Do The Bug!

Jerry Dallman and the Knightcaps
The Bug
Punch - 6000

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C'mon baby, let's do the bug!

The Craze

Sherman Evans
The Craze
Manco - 1062
1965


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If you're going to record a dance craze record, might as well be straightforward about it.

Tongue Twistin' Time!

Ray Griff
Tongue Twistin' Time
Groove - 0063
1965


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A fun, weird one from Groove records. The other side of this is a straight up country ballad!

Doin' the Flake

Gary Lewis and the Playboys
Doin' the Flake
Liberty - 227
1965

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I like to pick up old, weird promtional records. Especially if they're from a breakfast cereal company. Here's one from Gary Lewis and Corn Flakes...

The Marijuana Polka

Will Barnes
Marijuana Polka
Armadillo Country - 77302
1980


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I don't normally think of Polka music and Marijuana as two things that go together, but it seems to work just fine here...

Karate - The Emperors

The Emperors
Karate
Mala - 543
1967

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Great track. This is my favorite part of record collecting. I had never heard of this group or song before finding this disc. You may already be familiar with it, but it's toatllay new to me...

p.s. To learn more about this record and The Emperors go here: http://funky16corners.tripod.com/8_emperors.htm

You know, I really should start googling BEFORE I post...

Bubblegum Music (literally!)

The Clark Gum Shufflers
The Clark Gum Shuffle - Peppermint
?-?
Mid Sixties?


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Here's a promotional 7" EP from the Clark Gum Company. 4 swinging tunes perfectly suited for dancing the Clark Gum Shuffle. I was excited when I first saw this, thinking it might contain some cheesey late sixties sounds in the style of a low rent Archies. However, what I found was 4 instrumentals more in the style of a low rent Tiajuana Brass. The tune I have selected, "Peppermint" is the most soulful of the bunch. Anybody remember this disc? Anybody remember Clark Gum?
p.s. The disc and sleeve contain absoltely NO information. No band info, no composer credit, no record label or catalogue number and no date. I made up the name Clark Gum Shufflers myself and am simply guessing at the date. Feel free to weigh in if you know anything about this record...

*Update* Alert tipster Cranched hipped me to this youtube video for the Clark Gum Commercial. Turns out it IS the Tiajuana Brass! Be sure and visit his cool blog here: http://cranchedfornow.blogspot.com/ Thanks Cranched!

Do the Monkey Dog!

O.V. Wright
Monkey Dog
Back Beat - 548
1965 - '66?

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Here's one of my favorite tunes by O.V. Wright. It's taken me a while to come across a clean copy of this one, although it's not particularly rare or pricey. Love it!!