Shim Sham Shimmy Number Seven took place on March 8 at the fabulous Salt Box in Kingston. Host Pete Pop decided to experiment by setting up the DJ booth in the small room downstairs instead of the usual Rumpus Room upstairs at the historic stone building. It was fun, but perhaps too intimate, as only a handful of people could fit in the room at any one time. Luckily, the sound system goes throughout the entire club—including the bar, the Rumpus Room and a larger room in the back—folks say it sounds best in the bathrooms! When the weather gets better, there’s a lovely patio that will receive the boss sounds, too.

Anyway, a great time was had by all. Several of our local friends attended and the place was swingin’ with the rockin’ sounds of the Shim Sham Shimmy until nearly three in the morning!

Here’s a list of all the songs played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus at the Shim Sham Shimmy—some of which were picked up that very morning at the Wayne, New Jersey Record Show:

• Little Willie John–A Little Bit of Loving (King)
• Thurston Harris–Runk Bunk (Aladdin)
• The Lavenders–One More Time (Mercury)
• Bubber Johnson–Atlanta (King)
• Lowell Fulson–Don’t Drive Me Baby (Checker)
• Annie Laurie–It’s Gonna Come Out in the Wash Someday (DeLuxe)
• The Echoes–Scratch My Back (Swan)
• K.J. Knight and the Niteriders–Mo-Jo (Sound Patterns)
• Bob Ehret–Stop the Clock (Aladdin)
• King Curtis–Dynamite at Midnight (Apollo)
• Bobby Young–Your Love Keeps Me Cool (Twist) (Foxie)
• Sammy Ward–Don’t Take It Away (Tamla)
• Fats Domino–Land of 1000 Dances (ABC-Paramount/Vega; France)
• Jimmy McCracklin–The Drag (Art-tone)
• The Isley Brothers–The Drag (Mark-X)
• Chubby Checker–Dancin’ Party (Parkway)
• Laddins–Dizzy Jone’s Birdland (Butane)
• The Azaleas–Hands Off (Romulus)
• Dick Vance with music by Dominic and the Dominos–Nuthin’ Man Nuthin’ (SOR-VA)
• Ernie K-Doe–Get Out of My House (Minit)
• Young Guitar Red–Red Hot Red (Formal)
• Chuck Higgins–Eye Ballin’ (Dooto)
• Freddi and Al–Snaggle Tooth (Crest)
• Otis Leavill–Rise Sally Rise (Lucky)
• Bobby Wilson–Feels Good (Volt)
• Dinah Washington–Soulville (Roulette)
• Johnnie Lee Wills and His Boys–The Thingamagig (RCA Victor)
• Ray Charles and Orchestra–Get on the Right Track Baby (Atlantic)
• Gene Franklin & the House Rockin’ Spacemen–Hackensack Part I (Alton)
• John Lee Hooker–Money from EP It Serve You Right to Suffer
• Albert Collins–Sno-Cone (Part I) (TCF-Hall)
• Howlin’ Wolf–Just Like I Treat You (Chess)
• Piano Red–Woo Ee (Groove)
• Johnny & the Hurricanes–Traffic Jam (Big Top )
• The Fugitives–Jump Back (Path)
• The Rattles–Mashed Potatoes (Philips; Germany)
• The All-Niters–Summertime Blues (GMA)
• Bo-Pete–Do You Wanna (Have Some Fun) (Try)
• The Dartells–The Scoobie Song (Dot)
• Sandy Paget with the Sophisticates and the Thunderbirds–Ditty Wah Ditty Workout (Ebony Foundation)
• Ella Mae Morse–Smack Dab in the Middle (Capitol)
• Stewart Brothers–Yum Yum Yum (Keen)
• Darron Lee–I’ve Been Searching (Myrl)
• The Three Dimensions with the Thing–Look at Me (RCA Victor)
• The Phonetics–Ghosts (Trudel)
• The Volumes–Monkey Hop (Old Town)
• Rufus Thomas–Chicken Scratch (Stax)
• The Iketts–Camel Walk (Modern)
• Simms Twins–Good Good Lovin’ (SAR)
• Curtis Baker & the Bravehearts–La Cachette (Original Gravity; UK)
• Machito & His Orchestra–Twist Changa – Part I (Roulette)
• Jimmy Robbins–I Can’t Please You (Jerhart)
• Doug Clark and the Nuts–Milk the Cow (Jubilee)
• Lee Diamond–It Won’t Be Me (Minit)
• Guitar Gable and the Musical Kings–Congo Mombo (Excello)
• Buddy Skipper–Smooth – Smart & Sassy (Fling)
• Billy Brown–Did We Have a Party (Columbia)
• Pat & the Californians–Be Billy (Downey)
• Tyrone and the Classitors–Gettin’ Together Man (Black & Blue)
• The Pleasures–If I Had a Little Money (Catch)
• Gino Washington–Gino Is a Coward (Ric-Tic)
• The Academics featuring: Dave Fisher–Drive-In Movie (Elmont)
• Gene the Hat–(Pass) The Bug (Beauville)
• Don Gregory and the Montclairs featuring Little Eddie Woods–Bug Killer (Comet)
• Clifton Chenier–Josephine Par Se Ma Femme (Bayou)

None of these records are for sale.