Sheila Be and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus swing at the DYNAGROOVE: SOPHISTICATED BOOM BOOM!!

This year, the February DYNAGROOVE landed on the day before Valentine’s Day. Host DJ Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus thought it would be a perfect time to showcase the artistry of the many fabulous female acts that have recorded through the ages, and thus declared the night another SOPHISTICATED BOOM BOOM with guest DJ Sheila B—the internationally renown queen of the girl group record!

Sheila B produces maximum groove at the DYNAGROOVE!

The Boogaloo Bag writers first observed DJ Sheila B in action at a Smashed!Blocked! event some time after the turn of the century. She was able to keep the dance floor jumping with high-energy, female-sung pop songs. Her Cha Cha Charming interweb thingie is among the most intelligent and interesting of all personal websites/blogs. One of her greatest achievements is to have been the associate producer and liner note writer for One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds—Lost & Found (Rhino), a wonderful 4-CD collection that comes in a package shaped like a hat box. She is also quite keen on international releases, especially those from England, France and Japan. “Japan?” you may ask? Dig these excellent compilations of women Japanese singers that Miss B assembled for Big Beat/Ace UK records! Also, Sheila B has recently commenced her own DJ night, Sh-Boom!, a collaboration with our pal Josh Styles that takes place at Baby’s All Right in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus adds a little Boom to SOPHISTICATED BOOM BOOM!!

Phast Phreddie’s contribution to the evening included several female jazz vocalists and even instrumentalists, along with the usual thrushes from the sixties. Who can resist the version of “Watermelon Man” by Miss Elsie Smith, especially when she is noted as “Queen of Sax” right on the label? At any rate, women artists from many walks of life were duly saluted—as they should be! Here’s a list of all the records played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus:

• Mary Lou Williams Trio–Chunk-A-Lunk Jug (Sue)
• Little Esther–Summertime (Federal)
• The Charmels–Baby Come and Get It (Volt)
• Dee Dee Warwick–We’re Doing Fine (Blue Rock)
• The Chordettes–Zorro (Cadence)
• The Crystals–He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss) (Philles)
• Dee Williams–Bongo Blues (Savoy)
• Vi Campbell–Seven Doors (Peacock)
• Sarah Vaughan–Doodlin’ (Mercury)
• Gwen McCrae–Ain’t Nothing You Can Do (Columbia)
• Etta James–I Just Wanna Make Love to You (Argo)
• The Marvelettes–The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game (Tamla)
• The Sweet Things–You’re My Lovin’ Baby (Date)
• Cher–I Walk on Guilded Splinters (Atco)
• Tamiko Jones–Ya Ya (A&M)
• Gloria Jones–I Know (Minit)
• Willene Barton and Her Trio–Bossa Nova Twist (Skymac)
• The Shirelles–Dooms Day (Scepter)
• Maxine Brown–Little Girl Lost (Wand)
• Queenie Lyons–Try Me (DeLuxe)
• Shirley Scott–Out of It (Prestige)
• La La and the Lalaretts–Gettin Ready for Freddy (Elpeco)
• The Supremes–Things Go Better With Coke [from EP Things Go Better With Coke] (Coca-Cola; Germany)
• April Young–This Time Tomorrow (Columbia)
• The Babies–The Hand of Fate (Dunhill)
• Ginny Arnell–Dumb Head (M-G-M)
• Etta James–Two Sides (To Every Story) (Argo)
• Mod Singers–Mr. Thunder (U.S.A.)
• Lola Falana–Working in the Coal Mine (Reprise)
• B.J. Baker–Anywhere (Decca)
• Susan Barrett–What’s It Gonna Be (RCA Victor)
• Miss Elsie Smith (The Queen of Sax)–Watermelon Man (Open)
• Marva Josie–Oohbiskubido (Julmar)
• Tammi Terrell–All I Do Is Think About You (Tamla)
• Jo Ann Garrett–Sting Me Baby (Duke)
• Tiffanys–Lover Boy (Arctic)
• Lee Clark–All Alone in My Lonely Room (Atco)
• Margie Hendrix and the Vocals–Let No One Hold You (Tangerine)
• Sandra Kay Tucker–I Got a Good Thing (Peacock)
• Staple Singers–Power of Love (Epic)
• Aretha Franklin–Can’t You Just See Me (Columbia)
• Samantha Jones–Ford Leads the Way (Ford; UK)
• Shirley Scott–Soul Sauce (Impulse)
• The Kane Triplets–Theme from ‘Mission: Impossible’ (United Artists)
• Bunny Shivel–Top Twenty (Capitol)
• Kay Bell and the Tuffs–(The Original) Surfers’ Stomp Pt. II (Dot)
• Leslie Gore–Off and Running (Merucry)
• Sarah Vaughan–What’s So Bad About It (Mercury)
• Jeanne and the Darlings–Standing in the Need of Your Love (Volt)
• Vivian Reed–The Shape of Things to Come (Epic)
• Cookie Jackson–Suffer (OKeh)
• Nicole Lord–C’est le Go-Go (In Crowd) (Plaza; Canada)
• Lada Edmund Jr–Trouble (Is His Middle Name) (Coral)
• Shelley Shoop and the Shakers–Fair Shake (Groove)
• Betty Adams–Make It Real (Ride On) (Notes of Gold)
• [unknown singer]–I’m Gonna Destroy That Boy (Munster; Spain)
• Sakura–Stupid Cupid [from EP Sakura Goes Boom Boom] (TER; Singapore)
• Jody Miller–The Fever (Capitol; UK)

