The second weekend of August was a wild one. Do The 45 was on the 8th. The Shim Sham Shimmy was on the 9th. Two nights of boss records in a row—all because Pete Pop had another hustle on the usual first Saturday of the month. But that’s cool. We like these wild weekends. Another is coming up in October! The Shim Sham Shimmy was especially wild because early in the evening a bachelorette party showed up at the Salt Box—the bride and a bunch of her friends got drunk and danced around to the reet sounds that were put down by DJs Pete Pop and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus.

Rumpus Room is where all the Salt Box action takes place. Later that night, it was visited by Labretta Suede & the Motel 6. This band is a musical ensemble that rocks to the extreme. It originated in New Zealand about 20 years ago and seems to spend quite a bit of time in New York City. Before the Boogaloo Bag was fully operational, Phast Phreddie DJ’d one of the group’s shows and can attest to the high energy excitement that the band produces. Think of a female Iggy Pop and you get the idea. On the night of The Shimmy, Labretta and her band had a gig earlier a few blocks away at Snapper Magee’s and dropped by the Salt Box afterward, where they jumped and jived into the wee hours. Super fun night, that’s for sure!!

Here’s a list of all the records played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus at the August Shim Sham Shimmy:

• Pete Rugolo & His Orchestra–Quiet Village (Cha-Cha-Cha) (Columbia)
• Señor Jimenez y Los Taquitos–Shake the Can (Feature)
• Lazy Lester–Pondarosa Stomp (Excello)
• Freddy King–San-Ho-Zay (Federal)
• Albert King–Night Stomp (Stax)
• Sonny Jones y Los Blackbirds–Do the Bird (Barclay; Colombia)
• Ray Charles and his Band–This Little Girl of Mine (Atlantic)
• Lonesome Sundown–I’m a Samplin’ Man (Excello)
• Billy ‘The Kid’ Emerson–Every Woman I Know (Vee Jay)
• The Marquees; Orch. under dir. of Ellas McDaniel–Hey Little School Girl (OKeh)
• Johnny Parker and the Zirkons–Oongawa (CT)
• Guitar Gable–Cool Calm Collected (Excello)
• The Coasters–Saturday Night Fish Fry (Atco)
• Bobby Darin–Splish Splash (Atco)
• Preston Epps–Bongo Boogie (Majesty)
• Les Cyclones–Let’s Go (Disques Vogue; France)
• Rufus Thomas–Boom Boom [from EP Jump Back With Rufus Thomas] (Atlantic; UK)
• Big Boy Myles with Mac Rebnnack’s Orch.–New Orleans (Ace)
• Ray Sharpe–Let’s Go, Let’s Go, Let’s Go (Monument)
• Elvis Presley–Too Much (RCA Victor)
• The Swans–You Better Be a Good Girl Now (Swan)
• The Marquees–Santa Done Got Hip (Warner Bros.)
• The Monterays–Push-Em Up (Ultima)
• The Daylighters–Oh Mom (Teach Me How to Uncle Willie) (Tip Top)
• Danny White–The Twitch (Frisco)
• The Capitols–Soul Soul (Karen)
• The Five Royales–I Like It Like That (Smash)
• Hollywood Flames–Buzz-Buzz-Buzz (Ebb)
• Meep Meep and the Roadrunner–Justine (Boomerang)
• Eddie and the Showmen–Squad Car (Liberty)
• Juanucho Lopez and His Orchestra; vocalist: Mon Rivera–El Twist (Spanoramic)
• Inez Conway–The Twirl (Emrson)
• The Shirelles–Slop Time (Decca)
• Brenda & the Tabulations–The Wash (Dionn)
• Stan Vincent–Hot Fudge Sundaes & Pizza Pies (Felice)
• Betty James–I Like the Way You Walk (Chess)
• Jimmy Witherspoon–Hey Mrs. Jones (Reprise)
• Barbara Lynn–Until I’m Free (Tribe)
• The Popular Five–Sh-Boom (Rae Cox)
• Howlin’ Wolf–Hidden Charms (Chess)
• Johnny Kidd and the Pirates–Shakin’ All Over (His Master’s Voice; UK)
• Eddie Fontaine–Nothin’ Shakin’ (But the Leaves on the Trees) (Sunbeam)
• Jimmie Raney & Slim Slaugher–You Drink too Much Booze (Jo-Dee)
• Ray Allen & the Upbeats–La Bamba (Blast)
• James ‘Red’ Holloway–Ala Carte (Mad)
• Richard Caiton–Listen to the Drums (G.N.P. Crescendo)
• Fats Domino–Wigs (ABC-Paramount)
• Buddy Guy–I Dig Your Wig (Chess)
• Mighty Sparrow–Calypso Boogaloo (RA; West Indies)
• Baby Jean–If You Wanna (Stacy)
• Guitar Gable and the Musical Kings–Congo Mombo (Excello)
• Jack Costanzo–Cowabunga (Wow!) (Mosaic)
• K. J. Knight and the Niteriders–Mo-Jo (Sound Patterns)
• Volcanos; vocal: Johnny Duke–Oh Oh Mojo (Tailspinn)
• Sonny Burgess–Red Headed Woman (Sun)
• Saxie Russell–El Monkey (Ran-Dee)
• Little Bob–I Got Loaded (La Louisianne)
• Judy Jae and the Moonglows–Twisteree (Brosh/Jacob Carle)
• Elwood James–Arkansas Jane (Bonanza)
• Tony & the Technics—Workout With Your Pretty Girl (Chex)
• Wanda Jackson–Let’s Have a Party (Capitol)
• Paul Peek–The Rock-A-Round (National Recording Corp.)
• The Roosters–Fun House (Felsted)
• Lattimore Brown–Say What (Duchess)
• Don and Dewey–Koko Joe (Specialty)
• ‘Flick’ Gipson and the Sliders–Footloose and Fancy Free (Specialty)
• Rick Lancelot–Hoo Doo Man (RCA Victor)
• Ruth Brown–Daddy Daddy (Atlantic)
• The Grandisons–All Right (RCA Victor)
• Wynonie Harris–Down Boy Down (King)

None of these records are for sale.