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Fantastic Oldies Game!

Actually Roger Miller declared bankruptcy because his King of the Road hotel franchise went belly up.

I love Smokey singing Tears of a Clown.
 
The first and biggest hit for Little Anthony And The Imperials was "Tears On My Pillow," interestingly the B-side to "Two People In The World."
 
Somehow, I fail to see why that is "interesting." Most "b" sides are after-thoughts, or favors to song-writing "friends."

I do enjoy Little Anthony do Goin' out of my Head and Hurt so Bad.
 
I enjoy Treat Her Right, By Roy HEAD. A song I once heard a jock billboard as "treat her head, by Roy Right", I 'bout fell outta the car laughing.
 
Great story.

Going back a ways to 1958 for Patty Page and Left Right Out of Your Heart.
 
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers were supposed to record a song called, "Upon Up Your Heart," but they passed on it. Later on, a local group called "The Lanes" who had been hanging around the studio on that day recorded it instead when it was offered to them. It turned out to be their only record on Gee Records in 1956.
 
Some historians have argued that "Gee" by The Crows, from 1954, was the record that began the rock 'n roll era; it was the only hit for the R&B quartet from New York led by Sonny Norton, and the first significant one for producer George Goldner, who ran the Gee, End, Rama, and Gone record labels.
 
The first record recorded by The Chantels was called "He's Gone" in 1957 on End Records.
 
Earl Grant also had a hit with a great instrumental, "Swingin' Gently" that WGN radio even used for a theme song for a while. Earl died in a car crash in 1970.
 
Many cover records are not as good as the originals, but "Good Lovin'" by The Young Rascals, which featured a great organ solo by Felix Cavaliere, rightfully rose to #1 on the charts in 1966 with more energy than The Olympics' version a year before.
 
Many cover records are not as good as the originals, but I believe that Tommy Roe's cover version of "Carol" was much more upbeat and contained more energy than Chuck Berry's.
 
Rosie and the ORIGINALS did Angel Baby for our delight back in 1959 or so, tyhe saxophone always sounded a little off, but it's a great slow dance tune.
 
How about a "Shoutgun," or was it a "Roadrunner" instrumental record called "Tune Up" from Junior Walker & The All Stars.
 
I believe there is a version of the All Stars that continues to tour, but I think their last hit was sometime in the early 70s, of course I can't remember the title, so this is entry is as pointless as all my entries.
 
For the doowoppers, "The Stars" by The Ocapellos was a great forgotten gem of that era.
 
Kathy Young was quite young (15 years old) when she recorded, with The Innocents, the hit single "A Thousand Stars"; Kathy Young with The Innocents were reunited for the first time in 37 years on the 2001 PBS-TV special "Rock, Rhythm & Doo-Wop."
 
Yup! Archie Powell and The Presidents from Washington DC, produced by Van McCoy, one hit wonder stuff, and if you have the record, flip it for a great side called "I'm Still Dancing."
 
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