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Frank Wilson on Soul - Northern Soul's Rarest - updated May 6, 2009
One copy of this disc escaped from the Motown files in a transaction that involved drugs and a drug addled employee of the firm who took qualuudes from a medical professional (doctor / famed / deceas… more →
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Frank Wilson on Soul - Northern Soul's Rarest - updated May 6, 2009
rockinsteve wrote 11 months ago: One copy of this disc escaped from the Motown files in a transaction that involved drugs and a drug … more →
It Was You
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The Feathers
rockinsteve wrote 11 months ago: The Feathers came together in 1954, when lead tenor Johnny Staton and his brother and first tenor Lo … more →
Bring Back Those Doo Wops
rockinsteve wrote 12 months ago: ripped from www.kfxm-kmen-radio.blogspot.com … more →
Diamonds And Pearls
rockinsteve wrote 1 year ago: The Paradons The Bakersfield-based Paradons emerged as a play on words from their gospel roots as th … more →
Eddie My Love
rockinsteve wrote 1 year ago: The Teen Queens Sisters Betty, 16 and Rose Collins, 14 were the Teen Queens. They came from a musica … more →
The Robins - from "Framed" to "the Hatchet Man" (chop chop)
rockinsteve wrote 1 year ago: Between “Riot In Cell Black #9″ to “Smokey Joe’s Cafe,” the Robins use … more →
Huggy Boy and Dolphin’s of Hollywood
rockinsteve wrote 1 year ago: Disc jockey Huggy Boy (RN: Dick Hug, B: Canton, OH; June, 1928) arrived in L.A. in about 1945, signe … more →
Record shops and in-car record players
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rockinsteve wrote 1 year ago: In 1958, teens in the L.A. area had an abundance of vinyl sources. Apart from the record shop on al … more →
The real "Shoppin' For Clothes"
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rockinsteve wrote 2 years ago: Before recording as Boogaloo (RN: Kent Harris; b: Oklahoma City, 1930) & His Gallant Crew, Harri … more →
When Little Richard gave up rock & roll
rockinsteve wrote 2 years ago: Many stories of Little Richard’s defection from rock and roll have been advanced. Some historians ha … more →
YAKETY YAK I FOUGHT BACK; MY LIFE WITH THE COASTERS by Veta Gardner with Carl Gardner
rockinsteve wrote 2 years ago: Here is the complete story of how Carl Gardner discovered his singing talent, endured examples of ra … more →
Beginnings of John Dolphin
rockinsteve wrote 2 years ago: DJ Forrest “War” Perkins, a partner in Roy Milton’s Miltone label, acquired the Mosby … more →
The death of John Dolphin
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rockinsteve wrote 2 years ago: Between about 1948 and 1958, John Dolphin owned and operated Dolphin’s of Hollywood Record Shop in S … more →
The Invictas "Gone So Long" on Jack-Bee
rockinsteve wrote 2 years ago: Wenzel’s Music Town on Lakewood Blvd. in Downey was founded by Bill Wenzel in time for the Christmas … more →
The Robins "Double Crossin' Blues" 1950
rockinsteve wrote 2 years ago: The duet between Little Esther & the Robins set the R&B style for the first half of the 1950 … more →
The Olympics "Western Movies" 1958
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rockinsteve wrote 2 years ago: The first release by the Olympics was a national hit. After one release as the Challengers, a name t … more →
Lil Greenwood "My Last Hour" 1952
rockinsteve wrote 2 years ago: Lil Greenwood & Four Jacks On Apr. 28 1952, the Four Jacks were paired with Lil Greenwood (RN: L … more →
Ed Townsend "For Your Love" 1958
rockinsteve wrote 2 years ago: Vocalist Ed Townsend (B: Fayetteville, TN; April 1929) was discovered by orchestra leader Horace Hei … more →
