Hi all I'm just after some info on this tune by wally cox .its on wand but one lot of writing is red on some ,and just black on others ,why is this and what price difference is there .any help appreciated 

Is the demo with black, and stock with red?

Great record. First heard it off the comp lp around 75.

Ed

1 hour ago, Stephen Houghton said:

Hi all I'm just after some info on this tune by wally cox .its on wand but one lot of writing is red on some ,and just black on others ,why is this and what price difference is there .any help appreciated 

Like Tomangoes say's, and on most Wands, the demo has black print and  issue has red print!

Thanks all for the info ,what sort of price would the demo go for thanks

Are you telling me that Mr. Peepers WASN'T  a SOUL singer???

Hoe kan dat nou????

I'll let you be the judge- 

 

Let’s not forget the original version 

 

Here's the man....

 

On 03/04/2021 at 12:54, The Yank said:

I'll let you be the judge- 

 

I didn't know that Wally was a C&W yodeling cowboy singer!  I had seen that RCA record hundreds of times back in the 1950s, but never had the guts to listen to it, and I never heard it played on the pop stations, back in Winnipeg.  Once we got to Chicago, I never heard it, even though it might have been played, sporadically, as an "Oldie", on the Pop stations, - or, more likely, on the Hillbilly C&W stations.  But. I didn't have any Hillbilly friends.

Edited April 6, 20214 yr by Robbk

I never heard it until a few minutes before I posted it- it's different ! 

Somehow, Wally managed to make Billboard's "Winners Destined For Headlines in 1954" list! This probably had more to do with "Mr. Peepers" than his 45 - 

 

10 hours ago, The Yank said:

I never heard it until a few minutes before I posted it- it's different ! 

Somehow, Wally managed to make Billboard's "Winners Destined For Headlines in 1954" list! This probably had more to do with "Mr. Peepers" than his 45 - 

 

Not a bad prediction though.

Frank Sinatra, Liberace, Harry Belefonte, Jackie Gleason, Eddie Fisher, Eartha Kitt, Victor Borge, all became stars. Even Champion (presumably "The Wonder Horse") is in there.

21 hours ago, Robbk said:

I didn't know that Wally was a C&W yodeling cowboy singer!  I had seen that RCA record hundreds of times back in the 1950s, but never had the guts to listen to it, and I never heard it played on the pop stations, back in Winnipeg.  Once we got to Chicago, I never heard it, even though it might have been played, sporadically, as an "Oldie", on the Pop stations, - or, more likely, on the Hillbilly C&W stations.  But. I didn't have any Hillbilly friends.

If you had heard it Rob you wouldn't have bought it

Edited April 7, 20214 yr by Blackpoolsoul

9 minutes ago, Blackpoolsoul said:

If you had heard it Rob you wouldn't have bought it

This version is better 

 

5 hours ago, Mick Holdsworth said:

 

 Even Champion (presumably "The Wonder Horse") is in there.

Billboard is referring to Marge and Gower Champion the dance duo who were in quite a few 50's Hollywood musicals. There's some videos on you tube where you can see them in action 

2 hours ago, Blackpoolsoul said:

This version is better 

 

I dislike this much more than Cox's version.   The guitar is nice (but only sporadic, a few notes at a time.  The singing is abysmal.  It's "corny", the kind of country farmers' music that drove me to "Race Music", back in the early '50s.  Thank goodness we made annual visits to Chicago, back then, so I could get records.

Actor, game show host, comedian, and anything but an accomplished singer, Robert Q. Lewis was another of  "Winners Destined For Headlines in 1954".  This "gem" was one of his hits:

What surprises me is that this terrible song was written by such excellent Brill Building songwriters, Hal David and Leon Carr.

Edited April 7, 20214 yr by Robbk

35 minutes ago, Robbk said:

Actor, game show host, comedian, and anything but an accomplished singer, Robert Q. Lewis was another of  "Winners Destined For Headlines in 1954".  This "gem" was one of his hits:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqwoVtKCcRY

We don't seem to have a video insert tool anymore.  How can I upload a YouTube video into a post anymore?  Other posts above still have them.  😟

Just copy (You Tube) and paste the web link (in to the thread) of the you tube video Rob (I was joking as well by the way all versions are yuk IMO)

Edited April 7, 20214 yr by Blackpoolsoul

11 hours ago, Blackpoolsoul said:

Just copy (You Tube) and paste the web link (in to the thread) of the you tube video Rob (I was joking as well by the way all versions are yuk IMO)

Thanks.  It worked.