy a long and distinguished career as Blues singer/guitarist Lonnie Brooks).
Among the more obscure Dance crazes, special mentions should perhaps be made of  Dee Clark’s stillborn ‘Kangaroo Hop’ (buried on the B-side of his rather better-known ‘Gloria’), Tony & Joe’s frankly daft ‘The Freeze’, and The Commandos’ ‘Chicken Scratch’ (a record which very likely featured King Curtis) - although while we’re talking chickens, Rosco Gordon was (sadly) never likely to do much business with a disc titled ‘The Chicken (Dance With You)’.  And whilst The Shirelles’ ‘Doin’ The Ronde’ made for a great B-side, you didn’t ever see anyone in New York or Philly actually doing The Ronde, did you?; furthermore, as great as he undoubtedly was, I really can’t remember too many 50s teenagers complying with Sam Cooke’s assertion that ‘Everybody Loves To Cha-Cha-Cha’!
Whilst we’re discussing truly great artists, it’s generally forgotten that Roy Orbison, no less, made his recording debut with a bonà-fide Dance disc, viz: ‘Ooby Dooby’ (a million-selling record on the legendary Sun label, in 1956).  On the other hand, long-established (and highly respected) Blues singer Jimmy McCracklin wrote and recorded ‘The Walk’ as a direct cash-in, to try and tap into the white R&R record-buying market, after he’d seen the success being enjoyed by artists like Chuck Berry.  He was duly rewarded with a Top 10 hit, although further endeavors to tap the same market – e.g. ‘The Wobble’ – were spectacular failures.  Mind you, McCracklin certainly wasn’t the first established performer to try and hop aboard the Dance craze bandwagon.  Johnny Otis was just as well-established and respected as Jimmy – albeit with a rather more commercially successful track record – and he enjoyed a massive worldwide hit during 1958 with the infectious ‘Willie & The Hand Jive’, a song which would inspire dozens of cover versions.
Even Rock’n’Roll wild man Gene Vincent climbed aboard the Dance craze bandwagon in search of a hit record, in 1957, with ‘Dance To The Bop’ (he was duly rewarded with a million-seller), whilst that self-same Bop had also provided half of Bill Haley’s former Comets, now calling themselves The Jodimars, with the inspiration for their popular ‘Dance The Bop’ the previous year.  The “Bop” indeed proved itself to be both a popular and versatile concept within the Rockabilly canon, as further evidenced by a quartet of exceptionally fine floor-fillers, viz: Alvadean Coker & The Cokers’ chugging ‘We’re Gonna Bop’, Sparkle Moore’s high-octane ‘Rock-A-Bop’, Vern Pullens’ frantic ‘Bop Crazy Baby’ (the latter, as near faultless a Rockabilly record as you’ll ever hear) and The Barker Brothers’ Everlys-styled sprint through Lee Hazlewood’s ‘Hey Littla Mama’.  Four great records, which would be more or less guaranteed to get young Dave Penny and his chums up on the floor and dancing around their briefcases, in no time.
The oldest track featured herein is an (extremely unlikely) English record, ‘The Creep’ by Ken Mackintosh & His Band (co-written by saxophonist Mackintosh and his trombone player, Gordon Langhorn – aka Don Lang), which made the UK Top 10 in early 1954.  By all accounts this disc was a huge favourite among the embryonic Teddy Boys, who danced to it en masse, in an early approximation of The Stroll.  A couple of other very early sides are The Hawketts’ iconic, eternally-influential ‘Mardi Gras Mambo’ (which featured a 17-year-old Art Neville on lead vocals) and The Robins’ evocative, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller-penned ‘Loop De Loop Mambo’, which appeared on the flip of their celebrated ‘Framed’.  The Robins, of course, later evolved into The Coasters, for whom Leiber & Stoller wrote a whole slew of memorable hits (although ironically, ‘Dance!’ appeared on the flip of ‘Gee Golly’, one of their very few flops).
Elsewhere, a pair of moody, menacing instros, The Strangers’ down’n’dirty ‘Caterpillar Crawl’ and Lee Cook & The Shades’ Link Wray-esque ‘Strollin’ After Dark’, would later provide inspiration for The Cramps.  A further cluster of classy instros features Lee Allen & His Band’s struttin’ ‘Walkin’ With Mr Lee’, Sil Austin’s handclap-propelled ‘Slow Walk’, Noble ‘Thin Man’ Watts & His Rhythm Sparks’ equally-saxy ‘Hard Times (The Slop)’ and The Flee-Rekkers’ mellifluous ‘Blue Tango’ (the latter, doubtless inspired by The Bill Black Combo’s contemporaneous US hit).  Another curio which perhaps belongs in this company, although it ought more accurately be described as a ‘semi-instro’, is Nat Kendrick & The Swans’ call-to-arms, ‘(Do The) Mashed Potatoes’, a disc which audibly features James Brown.  By all accounts the number was a popular feature of Brown’s live set, and he wanted to cut it as a single.  His record company, King, demurred, whereupon he and his band cut it for a small, rival label, Dade, with Brown playing piano and yelling out both the song’s title and the “Yeahs”.  In order to try and prevent anyone recognising his voice, local radio deejay Carlton ‘King’ Coleman was asked to overdub additional shouted vocals, although Brown’s dulcet tones can still clearly be heard.  The disc – which eventually carried a label credit to ‘Nat Kendrick & The Swans’ (Kendrick was the drummer in James Brown’s band at that time) – became a major success, making the R&B Top 10 and even crossing over to the Top 100.
A further quartet of the half-forgotten goodies featured herein – viz: ‘The Madison Time’ by The Ray Bryant Combo, ‘The Roach’ by Gene & Wendell, ‘Foot Stompin’ by The Flares and ‘The Bug’ by Jerry Dallman & The Knightcaps – were proudly included in John Waters’ lavishly kitsch tale of dance-crazed Baltimore teen culture, Hairspray…although how more of these gems managed to escape inclusion remains a mystery!
But, we could go on all night!  We’ve still not discussed the merits of such long-lost floor-fillers as Chicano rocker Chan Romero’s utterly magnificent, Ritchie Valens-inspired ‘Hippy Hippy Shake’, the mighty Dion’s eternally-cool ‘The Majestic’ (which was initially conceived as the A-side of ‘The Wanderer’), Al Brown’s Tunetoppers (featuring Cookie Brown)’s eternally-overlooked original version of ‘The Madison’ (which lost out, chart-wise, to the aforementioned ‘Madison Time’, by Ray Bryant) or even the erratic, oft-controversial Larry Bright’s invitation to come and do the ‘Mojo Workout’.  Happily, however, all of these golden goodies – not to mention Danny & The Juniors’ all-encompassing Dance fave ‘At The Hop’ (which we’ve even got in its original incarnation, ‘Do The Bop’) – are now available once again for everyone to enjoy.  So, roll back that rug, kick off your sling-backs and get dancin’.  And girls, best apply extra hair lacquer lest that bouffant takes a battering.  Ahhh, you’re lookin’ good… - Groper Odson

