Saturday, July 14, 2012

I played a LOT of dances back then, but--THE TARENA DANCE CLUB ROCKED THE EARLY 60's




Hell, we didn't even know where Arabia was, but this tune was a killer:

ARABIA by the Delcos…





And we knew they rode camels back then, thus;
CAMEL WALK by the Saxons…

OK, let’s rock right out of the middle east on the back of  Jimmy Heap’s GISMO…




And down to New Orleans with 
THAT’S MY GIRL by Chris Kenner…


Talkin’ bout My Girl—Who happens to be RED HOT!—Let’s jump in a time machine and see if  Billy Riley can still do his tune RED HOT fourty tears down the road…


YEP, HE’LL STILL HAVE IT FORTY YEARS LATER!!!

Groove on a taste of another SWINGIN’ LITTLE CHICKIE by The Belltones…


End this rockin’ set with McKeesport, PA DJ and rocker Mad Mike Metrovich (R.I.P.) and his group The Maniacs with THE HUNCH__OOPs, They took this one down--Guess they don't want Mad Mike to live on, huh?.....
PHEW!!! OK--Slow it down with TIL, the monster ballad from the girls who go by the name The Angels’ …


Keep in that slow groove with Chicago’s Harvey Fuqua and his Moonglows:
 SINCERELY…


And just think about how it’s gonna be while grindin’ to The Dreamlovers’
WHEN WE GET MARRIED…


Don’t think we’ll quit rockin’ after you’re 

MINE EXCLUSIVELY (The Olympics)…


Slide into that Nawlins thing with Little Richard Penniman’s group The Upsetters with
I’M IN LOVE…


But, If ya gotta little mama, and ya wanna keep her neat, keep YOUR mama off my street’ BECAUSE, as The El Dorados warn, she’ll come knockin’ AT MY FRONT DOOR!


HEY, don’t sit down, THERE’S SOMETHING I WANT TO TELL YOU!!!  (Johnny and The Expressions):

NEVER, NEVER, NEVER will I let you go—Check out The Jive Five…

Like Pookie Hudson of The Spaniels said, I KNOW I KNOW…


OH-OH, somebody’s dad got hip to me…DAUGHTER (The Blenders):


Just doesn’t understand, ‘She makes Grandpa feel like 21’!!! THE GIRL CAN’T HELP IT!!! (Little Richard)…


WHOAAAAA! The Miracles on Chess label! (Helped to finance MOTOWN)  I LOVE YOUR BABY…


How about another slow set…
The Nutmegs’ SHIP OF LOVE kicks it off…


And The Empires’ LOVE YOU SO BAD…


Finish this whole set (and night) with MY favorite ballad of all time, The INCREDIBLE Donnie Elberts’ signature tune, THE MONSTER-- HAVE I SINNED…


GOOD NIGHT Y’ALL, HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT…

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