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Fantastic Oldies Game!

Sorry Alex, didn't mean to hijack you!

Darlene Love also did some stuff with The Crystals, but many people have forgotten some of her early stuff with The Blossoms, such as "Write Me A Letter."
 
"we passed the time away, writing LOVE letters, in the sand". Mr. White Shoes himself, Pat Boone. His # 1 was a re-make I think. He was a force to be rekoned with back in the day.
 
If you have an original 45 of The Dovells' Bristol Stomp on Cameo Parkway, flip it for "Letters Of Love."
 
While I don't know Ketty Lester, I do know that in addition to Harvey Fuqua, Bobby Lester sang with The Moonglows, who were known for "Most Of All," Sincerely," "We Go Together," and many more great sides!
 
The Coral Folks? How about "My Foolish Heart" b/w "Just Give Me One More Chance" a great upbeat rocker, 1963, Demensions, on the Coral record label?
 
Nut ROCKER by B Bumble is one of my all time favorite instrumentals, I think it was mentioned on the list farther down the board last month.
 
Yes, I know it's from 1974 (!) and it's bubblegum, but it's fun...

B. Bumble & The Stingers are "honored" (although slightly misidentified - artistic license) as the first group mentioned in Reunion's novelty hit "Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)"; first verse:

B. B. Bumble and the Stingers, Mott the Hoople, Ray Charles Singers,
Lonnie Mack and twangin' Eddy, here's my ring we're goin' steady,
Take it easy, take me higher, liar liar, house on fire,
Locomotion, Poco, Passion, Deeper Purple, Satisfaction,
Baby baby gotta gotta gimme gimme gettin' hotter,
Sammy's cookin', Lesley Gore and Ritchie Valens, end of story,
Mahavishnu, fujiyama, kama-sutra, rama-lama
Richard Perry, Spector, Barry, Rodgers-Hart, Nilsson, Harry
Shimmy shimmy ko-ko bop and Fats is back and Finger Poppin',
Life is a rock but the radio rolled me,
Gotta turn it up louder, so my DJ told me,
Life is a rock but the radio rolled me,
At the end of my rainbow lies a golden oldie.
 
I've always wanted to know what those lyrics were, thanks Alex, and by the way
RAINBOW was done in '57 by a british guy named Russ Hamilton. "I'm saving my money, to buy you a rainbow,' cute little song.
 
"Pop Standards" of the 50's boys? OK. I dig it.

Here that whistle it's ten o'clock
Don't Let Go, Don't Let Go.

Early '58 stuff from Roy Hamilton, who also had a decent version of "Unchained Melody" in '55.
 
And Billy Vaughn and the Orch. did MELODY of Love for Dot Records, a label started at WHIN in Gallatin TN where I used to be the chief engineer. (Really).
 
Dot Records was the label for which the Dell-Vikings with Chuck Jackson recorded a lot of their great records such as "Come Go With Me" and "Whispering Bells" in 1957.
 
How can I tell you what I want you to know
When you keep playing your radio
I'll send my dedications to a DJ show and
He will tell you just what you should know.

That's called "On Your Radio" from Richard Lanham and The Tempo-Tones on ACME Records in 1957.
 
Most of us heard the hits in the 1950s and 60s on Top 40 AM radio stations like WABC, WMCA, WINS, and WMGM in New York; WFIL and WIBG in Philadelphia; WLS and WCFL in Chicago; WPTR and WTRY in Albany; WSAI in Cincinnati; WCOL in Columbus; WENE in Binghamton; and WOKY and WRIT in Milwaukee.

[...just some of the markets with which I am more familiar...]
 
"Life is a Rock and 'CFL rolled me. Better turn it up LOUDER - like the dj told me." The song was custom recorded.

This was the Last song to roll to end the WCFL rock format.
 
"I'd like to thank you, Mr. DJ
For playing the record I asked you to play
Because you played our favorite tune,
You're invited to our wedding in June."

Otis Williams and The Charms' record "I'd like to thank you Mr. DJ."
 
Maurice Williams may have had Stay on Herald Records, but Mel Williams recorded Stay With Me, a great ballad from the same time period.
 
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