The Yank

Sam was first- "Yeah Man" is from 1964.

Two more from Pied Piper -

Georgie did seem to like his Latin music- his biggest hit (at least in the U.S.) was a cover of this-

Is that Edna Wright / Sandy Wynns next to Greg ??

The Sensations/ Yvonne Baker 45 went for 365 pounds.

I've only seen the Drapels on Volt #113 but.. in The Complete Stax/ Volt Singles 1959-1968 box set, Volt #113 is listed as Bobby Marchan and Volt #114 is listed as the Drapels "Wondering..." with a footnote saying "some copies of this single list it as #113".

Here's 3 recent sales - "perfect" condition - $752 USD - January, 2018 - "near mint" - $1100 USD- January, 2017 - "mint- - $1200 USD - May, 2013

I thought these two articles from Cashbox were interesting-

No need to apologize about the confusion- the Good Old Gold label was the label I was referring to when I said it was a bootleg label. The Goldies 45 label was a legitimate division of ABC/ Dunhill.

Thanks for posting the video. Here's the album mentioned in the article-

Going slightly off topic here. Who is singing along with Chuck on "Good Things" ?

Not 100% sure but I think this is a bootleg label. It's been around since the mid 70's and they seem to release 45's from different companies with no rhyme or reason.

Here's Scott on what eventually became Barry Manilow's "Mandy" -

Quite a few to choose from but, if I can only pick one, it's this-

Glad you liked it but just about anything would sound good next to Tim Tam and the Turnons !

I thought that weird intro to Tim Tam and the Turnons seemed familiar-

In 1955, he added a co-host to his radio program- Margie the wife of Tony WIlliams of the Platters. He also had a tv show on KCBS- "Rhythm and Bluesville". In this year he started working nights at KGFJ where he worked until 1968. So - he may have been white but he did had ties to the black community for over 20 years.

Just wanted to add a few things about Hunter Hancock. The Swingin' label was owned by Mr. Hancock and his business partner Roger Davenport. I don't think Hunter had to adapt to the African- American community since he had been playing R & B on KVFD (later KPOP) since the late 1940's. He joined the station in 1944 and is considered to be one of the 1st deejays to play R & B in the western parts of the U.S. . He started broadcasting Jazz in 1944 and switched to R & B in 1947. in 1949, Jay McNeely recorded this for Hunter-

"The Poet" album actually came out in 1981(October?/November?) so it's possible but doubtful that it was played at Wigan.

A boxed set has been on e-bay for over a month. It's in near mint condition .

Marvin re-writes "Pretty Little Baby" into this Winter song-

Fine version from Bobby

Classic-