Do The Holiday Madness!

On December 12, Do The 45 took place as scheduled at Quinn’s—that groovy rock and ramen joint on Main Street in Beacon, NY. Because of its close proximity to Christmas, host DJs Pete Pop and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus invited radio personality Vince Vincent to come play a set of rockin’ holiday records. Man, that was a gas—he even showed up in an appropriate green/red outfit and shook jingle bells. That Mr. Vincent really knows how to entertain a crowd.

Meanwhile, Pop and Phast, wearing Santa hats, played their usual trash. Go-Go dancer Bella Bombora gyrated in an artistic manner and was often joined on the raised dance floor by folks mesmerized by the music. Quinn’s was packed with partyin’ patrons who bopped around to the wild beats.

Most of the holiday records played that night were the ones Mr. Vincent played. However, The Phast Man played a handful—including two from 12” LPs that actually spun at 33 1/3 RPM. What a rebel!! Here’s a list of everything he played:

None of these records are for sale.

Only at the Shim Sham Shimmy!

The Salt Box at night!

On December 6, the Shim Sham Shimmy returned to the Salt Box in Kingston for another spinning of wild and rockin’ rekkids! DJs Pete Pop and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus were on hand to comply.

Mr. Pop and Mr. Phreddie have comfortably settled into the new DJ format of trading five-song sets. Some of the songs seem to be related—very often they are not. In any case, the records were wild and wooly and they kept the Salt Box punters on their feet and swingin’ all night.

At one point, Mr. Pop turned to Phast and asked, “Where else are you going to hear these records? Nobody’s playing them in any other club in the world!!” He is correct, of course. Only at the Shim Sham Shimmy will you be able to dig, dance and drink to such fabulous records.

