October held another Wild Weekend: Do The 45 was held on Friday the 10th and the Shim Sham Shimmy took place the next evening—the 11th. The Salt Box had rented out the upstairs Rumpus Room, where the Shimmy usually takes place, to a wedding party of some sort, so Pete Pop and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus set up their DJ equipment downstairs in what is known as the Brown Room. We call it the Dog Room because hanging on its walls are several velvet paintings of dogs. The Dog Room is a little more cramped, but hey, we’re all friends here.

A few folks from the wedding party ventured into the Dog Room to dig the Shimmy action. Some of them danced around. One fellow requested some contemporary songs that were not pressed on 45 RPM records, the media used at the Shimmy. After being denied the satisfaction of hearing those songs, he asked Pete Pop, “What are you trying to accomplish here?”

The Shim Sham Shimmy accomplishes this: Super boss records from years past played at a sufficient volume for dancing and drinking, allowing folks to lose their inhibitions and loosen up their respective wigs. Open-minded folks will dig it and act accordingly. Others will need to have their edges rounded out before they can comprehend the sublimeness of the situation. Whatever—the Shim Sham Shimmy will be there when these folks are ready to groove.

For this event, Miss Nancy made some baklava and chex mix. Man that baklava was good and it went fast!!!

DJs Pete Pop and Phast Phreddie played their records into the wee hours of the morning, until finally the Salt Box folks pulled the plug and everybody went home. Because Halloween is in October, some seasonal sounds were included in their selections.

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

• Edgar Blanchard–Let’s Get It (Ric)
• The Avalons–Sugar Sugar (Groove)
• Richard Berry and the Pharaohs–Have Love Will Travel (Flip)
• Fats Domino–All By Myself (Imperial)
• Rosco Gordon–The Dilly Bop (Duke)
• Frankie Stein & His Ghouls–Weerdo the Wolf (Power)
• Elmer Parker and the Light Lighters–I Like the Way You Walk (Music Clef)
• Davey Summers–Calling All Cars (Vim)
• Carl Perkins–Blue Suede Shoes (Sun)
• The Jaguars–Exit 6 (Epic)
• Jackie Seven–Blue-Jean’s Rock (Vogue Productions; France)
• Eddie Burns–(Don’t Be) Messing With My Bread (Harvey)
• Jesse and Buzzy–Goin’ Back to New Orleans (Savoy)
• The Groundhogs–Shake It (Interphon)
• Ray Peterson–Fever (RCA Victor)
• The Majestics–Oasis Part 1 (Chess)
• The Dells–The (Bossa Nova) Bird (Argo)
• The El Capris–Safari – (Part 2) (Ring-O)
• Dee Clark–Hey Little Girl (Abner)
• Rufus Hound Dog Thomas Jr.–Bear Cat (Sun/Third Man)
• The Isley Brothers–Twist and Shout (Wand)
• Hank Ballard and the Midnighters–The Hoochi Coochi Coo (King)
• The Royal Lancers–Good Good Lovin’ (Hi Mar)
• The Buddy Lucas Band–Night Train (VIM)
• The Rivals–Hollin’ for My Darlin’ (Wand)
• Smokestack Lightnin’–Nadine (White Whale)
• The Human Beinz–Turn on Your Love Light (Capitol)
• The Who–Shout and Shimmy (Brunswick; UK)
• Dale Hawkins–Number Nine Train (Norton)
• Sammy Davis Jr.–Get Out of the Car (Decca)
• Paul Revere & the Raiders–Groovey (Gardena)
• The Clee-Shays–The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (Triumph)
• Los Belking’s–Bolido de Fuego (Virrey; Peru)
• Bill Haley y Sus Cometas–Mish-Mash Monkey (Orfeon; Mexico)
• Howlin’ Wolf–Nature (Chess)
• The Grand Prees featuring Douglass Pettijohn–Jungle Fever (Golden Groove)
• The Kact-Ties–Mr. Were-Wolf (Kape)
• The Johnson Brothers–Zombie Lou (Valor)
• Elvis Presley with the Jordanaires–All Shook Up (RCA Victor)
• Phil Flowers with the T.N.T. Tribble Combo–Twistin’ Beat (Domino)
• Billy Boy–School Time (Bluesville)
• Slim Harpo–Little Queen Bee (Got a Brand New King) (Excello)
• Roman Carter–Queen Bee (Jewel)
• Jimmy Shaw–Big Chief Hug-Um an’ Kiss-Um (Imperial)
• Red Prysock–Can’t Sit Down (King)
• The Zodiacs–Renegade (Treasure Island/Duke Reid Classics; Japan)
• The Midnighters–It’s Love Baby (24 Hours a Day) (Federal)
• Jessie Hill–Whip It on Me (Minit)
• Gino Washington–Romeo (W.I.G.)
• Joe Simon–When You’re Near (Vee-Jay)
• Rockin Robin Roberts–Louie Louie (Etiquette)
• Big Jay McNeely and Band vocal by Little Sonny Warner–Psycho Serenade (Swingin’)
• Sharkey Todd and His Monsters–The Horror Show (Capitol)
• Bill Doggett–Monster Party (King)
• Alfredito and His Orchestra–Mambo Train (Rainbow)
• The Renegade Five–Seventh Son (Conte)
• King Size Taylor and the Dominoes–I Can Tell (Midnight)
• Johnny Green and the Green Men–Something You Got (Emerald)
• David John and the Mood–Bring it to Jerome (Parlophone; UK)
• Casey Jones & the Governors–Don’t Ha Ha (Philips)
• The Combo’s Men Show–Tout Éclate… Tout Explose (Vega; France)
• The Upperclassmen–Cha Cha With the Zombies (Freedom)
• The Marquis–Popcorn Willie (Rainbow)
• The Invectors–The Wiggle (TPE)
• The Satellite Band–Party at Vern’s (Delcro)
• The Crescents featuring Chiyo–Pink Dominos (Era)
• Jerry McCain and his Harmonica–Turn the Lights on Popeye (OKeh)
• Buddy Guy–Scraping (Chess)
• The Jags–The Hunch (London)
• Jan Davis–Fugitive (A&M)
• Sonny Terry–Hootin’ (Choice)

None of these records are for sale.