trax CD 2:
1. Let's Twist Again - Chubby Checker 2. Dance! - The Coasters 3. The Coffee Grind - Hank Ballard & The Midnighters 4. The Mess Around - Bobby Freeman 5. Ooby Dooby - Roy Orbison & The Teen Kings 6. Dance To The Bop - Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps 7. Rock-a-Bop - Sparkle Moore 8. Slow Walk - Sil Austin 9. Willie & the Hand Jive - Johnny Otis Show 10. The Continental Walk - The Rollers 11. We're Gonna Bop - Alvadean Coker & The Cokers 12. The Chicken Scratch - The Commandos 13. Twist-Her - Bill Black's Combo 14. The Madison - Al Brown's Tunetoppers Feat. Cookie Brown 15. Peanut Butter (Hully Gully) - The Marathons 16. Hitch Hike, Pt. 1 - Russell Byrd 17. Everybody Loves To Cha-Cha-Cha - Sam Cooke 18. The Wang Dang Taffy Apple Tango - Pat Boone 19. Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko-Bop - Little Anthony & The Imperials 20. Soul Twist - King Curtis & The Noble Knights 21. Mardi Gras Mambo - The Hawketts 22. The Wobble - Jimmy McCracklin 23. Hey Little Mama - Barker Brothers 24. The Slop - Chubby Checker 25. Blue Tango - The Flee-Rekkers 26. (Do the) Mashed Potatoes - Nat Kendrick & The Swans 27. Walkin' the Stroll - The Diamonds 28. Shimmy Like Kate - The Olympics 29. The Creep - Ken Macintosh & His Band 30. Dance The Bop - The Jodimars 31. The Hippy Hippy Shake - Chan Romero 32. At The Hop - Danny & The Juniors
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"Do The 45!" Vol. 98 (2018)

