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PermalinkTODAY........FROM 1959
1. DRUNK DRIVER’S COMING – THE RICHARD BROTHERS
Super blues duo on Strate-8 label (subsidiary of Fortune) in Detroit
2. CASTIN’ MY SPELL – THE JOHNNY OTIS SHOW
A favorite Johnny Otis side for Capitol (here teamed with Marci Lee) on
a great cover. For the original read on….
3, ‘TIL I KISSED YOU – THE EVERLY BROTHERS
Their best of ’59 IMO from a two-song July session for Cadence that also
begat “Oh What A Feeling”
4. CASTING MY SPELL – THE JOHNSON BROTHERS
Not to be confused with the UK group of that name this is the West
Coast Valor label original of the #2 Johnny Otis above
5. I WANT TO GO HOME – CHARLES BROWN & AMOS MILBURN
This is the number on Ace that Sam Cooke later reworked as “Bring It On
Home To Me”.
6. POOR JENNY – THE EVERLY BROTHERS
There’s two versions of this--the US Cadence fight starts at ten the UK
London fight starts at one
7. STOLEN PROPERTY – THE RICHARD BROTHERS
Excellent flipside to “Drunk Driver’s Coming” above
8. EDUCATED FOOL – CHARLES BROWN & AMOS MILBURN
And another excellent flip—this time to “I Want To Go Home” above
9. BABY TALK – JAN & DEAN
Much better reworking of the Laurels’ original from the previous year
10. MY RIFLE,MY PONY AND ME – DEAN MARTIN & RICKY NELSON (unreleased)
A real highspot of the great 1959 hit western movie “Rio Bravo”
11. I CAN’T SIT DOWN – MARIE & REX
Marie Knight & Rex Garvin team on this stormer for Carlton that just
scraped into the Billboard Hot 100
12. TAKE A MESSAGE TO MARY – THE EVERLY BROTHERS
This was the topside and the most successful side of the single but I
prefer the “Poor Jenny” side
13. LET IT BE ME – THE EVERLY BROTHERS
Originally in French as “Je T’Appartiens” by Gilbert Becaud in 1955 then
by Jill Corey in 1957 with English lyrics as “Let It Be Me”
14. BIG BOY PETE – DON & DEWEY
Don & Dewey’s famous original which spawned several later versions (The
Olympics,Righteous Bros etc)
15. TELEPHONE BABY – THE JOHNNY OTIS SHOW
Marci Lee joins Johnny Otis once more for the flipside to his “Castin’
My Spell” above
16. FARMER JOHN – DON & DEWEY
Flip of “Big Boy Pete” above and the original version (later done by
Carl & Commanders,Searchers,Premiers etc)
17. IT’S TOO LATE – TARHEEL SLIM & LITTLE ANN
Strong r&b ballad here from Mr Allen Bunn and spouse recorded for Bobby
Robinson’s Fire label
18. LOUDMOUTH ANNIE – MILES & DUPONT
Cool r&b duet here from Edgar “Big Boy” Myles and August Dupont recorded
for Chess’ Argo subsid
19. FROG HOP – AL & NETTIE
Obscure r&b duo from Long Beach Ca on Christy label also recorded for
Gedisons and Art-Tone
20. WHEN DAY IS DONE – SHIRLEY & LEE
The duo’s adieu to the Aladdin label
BUBBLING UNDER
21, DREAM GIRL – ROBERT & JOHNNY
22. BALLIN’ KEEN – BOB & TERRY CARAWAY
23. SLEEP WALK – SANTO & JOHNNY
24. SINCE YOU BROKE MY HEART – THE EVERLY BROTHERS
25. DON’T EVER LEAVE ME – TARHEEL SLIM & LITTLE ANN