None of these records are for sale. Photos by Nancy “Jeannie” Gardner.

Nogood Nick swings at Out of Sight!

Out of Sight is a groovy new weekly soul dance affair hosted by our friend DJ Xerox every Thursday night in the back room of the Beauty Bar in Manhattan. Although Xerox doesn’t himself DJ on these nights, he invites his favorite soul music DJs to come play their favorite soul 45s all night long. In the short period Out of Sight has been taking place—about a month—such fine soul DJs as Connie T Empress, Sheila B, Handsome Van Zant, Girlsoul, Ursula 1000, Charles Gaskins and  Drew Redmond,  have already spun records at the party or are slated to do so in the near future.

DJ Xerox swings Out of Sight!

As you know, DJ Xerox knows how to put on a party. His Copycat Cover Song Night, held twice a month at Otto’s Shrunken Head, is one of the most fun nights in town. He also hosts Turtleneck, an evening of spy beats and tiki treats, also held at the Beauty Bar. On February 5, Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus was asked to work the room and invite another DJ to join him. It just so happened that just a few weeks before, one of the Boog’s favorite DJs mentioned to him that he had a bunch of newly acquired soul records and would like to play them out right away. This DJ was Nogood Nick, and it was his shoulder that was tapped to be the second DJ at Out of Sight on this particular night. Nogood Nick, as the astute Boogaloo Bag reader knows, is often seen swingin’ at Dynagroove nights. Indeed, he is one of the city’s most versatile DJs, as he has jazz records, mod records, R&B records and, of course, soul records. At his own night, called Rip Rig and Panic which is held once a month at Otto’s Shrunken Head, Nogood Nick audibly paints the atmosphere with cool sounds, providing an excellent atmosphere for downing frozen drinks with umbrellas sticking out of them. As a soul DJ, Nogood Nick knows how to keep a dance floor jumping, as he has often done so when guesting at Subway Soul Club. At this Out of Sight, Nogood Nick did not disappoint. He played some fabulous soul records as dancers swirled on the dance floor, including our pals Bunny Punch and Friar Popwell (who will be DJing the Out of Sight on February 26)! Although it was one of the coldest nights in memory outside, the back room was heated with Nogood Nick’s outstanding selections. Everyone in attendance was pleased, as we are sure that host Xerox was and will have Mr. Nick back soon. Below is a list of records played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus at Out of Sight:

