Ruth Brown Beat Down

Ruth Brown  -  Lucky Lips

If you're fortunate enough to have a pair of lucky lips, you're probably safe from Ruth Brown's ferocious fists of fury.

Via the Jet magazine archives, 1954.

Louie Louie

Travis Wammack - Louie Louie

Let's Go To Strollsville

 Boots Brown & The Blockbusters  -  Let's Go To Strollsville  (2:20)


1962 – The Sandy Springs High Class of ‘62 dances at the Marietta Country Club, via the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's photo Tumblr.  The original caption?  "Those of the Charleston era puzzled? This is ‘The Stroll."

Thunder Road

LFLHDY

December Is Travis Wammack Month!

Happy Thanksgiving

Makin' Bacon: Songs of the Squealin' Swine

1 Sound Stage Orch. with The Children's Showcase Singers: Five Little Piggies
2 Chuy Reyes & His Orch.: Oink, Oink Mambo
3 Classie Ballou: Crazy Mambo
4 Eddie Kirk: The Hawg (pt. 1)
5 Fred Mick with The Kingsmen: Daddy-O-Goose And The Three Little Piggies
6 Harry Roy & His Band, feat. Marjorie Kingsley: The Booglie Wooglie Piggy
7 The Dorsets: Pork Chops
8 The Satellites: My Piggie's Gotta Dance
9 James Carter & The Twilights: Wild Hog
10 Blind Boy Fuller: I Crave My Pig Meat
11 Christmas: A Pig Amongst Men
12 Dick Curless: Hogtown
13 Land O' Lakes Co-Op Radio: Profitable Extra Pigs
14 The Coasters: I'm A Hog For You Baby
15 Bobby Byrd: Hang It Up
16 Dale Hawkins: Little Pig
17 Chuck Higgins & His Band: Greasy Pig
18 Memphis Minnie: Selling My Pork Chops
19 Todd Rhodes: Hog Maw And Cabbage Slaw
20 The Jaguars: Hog Wild
21 Andre Williams & His New Group: Bacon Fat
22 Merced Blue Notes: Do The Pig
23 Bessie Smith & Her Band: Gimme A Pigfoot
24 The Groupies: Hog (I'm A Hog For You Baby)
25 The Who Orchestra (aka Graham Bond Organization): Waltz For A Pig
26 Land O' Lakes Co-Op Radio: Shrinking Prices
27 R.T. & The Potlickers: Sticky Pig Feet
28 Earl Jackson Orch., voc Luther Luper: Take Out The Squeal (If You Want A Meal)
29 Charlie Rich: Hawg Jaw
30 Freddy Cannon: I Loves Ya (Like A Hawg Loves Slop)
31 Otis Redding: Hawg For You
32 Cecil Payne: Ham Hocks
33 Jimmy Castor: Ham Hocks Espanol
34 Natural Bridge Bunch: Pig Snoots (pt. 1)
35 James Duncan: Three Little Pigs
36 The Pork Dukes: Making Bacon
37 Joe Tex: Looking For My Pig
38 Tony McKay: The Island Hog (pts. 1 & 2)
39 Troy Hess: Wild Hog Boogie
40 Chill Wills: The Hog
41 Bo Carter: Pig Meat Is What I Crave
42 Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys: Cincinnati Dancing Pig
43 Clarence Williams with Howard McGhee's Orch.: Bacon Blues
44 Grady Martin & His Winging Strings: Pork Chop Stomp
45 Tony Valla & The Alamos: Pork Chops
46 Land O' Lakes Co-Op Radio: Spring Start
47 The Four Blues: Chittlin's And Pigs Feet
48 George Harrison (live in Japan): Piggies
49 The Solotones: Pork And Beans
50 The Monkees: Peter Percival Patterson's Pet Pig Porky
51 The Jive Bombers: Po'k Chop Boogie
52 Mel Blanc with Bonnie Baker: That's All, Folks (song!)

MAKIN' BACON

Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing: Ersatz Extravaganza

1 The Western Playboys, voc Les Guthrie: Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-o-Dee

2 uncredited: I Walk The Line

3 uncredited: Ready Teddy

4 Jimmy Leyden with Jimmy Carroll Orch. & Chorus: Stranded In The Jungle

5 Hank Smith: Heartbreak Hotel

6 Artie Malvin: Jailhouse Rock

7 Artie Malvin & The Brigadiers: Short Fat Fannie

8 unknown (Jap.): Little Darlin'

9 uncredited: Sweet Little Sixteen

10 Michael Reed: Don't You Just Know It

11 Edna McGriff with Jimmy Carroll & Orch.: Don't You Just Know It

12 Sam Cee: Johnny B. Goode

13 unknown (Jap.): What'd I Say

14 unknown (Jap.): Dynamite

15 Connie Landers: Vacation

16 Music City Five: Wipe Out

17 The Georgettes: Be My Baby

18 Ed Hardin: Suspicion

19 The Chords: Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter

20 Betty York: My Love

21 The Jalopy Five: Help!

22 The Jalopy Five: (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

23 Betty Richards: These Boots Are Made For Walkin'

24 Betty Richards: How Does That Grab You Darlin'

25 The Jalopy Five: Yellow Submarine

26 The Jalopy Five: Sock It To Me Baby

27 uncredited: Batman Theme

28 Sherry York: A Sign Of The Times

29 Bobby Sims: Wild Thing

30 Sandy: Bang Bang

31 Sherry Young: A Single Girl

32 Kathy Shannon: I Take It Back

33 The Classmates: Tighten Up

34 Jack & Sherry Young: Jackson

35 Alan Caddy Orch.: Fire

36 Alan Caddy Orch.: Want Ads

37 Alan Caddy Orch. & Singers: Double Barrel

38 Alan Caddy Orch.: Freddie's Dead

39 The Now Generation: Half-Breed

AIN'T NOTHING LIKE THE REAL THING

Sax on the beach

I fully expect my blogging privileges to be revoked after that groaner.  But in the meantime, check out Louis Jordan as he throws himself a beach party of the shores of Lake Michigan, 1966. Via the JET magazine archives.  Also pictured, the "leggy lovelies" Agatha Collins, Gwendolyn Roberts and Phyllis Campbell.

Ape Call

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