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

BOOTH ANNOUNCER GARY OWENS:

...and the cow was returned to its rightful owner.

And that's the latest from S-P-M-M news...
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 Ernest P. Worrell's 

 Rock-A-Billygoat 

on the station that's #1 for music and fun - S-P-M-M!

PIGGYBACK COLD OPEN:

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AT 5 SEC. MARK... START

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)

Hepcat Black and His Pink Cadillac - Vol. 1: Baby Blue on a Hepcat Saturday Night!

BOOTH ANNOUNCER GARY OWENS:

...and the cow was returned to its rightful owner.

And that's the latest from S-P-M-M news...
fast, up-to-the-minute, completely fake
and proud of it. Now stand by for

 HEPCAT BLACK 

 AND HIS 

 PINK CADILLAC 

on the station that's #1 for music and fun - S-P-M-M!

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"Rave On" - Buddy Holly

(June/July 1958, highest chart pos. #37 Hot 100,

#54 Cash Box/#79 Music Vendor)

That was rock 'n' roll legend Buddy Holly opening the show with "Rave On,"

a song first recorded by one of his Lubbock neighbors, songwriter & musician

Sonny West. Bruce Springsteen loves "Rave On," calling it "one of the

greatest rock and roll songs of all time," and it's way up there on

Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

 HOWDY! 

 Hepcat Black's my name. 

 Hep music's my game. 

I'm a cool cool kitty, but let's get one thing straight
between us, Gus. I ain't from New York City!
I just pulled up in my Pink Cadillac to
spin some cool tunes for ya. Old school
rock 'n' roll, R&R revival, rockabilly,
psychobilly, country, outlaw -
it's all good, understood?

You're tuned to Helpcat Black & His Pink
Cadillac here on S-P-M-M, my first full

show as a member of The Shady Bunch.
The next platter I'm takin' for a spin on
my turntable is a song by Canadian
country singer Hal Willis who lived
in Nashville. In 1956 Hal and his gal,
wife Ginger, toured with a rising star
by the name of Elvis Presley. As it
turned out, Hal was no slouch in the
 rock 'n' roll department either, and
 Hepcat's got proof. This cat thinks
Hal has great taste in automobiles.

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

Listen now as Hal Willis sings about-- "My Pink Cadillac!"

"My Pink Cadillac" - Hal Willis

(November 1956)

Hal Willis right there, taking us for
a joy ride, not in his pink cadillac,
mind you, but in My Pink Cadillac!

Hey, if you're just tuning in, I'm cool
kitty Hepcat Black playing the best of
rockabilly and rock 'n' roll here on
S-P-M-M, the number one station
for a rock 'n' roll nation. Now
here's a rockabilly band from
Dallas - Gene Summers
And His Rebels.

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

Gene has a thing for his gal and her-- "Straight Skirt!"

"Straight Skirt" - Gene Summers And His Rebels

(February 1958)

You heard right, friends and neighbors. Gene Summers can't get his mind
off his baby and her straight, tight skirts. Isn't it exciting enough that
she works as a mathematician at NASA? (BA-DUM-BUMP)

Hepcat Black on the radiator... uh, I mean... on the radio
here on S-P-M-M... the station with personality.

Now here's Kieron McDonald, a feller
from the land down under, Australia.
Hepcat says he sounds just like
a natural born long tall Texan.

START VIDEO NOW!

Kieron was influenced by rockers

of the 50s, and right now, he and

his billy band are gonna play a

ditty named after this kitty--

"Hepcat Saturday Night!"

"Hepcat Saturday Nite - Kieron McDonald
(from 2009 album It's A Gas! Vol. 2)

Killer rockabilly from the outback - Kieron McDonald there with a song

for cruisin' or boozin' downunder-- "Hepcat Saturday Nite." Kieron and

his combo, which includes some of the best musicians in Melbourne,

are keepin' traditional Rockabilly, Rock’n’Roll and Hillbilly Bop

alive and kickin' with great tunes like that one.

Next we have Wanda Jackson, the
purty little lady with powerful pipes.

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

In the mid 50s, Wanda became a

pioneer of rock 'n' roll and earned the
title Queen of Rockabilly. Let's take
the plunge into Wanda's whirlpool
and listen to her flex her vocal
vortex doin'-- "Funnel of Love!"

"Funnel Of Love" - Wanda Jackson

(June/July 1961, B side of "Right Or Wrong")

Circlin' the drain there with "Funnel Of Love," a song written
and originally waxed by the lady you just heard - rockabilly queen
Wanda Jackson. Shucks, I'd like to meet Wanda in the tunnel of love.
FYI, "Funnel Of Love" is the killer B side of Wanda's 1961 single
"Right Or Wrong," the latter covered by Ronnie Dove in 1964.

Our next rock 'n' roll & rockabilly pioneer,
Mr. Gene Vincent, is the cat's meow.

START VIDEO NOW!

In the spring of '58 Gene and his group
The Blue Caps released "Baby Blue."
If you're following the simulcast of my
show on YouTube, you're in for a treat.
Here are Gene and the guys performing
the song in a flick that was screened at
drive-ins that summer-- Hot Rod Gang!

"Baby Blue" - Gene Vincent And His Blue Caps

(Apr. 1958, uncharted, scene from Aug. 1958 film Hot Rod Gang)

One of the greats of early rock 'n' roll there - Gene Vincent - along with

his group The Blue Caps, doing "Baby Blue" in the 1958 drag racing

movie Hot Rod Gang, originally released on a double-bill with the

juvie delinquency flick High School Hellcats starring Yvonne Lime.

Good golly, miss Molly, I'm all outta time!

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

Speaking of hellcats, you've heard of Cat Stevens, Bobcat Goldthwait,

Tiger Woods and "Deaf Leopard." (See what I did there?) Well, to play

us off, here is another cool kitty, John Cougar, with a little ditty about

Jack and Diane. Stay tuned. Coming up next on the flip side of news,

it's my buddy Jerry Blavat and Geator Gold. Now don't have a hissy...

because, before you know it, I'll be back, and that's a fact, Jack,

or my name ain't Hepcat Black. So long, everybody!

"Jack & Diane" - John Cougar

(Sept./Oct. 1982, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100 & Cash Box)