Super fun collection of soul, blues, R&B, instro, and rock 'n' roll from the original 45's. (From my record collection.)It's just me having fun with my 45's and whatever random record I pull out of the boxes. I will try to give both sides of the 45 unless one side is unbearable. I hope you enjoy. (Gyro1966)
Starting with volume 28, I went back to the same setup that i used for the Garage Greats 45's series. I used the NAD preamp. Not sure if there is a sonic difference, but these 45's sure sounded great blasting out of two huge power amps into two quality sets of speakers on my end.trax:
1. The Nitty Gritty (Soul) - Gladys Knight & The Pips 2. Got Myself a Good Man (Soul) - Gladys Knight & The Pips 3. Southern Country Boy (Jewel) - The Carter Brothers 4. Do the Flo Show (Jewel) - The Carter Brothers 5. The B.B. Jones (Bluesway) - B.B. King 6. Stop Putting the Hurt on Me (Bluesway) - B.B. King 7. Night Air (Imperial) - The Mints 8. Baby Please Don't Go (Sun) - Billy Riley & The Little Green Men 9. Wouldn't You Know (Sun) - Billy Riley & The Little Green Men 10. Finger Poppin' Time (King) - Hank Ballard & The Midnighters 11. I Love You, I Love You So-O-O (King) - Hank Ballard & The Midnighters 12. Cheater Man (Atlantic) - Esther Phillips 13. I'm Sorry (Atlantic) - Esther Phillips 14. I'm Gonna Live Some Before I Die (Capitol) - Faron Young 15. Honey, Where You Going? (Vee-Jay) - Jimmy Reed 16. Little Rain (Vee-Jay) - Jimmy Reed 17. I Need You So (MSL) - Tommy McLain 18. If You Don't Think (Smash) - Anna King 19. Inside - Looking Out (M-G-M) - The Animals 20. You're on My Mind (M-G-M) - The Animals 21. Turn on Your Love Light (Capitol) - The Human Beinz 22. I Just Go for You (Cub) - Jimmy Jones 23. That's When I Cried (Cub) - Jimmy Jones 24. Let's All Rock Together (Capitol) - The Jodimars 25. Well Now, Dig This (Capitol) - The Jodimars 26. Soul Meeting (Atlantic) - The Soul Clan 27. That's How It Feels (Atlantic) - The Soul Clan 28. Don't Be Afraid (Do As I Say) (D.C.) - Frankie Karl & The Dreams 29. I'm So Glad (D.C.) - Frankie Karl & The Dreams 30. Show Me (Cadet) - The Dells
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"Do The 45!" Vol. 445 (2020)

Super fun collection of soul, blues, R&B, instro, and rock 'n' roll from the original 45's. (From my record collection.)It's just me having fun with my 45's and whatever random record I pull out of the boxes. I will try to give both sides of the 45 unless one side is dull, unbearable or unplayable. I hope you enjoy. (Gyro1966)trax:

1. The Mohawk (Felsted) - D.C. Washington 2. The Wa-Wabble (Lectra) - The Debelaires 3. Movin' on (Oldies 45) - The Dells 4. Bongo Rock (Oldies 45) - Preston Epps 5. Slip Away (Atlantic) - Clarence Carter 6. Funky Fever (Atlantic) - Clarence Carter 7. Ugly, Ugly (Noslen) - Leo Gooden 8. Winkee-Do (Noslen) - Leo Gooden 9. Hello My Lover (Minit) - Ernie K-Doe 10. 'taint It the Truth (Minit) - Ernie K-Doe 11. I Ain't Gonna Stop (Agp) - The Masqueraders 12. I'm Just an Average Guy (Agp) - The Masqueraders 13. Suki-Yaki-Rocki (Wizz) - The Quarter Notes 14. Record Hop Blues (Wizz) - The Quarter Notes 15. Pity for the Lonely (Ko Ko) - Luther Ingram 16. Ain't Nobody (Bigtop) - Mickey Denton 17. Nature Boy (Bigtop) - Mickey Denton 18. Honey Love (Atlantic) - The Drifters 19. The Girl Around the Corner (Chess) - Lee Andrews & the Hearts   20. Baby, Do the Philly Dog (Mirwood) - The Olympics 21. Western Movies (Mirwood) - The Olympics 22. Day by Day (Parrot) - Tom Jones 23. Help Yourself (Parrot) - Tom Jones 24. Zombi (Argo) - The Monotones 25. Tom Foolery (Argo) - The Monotones 26. Some Kind of Wonderful (Atlantic) - The Drifters 27. Honey Bee (Atlantic) - The Drifters 28. Tonights the Night (Scepter) - The Shirelles 29. Take Me Back (Twinight) - Syl Johnson 30. I Take Care of Homework (Twinight) - Syl Johnson

