Soul, Blues, Sixties Music Database
DOWN HOME GIRL – Red Bird Records 1964 Never finding real fame, Alvin Robinson was a great R ‘n B singer. This song, words and lyrics, has to be one of our favourite R&B tracks of all time. The Rolling Stones covered Down Home Girl on one of their early LP’s. However, – it was … Read more
The Queen Big Ella (Ervaella Tate). One of those old time R n B artists that sounds like she could fill the room without a microphone… @ SIRSHAMBLING
Macks By The Tracks Monkey Man By Tim Whitsett Wiki Tim Whitsett
Eenie Meenie Minie Moe (UK Pye International) By Little Luther
Well I Done Got Over It I’M GONNA BE A WHEEL SOMEDAY I’m Gonna Be A Wheel Someday by Bobby Mitchell was often played at the Twisted Wheel in the sixties but the only version we can remember was Fats Domino which became something of an anthem on the last bus back to Blackley from … Read more
Bam-A-Lama Ain’t No Good Mickey Champion (the female spelling) had a gutsy, bluesy voice as listening to Bam-A-Lama will prove. A similar song name to the Little Richard song – no idea what it means although Tutti Frutti was apparently filthy before being cleaned up for a mass audience…
Payin’ (For The Wrong I’ve Done) Leola and the Lovejoys were an early sixties girl group, more R and B than soul but this track is pretty good. Slow bluesy feel.
HAVE FUN / ‘B’ side: Don’t Stop The Wedding This song by Ann Cole was a deleted imported USA single that found its way to get played at some end ‘smoochy’ sessions at the Blue Note Club in Manchester in 1969. (From auction deletions lists in NME) She did the original version of Got My Mojo … Read more
Both Ends Against The Middle Great song, and Jackie Moore was great singer, this can really get under your skin! It was featured in 74 on the LP released by Manchester’s independent radio station 261 (being the dial code prefix at that time for Manchester) A compilation put together by DJay Andy Peebles. Precious, Precious … Read more
Crazy Baby Charlie Brown Poison Ivy Yakkey Yak The Coasters mixed humour into their stage act and into their recordings. They had many big USA hits – Poison Ivy for example in 1959 written by Lieber and Stoller (original by The Clovers). (ATCO Records USA distributed in the UK on The LONDON American Recordings Label). This number was copied … Read more