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

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1954 That Man - Nappy Brown



I saw this bloke live a couple of times in the late 1980s - he was brilliant.
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Another cheat.....it was a hit in the States, not here, iirc

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The original Twister - big hit in the states in 1960, bizarrely not over here...

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Yes, it is that Freddie Starr.
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bubbles1966 wrote: Sat Apr 24, 2021 9:44 pm 1965 - Let Her Dance - Bobby Fuller 4......if Buddy Holly had been produced by Phil Spector....

Liked that a lot - cheers , Bubbs . :newthumb:
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1957 Glad All Over - Carl Perkins



The Things That I Used To Do - Guitar Slim

1954 would you believe?

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bubbles1966 wrote: Wed Dec 08, 2021 6:07 pm
Cracking rocker! :newthumb:
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Unbelievably, not a hit in the UK in 1962....



It's The Crystals.
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bubbles1966 wrote: Sat Apr 24, 2021 9:44 pm 1965 - Let Her Dance - Bobby Fuller 4......if Buddy Holly had been produced by Phil Spector....

Nailed it Bubbs, this is one of my favourite songs of all time :D
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Some great old stuff on here chaps. :newthumb:
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A little bit of rock'n'soul....

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westham,eggyandchips wrote: Fri Jun 17, 2022 6:19 am Some great old stuff on here chaps. :newthumb:
Indeed! Where the hell you get this stuff from Bubbs?
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vietnammer wrote: Sat Jun 25, 2022 1:07 am Indeed! Where the hell you get this stuff from Bubbs?
:) that's a long story.

I have loved 50s music since I was a little kid. One thing leads to another - I'd like, for example, Showaddywaddy and the Sex Pistols singing 3 Steps To Heaven, Somethin' Else, C'mon Everybody and it would lead to buying an Eddie Cochran album in a defunct music shop in Watney Market.

And on it would go. Read about another singer - buy a record. Started 50s clubbing in my late teens and all the obscurities that were dancefloor favourites would come out. There used to be a bloke called Rockin Rex who ran a record stall there. I bought Honey Bun on 45 (the track LC put up) from him at one of them about 35 years ago. Other places like Moondogs on East Ham High St and , I dunno if it's still going, Sounds That Swing in Camden.

Then there were record labels like Charly and Ace that specialised in that stuff - get their catalogues and buy, and they'd usually have sections for things like soul as well.

I sold many of my records in the 90s and moved to CD, but have been on the reverse journey for five/six years now and am hearing things I'd forgotten or had never heard before. I also occasionally find myself with a track on my wantlist that's been sitting on my shelf for 35 years on some LP or other.

Youtube's good as well. Just keep curiously clicking on things I've never seen before.

Discogs is great for sourcing vinyl and some of it - the stuff I like - can be really cheap and I just hear something new on a compilation etc.
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:newthumb:

Can remember Moondogs!
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Virtual cert that I've posted this before but never mind...



Another one that was a hit in the States, yet overlooked over here.
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