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

  • The Kingsmen–Dig This (Jalynne)
  • King Krooners; Little Rico–School Daze (Excello)
  • Vic Thomas–Village of Love (Philips)
  • Johnny Copeland–Heebie Jeebies (Paradise)
  • Ray Reid–Move It on Over (M-G-M)
  • The Chitlins–Next Time You See Me (Pala)
  • The Originals–Stick Shift ‘65 (Van)
  • Little Sammy Johns and the Eldorados–Doing the Roach (Lifetime)
  • The Fascinators–Fried Chicken and Macaroni (Capitol)
  • Oliver Morgan–Hold Your Dog (GNP Crescendo)
  • Johnny Ace; Johnny Board’s Orch.–No Money (Duke)
  • Edgar Blanchard and His Band featuring Roy Montrell–Ricki-Ticki-Too (Specialty)
  • The Everly Brothers–Bird Dog (Cadence)
  • Elmore James–Shake Your Money Maker (Enjoy)
  • Ricky Wynn–Shaking Rolling Boogie (Campbell)
  • Vito and the Salutations–I Want You to Be My Baby (Boom)
  • Joe Graves–See Saw (Parkway)
  • Bill & Will–Goin’ to the River (Checker)
  • Eddie Bo–Baby I’m Wise (Apollo)
  • The Marcels–Blue Moon (Colpix)
  • Roy Orbison & Teen Kings–Go Go Go (Sun)
  • Los Teen Tops–Popotitos (Columbia; Mexico)
  • Marvin Paul–None of Your Business (Van)
  • Richie Moreland–Mailman Blues (Imperial)
  • Royale Monarchs featuring Roger Stafford–(Hey) Surfs Up (Dell Star)
  • Marty & the Merits–Hey Let’s Twist (Kenilworth)
  • The Dothans–Bony Maronie Twist (Heart)
  • J. T. Ratliff–Twisting & Shaking (Petal)
  • Damal & Rasheed–Twistin’ in the Tub (Great)
  • Rocket-Tones–Everybody’s Doin’ the Twist (Operators)
  • The Impacs–Your Mama Put the Hurt on Me (King)
  • Billy Watkins–I Wanna Know (Chess)
  • Al Reed–Sorry About That (Axe)
  • Howllin’ Wolf–Howlin’ for My Darling (Chess)
  • Eddie “Blues Man” Kirkland–Train Done Gone (Tru-Sound)
  • The Wailers–Mashi (Imperial)
  • The Crickets–Oh Boy (Brunswick)
  • Pierre Laurendeau–La La La La La (Ideal; Canada)
  • The Trippers–Keep a Knockin’ (Dot)
  • The Golden Nuggets–Surf Everybody (Hawk)
  • Mel ‘n Dee–Monkey Shine (Sandy)
  • Horace Bailey–Cool Monkey (Delene)
  • Freddy Cannon–Everybody Monkey (Swan)
  • The Dovells–Stop Monkeyin’ Aroun’ (Parkway)
  • The Lollipops–Don’t Monkey With Me (RCA Victor)
  • Big Jay McNeely and Band vocal by Little Sonny Warner–Psycho Serenade (Swingin’)
  • Wendy Rene–Bar-B-Q (Stax)
  • Herman Jones & the Kilts featuring Tony La Mar–Mashed Potatoes (Caynote)
  • Isley Brothers–Just One More Time (Atlantic)
  • Bo Diddley–Do the Frog (Checker)
  • Eddie Kirk–The Grunt (Fortune)
  • James Brown and the Famous Flames–That Dood It (Federal)
  • Don Gardner and Band–Dog Eat Dog (Tifton)
  • Jack Harris and the Arabians–Dog Wild (Witch)
  • The Rumblers–Bugged (Dot)
  • Billy Riley and the Little Green Men–Flying Saucers Rock ‘n’ Roll (Sun)
  • Roy Head and the Traits–Teen-Age Letter (Back Beat)
  • Bill Haley and His Comets–Rip It Up (Decca)
  • Big Boy Myles and the Shaw-wees–Who’s Been Fooling You? (Specialty)
  • The Terri-Tones–Go (Cortland)
  • Eddie Bo–Shake Rock and Soul (Cinderella)
  • Huey Smith & the Clowns–He’s Back Again (Constellation)
  • Art Neville–Cha Dooky-Doo (Specialty)
  • Smiley Lewis–She’s Got Me Hook Line & Sinker (Imperial)
  • Roddy Jackson and his Band–Moose on the Loose (Specialty)
  • Dick Dale and the Del-Tones–Mr. Eliminator (Capitol)
  • The Rhythmaires–Hill’s Concerto (Part One) (Surf)
  • The Strangers–Hill Stomp (Titan)
  • The Trashmen–Church Key (Sundazed)
  • Tito Puente–Loco Bossa Nova (Roulette)
  • Les Chats Sauvages–Je Veux Tout Ce Que Tu Veux (Pathé; France)
  • Johnny Hallyday–La Faute au Twist (Philips; France)
  • Eddie Reardon–Who Is Eddy? (Brunswick)
  • Gas Head–You Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone (Paradise)
  • Alf Newman–It’s A Gas (Golden 12; Germany)

None of these records are for sale.

All Good at Funky Kingston!

Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus and Nogood Nick swing at the Funky Kingston!

The last weekend of November was another wild one. On the Friday, which was the day after Thanksgiving, Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus filled in at Smash! Crash! Bash! with Pete Pop. The next night he hosted the Funky Kingston—a night of boss funk and reggae—with guest DJ Noogood Nick. All of this action took place at the Salt Box—Kingston, NY’s swingin’est night club.

Nogood Nick in action!

Nogood Nick is a cool cat daddy who we know from the DJ wars in New York City. He was a popular guest DJ at the Subway Soul Club, the Dynagroove, the Wham-O Watusi and several other fabulous DJ nights. Plus, he hosted his own Rip! Rig! Panic! dance party that was such a gas. He also has an occasional show on the WFMU Give the Drummer Radio stream called Electric Lazy Susan. He came all the way up from the Big City and played some fantastic records for the Funky Kingston faithful. He swung with us last year and we had to have him back.

The Funky Kingston takes place on the fifth Saturday of the month—when there is one. The next one is scheduled for January 31, 2026. Mark it in your mind, be clean and make the scene.

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

Special guest appearance by Bella Bombora!!!

None of these records are for sale.

Smash! Crash! Bash! Goes Cold Turkey!

