If you like rock n roll songs about convenience stores, monkeys, cavemen, spies and the sun take a listen to this mix HERE. It is good for what ails you.
PLAYLIST
7-11 (The Ramones) Joey and the gang doing their best Shangri-Las impression. From 1981's "Pleasant Dreams" an album produced by the great Graham Gouldman. Hanging out at The 7-11 with your best girl. The Ramones at their poppiest.
IT'S COLD OUTSIDE (The Choir) The pride of Cleveland, Ohio circa. 1966. Three members would go on to form The Raspberries. The Choir is basically The Raspberries without lead singer Eric Carmen.
HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY (Little Richard) Also known as, "Going Back To Birmingham" . Released 1959, Specially Records. Bob Seger also recorded a pretty good version for one of his greatest hits packages.
MONKEY SEE, MONKEY DO (Untamed Youth) This is an incredible Sam The Sham cover by one of my favorite eighties garage rock bands. Great vocals, guitar, organ and monkey noises. The original was performed by Sam & the boys in the 1965 teenploitation epic, "When The Boys Meet The Girls"./ The movie starred Connie Francis and featured Sam The Sham, Herman's Hermits, Louis Armstrong, Liberace and, I'm guessing, hardly any plot.
CURSE OF STEPHEN KONG: (Messr Chups) Continuing with more monkey themed tunes (Yes, this one also includes monkey noises) this time from Messer Chups, a surf instrumental trio out of St. Petersburg, Russia. The band features the stunning Zombierella on bass. You can check the video via YouTube. Funny.
SHE WILL CALL YOU UP TONIGHT (Leftbanke) Jangle pop from the same group that brought you "Walk Away Rene".
SATURDAY NIGHT (Bay City Rollers) Why are most songs that spell the chorus so much fun? "Gloria", "Y.M.C.A" and this one. Loretta Lynn's "D-I-V-O-R-C-E"? Not so much.
NOTHING SHAKING BUT THE LEAVES ON THE TREES (Billy Fury)
Billy Fury was huge in the U.K back in the early sixties. Charted twenty-four times in England and starred in a number of British films. The Beatles once auditioned to be his backing band but balked when Fury wanted them to replace their bass player, Stu Sutcliffe.
SHAME, SHAME, SHAME (Jimmy Reed) Shuffle or die!
007 DANCE (Buddy Wayne) Produced by the great Gary S. Paxton, the guy who gave us 'Alley Oop" and "Monster Mash". Trying to cash in on the mid-sixties spy craze by attempting to turn the cold war into a dance.
SHE'S A SENSATION (Ramones) Another cut from my favorite Ramones album, "Pleasant Dreams".
IN THE SUN (Blondie) Surf's Up!
TEENAGE CAVEMAN BEAT GARGANTUA (Zombina & The Skeletones) To think I used to waste my time listening to "serious" artists like Steve Earle and Bob Dylan. Give me a song about a caveman and a monster any day. Fun video. Worth checking out.
CHICKEN RUN (Link Wray) Classic instrumental. I added in stupid sound effects from The Ghoul show. He was an old Cleveland horror host. Crazy fun.
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