Ernest P. Worrell's Rock-A-Billygoat - Vol. 3: Ernest Spins Old Gold That's Solid COLD!

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SECOND VIDEO!

"Let Your Love Flow" - The Bellamy Brothers

(Mar./Apr. 1976, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

From West Central Florida, USA, Shady Del Knight's neck of the woods,

those were The Bellamy Brothers, David and Homer, kickin' off their

shoes and kickin' off today's show with the biggest hit of their

career, "Let Your Love Flow," a country crossover

chart-topper in the spring of '76.

Howdy, Vern! This here's your

old buddy Ernest P. Worrell. 

Like a bad penny, I done turned up

again here at Shady's Place.

Hey, Vern... gotta ask - is that a

Nutty Buddy in your pocket...

or are ya just happy to see me?

Hey, I got a dilly for ya, Vern...

Ever hear the one about the farmer's
daughter and the Roto-Rooter man?

Know somethin' Vern, life's full
of tough decisions, like which
drink'll hit the spot when
you're all hot and sweaty
 and wanna wet your whistle.
If you said PBR, then you're
my kinda guy and I'll save

you a stool down at Kenny's.
If you said sparklin' water...

you ain't from around here.

But when it comes to pickin'
a sodie pop to sip when I'm
hangin' on a ladder watchin'
you shingle your roof...
it's old Yeller for me.

That's right, Vern. Meller Yeller sure does hit the spot.

 It quenches your thirst and brings out the
flavor of your chewin' tobacca.

Guess what, Vern? While I'm busy sippin and
 supervisin', I thought you and me could listen to
another stack of grade A tunes. Sound like a plan?

Okay, Vern, my next platter's on the turntable so get ready
to tap your toes and whistle while you work, good buddy!

This is my third show on S-P-M-M

spinnin' the best of early rock & roll,

rock & roll revival, rockabilly, hill-

billy, traditional country, new country,

crossover country, you get the drift.

Seein' as how we're right smack dab

in the dead of winter, today's show

is a Solid Cold edition. Every

platter I'm playin' is served cold

with a cold open aka a cold intro.

Copy that, good buddy?

Ain't none of my beeswax, Vern...

but you look a little rough around

the edges this mornin'... like you

got tangled up with a junkyard dog.

What happened, Vern? Lemme guess.

Wifey caught you with stripper glitter

on your hands? Out all night and

runnin' wild... your woman sittin'

home with a month old child?

Well, I'll be ding, Roger Miller's

got just the thing, a ditty he wrote

just for you, Vern-- "Dang Me!"

"Dang Me" - Roger Miller

(June/July 1964, #1 Country/#7 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

That was bad boy Roger the Dodger

Miller with "Dang Me," a hit novelty

number from the summer of 1964,

#1 on the Country chart. Just 'tween

you and me, Vern, I done my share

of midnight ramblin'... and so have

these red hot hepcats, Gene Vincent

And His Blue Caps. In early 1958,
they made a run at the top 20 with
a platter that's tailor made for a
high school hop. It's called--
"Dance To The Bop!"

"Dance To The Bop" - Gene Vincent And His Blue Caps

(Dec. 1957/Jan. 1958, highest chart pos. #8 R&B/#23 Hot 100,
#36 Cash Box), perf. on Nov. 17, 1957, ep. of The Ed Sullivan Show

Gene Vincent And His Blue Caps with "Dance To The Bop," their last single

to reach the chart in the U.S., a record that made the top 10 on the R&B chart.

If you're watching my simulcast on YouTube, you saw a rare video of Gene

and his group doin' that song on an episode of The Ed Sullivan Show.

If you're just tuning in, I'm your

old buddy and new best friend

Ernest P. Worrell... and we're

 Rockin'-A-Billygoat here on

S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio.

just a reminder, Vern, this is a

Solid Cold edition. Every song's

got a cold open. Up next, I'd like

you to meet a one hit wonder -

a little lady from Virginie who

was dubbed The Female Elvis

Presley. Janis Martin's here

to ask the musical question

-- "Will You Willuum?"