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"Do The 45!" Vol. 457 (2020)

Super fun collection of soul, blues, R&B, instro, and rock 'n' roll from the original 45's. (From my record collection.)It's just me having fun with my 45's and whatever random record I pull out of the boxes. I will try to give both sides of the 45 unless one side is dull, unbearable or unplayable. I hope you enjoy. (Gyro1966)trax:

1. It's Aw'rite (Stax) - Rufus Thomas 2. Can't Ever Let You Go (Stax) - Rufus Thomas 3. Red Headed Woman (Greco) - The Jokers 4. I Ain't Gonna Be Your Fool (Greco) - The Jokers 5. The Bad Man (Sony) - Bobby John 6. Lonely Soldier (Sony) - Bobby John 7. Marry Her Joe (Atlantic) - The Fortune Tellers 8. I Love You (Inka Do) (Atlantic) - The Fortune Tellers 9. King Kong (Payson) - Al Elias 10. Slam Bam Thank Ya Ma'am (Columbia) - Paul Hampton 11. The Roundest of Them All (Domain) - Round Robin 12. 8069 Vineland (Domain) - Round's Boys 13. Cuzin Casanova (Roulette) - The Cleftones 14. Mish Mash Baby (Roulette) - The Cleftones 15. Troubled Times (Prestige) - Willis Jackson 16. Hand Full of Blood (Sonic) - The Starfires 17. Re-Entry (Sonic) - The Starfires 18. Good Feelin' Yea (The Jerms) - The Jerms 19. Bald Headed Woman (The Jerms) - The Jerms 20. Oh Yeah, Maybe Baby (Philles) - The Crystals 21. There's No Other (Like My Baby) (Philles) - The Crystals 22. Cuttin' Grass (Sanctus) - The Caretakers of Deception 23. X+Y=13 (Sanctus) - The Caretakers of Deception 24. My Girl Sloopy (Cha-Cha-Watusi) (Atlantic) - The Killer Joe Orchestra 25. Money Honey (Atco) - The Coasters 26. Let's Go Get Stoned (Atco) - The Coasters 27. The Sloopy (Jotus) - Billy Young 28. Same Thing All Over (Jotus) - Billy Young 29. I'm Walking (Tip) - John & Paul 30. People Say (Tip) - John & Paul 31. Do the 45 (One-Derful!) - The Sharpees 32. Make Up Your Mind (One-Derful!) - The Sharpees

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ps.: for all late arrivals we have in the comments 3 reups of this series.

"Do The 45!" Vol. 106 (2018)

