For the September Do The 45 Rock’n’Soul Dance Party—which was held on Friday the 13th at Quinn’s in Beacon, NY,–host DJ Pete Pop invited our friends Marty Shane, Nina Day and Vince Vincent to come play some of their bossest records—and they did!

Marty Shane is a Mod scooter enthusiast who is the proprietor of The Mod Tiki Market, a stall in the Bennington Antique Center in Montgomery, New York. He sells all sorts of cool things, including tiki mugs, Hawaiian shirts and Ben Sherman clothing. For The Do The 45, he played
some totally rockin’ stuff. He’s kind of a mild-mannered person in real life, but as a DJ he knows how to rock.

Nina Day is also known by her Go-Go dancer name, Sheba Shake. At this Do The 45 she filled both rolls fantastically: she jumped around up on the raised dance floor with Bella Bombora and she spent about 30 minutes behind the turntables playing records. She played Pete Pops’ records, so you know the records were terrific, and she really knows how to pick them.

For many years, Vince Vincent was a Hudson Valley celebrity when he was a DJ at WVKR—Vassar College’s listener supported radio station. He was also the lead singer for Poughkeepsie’s last Rock’n’Roll band—The Greyhounds. Mr. Vincent’s 30 minutes spinning records was quite possibly the most raucous half hour of wild beat music ever heard in the town of Beacon.

Speaking of Hudson Valley celebrities, Pete Pop and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus were pleased that radio personalities Paula Grace and Amanda Lay dropped by to bless the proceedings. They host a fabulous show on WVKR called The Paula and Amanda Show. If you dig crazy people playing boss records, this show is for you. In fact, we were listening to the show on our way to Quinn’s. Just a few minutes after entering the establishment, Paula and Amanda walked in. How do they do it? These people are amazing!!

Miss Nancy—AKA Bella Bombora—baked some great vittles for this event: fudge, banana bread and two kinds of chocolate chip cookies—one that had low sugar content for friends who have issues with that sort of thing.

Here’s a list of all the records played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus at the Friday the 13th Do The 45:

• The Viscounts–Come, Come on Back (Coral)
• Go-Go’s–Surfing and Spying (I.R.S.)
• The Curiosities–Big “J” (Seeburg-Discotek-45-Stereo)
• The Hornets–Fruit Cake (Columbia)
• Rusty York–Shake ‘Em Up Baby (King)
• Sam Butera and the Witnesses–Bim Bam (Capitol)
• Rollee McGill–Rhythm Rockin’ Blues (Mercury)
• Dell Mack–You Can’t Judge a Book by the Cover (Goldband)
• Sil Austin (vocal by Lester Young)–Say Lou (Mercury)
• Chuck Berry–I Got to Find My Baby (Chess)
• Daddy ‘G’ and the Church St. Five–Look Alive (LeGrand)
• The Dells–Hi Diddley Dee Dum Dum (It’s a Good Good Feelin’) (Argo)
• The Outsiders–Lost in My World (Capitol)
• Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart–I’ll Blow You a Kiss in the Wind (Aquarian)
• Wailers–Out of Our Tree (Etiquette)
• Las Moscas–Vamos a Nadar (C’mon and Swim) (CBS; Peru)
• The Sonics–Boss Hoss (Etiquette)
• MC5–Kick Out the Jams (Elektra/Rhino)
• The Belfast Gypsies–People Let’s Freak Out (Loma)
• John & Jackie–Little Girl (Aladdin)
• The Braves–Woodpecker Rock (Fox)
• Ronnie and the Pomona Casuals–Swimming at the Rainbow (Donna)
• Lincoln Chase–Miss Orangatang (Columbia)
• Gary (U.S.) Bonds–King Kong’s Monkey (Legrand)
• The Versatones–Bila (Fenway)
• Johnny Hallyday–Mal (“Hush”) (Philips; Canada)
• Miki Dallon–Apple Pie (RCA Victor)
• The Cords–Ain’t That Love (Atco)
• The Running Jumping Standing Still–Diddy Wah Diddy (Sunshine; Australia)
• Billy John & the Continentals–Ooh Pooh Pah Doo (N-Joy)
• Damal & Rasheed–Arriba (Great)
• The Arabians–The Shack (Twin Star)
• Roy Orbison with Orchestra & Chorus–With the Bug (Monument)
• Ronnie & Delinquents–Bad Neighborhood (JC)
• Bobby Fuller and the Fanatics–Our Favorite Martian (Donna)
• Randy & the Rainbows–Denise (Rust)
• Peggy Gaines–Loco-Motion (Hit)
• Witches and the Warlock; music by The Camaros–No Where to Run, No Where to Hide (Sew City)
• The King PIns–Door Banger (M-G-M)
• The Lively Ones–Goofy Foot (Del-Fi)

None of these records are for sale.