"Will You Willyum" - Janis Martin

(May 1956, highest chart pos. #35 Billboard's Coming Up Strong)

Landing a spot on Billboard's specialty

chart Coming Up Strong in the spring

of 1956, that was rockin' little mama

Janis Martin sounding like Elvis the

Pelvis and, if you ask me, sounding

even more like rockabilly queen

Wanda Jackson.

This Arkansas boy scored 42 hits on the

Country chart in the 70s and 80s. Let's

turn back the clock to his early years

when he was waxin' right good rock-

abilly records but not making much

noise on the chart. It's Narvel Felts

coverin' The Drifters' "Honey Love!"

"Honey Love" - Narvel Felts

(Feb. 1960, highest chart pos. #60 Hot 100)

From early 1960, That was rockabilly singer & guitarist Narvel Felts
doin' his version of "Honey Love," a #1 charting R&B hit for
Clyde McPhatter and The Drifters in 1954. I think young
Narvel sounds a heck of a lot like Clyde on that one.

Ernest P. Worrel of The Shady Bunch
deejay posse keeping you company
on the squawk box, and here's the
crossover country single that was
topping the national chart the day
President John F. Kennedy was
assassinated. It's the duo of
Dale And Grace singin' their
biggest hit and signature song
--"I'm Leavin' It Up To You!"

"I'm Leaving It Up To You" - Dale & Grace

(Oct./Nov. 1963, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

He's from Mississip and she's from down in Loozeeana. Sweet harmony there

from a bitter time in American history... the duo of Dale Houston and Grace

Broussard singing "I'm Leavin' It Up To You," the most popular song in

the U.S.A. the day the president died. By the way, that Dale & Grace

biggie is a cover of a song written and originally recorded in 1957

by the rock 'n' roll duo Don And Dewey.

Hey, guess what, Vern?

I'm plumb outta time, dadgummit!

I need to scoot and skedaddle... but stay put. Coming up on

the flip side of Gary Owens' news, it's English rugby mum and

singing sensation Sarah Collins with another edition of her

series How Sarah Got Her Groove Back...  and I'll be

comin' round the moutain in two shakes of a jiffy

with another heapin' helpin' of toe tappin' tunes

 for your bobby sock high school hop, your

hillbilly hayride and your heartland

hoedown. It'll be a hoot!

Until next time, this is your old buddy

Ernest P. Worrell sayin' so long, don't take

any wooden nickels, and don't do anything

I wouldn't do... know what I mean Vern?

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To play us off, here are them good ole Texas boys

England Dan and John Ford Coley with their chart-topper--

"I'd Really Love To See You Tonight!" See ya later, alligator!

"I'd Really Love To See You Tonight" - England Dan & John Ford Coley

(Aug./Sept. 1976, highest chart pos. #1 Adult Contemporary/#2 Hot 100,

#4 Cash Box, performance on The Midnight Special)

Ernest P. Worrell's Rock-A-Billygoat - Vol. 2: Rock the Bop!

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 Rock-A-Billygoat 

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"Rock The Bop" - Brenda Lee

(Dec. 1957, uncharted B side of "Rock-A-Bye Baby Blues")

From Christmas 1957 and the early weeks of 1958, that was
Little Miss Dynamite, Brenda Lee, rockin' the bop and kickin' off
another heartland hoedown hootnanny here on S-P-M-M.

Howdy, Vern! This here's your old buddy

Ernest P. Worrell back with my second

set of sizzlers to Rock-A-Billygoat. On

my show you hear the greatest sounds

of early rock 'n' roll, rock 'n roll revival,

rockabilly and all that good stuff. I just

popped open an ice cold Meller Yeller

and I'm ready to spin stacks of wax, so

let's boogie, know what I mean, Vern?

Taint none of my beeswax, Vern, but

you look a little green around the gills

this morning. Fess up, Vern. What

happened? What'd ya do? Out all

night and runnin' wild, your

woman sittin' home with

a month old child?

Hey, got somethin' for you, Vern.

This cool cat is from Devonshire,

England, but to hear him sing

you'd swear he was born and

raised in Tupelo. He's an Elvis

the Pelvis impersonator by

the name of Johnny Earl.

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This fella bills himself as "the closest sounding Elvis sound alike on the planet."

Listen and you'll understand why. Heeeeeeeere's Johnny... along with Elvis's

famous backing singers, The Jordanaires, doing one of Presley's most

pleasing platters-- "Fame And Fortune!"