Super fun collection of soul, blues, R&B, instro, and rock 'n' roll from the original 45's. (From my record collection.)It's just me having fun with my 45's and whatever random record I pull out of the boxes. I will try to give both sides of the 45 unless one side is unbearable. I hope you enjoy. (Gyro1966)
Starting with volume 28, I went back to the same setup that i used for the Garage Greats 45's series. I used the NAD preamp. Not sure if there is a sonic difference, but these 45's sure sounded great blasting out of two huge power amps into two quality sets of speakers on my end.trax:
1. I'm Going to Change the World (M-G-M) - The Animals 2. It's My Life (M-G-M) - The Animals 3. I've Got a Feeling (R&B) - Baby Washington 4. Just a Little (Autumn) - The Beau Brummels 5. They'll Make You Cry (Autumn) - The Beau Brummels 6. I Found the One (Hour Glass) - Billy Sha-Rae 7. Do It (Hour Glass) - Billy Sha-Rae 8. Don't You Know That I Believe (Brent) - Carl Lester & The Showstoppers 9. When You See Me Hurt (Brent) - Carl Lester & The Showstoppers 10. Drip Drop (Atlantic) - The Drifters 11. Surf Blast (Tum-Tiki) - The Enchanters 12. Tum-Tiki (Tom-Tom) - The Enchanters 13. In My Life I've Loved (Excello) - Jerry Washington 14. Right Here Is Where You Belong (Excello) - Jerry Washington 15. Let's Rock To-Night (Dee-Jay Jamboree) - Jimmy Grubbs 16. Do You Think That's Right (R&B) - Judy Clay 17. Loo-Key Doo-Key (Pt. 1) (Dade) - King Coleman 18. Loo-Key Doo-Key (Pt. 2) (Dade) - King Coleman 19. Papa Lou and Gran (Norton) - Little Victor 20. "Jess" One M' Time (Cameo) - "Madman" Jones 21. Working Together (Atco) - The Patterson Singers 22. That's Understanding (Atco) - The Patterson Singers 23. Mama (He Treats Your Daughetr Mean) (Philips) - Ruth Brown 24. Broke Down Piece of Man (Pepper) - The Short Kuts 25. Hold It Baby (Pepper) - The Short Kuts 26. All That Shines Ain't Gold (Stax) - The Soul Children 27. It Ain't Always What You Do (It's Who You Let See You Do It) (Stax) - The Soul Children 28. Crazee Baby (Lost-Nite) - The Spaniels 29. I Lost You (Lost-Nite) - The Spaniels 30. Where You Goin' There, Sapphire? (Norton) - The Upsetters
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"Do The 45!" Vol. 151 (2018)

Super fun collection of soul, blues, R&B, instro, and rock 'n' roll from the original 45's. (From my record collection.)It's just me having fun with my 45's and whatever random record I pull out of the boxes. I will try to give both sides of the 45 unless one side is dull, unbearable or unplayable. I hope you enjoy. (Gyro1966)trax:
1. (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone (Atlantic) - Aretha Franklin 2. Ain't No Way (Atlantic) - Aretha Franklin 3. Greatest Love in the World (Checker) - Bo Diddley 4. Surfers' Love Call (Checker) - Bo Diddley 5. Oo-Ma-Liddi (Prelude) - J.J. Jackson & The Jackaels 6. Let the Show Begin (Prelude) - J.J. Jackson & The Jackaels 7. I'll Keep on Holding on (Tamla) - The Marvelettes 8. No Time for Tears (Tamla) - The Marvelettes 9. Puppy Dog (All Boy) - Clarence Green 10. Red Light (All Boy) - Clarence Green 11. Goin' to the River (Checker) - Bill & Will 12. Let Me Tell You Baby (Checker) - Bill & Will 13. Trashman's Blues (Shooting Star) - Kai-Ray 14. I Want Some of That (Shooting Star) - Kai-Ray 15. (Do The) Mashed Potatoes - Pt. 1 (Dade) - Nat Kendrick & The Swans 16. (Do The) Mashed Potatoes - Pt. 2 (Dade) - Nat Kendrick & The Swans 17. The Dog (Groove) - Junior and the Classics 18. Birmingham (Groove) - Junior and the Classics 19. Black Cat (Atco) - Brian Auger & The Trinity 20. In and Out (Atco) - Brian Auger & The Trinity 21. I'm Your Kingpin (Capitol) - Manfred Mann 22. Hubble Bubble Toil and Trouble (Capitol) - Manfred Mann 23. Shake It (Interphon) - The Groundhogs 24. Mary Ann (Epic) - Link Wray & The Wraymen 25. Ain't That Lovin' You Babe (Epic) - Link Wray & The Wraymen 26. Concentration Baby (Epic) - The Dave Clark Five 27. Red and Blue (Epic) - The Dave Clark Five 28. I Need Somebody (Cameo) - ? & The Mysterians 29. "8" Teen (Cameo) - ? & The Mysterians 30. Have Love, Will Travel (Jamie) - The Sharps 31. Look at Me! (Jamie) - The Sharps
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"Do The 45!" Vol. 37 (2017)