On the day after Thanksgiving, our friends Peter Aaron and Sean McDJ were scheduled to work the dog at the Salt Box for their fabulous Smash! Crash! Bash! DJ night—it was the last Friday of the month. However, both of them have parents who are aged and ailing with whom they wanted to spend the Thanksgiving weekend with, so they bowed out of the gig. The Smash! Crash! Bash! needed to go on, so subbing for them was Pete Pop and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus.

Since the Smash! Crash! Bash! regulars are accustomed to digging punk and new wave records —and generally rockin’ records from the seventies and eighties and even newer—at these events, that’s what Mr. Pop and El Rapido brought to the show. In fact, Pete Pop went so far as to play LP tracks from actual 12” long-playing albums—something he never does!!! There are photos to prove it!

Because the Funky Kingston (fifth Saturday of the month, when there is one) was scheduled for the next night, Phast Phreddie brought his DJ gear; thus the presence of the Bat Signal! Once again, Miss Nancy supplied some yummy treats. A whole bunch of our friends showed up and the entire night was a swingin’ success. It was so successful that Mr. Pop and the Phast One were asked to return for the next Smash! Crash! Bash! on the day after Christmas for the same reason! Make that scene, won’t you?

Here’s a list of all the records played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus at the November Smash! Crash! Bash!:

None of these records are for sale!

The Return of Vanna Vroom!

Bella Bombora and Vanna Vroom swing at Do The 45!!!

On November 14, Do The 45 attendees were in for a special treat: the appearance of Go-Go dancer Vanna Vroom! Or the re-appearance, actually, as Miss Vroom used to dance at all the Do The 45s before the Trump virus closed everything down back in 2020. Back in those days, she lived in close proximation of Beacon—home of Quinn’s, home of Do The 45. She has since moved down south somewhere. So this was a homecoming, of sorts, and a grand one it was. She and the regularly featured Do the 45 Go-Go dancer Bella Bombora made the night a complete joy. The regular Do The 45 DJs, Pete Pop and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus did their solid best at playing great records that kept the Go-Go dancers jumping all night. Several of our friends came out for the special occasion, including Karen the Rock’n’Roll Nurse, Stu Millman of The Greyhounds, and Paula & Amanda of the Paula & Amanda Show.

Here’s a list of all the records played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus at the November Do The 45 Rock’n’Soul dance party:

  • The Marketts–Theme from The Avengers (Warner Bros.)
  • The Surfmen–The Ghost Hop (Titan)
  • The Jaguars–Scat Car Scat (Duchess)
  • Travis Wammack–Scratchy (ARA)
  • The Ventures–Green Onions (Liberty; France)
  • Dan Penn–Willie and the Hand Jive (M-G-M)
  • Pink Floyd–Arnold Layne (Columbia; UK)
  • Roslyn Kind–The Shape of Things to Come (RCA)
  • The Shirelles–Sha-La-La (Scepter)
  • The Del-mars–Snacky Poo – Part 1 (Mercury)
  • Ronnie Bird–Chante (I Can Only Give You Everything) (Philips; France)
  • Dale Kahr & Christy Boughn–Black Is Black (Foggy Love)
  • The Hour Glass–Heartbeat (Liberty)
  • The Us Four–The Alligator (Rising Sons)
  • The Pin-Ups–Looking For Boys (Stork)
  • Nancy Sinatra–Run For Your Life (Reprise; France)
  • Jacky Moulière–Lam’di Lam’ (Mickey’s Monkey) (Disques Salvador; France)
  • Isley Brothers–This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You) (Tamla/Motown)
  • The Andrew Oldham Orchestra–I Get Around (Parrot)
  • Cliff Richard–Forty Days (Columbia; France)
  • The Sharpees–Do the 45 (One-Derful!)
  • James Brown and the Famous Flames–Night Train (King)
  • The Sonics–The Witch (instrumental) (Klooks Kleek; UK)
  • MC5–Tutti-Frutti (Atlantic; Germany)
  • The Other Half–Mr. Pharmacist (GNP Crescendo)
  • The Atlantics–Bombora (CBS; Netherlands)
  • Prini–Boogaloo (Beverly; Brazil)
  • The Tracers–She Said Yeah (Sully)
  • 006–Like What Me Worry (Red Bird)
  • The Creation–Making Time (Planet)
  • Julian Covey & the Machine–A Little Bit Hurt (Philips)
  • Les Problèmes–Il Suffirait d’ Un Rien (Disques Vogue; France)
  • The Chocolate Watchband–Sweet Young Thing (Uptown)
  • The Dave Clark Five–Concentration Baby (Epic)
  • Debra Swisher–You’re So Good to Me (Boom)
  • Los Rockin’ Devils–Soy Feliz (I Got You) (Orfeon; Mexico)
  • Big Mama Thornton and Her Houndogs–Wade in the Water (Arhoolie)
  • Butlers–She Tried to Kiss Me (All I Could Do Was Run) (Liberty Bell)
  • Ray Anthony–C’mon and Swim (Capitol)
  • Bobby Freeman–The Duck (Autumn)
  • The Sensational Guitars of Dan & Dale–Batman Theme (Tifton)
  • The Baskerville Hounds–Space Rock – Part 2 (Tema)
  • Sandy Nelson–Big Noise From the Jungle (Imperial)
  • The Defiant Ones–Defiant Drums #2 (Real Fine)
  • The Demonstrators–Ultra-Violet (Warner Bros.)
  • The Nick Venet Orchestra–Main Theme From Out of Sight (Decca)
  • Power of Blue–Cool Jerk (MTA)
  • Lee Moses–Day Tripper (Musicor)
  • Truman Thomas–Respect (Veep)
  • The Pageants–She Is Your Girl (Groove)
  • The Surfaris–Psyche-Out (Felsted)
  • Jamo Thomas & His Party Brothers Orchestra–I Spy (For the FBI) (Thomas)
  • Angie Hester–Bump Step (ABC)

