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Don Weise
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Jimmy
Elledge
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Tommy
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one of the last hits for Little Richard in 1964. That song was "Poor
Boy Paul". This Nebraska native and Bobby Wayne wrote & recorded
a song for the Academy award winning movie, "Run, Appaloosa,
Run". The title of the song was "The Ballad of the Appaloosa".
Don now resides in Washington. |
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| Nashville,
Tennessee native Jimmy Elledge had a giant hit in 1961 with a song
that Willie Nelson wrote. That song was "Funny How Time Slips
Away". Jimmy is still active in the music industry today. Jimmy
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| Tommy "Bubba"
Facenda, an original member of Gene Vincent's Blue Caps hails from
the Commonwealth of Virginia. Tommy recorded possibly one of the most
difficult songs that has ever been recorded. That song was "High
School USA". The difficulty in this song is that it was done
in 30 different versions, for 30 different US Cities, States, and
Regions of the United States. Tommy is a retired firefighter from
Portsmouth, Virginia. |
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Clarence "Frogman" Henry |
Gene
Hughes
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George
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| Clarence got
his nickname after recording "Ain't Got No Home". He overdubbed
the sons in three different voices, one of which sounded like a frog,
hence "Frogman". His biggest hit was a 1961 recording of
"I Don't Know Why I Love You, But I Do", on the Argo label,
a subsidiary of Chess Records. Today, Clarence still lives in his
hometown of New Orleans. |
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| This Cincinnati
native's group, the Casinos had a #1 hit in 1967 with a John D. Loudermilk
song titled, "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye", on the Fraternity
label. The lead singer of the Casinos was Gene Hughes. Gene has been
bringing back the oldies artists to Nashville for an old time Rock
& Roll get together. Today Gene and his family live in Nashville. |
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This
North Carolina native had one of the biggest hits in 1956. That song, "A
Rose and A Baby Ruth", was the first top 10 Ten hit written by John
D. Loudermilk, and was definitely not his last hit. George's next hit was
"Why Don't They Understand" in 1958. His next line of hits were
"Abilene" in 1963, and "Break My Mind" in 1965. George
presently lives in Nashville.
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Glen
Glen
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Ersel
Hickey
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Jack
Scott
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most underrated singers of the Rock-A-Billy era, Glen is a performer
who never reached his rightful place of stardom. His biggest record
was a ballad titled "Laurie Ann", which was the pick of
the week on Dick Clark's American Bandstand. He also had hits in 1958
with "Everybody's Movin' ", and "Another Cup of Coffee".
He also had one of the last true Rock-A-Billy ballads with "Blue
Jeans And A Boy's Shirt", in 1960, and had the highest charted
hit "Laurie Ann", with a girl's name. Glen is married to
Mary, and resides in Ontario, Ca. |
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| Ersel wrote
& recorded a major national hit in 1958 titled, "Bluebirds
Over The Mountain". The New York native also wrote a song for
Jimmie Rodgers, "The Crooked Little Man (Don't Let The Rain Come
Down)". The Serendipity Singers heard on a Roulette album by
Jimmie, and recorded the song themselves on the Phillips label. That
song became a #1 hit. Ersel is residing in New Jersey. |
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| Jack Scott
was the first major Rock & Roll star from the Midwest. He set
the tones for the future recording stars in the state of Michigan.
Jack's first 19 released songs all hit the U. S. top 100. No other
performer, before or after, has accomplished this feat. Jack is also
the only Rock & Roll artist to write and sing a gospel song that
charted in the HOT 100. That song was 'Save My Soul". Jack also
wrote every major hit that he recorded, except for "Burning Bridges",
which a was Jack's highest charted hit at #3. Jack's other big hits
were: "My True Love", "LeRoy", What In the World's
Come Over You", "Goodbye Baby", "The Way I Walk",
& "It Only Happened Yesterday". Jack has 4 Gold Records
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