Showing posts with label viva las vegas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label viva las vegas. Show all posts

Friday, March 11, 2011

The Sharps - Lock Up My Heart


A Great Jiver bu The Sharps. Very fast and Energetic and a great dance floor filler.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

The Carnations - "Scorpion"


A surf jiver!!! this is all i found on this track Great Surf/R&R Instrumental issued on Tilt Records. I first heard this at the viva las vegas record hop, and too little djs play it down here in socal.

Monday, December 20, 2010

Little Richard - "Ready Teddy"


Im not the biggest Little Richard Fan, but boy does this track want to make you move! i think its literally impossible not to tap your feet while listening, dont even matter if your not a rock n' roll fan. you know those corny movies where everyone in the neighborhood has a stick up their ass through the movie till a bad ass gets out a guitar and just starts wailing some thing that bumps! yeah i picture this song everytime.

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Al Hendrix - Young And Wild


He's still rockin' in Auburn, Califonia. Young and Wild, great stroller from Al Hendrix!!!! But unfortunatly this too gets too little airtime at the record hops, great track!!!

Friday, December 17, 2010

Donnie Elbert - Believe It Or Not


Great Post from Donnie Elbert! Classic Doo wop, but a great jiver none the less. Play this song and get ready to pack the dance floor. As much as i like "Have I Sinned" this track takes it out by far, this is what i found on him Elbert was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, but when aged three his family relocated to Buffalo, New York. He learned to play guitar and piano as a child, and in 1955 formed a doo-wop group, the Vibraharps, with friend Danny Cannon.

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Shane Fenton and the Fentones (sparkling brown eyes)


Great Track, from what i can tell from this track this a track from a session recorded live at the BBC , never released on a vinyl , it might have come from his own radio show at the time (1962)called swing along with Shane ! Great Jiver!!!!

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

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Monday, December 6, 2010

Gentle On My Mind


Glen Campbell is one bad SOB...
You take all these shredders that hide behind 16 effects and give them that ovation and I guarantee you Glen would make send them all home crying to mama.... I personally play this song in my acoustic duo and I can tell you every time I play this song the whole room gets quiet and listens. This song is one of the best ever..

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Vince Everett - Such A Night - 1962 45rpm


this is a great jiver vince everette(marvin benfield) was awesome. this is more of a copy of elvis than his other songs. check out livin high, sweet flavors. he has the timing of elvis down to a science. most singers don't have the timing and spark. in his other songs, he doesn't try to sound like elvis. his timing and rhythm is the key

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

The Jiants - Tornado (1959)


Just listen to that tremelo in the intro!! ultimate bopper dance floor filler! It was approx a year ago that I came across this song. I checked it out over the title alone and loved it. Insts were real big back in the doowop era with mainstream artists like Duane Eddy & The Tornados (Telstar). I only heard 3 hits by this band and yet youtube tells me otherwise. More recently I came across Tornado by Dale Hawkins and like it!.

The Jiants - Tornado -
Claudra CL-112 (1959)

Monday, November 15, 2010

Little Willie John - I'm Shakin'


Fantastic Stroller from Little Willie John, this song is just as raunchy as its composer! Little Willie John actually got arrested years latter for murder, and died a little while after in jail.

Friday, November 12, 2010

The Gaylords - Ma-Ma-Ma Marie (1958)


They may have the faggiest name in all of rock n' roll history, but the gaylords did produce one great song. I've listened to some of their other catalog and frankly im not impressed, they sound like a poor man's Dean Martin. But Ma-Ma-Ma Marie is a solid jiver, and one that will make any rock n' roll dance floor jam packed!