None of these records are for sale.

Shim Sham Shocking!

On the Day after Halloween, Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus returned to the Salt Box with host DJ Pete Pop for the November Shim Sham Shimmy. This was sort of cultural whiplash. At the Halloween Smash! Crash! Bash! the Phast One played records mostly from the seventies and after. The next night he was playing mostly records from the early sixties and before! Also, due to the Shimmy’s close proximity to the spooky holiday, several monster-oriented songs were included.

Plus, several attendees came in costume—including our friends Eric & Leyla with their nephew.

In all, it was a fun night—as every night at the Salt Box is fun. Hope to see all the Boogaloo Bag readers at the next Shim Sham Shimmy, which is held on the first Saturday of the month.

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

  • Dave Hamilton and His Peppers–Cooter Bug (Fortune)
  • Lee Allen and His Band–Boppin’ at the Hop (Ember)
  • The Sherwoods–El Scorpion (Maggie)
  • Stan Freberg with the Toads–Wide-Screen Mama Blues (Capitol)
  • Albert King–I Get Evil (Bobbin)
  • The Wolf Man–Strange (OKeh)
  • Kact-Ties–Mr. Were-Wolf (Kape)
  • The Frantics–Werewolf (Dolton)
  • Randy Fuller–Wolfman (Mustang)
  • Johnny Watson–Wolfman (OKeh)
  • Bunker Hill–Red Ridin’ Hood and the Wolf (Mala)
  • The Cellos–Rang Tang Ding Dong (I Am the Japanese Sandman) (Apollo)
  • Pig Meat Markham–Let’s Have Some Heat (Cosmopolitan)
  • El Pauling and Royal Abbit–Come On Let’s Have a Good Time (Federal)
  • The Pleasures–If I Had a Little Money (Catch)
  • The Bel-Aires–Space Walk (Arc)
  • Aaron Neville–Space Man (Parlo)
  • Jimmie Haskell and Orchestra–Rockin’ in the Orbit (Space Satellite) (Imperial)
  • [no artist listed]–Space Battle (Stories In Sound)
  • Mike Adkins–The Invaders Are Here (RCA Victor)
  • Roy Lee Johnson–Busybody (OKeh)
  • Junior Wells–You Oughta Quit That (Bright Star)
  • Eldridge Holmes–Popcorn Pop Pop (Alon)
  • Alvin Cash–Poppin’ Popcorn (Toddlin’ Town)
  • Supremes–Buttered Popcorn (Tamla)
  • Troy Thompson Band–1-2-3 (Dee Dee)
  • Little Caesar and the Romans–Popeye One More Time (Del-Fi)
  • Freddy King and His Orchestra–Double Eyed Wammy (King)
  • Millie Rodgers–There You Go (Ultima)
  • Roberto Carlos–Gato Negro (CBS; Mexico)
  • Los Babys–Jinetes en el Cielo (Peerless; Mexico)
  • The Castle Kings–You Can Get Him – Frankenstein (Atlantic)
  • Eddie Thomas–Frankenstein Rock (Spinning)
