Hello record lovers! Thanks for listening to another week of oldies on vinyl on House Of Wax. We started off the show by playing The Drifters’ “There Goes My Baby” in honor of the late great Ben E. King who passed away on April 30, 2015 at the age of 76. He is best remembered for the classic song “Stand By Me” which had just been added to the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress weeks before his passing. His stint in The Drifters came after all original members had been fired in 1958 and replaced with King’s singing group at the time, the Five Crowns. The song “There Goes My Baby” is thought to be the first commercial rock or R&B record to include a string arrangement. This inclusion would become a huge influence on pop music to follow, especially those records produced by Phil Spector. We played few new records on today’s show including the Johnnie & Joe, The Rugbys, and a new copy of the single “Liar, Liar” by The Castaways on the original Soma record label named after its Minneapolis owner, Amos Heilicher (SOMA = AMOS backwards). I hope to have a few more new singles cleaned and ready to play by Thursday, I hope you can join me again. Here’s last week’s playlist an example of what you can expect to hear on House Of Wax:
The Drifters – “There Goes My Baby”
Paul Anka – “Diana”
Sam Cooke – “Chain Gang”
Sam Cooke – “Cupid”
Johnnie & Joe – “Over The Mountain; Across The Sea”
Little Anthony & Imperials – “Goin’ Out Of My Head”
The Flamingos – “I Only Have Eyes For You”
Lesley Gore – “Look Of Love”
Ricky Nelson – “Travelin’ Man”
The Crystals – “He’s A Rebel”
Skeeter Davis – “The End Of The World”
The Lovin’ Spoonful – “You Didn’t Have To Be So Nice”
Classics IV – “Traces”
The Association – “Cherish”
The Rugbys – “Stay With Me”
Gary Puckett and the Union Gap – “Lady Willpower”
Crazy Elephant – “Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'”
The Dave Clark Five – “Any Way You Want It”
The Human Beinz – “Nobody But Me”
The Kinks – “All Day And All Of The Night”
The Castaways – “Liar, Liar”
The Byrds – “I’ll Feel A Whole Lot Better”
The Beau Brummels – “Just A Little”
The Rolling Stones – “Tell Me”
The Searchers – “Needles And Pins”
The Zombies – “Don’t Cry For Me”
The Beach Boys – “Wouldn’t It Be Nice”
The Mamas & The Papas – “Look Through My Window”
The Choir – “It’s Cold Outside”
The Who – “Pictures Of Lily”
James & Bobby Purify – “I’m Your Puppet”
Neil Diamond – “Thank The Lord For The Nighttime”
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – “I Second That Emotion”
J.J. Jackson – “The Stones That I Throw”