• The Bar-Kays–Copy Kat (Volt)
• Johnny Robinson–Funky Feet (Epic)
• Jimmy Ruffin–Baby I’ve Got It (Soul)
• Jackie Verdell–Call on Me (Coral)
• Chuck Bernard–Indian Giver (Satellite)
• Wally and the Knight–Hang on Little Mama (Tarx)
• The Five Stairsteps–Ain’t Gonna Rest (Till I Get You) (Windy C)
• Willie Hutch–Your Love Has Made Me a Man (Modern)
• The Volumes–You Got It Baby (Inferno)
• Leon Haywood–Mellow Moonlight (Decca)
• Sir Mack Rice–Mini-Skirt Minnie (Stax)
• Cliff Nobles & Co–The Camel (Phil-L.A. of Soul)
• Jr. Walker & the All Stars–Anyway You Wannta’ (Soul)
• Jackie and the Umpires–Cool Party (Sew City)
• Isley Brothers–Tango (United Artists)
• Kenard Gardner–Do the Skin (Dore)
• Holly Maxwell–Philly Barracuda I (Star)
• Tender Joe Richardson–The Choo Choo (Veep)
• Chuck Colbert–Oof (Do Anything You Want) (Bee B)
• Lou Courtney–Do the Horse (Verve)
• Ross D. Wyllie–Do the Uptight (A&M)
• The Checkmates Ltd.–Do the Walk (The Temptation Walk) (Capitol)
• Rimshots–Soultrain Part I (A-1)
• The Party Brothers–Do the Ground Hog (Revue)
• Rocky Roberts & the Airedales–Per Conquistare Te (Durium; Italy)
• Bruno Lomas–No Es Serio Tu Amor (Regal; Spain)
• Tony Mason–(We’re Gonna) Bring the Country to the City (RCA Victor)
• Brothers of Love–My Heart’s in Trouble (Intrepid)
• KoKo Taylor–Tell Me the Truth (Checker)
• The Electras–Huff and Puff (Lola)
• Roy Brown–Good Sweet Loving (Tru-Love)
• Lattimore Brown–Yak-A-Poo (Renegade)
• Joe and Everyday People–Sleep Walk – Part I (Brooks)
• Danny Freeman and the Soul Superiors–Jungle Walk (Do That Jungle Talk Too) (W.S.J.)
• The Hideaways–Jolly Joe (Mirwood)
• Dave Lewis–Lip Service (A&M)
• Albert Jones–Monkey Boogaloo (Tri-City)
• Billy Stewart–Sugar and Spice (Chess)
• Vickie Anderson–Never, Never, Never Let You Go (Part I) (Fontana)
• Bobby Banks–I’m a Bachelor (Gil)
• Loleatta Holloway–Bring It on Up (Galaxy)
• Shay Holiday–Fight Fire With Fire (Soul Power)
• The Chi-Lites–I Like Your Lovin’ (Do You Like Mine) (Brunswick)
• The Performers–I Can’t Stop You (Mirwood)
• Lou Rawls–A Woman Who’s a Woman (Capitol)
• Baby Huey & the Babysitters–Mighty, Mighty Children – Pt I (Unite Yourself This Hour) (Curtom)
• Cannibal and the Headhunters–Out of Sight (Rampart)
• Dave Mitchell–Madison Ave. (Crystal)
• Short Kuts–Stubborn Kind of Fellow (Pepper)
• The Precisions–Why Girl (Drew)
• The Intrigues–Mojo Hanna (Yew)

None of these records are for sale.

When Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus asked DJ Josh Styles to join him at the turntables during his January gig at The Commodore, only one thing could have taken place: PSYCHO SERENADE!!!

Josh Styles at the controls!

That’s right, Josh Styles, one of the finest reet music DJs in the City—indeed, perhaps the world!—joined The Boog at The Commadore on Friday January 23 for an evening of way-out papa-oo-mow-mow! These two cats played all kinds of rockin’ stuff, from fifties rockabilly and doo wop to early seventies glam with much hotcha inbetween; like fuzzed-out freakbeat, salacious soul, Bo beat blues, groovy girl groups and all sorts of wham-o-rootie!

Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus swings at PSYCHO SERENADE!

During one set The Boog was playing, he started feeling nostalgic for the old days when he used to play Stooges, Velvet Underground and Mott the Hoople records at keg ‘n’ Quaalude parties in Carson, Califorinia back around 1973; back when The Boog got his start spinning records and getting the kids to jump around on tables and dance. Oh, to be young again, eh?

For his part, Josh Styles showed the packed club why he is considered the cream of the boss DJ scene. Man, he just played one top jam after another, each with a pounding beat that was so sweet you just had to move your feet!