  • The Four Comets; Rock Ragge vocal–Ball-Room Baby [from EP The Blue Comets Vol. 2] (Discs Vogue; France)
  • Los Teen Tops–La Plaga (Columbia; Argentina)
  • Ray Charles–Early in the Morning (Atlantic)
  • The Goodtimers–Twistin’ Train (Epic)
  • Johnny Angel & the Halos–The Mashed Potato Stomp (Felsted)
  • Little Alfred with Berry Cups–The Mashed Potatoes Back Again (Lyric)
  • Lulu & the Luvers–Shout (Decca; UK)
  • The Who–Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Decca)
  • Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band–Electricity (Buddah; UK)
  • Howlin’ Wolf–Going Back Home (Chess)
  • Larry Liggett–Ma Ma Yoquiero Mambo (Chess)
  • Josephine Premice–Hollywood Calypso [from EP Calypso] (Disques Vogue; France)
  • Buddy Morrow and His Orchestra–Rock ‘n Roll (Mercury)
  • Willie Dixon and the Big Wheels–Uncle Willie’s Got a Thing Going On (Federal)
  • Roberto Carlos–Noite de Terror [from EP Canta Para Juventude – Vol. III] (Discos CBS; Brazil)
  • The Regents–Barbara-Ann (Gee)
  • El Toro et les Cyclones–Vingtième Étage (Vogue; France)
  • Eddie Cochran–Latch On [from EP Pink-Peg Slacks] (Rockstar; UK)
  • Clint Miller–Bertha Lou (ABC-Paramount)
  • Mindy Lee–Let’s Go (Seg-Way)
  • Little Richard–Heeby-Jeebies (Specialty)
  • Prince Buster’s All Stars–One Step Beyond (Blue Beat; UK)
  • The Zanies–The Blob (Era)
  • Robert Ward–I Will Fear No Evil (Groove City)
  • The Astors–In the Twilight Zone (Stax)
  • The Phonetics–Ghosts (Trudel)
  • Lacy Gibson–I Am Gonna’ Unmask the Batman (Repetto)
  • The Nite-Niks–Shawnee (Lawn)
  • Esquerita–Esquerita and the Voola (Capitol)
  • Hully Gully Boys–Yabba (Amy)
  • Ronnie Cook & the Gaylads–The Goo Goo Muck (Audan)
  • Count Yates with Orch. & Chimpanzee–Chimpanzee (Regis)
  • King Coleman–The Boo Boo Song (Part 1) (King)
  • Henri Salvador–Le Martien (The Martian Hop) (Disques Salvador; France)
  • James Red Holloway–Ala Carte (Mad)
  • The Apaches–Geronimo (Mercury)
  • Jan Davis–Watusi Zombie (Holiday)
  • Los Johnny Jets–Dracula A Go Go (Discos Columbia)
  • Merv Griffin–House of Horrors (Mercury)
  • The Holidays–Deacon Brown vs. the Devil (Galaxy)
  • The Jay-Hawks with Earl Palmer and Band–The Creature (From Outer Space) (Aladdin)
  • Johnny Cale–Shock Hop (Mercury)
  • Link Wray and His Raymen–The Shadow Knows (Swan)
  • Jessie Hill–Chip Chop (My Fair Lady) (Downy)
  • Johnny Watson–Johnny Guitar (Arvee)
  • John Lee Hooker–Doin’ the Shout (ABC)
  • Bonzo Dog Band–Slush (United Artists)

None of these songs are for sale!