Super fun collection of soul, blues, R&B, instro, and rock 'n' roll from the original 45's. (From my record collection.)It's just me having fun with my 45's and whatever random record I pull out of the boxes. I will try to give both sides of the 45 unless one side is unbearable. I hope you enjoy. (Gyro1966)
Starting with volume 28, I went back to the same setup that i used for the Garage Greats 45's series. I used the NAD preamp. Not sure if there is a sonic difference, but these 45's sure sounded great blasting out of two huge power amps into two quality sets of speakers on my end.trax:
1. Never Had Enough of Nothing Yet (Abc) - Ray Charles 2. Timber - Part 1 (Atlantic) - "Candy" Phillips 3. Timber - Part 2 (Atlantic) - "Candy" Phillips 4. Mope-Itty Mope Stomp (Parkway) - The Dovells 5. Do the New Continental (Parkway) - The Dovells 6. Reveille Rock (Soma) - The Titans 7. The No Place Special (Soma) - The Titans 8. Rosie, Let's Get Cozy (Rca Victor) - Dave Rich 9. Sunshine in My Heart (Rca Victor) - Dave Rich 10. Main Theme From "Out of Sight" (Decca) - The Nick Venet Orchestra 11. Baby Hold On, Pt. 1 (Cotillion) - The Mohawks 12. Baby Hold On, Pt. 2 (Cotillion) - The Mohawks 13. 19th Nervous Breakdown (London) - The Rolling Stones 14. Sad Day (London) - The Rolling Stones 15. Take Me for What I'm Worth (Kapp) - The Searchers 16. Surfin' School (Norton) - The Hesitations 17. Surfin' on Cedar Lake (Norton) - The Slough Boys 18. Hold Me Tight (Choice) - Tennessee Jim 19. My Baby, She's Rockin' (Choice) - Tennessee Jim 20. Never, Never (Beltone) - The Jive Five 21. People From Another World (Beltone) - The Jive Five 22. The Cow (American Records) - Bill Robinson & The Quails 23. Take Me Back, Baby (American Records) - Bill Robinson & The Quails 24. Let Me Tell You, Baby (Specialty) - Larry Williams 25. Just Because (Specialty) - Larry Williams 26. Just a Lonely Clown (Ace) - Huey Smith & His Clowns 27. Free Single and Disengaged (Ace) - Huey Smith & His Clowns 28. Lonely Blue Boy (M-G-M) - Conway Twitty 29. Long Gone Daddy (Rollin' Rock) - Pat Cupp & The Flyin' Saucers 30. That Girl of Mine (Rollin' Rock) - Pat Cupp & The Flyin' Saucers 31. Psyche-Out (Felsted) - The Surfaris 32. Tor Chula (Felsted) - The Surfaris
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"Do The 45!" Vol. 470 (2020)

Super fun collection of soul, blues, R&B, instro, and rock 'n' roll from the original 45's. (From my record collection.)It's just me having fun with my 45's and whatever random record I pull out of the boxes. I will try to give both sides of the 45 unless one side is dull, unbearable or unplayable. I hope you enjoy. (Gyro1966)trax:

1. Sharon (Gardena) - Paul Revere & The Raiders 2. Like, Long Hair (Gardena) - Paul Revere & The Raiders 3. Karate (Stacy) - The Torkays 4. Crazee Babee (Vee-Jay) - The Spaniels 5. I Lost You (Vee-Jay) - The Spaniels 6. (Do The) Mashed Potatoes - Pt. 1 (Dade) - Nat Kendrick & The Swans 7. (Do The) Mashed Potatoes - Pt. 2 (Dade) - Nat Kendrick & The Swans 8. Baby, Baby (Top Rank) - Jack Scott 9. Radioactive Flop (Norton) - Harlan Wolf 10. Midnight Blues (Norton) - Marty Waters 11. Tighter, Tighter (Roulette) - Alive and Kicking 12. Sunday Morning (Roulette) - Alive and Kicking 13. Cut Across Shorty (Liberty) - Eddie Cochran 14. Three Steps to Heaven (Liberty) - Eddie Cochran 15. Hold on to What'cha Got (Baton) - The Fidelity's 16. Baby Baby Baby (R-Dell) - The Jaguars 17. Mixed-Up, Shook-Up, Girl (Herald) - Patty & The Emblems 18. Ordinary Guy (Herald) - Patty & The Emblems 19. You've Been So Wonderful to Me (Motown) - Diana Ross & The Supremes 20. Some Things You Never Get Used to (Motown) - Diana Ross & The Supremes 21. Johnny B. Goode (Chess) - Chuck Berry 22. Around and Around (Chess) - Chuck Berry 23. High Sign (Mercury) - The Diamonds 24. Chick-Lets (Don't Let Me Down) (Mercury) - The Diamonds 25. What Would I Do (Rca Victor) - Mickey & Sylvia 26. This Is My Story (Rca Victor) - Mickey & Sylvia 27. Buttercup (Lancer) - The Twins 28. Dark Side (Dunwich) - Shadows of Knight  29. Gloria (Dunwich) - The Shadows of Knight 30. Where Is the Party (Compass) - Helena Ferguson 31. My Terms (Compass) - Helena Ferguson 32. I Told You So (Cub) - Jimmy Jones 33. You Got It (Cub) - Jimmy Jones

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ps.: for all late arrivals we have in the comments 3 reups of this series.