Sweaty humans were hopping all night long while out in the night a little snowstorm was playing out. Nothing to get excited about, really, but it did make getting home an adventure.

Here’s a list of all the records played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus:

• The Royaltones–Flamingo Express (Goldisc)
• Don Caron Orchestra–Twist Cha-Cha (IRC)
• Emmett Lord–Women (Liberty)
• Otis Clay–Baby Jane (Dakar)
• The Beatles–Boys (Capitol Star Line)
• The Nocturnals–Because You’re Gone (Regency; Canada)
• Road Runners–Do the Temptation (Champ)
• The Electric Prunes–Hideaway (Reprise)
• Anthony & the Sophmores–Work Out (Jamie)
• Mouse and the Traps–Wicker Vine (Bell)
• Garland Jeffreys–Wild in the Streets (Atlantic)
• The Carter Brothers–Do the Watusi (Misty)
• The Shadows–Stingray (Epic)
• The Raindrops–You Got What I Like (Jubilee)
• The Cooperettes–Shing-A-Ling (Brunswick)
• Bobby Comstock and the Counts–Your Boyfriend’s Back (Lawn)
• Junior Wells–Party Power (Blue Rock)
• James Brown & the Famous Flames–Shout and Shimmy (King)
• Willie White & the Bleu Matts–Everybody Dance (Odessa)
• Godfrey–Down Whittier Blvd. (Whittier)
• Maria Dallas–Everybody (RCA Victor)
• The Everly Brothers–Man With Money (Warner Bros.)
• Blue–Sad ‘Bout Us (Iris)
• Chuck and Cleo–Baby (Blue Rock)
• Miki Dallon–I’ll Give You Love (RCA Victor)
• The Dreams Band–Charge (D.C. Sound L.T.D.)
• Butch Baker–Working at the Go-Go (St. Lawrence)
• Bobby & the Dukes–Come Along With Me (Philips)
• Jo Armstead–I’ve Been Turned On (Giant)
• Honey & the Bees–Baby Do That Thing (Arctic)
• Justin Hinds & the Dominoes with Tommy McCook & the Supersonics–Carry Go Bring Come (Treasure Isle Jamaica)
• The Versatones–Bila (Atlantic)
• Danyel Gerard avec Les Champions–Sugar Shake (Vogue; Canada)
• Count Yates with Orch. & Chimpanzee–Chimpanzee (Regis)
• Les Beethovens–Pour Moi Ça Va (Miracle; Canada)
• The Royal Lancers–Good Good Lovin’ (Hi Mar)
• Los Johnny Jets–Tiburon a La Vista (Discos Columbia)
• The Rolling Stones–Rocks Off (Atlantic)
• Dr. Feelgood–Roxette (United Artists; UK)
• Blue Ash–Anytime at All (Mercury)
• Mott the Hoople–Rock and Roll Queen (Atlantic)
• The Stooges–I Wanna Be Your Dog (Elektra)
• The Velvet Underground–White Light/White Heat (Verve)
• Las Moscas–Vamos a Nadar (C’mon and Swim) (CBS; Peru)
• The Elite–One Potato (Charay)
• The Terrifics–Loco (Valor)
• Big Jay McNeely and Band vocal by Little Sonny Warner–Psycho Serenade (Swingin’)
• Lincoln Chase–Miss Orangatang (Columbia)
• Ron Wood–I Can Feel the Fire (Warner Bros.; UK)
• The Flamin’ Groovies–Teenage Head (Kama Sutra; UK)
• Peggy Gaines–Loco-Motion (Hit)
• Norman T. Washington–Tip Toe (SLD; France)
• The Question Marks–Doin’ the Thing (Money)
• King Ernest–I Feel Alright (Barry)
• The Nomads–Good Times (Parlophone; Australia)
• The Hour Glass–Heartbeat (Liberty)
• The Rivals–Hollin’ for My Darlin’ (Wand)
• The Moods–Gotta Figure Out (Bang)
• Davie Allan and the Arrows–U.F.O. (Tower)
• Tinker’s Moon–Shang-A-Lang (Polydor)
• Ronny Kae–Swinging Drums (LEO)
• Red Crayola–Hurricane Fighter Plane (International Artists)

None of these records are for sale.