Spring into the Shim Sham Shimmy!

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The Shim Sham Shimmy takes place on the first Saturday of the month. That must be why DJs Pete Pop and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus were stationed inside the friendly confines of The Salt Box in Kingston armed with their super-boss 45 RPM records on April 4. They had the upstairs jumpin’ with their fine selection of R&B, Blues, Rock’n’Roll, Rockabilly and all sorts of things that go WHAM in the night! A bunch of our pals showed up, including our new friend Eric, who is getting ready to move to Italy with his wife. Always happy to see him, and hope we can see him at every Salt Box event until he has left the continent.

Pete Pop—who must be the busiest reet music DJ in the Hudson Valley—was scheduled to spin records at an Easter Sunday brunch event the next day, so he ditched out a little early. Thus, the night was set-up with the Phast Man’s equipment, which included the Bat Signal! As usual, Miss Nancy made some yummy treats and the folks in the upstairs Rumpus Room were boppin’ all night.

Here’s a list of the hot records played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus at the April Shim Sham Shimmy including a bunch of Popeye records:

  • Ronnie Kole Trio–Flight of the Green Hornet (White Cliffs)
  • Gabor Szabo–Spellbinder (Impulse)
  • Freddie Roach–Party Time (Blue Note)
  • Willene Barton and Her Trio–Rice Pudding (Skymac)
  • Roland Alphonso–Pipeline (King Edwards; UK)
  • Sugar Chile Robinson–The Hunkie Man (Capitol)
  • Screamin’ Jay Hawkins–Baptize Me in Wine (Apollo)
  • Otis Rush–Sit Down Baby (Cobra)
  • Muddy Waters–Messin’ With the Man (Chess)
  • James Cotton–Complete This Order (Loma)
  • The Turks–Hully Gully (Class)
  • Joe Mondo & His Combo–Doin’ the Thing (EPI)
  • Curtis Lee–A Night at Daddy Gee’s (Dunes)
  • Chuck Wiley–Tear It Up (United Artists)
  • Bracey Everett–The Lover’s Curse (Atlantic)
  • The Sisters–Oo Poo Pa Doo (Del Fi)
  • The “5” Royales–Monkey Hips and Rice (King)
  • Sally Stanley–I’ll Have to Let You Go (Excello)
  • Ruby Lee–I’m Gonna Put a Watch on You (24 Hours a Day) (Poptone)
  • Jay Stutes and the Swamp Pickers–Sugar Bee (Goldband)
  • Red Prysock and His Rock and Rollers–Jackpot (Red Robin)
  • Charles Epps–Rock With the Boogie (Twist) (Brosh)
  • The Chello’s–Chicken Back Twist (WFW)
  • Dee Dee Sharp–Mashed Potato Time (Cameo)
  • Al Raymond & His Big Band–Tequilla (Mutual)
  • James Davis–Doodle Bee (Federal)
  • Kai-Ray–I Want Some of That (Shooting Star)
  • Yardbirds–I Wish You Would (Epic)
  • Ko Ko Taylor–Wang Dang Doodle (Checker)
  • Howlin’ Wolf–I Asked for Water (Chess)
  • The Ramada Singers–Wade in the Water (Su-Ann)
  • The Staple Singers–This May Be the Last Time (Sharp)
  • Mable John–Who Wouldn’t Want a Man Like That (Tamla)
  • Riff Ruffin–No More (Ebb)
  • Bo Diddley–Merengue (Sleazy; Spain)
  • The Robins–Doing the Popeye (New-Hit)
  • Ernie K-Doe–Popeye Joe (Minit)
  • The Del-Knights–Everybody Popeye (Bronko)
  • Wardell & the Sultans–The Original Popeye (Imperial)
  • Earl Forest–Beale Street Popeye (Duke)
  • The Iketts–Camel Walk (Modern)
  • Joe Dermontte–The Frug (Reams)
  • Trevor Payne–Fa Fa Fa (R&B; Canada)
  • Toni Dee–My Babe (Brunswick)
  • Georgie Woods & Jimmy Bishop–Oooh-Ow! Part I (Uptown)
  • Al Perkins and Betty Bibbs–Homework (U.S.A.)
  • The Torques–Bumpin (Lemco)
  • Eldridge Holmes–Humpback (Jet Set)
  • Joe Turner and His Blues Kings–Well All Right (Atlantic)
  • The Millionaires–Arkansas Jane (Cadillac)
  • Gooftones–Look Out! (Javelin)
  • Eddie Cochran–My Way (Liberty; UK)
  • Freddie Bell and the Bellboys–Rockin’ Is My Business (Mercury)
  • Fred Latremoille–Good Lovin’ (London; Canada)
  • Jerry Lee Lewis–High School Confidential (Sun)
  • The T-R’s–Soul Meeting (West-End)
  • Dicky Williams–Tee-Na-Na (Vin)
  • Jiv-A-Tones–Flirty Gertie (Felsted)
  • The Pacers–Settin’ the Pace (Gemini)
  • Warren Lee–The Uh-Huh (Ron)
  • Marvin Rainwater–My Brand of Blues (M-G-M)
  • Clifton Chenier–Hot Rod (Bayou)
  • Earl King–I’ll Take You Back Home (Ace)
  • Slim Harpo–I Got Love If You Want It (Excello)
  • Red Rodney Sextet; Bobby Savitt on tenor sax–Red’s Mambo (OKeh)
  • Ray Charles–It Should’ve Been Me (Atlantic)
  • The Rumblers–Boss Soul (Downey)
  • The Atlantics–Teensville (CBS; Italy)
  • Paul Revere & the Raiders–Swim (Columbia)
  • Roy Brown–Melinda (King)
  • The Treniers–Rock-A-Beatin’ Boogie (OKeh)
  • Jimmy Tyler Orchestra–Callin’ All Chickens (Federal)
  • Joe Turner with Howard Biggs Orch.–Jump for Joy (Atlantic)
  • Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys–So Let’s Rock (Decca)
  • T-Bone Walker–Papa Ain’t Salty (Atlantic)
  • J.B. Lenior–Don’t Touch My Head!!! (Checker)
  • Don and Dewey–Jungle Hop (Specialty)
  • The Chessmen–Meadowlands (London)
  • Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra–Jazz Me Blues (Mercury)
  • George Hudson–I’m Popeye the Sailor Man (Capitol)
  • Lamont Anthony–Popeye (Anna)
  • The Buttons–Popeye Does the Mashed Potatoes (Columbia; Japan)
  • Leroy Jones & His Band–Check Mr. Popeye (Giant)
  • Lonnie Brooks–The Popeye (Midas)
  • The Surfaris–Wild Weekend (Dot; Japan)
  • Jimmy Rogers–Rock This House (Chess)
  • Bill Haley & His Comets–Riviera (Gone)
  • Red Prysock–Zip (Mercury)
  • Alf Newman–It’s A Gas (Golden 12; Germany)

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