"Do The 45!" Vol. 41 (2017)

Super fun collection of soul, blues, R&B, instro, and rock 'n' roll from the original 45's. (From my record collection.)It's just me having fun with my 45's and whatever random record I pull out of the boxes. I will try to give both sides of the 45 unless one side is unbearable. I hope you enjoy. (Gyro1966)
Starting with volume 28, I went back to the same setup that i used for the Garage Greats 45's series. I used the NAD preamp. Not sure if there is a sonic difference, but these 45's sure sounded great blasting out of two huge power amps into two quality sets of speakers on my end.trax:
1. Let the Good Times Roll (Minit) - Little Jr. Parker 2. Worried Life Blues (Minit) - Little Jr. Parker 3. Rocket (Abc-Paramount) - Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones 4. Penny Loafers and Bobby Socks (Abc-Paramount) - Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones 5. Hey! (Amy) - Gabriel & The Angels 6. Chumba (Amy) - Gabriel & The Angels 7. Tag Along (Zynn) - Rocket Morgan 8. What Ya' Gonna Do? (Zynn) - Rocket Morgan 9. Who Do You Love (Atlantic) - Jo Ann & Troy 10. I Found a Love Oh What a Love (Atlantic) - Jo Ann & Troy 11. Naggity Nag (Josie) - Speedo with The Pearls 12. Who Ya Gonna Kiss (Josie) - Speedo with The Pearls 13. Wiggle Wobble (Everlast) - Les Cooper & The Soul Rockers 14. Dig Yourself (Everlast) - Les Cooper & The Soul Rockers 15. Chicken Back - Pt. 1 (Curio) - The Curios 16. Chicken Back - Pt. 2 (Curio) - The Curios 17. Motor Mouth (Josie) - Granger Hunt & The Believers 18. I'm a Little Mixed Up (Chess) - Betty James 19. Help Me Find My Love (Chess) - Betty James 20. The Green Mosquito (United Artists) - The Tune Rockers 21. Warm Up (United Artists) - The Tune Rockers 22. Keep on Dancing (M-G-M) - The Gentrys 23. Make Up Your Mind (M-G-M) - The Gentrys 24. Shake Your Moneymaker (Fire) - Elmore James 25. Look on Yonder Wall (Fire) - Elmore James 26. Slop Time (Guyden) - The Sherrys 27. Let's Stomp Again (Guyden) - The Sherrys 28. Do Your Duty (Silver Fox) - Bettye LaVette 29. Love's Made a Fool Out of Me (Silver Fox) - Bettye LaVette 30. Wipe Out (G.N.P. Crescendo) - The Challengers 31. North Beach (G.N.P. Crescendo) - The Challengers 32. I'm So Lonely (Tetra) - Bill Flagg 33. Guitar Rock (Tetra) - Bill Flagg
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"Do The 45!" Vol. 302 (2019)

