XERB Soul Monster Original Rhythm & Blues Hits LP Chantels Fats Domino Very Rare
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Soul Monster: Original Rhythm & Blues Hits LP The Chantels, Fats Domino, Betty Everett etc. Very Rare Great Collections original versions of many songs that became after they were covered. Hang on Sloopy, Your No Good, Shake a Tail Feather, Sunny, You'll Lose a Good Thing and more. played by Wolfman Jack on Xerb Radio in the 60's
Very Rare original vintage compilation LP of soul/R&B hits released by XERB radio titled Soul Monster.
Cover features a caricature sketch of the legendary Wolfman Jack - who spent some time in the mid-60s, south-of-the-border, at XERB.
Contains 19 soul hits from artists like: Sonny and the Sunglows, The Chantels, M&M and the Peanuts, The Incredibles, Five Du-Tones, The Vibrations, Wilson Pickett and many more! .
Original Oldies Record Co. (007)
Sunny & the Sunglows (formed by songwriters Jimmie Lewing and Sunny Ozuna in Palacios, Texas) was an American musical group started 1959, and later known as Sunny & the Sunliners in 1963 after moving to San Antonio, TexasThe group's members were all Chicano-born with the exception of Amos Johnson Jr., and their style was a blend of rhythm and blues, tejano, blues, and mariachi. They first recorded in 1962 for their own label, Sunglow. Okeh Records picked up their single "Golly Gee" for national distribution that year, and in 1963, Huey P Meaux, a producer from Louisiana and owner of Tear Drop Records, had them record a remake of Little Willie John's 1958 hit, "Talk to Me, Talk to Me". The single "Talk to Me" (b/w "Every Week, Every Month, Every Year"), released on Tear Drop Records, went to No. 4 on the Adult Contemporary chart, No. 12 on the US Billboard R&B chart, and No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in October 1963.
Barbara Lynn ( January 16, 1942) is an American rhythm and blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. She is best known for her R&B chart-topping hit, "You'll Lose a Good Thing" (1962). In 2018, Lynn received a National Heritage Fellowship.
The Chantels are a pop music group and are the third African-American girl group to enjoy nationwide success in the United States, preceded by The Teen Queens and The Bobbettes. The group was established in the early 1950s by students attending St. Anthony of Padua Church and school in the Bronx.
Joseph Coleman Smith (May 17, 1934 – September 5, 1998), who performed and recorded under the name Sonny Knight, was an American singer, songwriter and author. His biggest hit was "Confidential", which reached the pop and R&B charts in 1956, and he continued to record into the 1960s. In 1981, using his real name, he wrote The Day the Music Died, a fictionalised account of racism in the American music business in the 1950s.
The Five Du-Tones were an American soul vocal group, who enjoyed success in the dance craze era of the early 1960s. The group comprised Willie Guest, Robert Hopkins, LeRoy Joyce, Oscar Watson and James West. They came together while attending Patrick Henry High School in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1957
Thee Midniters were an American rock group, among the first Chicano rock bands to have a major hit in the United States. They were one of the best known acts to come out of East Los Angeles in the 1960s, with a cover of "Land of a Thousand Dances" that charted in Canada in 1965, and an instrumental track "Whittier Boulevard" in 1965. Thee Midniters were among the first rock acts to openly sing about Chicano themes in songs such as "Chicano Power" and "The Ballad of César Chávez" in the late 1960s.
Betty Jean Everett (November 23, 1939 – August 19, 2001) was an American soul singer and pianist, best known for her biggest hit single, the million-selling "Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)", and her duet "Let It Be Me" with Jerry Butler.Betty Everett's version for Vee-Jay Records of Chicago became the first hit version, in November 1963. The single peaked at number 51 on the Billboard Hot 100, and at number 5 on "Cashbox's R&B Locations" chart. Covered by Linda Ronstadt
Wilson Pickett (March 18, 1941 – January 19, 2006) was an American singer and songwriter. A major figure in the development of soul music, Pickett recorded over 50 songs which made the US R&B charts, many of which crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100. Among his best-known hits are "In the Midnight Hour" (which he co-wrote), "Land of 1000 Dances", "634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)", "Mustang Sally", "Funky Broadway", "Engine No. 9", and "Don't Knock My Love".Pickett was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991, in recognition of his impact on songwriting and recording.
The Vibrations were an American soul vocal group from Los Angeles, California, active from the mid-1950s to 1976. Most notable among the group's hit singles were "My Girl Sloopy" (1964) and "Love in Them There Hills" (1968). The quintet's members included Don Bradley, Carl Fisher, Dave Govan, James Johnson and Ricky Owens.
The Fiestas were an American rhythm and blues musical group from Newark, New Jersey, United States. It was organized in 1958. The Fiestas contracted with Old Town Records company in 1959, after the company's owner, Hy Weiss, overheard the group singing in a bathroom adjacent to his office in Harlem.[2] Their debut single was 1959's "So Fine", written by groups guitar player Frank Ingalls, Samuel Ingalls brother. The song was a hit in the U.S. It reached number 3 on the R&B Singles chart and number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100
Antoine Dominique Domino Jr. (February 26, 1928 – October 24, 2017), known as Fats Domino, was an American singer-songwriter and pianist. One of the pioneers of rock and roll music, Domino sold more than 65 million records. Born in New Orleans to a French Creole family, Domino signed to Imperial Records in 1949. His first single "The Fat Man" is cited by some historians as the first rock and roll single and the first to sell more than 1 million copies. Domino continued to work with the song's co-writer Dave Bartholomew, contributing his distinctive rolling piano style to Lloyd Price's "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" (1952) and scoring a string of mainstream hits beginning with "Ain't That a Shame" (1955). Between 1955 and 1960, he had eleven Top 10 US pop hits. By 1955, five of his records had sold more than a million copies, being certified gold.
Sonny And The Sunglows*– Talk To Me A2 Barbara Lynn– You'll Lose A Good Thing A3 Bobby Hebb– Sunny A4 The Chantels– Eternally A5 Leon Peels– A Casual Kiss A6 M & M And The Peanuts*– Open Up Your Eyes A7 Sonny Knight– If You Want This Love A8 The Incredibles (2)– I'll Make It Easy A9 Billy Abbott– Groovy Baby A10 Joe Hinton (2)– Funny B1 Five Du-Tones*– Shake A Tail Feather B2 Thee Midniters– Land Of A Thousand Dances B3 Lonnie Russ– My Wife Can't Cook B4 The Vibrations– My Girl Sloopy B5 Betty Everett– You're No Good B6 Wilson Pickett– If You Need Me B7 The Fiestas– So Fine B8 McKinley Mitchell– The Town I Live In B9 Fats Domino– So Longprice rating