Record #0491: Apache / Echo Boogie – JØRGEN INGMANN AND HIS GUITAR

Atco 6184 (original) USA, Dec. 1960
Music by:  Side A – Jerry Lordan; Side B – Jørgen Ingmann
Musicians: Jørgen Ingmann (guitar), others unknown
Recording sessions: Copenhagen (?), Denmark, 1960
Highest chart positions:  US #2, US R&B #9, Canada #1, Germany #6

"Apache" was originally recorded and released by The Shadows in July 1960 (UK release). Their record went to #1 in the UK, but failed to chart in the States. It amazes me how ABC-Paramount failed to make a US hit out of it (ABC 10138). Instead, ATCO was able to make a big hit out of this inferior cover version by a Danish jazz guitarist (sorry ... inferior, but still not bad).

Undoubtedly Ingmann was a very good guitarist, especially his own work on the flip-side shows that.

List price:  Very Good+ is $7.50, Near Mint is $15

Record #0490: It's Up To You / I Need You – RICK NELSON

Imperial 5901 (original) USA, Nov. 1962
Words & Music by:  Side A – Jerry Fuller; Side B – Baker Knight
Musicians: Rick Nelson (lead vocals), James Burton (lead guitar), Glen Campbell (guitar and backing vocals), Joe Osborn (bass), Richie Frost (drums), Allen Harris (piano on side A), Ray Johnson (piano on side B), John Audino (trumpet on side A), Tony Terran (trumpet on side A), Dave Burgess (backing vocals on side A), Jerry Fuller (backing vocals on side A)
Recording sessions: Produced by Jimmie Haskell at Western Recorders, Hollywood, CA, Side A - Jun. 13; Side B - Nov. 15, 1962
Highest chart positions:  Side A - US #6, US AC #4, US R&B #24, UK #22; Side B - US #83

Here's Ricky with one of his Jerry Fuller -penned hit songs.

Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas recorded a good cover of the title song in 1964.

List price:  Very Good+ is $10, Near Mint is $20

Record #0489: Loop De Loop Mambo / Framed – THE ROBINS

Spark 107 (original) USA, Sep. 1954
Words & Music by:  Side A – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller; Side B – Leiber, Stoller
Musicians: Carl Gardner (tenor, lead on side A), Bobby Nunn (bass vocals, lead on side B), Billy Richard (tenor), Roy Richard (baritone), Ty Terrell (tenor), others probably: Chuck Norris (guitar), Mike Stoller (piano), Gil Bernal (tenor sax), Ralph Hamilton (bass), Jesse Sailes (drums)
Recording sessions: Master Recorders, Los Angeles, CA, late summer 1954
Highest chart positions:  Didn't chart nationally, but was a local hit in the L.A. area.

This is a nice classic by one of the early "bird groups" of doo-wop / R&B. The Robins was also the first one to record a Leiber & Stoller song ("That's What the Good Book Says", 1951).

Gardner and Nunn left the group to form The Coasters in October 1955. Leiber and Stoller stayed with them and wrote many of The Coasters' songs.

List price:  78 rpm records not listed in Glodmine catalog. These go for about $30 in eBay.

Record #0488: Just Married / Stairway of Love – MARTY ROBBINS

Columbia 41143 (original) USA, Mar. 10, 1958
Words & Music by:  Side A – Barry De Vorzon, Al Allen; Side B – Sid Tepper, Roy Bennett
Musicians: Marty Robbins (lead vocals), Ray Conniff's orchestra: Tony Mottola (guitar), Billy Mure (guitar), Don Arnone (guitar), Frank Carroll (bass), Ed Shaughnessy (drums), The Ray Conniff Singers (chorus)
Recording sessions: Produced by Mitch Miller at Columbia Recording Studio, New York, NY, Feb. 26, 1958 (7 pm - 10 pm)
Highest chart positions:  Side A - US #26, US Country #1; Side B - US #68, US Country #2

This single had one of Robbins' sixteen US Country #1's and two of his 47 Top 10 hits in the chart.

The session also included songs "Ain't I the Lucky One" (Columbia 41282) and "Foolish Decision" (unreleased until 1991).

List price:  Very Good+ is $10, Near Mint is $20

Record #0487: Reveille Rock / Time Bomb – JOHNNY AND THE HURRICANES

Warwick 513 (original, 1st pressing) USA, Oct. 1959
Music by:  Side A – Tom King (Harry Balk), Ira Mack (Irving Micahnik), Carl Conatser; Side B – King, Mack
Musicians: Johnny Paris (sax), Paul Tesluk (organ), Dave Yorko (guitar), Lionel Mattice (bass), Bill Savich (drums)
Recording sessions: Produced by Morty Craft in New York, NY, 1959
Highest chart positions:  US #25, US R&B #17, UK #14

This was the follow-up single for their only million-seller, "Red River Rock". The group had a fresh new instrumental sound of their own, carrying them in the US charts for a couple of years and in the UK charts for a couple of years more.

The group was managed by Harry Balk and Irving Micahnik, who wrote many of their hit songs under pseudonyms "Tom King" and "Ira Mack".

List price:  Very Good+ is $12.50, Near Mint is $25. Stereo release is $50 for a Near Mint.