LIL GREENWOOD AND THE FOUR JACKS
"GRANDPA CAN BOOGIE TOO"
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Grandpa Can Boogie Too
Lil Greenwood - Topic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVChn4XMEPY

My copy gives the title as "Grandpaw Can Boogie Too."

Evidently this record did not make the Billboard rhythm and blues chart. At YouTube, it is variously dated to 1952 or 1953.

This may be something of an oldies obscurity, but it is quite good.

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THE PASTELS
"BEEN SO LONG"

The Pastels - Been so Long
from The Rebellious Jukebox Plays Doo​-​Wop Daddies volume 2 The Aching Ballads by Fidelity Masters

https://fidelitymasters.bandcamp.com/track/been-so-long

"Been So Long" charted on March 3, 1958, reaching No. 24 and remaining on the Billboard pop Top 40 for three weeks. It was the only Billboard Top 40 appearance by the Pastels. The record did better on the Billboard rhythm and blues Top 40, getting to No. 4 and remaining on the R&B chart for five weeks.

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KITTY WHITE
"I'M GONNA BE A FOOL NEXT MONDAY"

Kitty White - I'm Gonna Be a Fool Next Monday
from The Rebellious Jukebox Plays Northern Soul Stormers by Fidelity Masters

https://fidelitymasters.bandcamp.com/track/im-gonna-be-a-fool-next-monday

Here is another oldie that I don't remember hearing on the radio. My Billboard rhythm and blues Top 40 book does not have a Kitty White entry. So, this is quite a find.

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THE ROYALS
"MOONRISE"

The Royals (aka The Midnighters) - Moonrise
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8llMZ81US3I

This title is variously given as "Moon Rise" or "Moonrise." Some may know this vocal group as Hank Ballard and the Midnighters.

"Moonrise" is dated 1952. This record is not listed in my Billboard rhythm and blues Top 40 book, so evidently it did not chart. It's pretty good though.

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JEANETTE BABY WASHINGTON
"LET LOVE GO BY"

Jeanette Baby Washington - Let Love Go By
from The Rebellious Jukebox Plays Northern Soul Stormers by Fidelity Masters

https://fidelitymasters.bandcamp.com/track/let-love-go-by

Baby Washington was of the

She called herself Lil
But everyone knew her as Nancy

school. Her name was Justine Washington but she was known professionally as Baby Washington or Jeanette "Baby" Washington. She had meager success on the pop charts, just barely making the Billboard Top 40 with "That's How Heartaches Are Made," which peaked at No. 40 where it remained for only one week. She did far better on Billboard's Rhythm and Blues chart. Her biggest hit there seems to have been "Only Those in Love," which got to No. 10 and charted for nine weeks. "Let Love Go By" is a deep catalog cut, never making the Top 40.

Back in the mid-1950s, Baby Washington was in the vocal group, The Hearts, which hit with "Lonely Nights" (1955)."

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