The first Shim Sham Shimmy of the year was held on January 3, as always, at the great, stoned building called The Salt Box in Kingston, NY. It was cold outside—REALLY cold! However, DJs Pete Pop and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus brought the heat in the form of some wild and rockin’ 45 RPM records. Pete Pop was so excited about the Shimmy that he made two posters for it (see below.)

Since the event was so close to New Year’s Eve not much was expected, but folks came out—lots of folks came out—to dig the boss sounds that the DJs were puttin’ down. Miss Nancy baked some Spanish cinnamon cookies, pumpkin bread and chex mix. Needing something a little more substantive, Phast Phreddie ordered some French fries from the adjacent food truck. That was good.

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

• Santio’s Premiers–Doggin’ the Twine (Candi)
• The Yorkshires–Switch Time Part I (Mammoth)
• Jerry Cole & His Spacemen–Movin’ Surf (Capitol)
• Elliott Shavers and His Blazers–Scratch That Itch (King)
• Little Joe Cook & the Thrillers–Peanuts (OKeh)
• Rusty Bryant–Zoo Boogaloo (Pt. 1) (Prestige)
• Red Rodney Sextet; Bobby Savitt on tenor sax–Dig This Menu Please (OKeh)
• Bull Moose Jackson–More of the Same (Warwick)
• Nappy Brown–Noonie-Boonie (Savoy)
• Charles Epps–Shake That Thing (Brosh)
• Jimmy McCracklin–Head Over Flip (Imperial)
• Willie M. Thornton–The Fish (Peacock)
• Doug Clark and the Nuts–Milk the Cow (Jubilee)
• Sonny Thompson–Loco Limbo (Bethlehem)
• Gerry & the Pacemakers–Skinny Minnie (Laurie)
• The Rivieras–Let’s Go to Hawaii (Riviera)
• Larry Williams–She Said ‘Yeah’ (Specialty)
• Floyd Dixon & His Orch.–Dance the Thing (Kent)
• King Solomon–Separation (Mader-D)
• The Blendells–Huggie’s Bunnies (Reprise)
• Big Walter and the Thunderbirds–Watusie Freeze Part 1 (Myrl)
• Steve Alaimo–Mashed Potatoes (Checker)
• Margie Hendrix–(I’ve Got) Your Mama’s Recipe (Sound Stage 7)
• Otis Brown–The Willie Bop (ExSPECTmore)
• John Greer–We Wanna See Santa Do the Mambo (Groove)
• Byron Gosh Group–Disgusting (Golden Crest)
• Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers–No Problem [from EP Les Liaisons Dangereu] (Fontana; Japan)
• Chuck Willis–Caldonia (OKeh)
• Dinah Shore–Thirteen Men (RCA Victor)
• Doris Drew–Gumbo Ya Ya (Mercury)
• Saxie Russell–Psychedelic Soul – Part 1 (Thomas)
• Don Covay–Wiggle Wobble (Cameo)
• Sonny Til and the Orioles–The Wobble (Charlie Parker)
• Bubbles Banles and Beads–New Corona Wobble (Claridge)
• The Chestnuts–Wobble Shank (Coral)
• Bobby Miller–Uncle Willie Time (Constellation)
• The Bel Airs–Mr. Moto (Arvee)
• Hal Blaine (The Drummer Man) and The Young Cougars–Challenger II (RCA Victor)
• Blues Rags ‘n’ Hollers–I Just Want to Make Love to You (Leedon; Australia)
• Los Belmont’s–Amarrado (Glad All Over) (Orfeon; Mexico)
• Pedrito Ramirez con Los Yogis–Louie Louie (Discos Angelo; Mexico)
• Joey Welz and the Kidd Bros.–The Ooby Duby (Bat)
• Rock-A-Teens–Woo-Hoo (Roulette)
• Elvis Presley–Hound Dog (RCA Victor)
• Bill Haley and His Comets–Rock the Joint (Decca)
• Red Prysock–Red Speaks (Mercury)
• James Brown and Famous Flames–Tell Me What You’re Gonna Do (King)
• Wynona Carr–I’m Mad at You (Specialty)
• Julito y the Latin Lads–Nunca (Rico-Vox)
• Lee Tillman–Tarzan (Sonora)
• Clive Wilson & the Skatalites–One Ska One Ounce of Weed One Beer (Federal/Dub Store; Japan)
• Billy Adams–Got My Mojo Workin’ (Sun)
• Ba Ba Thomas–Miss Shake It (King)
• Los Hooligans–Agujetas Color de Rosa (CBS; Mexico)
• Millie Vernon–Bloodshot Eyes (Argo)
• The 3 Honeydrops–Rockin Satellite (Music City)
• Jean Roger et Denyse Filiatraut–Twist Contre Twist (Barclay;Canada)
• Sam Butera and the Witnesses–Come on and Do the Twist (Capitol)
• Jackie y Los Ciclones–Twisteando Hasta El Amanecer (Twisting the Night Away) [from EP Limbo Rock Y Twist] (CBS; Argentina)
• The Genies–Twistin’ Pneumonia (Warwick)
• Smokey Smothers–Twist With Me Annie (Federal)
• Howlin’ Wolf–Little Girl (Pye International)
• Lee Maye–At the Party (Tower)
• Carl Wayne and the Vikings–Shimmy Shammy Jingle (ABC-Paramount)
• Len Barry–Don’t Come Back (Cameo)
• Jack Daniels Orchestra–The Loop (Jerden)
• Hoyt Axton–Bring Your Lovin’ (Vee Jay)
• Canned Heat–Rollin’ and Tumblin’ (Liberty)
• The Ambertones–Charlena (GNP Crescendo)
• Los Rockin’ Devil’s–La Pequeña Marilu (I’m Blue) (Orfeon; Mexico)
• The Daychords–One More Time (Don-El)

None of these records are for sale!