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There are 9 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Tex and The Chex
From: Hal Muskat
2. Re: Obscure Girl Group Records
From: Jimmy Crescitelli
3. Re: Obscure Girl Group Records
From: Jeffery Kennedy
4. Re: Del-Satins; Kelly Garrett
From: ACJ
5. Re: Help me find this long-lost oldie - "I am the lonely man, that's me" (?)
From: Rodney Rawlings
6. Obscure Girl Group Greats
From: Ian Slater
7. Kelly Garrett
From: Simon White
8. Re: Help me find this long-lost oldie - "I am the lonely man, that's me" (?)
From: bonicaj
9. Shangri-Las help
From: gogogo_ohyeah
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 13:25:22 -0700
From: Hal Muskat
Subject: Tex and The Chex
It took years to finally go somewhere other then Atlantic Recds or my
head to inquire about a band I used to see and hang out with back on
Long Island & Brooklyn in the early 60's. I still have the bands biz
card and photo!
Imagine how absolutely elated to find this list AND a reference from
Alan Gordon, the bands drummer(?), to Tex and The Chex.
I met them when they played a couple gigs in Syosset, hung with them @
in Brooklyn @ Sid Gordon's bowling and gambling and at some other
parties in Coney Island and some of the guys showed up @ my 18th b'day
party.
I'd love to hear from Alan and find out what ever happened to Tex and
the rest of those band mates. What a trip to read your credit list.
Wondering if you ever met my cousin, sessions drummer Gary Chester?
Hal Muskat
www.rainbowpuddle.com
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 16:07:29 EDT
From: Jimmy Crescitelli
Subject: Re: Obscure Girl Group Records
Georgettes -- Little Boy
And btw, I finally deciphered the first line of Sharon Marie's
"Run-Around Lover": "I heard the legend of the lover's school."
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 20:32:39 -0000
From: Jeffery Kennedy
Subject: Re: Obscure Girl Group Records
Phil X. Milstein wrote:
> I suddenly got curious to hear some of your opinions on favorite
> records by obscure girl groups. Two off the top of my head:
> The Bittersweets---What a Lonely Way to Start the Summertime
> The Beas---International Girl
Maybe a girl group is no longer obscure if it has appeared on a "Girls
in the Garage" bootleg compilation? The Beas track is on one of the
"Girls..." CDs. The Bittersweets track, however, hasn't shown up on
any compilation, as far as I know. I have it on tape, and it's one of
the best Shangri-las ripoffs ever: oodles of eerie atmosphere and bad
attitude.
And the worst obscure girl group I've heard: The Chips. On Philips, I
believe.
Jeffery
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 16:24:39 -0400
From: ACJ
Subject: Re: Del-Satins; Kelly Garrett
First, about the Del-Satins' "Feeling No Pain": Is this the same early
Burt Bacharach song that our ol' pal Paul Evans once recorded?
And, if memory serves (and it sometimes doesn't), Kelly Garrett - or
someone with a very similar name - was a regular on a short-lived '70s
revival of "Your Hit Parade" on CBS-TV. (It co-starred Chuck Woolery,
which brings up other subjects, I'm sure.)
ACJ
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 20:39:09 -0000
From: Rodney Rawlings
Subject: Re: Help me find this long-lost oldie - "I am the lonely man, that's me" (?)
bonicaj wrote:
> The song is "Mr. Lonely" by Bobby Vinton.
No, I have Vinton's song. It goes: Lonely--I'm Mr. Lonely etc.
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 22:16:01 +0100
From: Ian Slater
Subject: Obscure Girl Group Greats
Wow - where to start? A few to begin with:
Janettes - He's Crying Inside / We Belong to each Other
Dielles - I'm in Love
Exceptions - Soldier Boy
Ravenettes - Baby Pull My Heart Strings
Eight Feet - Bobby's Come A Long Long Way
Joy & the Sorrows - On & On
Carolines - Can't Stop Loving the Boy
Bobbi-Pins - Why Did You Go?
Candy Stripes - I've Learned my Lesson in Love
Cray-ons - I Saw You
Deylites - Here Comes the Boy
Joys - I still Love Him
Linneas - It's A Good Kind of Hurt
Lorraine & the Delights - I Just Couldn't say
Lovables - You Know That I Love You
Termites - Tell Me
Occasionals - Sometimes
Pacettes - Don't Read the Letter
Pandoras - Hey Ah / All About Jim
Ria & the Reasons - My Memories Linger On
Tiaras - You told Me
Uniques - Send Him To Me
And a WORST girl group record?
Majorettes - Let's Do the Kangaroo
Dum-Dum Dumbety-Doo-oo,
Ian Slater
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 22:39:38 +0100
From: Simon White
Subject: Kelly Garrett
Phil M:
> Can anyone tell me anything about a '60s singer named Kelly
> Garrett?
Ken On The West Coast replied:
> I have a 45 on Smash S 2195 titled " Love's The Only Answer"
> (affirming that "love is all you need") from 1968, writers
> Gelber-Hoffer?, produced Jimmy Bowen, arranged Glen D Hardin,
> which i've put to musica. It's quite a mover so place high all
> expensive ornaments :-)
And I write:
Both tracks (as Ken knows) have had their moments on the Northern
Soul circuit. But they are what I would call "Northern" and not
necessarily "Soul". Terrific Sixties Discotheque records then.
Simon
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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 21:57:48 -0000
From: bonicaj
Subject: Re: Help me find this long-lost oldie - "I am the lonely man, that's me" (?)
I wrote:
> The song is "Mr. Lonely" by Bobby Vinton.
Rodney R:
> No, I have Vinton's song. It goes: Lonely--I'm Mr. Lonely etc.
Two other songs come to mind:
Mr. Lonely by the Videls (I don't think this is it).
Lonely Blue Boy by Conway Twitty.
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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 03:18:27 -0000
From: gogogo_ohyeah
Subject: Shangri-Las help
Hello all,
I've had some fantastic emails, and it's all helping me to construct
a great Shangri-Las website. If anyone has any odd pic sleeves or can
find unusual/rare images from magazines that can be scanned that'd be
awesome. If you do scan any images please include in the email the
magazine it's from and the date, and most importantly if it's
available, the photographer for credit.!!
Someone mentioned in a newsgroup about a Rolling stone magazine in the
80's that had an item with mary Weiss in it, Ive looked through old
Rolling Stones from the 80's that I have. Does anyone know of this?
ALSO, have the Shangri-Las ever been in Mojo Magazine? I have a lot of
the issues but am missing approx 40. If anyone knows of an issue they've
appeared in please email me the issue number, as I have access to a full
collection.
Thanks again... :-)
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