Super fun collection of soul, blues, R&B, instro, and rock 'n' roll from the original 45's. (From my record collection.)It's just me having fun with my 45's and whatever random record I pull out of the boxes. I will try to give both sides of the 45 unless one side is dull, unbearable or unplayable. I hope you enjoy. (Gyro1966)trax:
1. Say, I Wanna Know (IL) - Nick Waterhouse 2. (If) You Want Trouble (IL) - Nick Waterhouse 3. Do the Duck (Joker) - The Autographs 4. Do the Duck - Instrumental (Joker) - The Autographs 5. Juicy Fruit (Ember) - Rudy Greene 6. You're the One for Me (Ember) - Rudy Greene 7. She's the One (Mutual) - The Chartbusters 8. Slippin' Thru Your Fingers (Mutual) - The Chartbusters 9. Every Night a New Surprise (Wand) - The Moving Sidewalks 10. Need Me (Wand) - The Moving Sidewalks 11. Wigs (Abc-Paramount) - Fats Domino 12. Why Don't You Do Right (Abc-Paramount) - Fats Domino 13. Jerk Train (Claridge) - Little Hooks & The Kings 14. Something Money Can't Buy (Claridge) - Little Hooks & The Kings 15. Hey, Leroy, Your Mama's Callin' You (Smash) - Jimmy Castor 16. Ham Hocks Espanol (Smash) - Jimmy Castor 17. Natural Born Love (King) - The Gum Drops 18. The Love Machine (Rca Victor) - Elvis Presley 19. You Gotta Stop (Rca Victor) - Elvis Presley 20. The Frog (D.P.G.) - Sir Guy 21. Broke Down and Cried (D.P.G.) - Sir Guy 22. I Got a Line on You (Ode) - Spirit 23. Soul Self Satisfaction (Abc) - Earl Jackson 24. Looking Thu the Eyes of Love (Abc) - Earl Jackson 25. Who Stole My Bird Dog? (California) - The Ozarks 26. Nobody but You (Blue Horizon) - Bacon Fat 27. Small's on 53rd (Blue Horizon) - Bacon Fat 28. Money (No Label) - The Paducah Dukes 29. Looking Out My Window (Parrot) - Tom Jones 30. Robin's Theme (Tifton) - The Sensational Guitars of Dan & Dale 31. Batman's Theme (Tifton) - The Sensational Guitars of Dan & Dale
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"Do The 45!" Vol. 65 (2017)

Super fun collection of soul, blues, R&B, instro, and rock 'n' roll from the original 45's. (From my record collection.)It's just me having fun with my 45's and whatever random record I pull out of the boxes. I will try to give both sides of the 45 unless one side is unbearable. I hope you enjoy. (Gyro1966)
Starting with volume 28, I went back to the same setup that i used for the Garage Greats 45's series. I used the NAD preamp. Not sure if there is a sonic difference, but these 45's sure sounded great blasting out of two huge power amps into two quality sets of speakers on my end.trax:
1. It's Your Voodoo Working (Excello) - Charles Sheffield 2. Rock 'n Roll Train (Excello) - Charles Sheffield 3. Way Over There (Tamla) - The Miracles 4. Depend on Me (Tamla) - The Miracles 5. Red Devil (Norton) - Gene Carroll & The Shades 6. Is It Ever Gonna Happen (Norton) - Gene Carroll & The Shades 7. If I Do (Dottie) - The Ambertones 8. I Need Someone (Dottie) - The Ambertones 9. I'm Gonna Send You Back to Oklahoma (Ronn) - Ted Taylor 10. Long Ago (Ronn) - Ted Taylor 11. You Don't Know What You Mean to Me (Atlantic) - Sam & Dave 12. This Is Your World (Atlantic) - Sam & Dave 13. There's Something on Your Mind - Pt. 1 (Loma) - Baby Lloyd 14. There's Something on Your Mind - Pt. 2 (Loma) - Baby Lloyd 15. The Big Jerk - Pt. 1 (Loma) - Clyde and the Blue Jays 16. The Big Jerk - Pt. 2 (Loma) - Clyde and the Blue Jays 17. I'm Nobody's Baby Now (Rca Victor) - Reparta & The Delrons 18. Loneliest Girl in Town (Rca Victor) - Reparta & The Delrons 19. The Fat Man (Wand) - John Steel & the Del-Mates 20. You're Gonna Miss Me (Wand) - John Steel & the Del-Mates 21. Ooh, Baby (Wand) - Eloise 22. You Should'a Treated Me Right (Wand) - Eloise 23. Papa, Don't You Worry About Your Daughter (Blue Rock) - Little Rose Little 24. Bye Bye Big Boy (Blue Rock) - Little Rose Little 25. Give Me Your Love (Minit) - Jimmy Holiday 26. Everybody Needs Help (Minit) - Jimmy Holiday 27. I Got You (I Feel Good) (King) - James Brown  28. I Can't Help It (I Just Do-Do-Do) (King) - James Brown  29. Mighty Long Time (Kama) - The Heavenly Flyers 30. Hallelujah to His Name (Kama) - The Heavenly Flyers 31. Baby Please Don't Go (Imperial) - Rose Mitchell 32. Live My Life (Imperial) - Rose Mitchell
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