Oh no! indy mike's pick ONE tune per hour thread topic: Songs done under an alias....

Here's an obvious one: The Traveling Wilburys

 

"Don't Tell Me What To Do" - The Sllednats (Standells)






Ed Hurdle
HeavyDistortion

 

Glove go get Bob.

 

"Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight" - Earl Vince and The Valiants (Fleetwood Mac)





Ed Hurdle
HeavyDistortion

 

"The Chipmunk Song" (AWA others) - - The Chipmunks (David Seville)

 

Great song ... Lou Ann Barton has adopted it as a signature song in her live act for the last 20 years.

Hometown boy ... who gets more recognition in Europe ... unfortunately, he is very sick.

 

"Cinnamon" (#11 in '68) - - Derek (Johnny Cymbal - - "Mr. Bass Man" (#16 in '63))

 

THRILLINGTON- Percy "Thrills" Thrillington
AKA Paul McCartney

 

Sorry wrong thread!

 

"Bumble Boogie" (#21 - '61) - - B. Bumble (Ernie Freeman on piano) & The Stingers (Earl Palmer on drums, Rene Hall on guitar, Tommy Tedesco on guitar and Red Calender on bass) ... BTW, this was supposedly recorded at Gold Star.

 

The Lion Sleeps Tonight (#3 - '72) - - Robert John (Bobby Pedrick, Jr. - - "White Bucks and Saddle Shoes" (#74 - '58)) ... Pedrick had some better 45s in the late '50s that never charted.

 

chip - here's another from Rockin' Ronnie Dawson - Mr. Dawson went from Backbeat Records to a label run by Big Ed McLemore (of Sportatorium fame) to Columbia (who really didn't have much luck with rock and roll up to that point); unfortunately for Ronnie, things didn't get any better at Columbia, as his tune Do Do Do performed under the alternate monicker Commonwealth Jones (again with the Jones) died on the vine.

What's got Ronnie in poor health? He was keeping the flame alive for lovers of true rock and roll...

Hey Boss - this one's legit, too!!!

 

Masked Marauders!

 

Steve,
Was that the one that was recorded at Owen Bradley's Barn in Nashville? Then again, probably not, since the Crickets weren't allowed to play.

I've got that one on vinyl on the box that's supposed to be "comprehensive." (Blue bkgrnd, w Holley on cover, white trim edging).

Definitely sounds stilted compared to the hit version.

Doug

 

Hey - you said you couldn't think of any earlier!

Gospel fans might recognize the name David Walker from his singing with the gospel group The Mighty Clouds of Joy - me, I know him better as the leather lunged howler Bunker Hill, whose raw and rockin' Hide and Go Seek actually snuck its way onto the Top 40 chart. Even better, Link Wray and his brother Vernon Wray aka Ray Vernon aka Lucky Wray (I'll get to that later) were behind Mr. Hills sneaky secular song sensation... Joan Jett did a nice cover version of Hide and Go Seek, but it ain't as wild as this screamer - dig it on Ace's Golden Age of Rock and Roll #6....

 

Well, that box WAS comprehensive until Steve started palying vault digger and found some undubbed goodies in the MCA vaults; there's been more neat-o stuff that's popped up since then that's waiting for a legitimate release. I guess holding our breath for an up-to-date Buddy box wouldn't be a good idea...

 

The big "C" ... inoperable ... but my friend told me tonight that it appears to be in remission ... which is good news.

 

Don't Go Near The Eskimos (#62 in '62) - - Ben Colder (Sheb Wooley ("Ben Miller" in the movie "High Noon" and "Pete Nolan" on TV's Rawhide) - - "The Purple People Eater" (#1 in '58))