The Secret Boomer Hop... hit-free tracks from 1945-1965

[northiron]

don't think this was a hit

[bubbles1966]

[northiron]

Big band to rock and roll.

[bubbles1966]

The alleged pre-cursor to Wipeout



1959 hit in the States but not here.

[bubbles1966]

[bubbles1966]

Roomates did a great cover of this about 20 years ago - made it more of a New York street corner sound.

[last.caress]

Johnny Keating & the Z-Men - Getaway

[irving boleyn]

First doo-wop to trouble the British charts I believe.

[vietnammer]

May be 'pastiche' - but most of these blokes were 50's R&B/Doo Wop veterans

[bubbles1966]

[bubbles1966]

Feels like a night for a few jivers

[bubbles1966]

In time honoured fashion, some strollers...

[bubbles1966]

Boppers!

[last.caress]

Edd Byrnes and Connie Stevens - Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)


"Baby, you're the ginchiest!"

[last.caress]

Adrano Celentano - Prisencolinensinainciusol



A "nonsense" song designed to sound like English. It's a proper foot-tapoer anyway.

[bubbles1966]

Sometimes called the first ever rap song. Copy of it fell into my hands a couple of years ago in a bundle of records.

Think its early 70s but he used to sing rock'n'roll italiano back in the 50s - had an album of his.

I'm sure i've probably posted this before by Clem Sacco

[bubbles1966]

Picked this one up on a compilation yesterday - great poppy/doo-woppy song from 1959.

[Up the Junction]

A little post-apocalyptic rock?

[bubbles1966]

Linda Robson was just talking about her mum liking this on Loose Women - the Mrs said, "have you ever heard of it?" -

[bubbles1966]

The Amos Milburn track reminds me of 80s nights at the Dublin Castle watching the likes of Ricky Cool and the Big Town Playboys, the Red Hot Pokers, Essex's own Rent Party and Clive's Jive Five - they all played that 50s R'n'B/jumpin' jive sound and were a great introduction to the genre, which is fantastic live in a packed pub. So here's a few they used to play by some original 40s and 50s blokes







My first social trip to Brentwood was triggered by this stuff She was blonde, investment banking or something, somewhere in the square mile sort of thing .....thanks to Slim Harpo and co...