"Fame And Fortune" - Johnny Earle And The Jordanaires

(from 1997 album With Elvis In Mind and Dec. 2010 CD

Shades of Elvis: Memphis Music)

Is it Elvis... or is it Memorex?  Taint neither. Don't let your ears fool ya, Vern.

That was Brit boy Johnny Earle with The Jordanaires doing his best Presley

on "Fame And Fortune," a song from his 1997 album With Elvis In Mind.

This boy, Bobby Vee, hails from Fargo.

Bobby's career was born The Day the

Music Died. When Bobby's idol Buddy

Holly was killed in a plane crash on the

way to a gig in Minnesota, Bobby and

his band filled in at the show and the

crowd loved them. Bobby went on to

become a pop idol, but his rockabilly

roots were showing in 1962 the day

he went into the studio with Buddy's

band The Crickets and cut an album.

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Here they are, Vern, Bobby Vee along with The Crickets

covering one of Buddy Holly's best known hits-- "Peggy Sue"

"Peggy Sue" - Bobby Vee And The Crickets

(from July 1962 album Bobby Vee Meets The Crickets)

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That's right, Vern, you can't play The Crickets with a sticky wicket,
and that why I sprayed Teflon on my turntable. Bobby's back
with Buddy's band, and this is-- "Someday!"

"Someday (When I'm Gone From You)" - Bobby Vee And The Crickets

(Aug. 1962, B side of "Punish Her," from July 1962 album

Bobby Vee Meets The Crickets)

You just heard a double dose of Bobby Vee fronting Buddy Holly's band
The Crickets on "Someday (When I'm Gone From You)," and before
that "Peggy Sue," a ditty that made Rolling Stone magazine's
list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Think hard, Vern. Do you remember

when my good buddy Chris Griffin

introduced limey lassie Amy Slattery

on Shady Dell Music & Memories?

Do ya, do ya? Well, I got good news.

Amy's here with me in the studio

today and she brought her pappy.

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Together they're gonna do a nifty cover of a hit by Phil and Don -

The Everly Brothers. Amy and her daddy sing-- "Walk Right Back!"

"Walk Right Back" - Amy Slattery & Her Dad (Everly Bros. cover)

(Feb. 2018, orig. single Mar./Apr. 1961, highest chart pos. #7)

That was purty little Amy Slattery, the British gal who sings, plays a hundred
instruments and covers The Beatles like nobody's beeswax, this time paying
tribute to Phil & Don with a little help from her musical daddy, as they
performed The Everlys' 1961 hit "Walk Right Back."

Hello there. In case you just crawled
out from under a rock, you're tuned to

Ernest P. Worrell's Rock-A-Billygoat
here on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio,
home of The Shady Bunch, where
we always plow through a six pack
and toss in another cool one for the
road. Now this fella's a country
pop artist who sings, plays and
records in a style now known
as progressive country.

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In 1973 he lit up the charts with the song you're listening to right now.
B.W. Stevenson's his name, and this is-- "My Maria!"

"My Maria" - B.W. Stevenson

(Aug. to Oct. '73, highest chart pos. #7 Cash Box/#9 Hot 100)

That was B.W. Stevenson with "My Maria," a top 10 crossover hit from the fall of '73.

Dad-birnit, I'm fresh outta tunes,

plumb outta time, and I gotta run.

(My bladder's about to burst from

drinkin' too much Meller Yeller.)

Hey Vern... if you like what you

heard today on Rock-A-Billygoat,
then stick around, 'cause I'll be back
with another batch of Texas two-step
toe-tappers before you can say "Reba."

In the meantime, in between time, stay
put for another exciting edition of the

series That Was Then - This Is Now

coming up on the flip side of news.

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So, until we meet again, this is your old buddy Errnest P. Worrell sayin' so long
and wishin' you green skies and blue lights, uh, I mean blue skies and green lights.
That means keep the bugs off your glass and smokey off your tail, don't take any
wooden nickels, and don't do anything I wouldn't do...know what I mean Vern?

"Susie-Q" - Dale Hawkins

(July/Aug. 1957, highest chart pos. #27 Hot 100/#47 Cash Box)