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.

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!

As noted in an early Boogaloo Bag post, our friends Peter Aaron and Sean McDJ host a fabulous night called Smash! Crash! Bash! on the last Friday of the month at the Salt Box in Kingston, NY. The October Smasher landed on Halloween, which triggered two things to happen: 1) it was going to be fun; 2) Sean McDJ was bound to get another gig somewhere else that night! Both happenings happened. Due to the second happening, Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus was once more called in to sub for Mr. McDJ.

Smash! Crash! Bash! is known for its eclectic mix of all things rockin’—especially punk and new wave records. On this night, Mr. Aaron and the Phast One played those kinds of records, but also quite a bit of scary-ish type of records in order to celebrate Halloween. A funny thing happened that night—a party of about twenty folks came upstairs to the Rumpus Room where the DJs are. None of them were in costume. They hung out for about an hour then left. After that, there were a bunch of folks upstairs in all sorts of costumes; witches and goblins bopped around all night. Yeah, it was a fun night.

The most impressive costume of the night had to be the fellow in the shark outfit!

Miss Nancy was able to round up a whole lot of treats for the occasion: brownies with eyeballs in them, chex mix, a candy assortment, Fab! cookies, gummy eyeballs and a jello brain! Wow! Plus, she supplied the room with a crawling brain and a walking severed hand (as seen in the photo above)!!!

Peter Aaron played a rich variety of his punk and new wave records (and he’s got an impressive collection of that stuff), plus other rockin’ jams, as he always does. Phreddie Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus played these records:

• The Boris Gardiner Happening–Spooky (Leal, UK))
• Telco Recording Orch.–Madam Dracula (Telco; West Indies)
• The Monotones–Zombi (Argo)
• The Mothers of Invention–My Guitar (Bizarre)
• Roky Erickson–Bermuda (Rhino)
• Shorty Billups–Black Cats (Blast)
• Can–Moon Shake (United Artists)
• Bonzo Dog Band–I’m the Urban Spaceman (United Artists)
• Los Straitjackets–2000 Light Years From Home (Norton)
• Los Shain’s–Niebla Púrpura [Purple Haze] (Odeon; Peru)
• 006–Like What Me Worry (Red Bird)
• Blue Öyster Cult–Hot Rails to Hell (Columbia)
• The Fleshtones–Screamin’ Skull (I.R.S.; UK)
• Madness–Un Paso Adelante… (Stiff; Spain)
• Hollywood Hillbillys–The Lonely Surf Monster (Hollywood Hillbillys)
• The Zippers–You’re So Strange (Back Door Man)
• Patti Smith–Ask the Angels (Arista)
• Edgar Broughton Band–Apache Drop Out (Harvest; UK)
• The Untouchables–Free Yourself (Stiff; UK)
• Them–Mystic Eyes (Parrot)
• The Droogs–Ahead of My Time (Plug ‘n Socket)
• Liquid Liquid–Push (99)
• China Street–Rock Against Racism (EMI; UK)
• The Beat–Hands Off… She’s Mine (Go-Feet; UK)
• Graham Parker & the Rumour–Hey Lord Don’t Ask Me Questions (Vertigo; UK)
• Heaven 17–(We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thing (B.E.F./Virgin; UK)
• Bowie–Panic in Detroit (RCA Victor)
• Brinsley Schwarz–(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace Love and Understanding (United Artists; UK)
• Television–Venus (Elektra; Japan)
• Elvis Presley–(You’re The) Devil in Disguise (RCA Victor)
• Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias–Fuck You (Logo; UK)
• The Schizophonics–Black to Comm (Pig Baby)
• The Weirdos–We Got the Neutron Bomb (Dangerhouse)
• The Stooges–I Wanna Be Your Dog (Elektra)
• Wailers–Out of Our Tree (Etiquette)
• The Primitives–The Ostrich (Pickwick City)
• Bobby Byrd–Back From the Dead (International Brothers)
• The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble featuring Kelly Finnigan–Impeach the President (Colemine)
• [no artist listed]–Dance the Slurp (7-Eleven)
• The Bandidos–The Mark of Zorro (Elkay)
• Les Yper Sound–Psyche Rock (Fontana; Italy)
• The Green Slime–The Green Slime (M-G-M)
• Bobby Fuller and the Fanatics–Our Favorite Martian (Donna)
• Los Babys–Jinetes en el Cielo (Peerless; Mexico)
• The Gamblers–Moon Dawg! (World Pacific)
• Antoine–Un an Dans L’Amazonie (Hot Love) (Disques Vogue; France)
• The Jesus and Mary Chain–Bo Diddley Is Jesus (Blanco y Negro; UK)
• Captain Beefheart–Click Clack (Reprise)
• Rex Garvin (and the Mighty Cravers)–Strange Happenings (Chieftain)
• [no artist listed]–Space Battle (Stories In Sound)
• The El Capris–Safari – (Part 2) (Ring-O)

None of these records are for sale.

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.

On October 10, Do The 45 blew into Quinn’s in Beacon, NY and blew minds with a super blast of super boss records. DJ Pete Pop was on top of his game, swingin’ the joint from about 7:00 PM when he set up. His records were the stars of the evening, that’s for sure. Co-host Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus played a few swingin’ records, too.

The another star of the evening was Go-Go dancer Bella Bombora, who shook up a storm. Her artistic gyrations are not to be missed. Also not to be missed were Miss Nancy’s super yummy brownies with eyeballs—well it is the Halloween month, right? Also, because of the upcoming spooky holiday a few spooky records spiced up the night.

Here’s a list of all the records played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus at the October Do The 45:

• The Tokens—-Ain’t That Peculiar (Warner Bros.)
• The Sing-Rays of Newburgh–If I Needed Someone (Columbia)
• Les Chanceliers–Oogum Boogum (Citation; Canada)
• The Citations–Moon Race (Epic)
• SunshineWard–Sally Go ’Round the Roses (RCA Victor)
• Billy Lee Riley–Southern Soul (Mojo)
• Ginny Arnell–Dumb Head (M-G-M)
• The Beach Boys–Darlin’ (Capitol)
• Los Bravos–I’m All Ears (Press)
• The Togas–Baby I’m in the Mood for You (Challenge)
• Les Chevaliers du Ciel–Jet-Jerk (Philips; Canada)
• Joe August and His Band–Th Blob (Dot)
• Josie & the Pussycats–Voodoo (Capitol Creative Products)
• Ben & Spence–Ooh Poo Pah Doo (Atlantic)
• Woody Guenther & Cheaters–Bang Dangin’ Time (Shout)
• The Ambertone’s–You Don’t Know Like I Know (White Whale)
• Albert Collins–Thaw-Out (Hall)
• Claire Francis–I’ve Got My Own Thing Going (United Artists)
• Kenny Smith–Keep on Walkin’ Baby (Chess)
• The Stratfords–Throw Stones (O’Dell)
• The Ascots–Sookie Sookie (Super)
• Orquesta Monteria Swing–La Pua (Discos Fuentes; Colombia)
• Los Johnny Jets–Dracula A Go Go (Discos Columbia)
• Patrick Jaque–The Gamma Goochee (Belter; Spain)
• Greg & the Unknowns–Oscillation (Vicki)
• The Ides of March–Sha-La-La-La-Lee (Parrot)
• Los Walkysons featuring Sharon Jones–Do the Crank (Butterfly; Spain)
• The Invictas–Do It (Sahara)
• Fontella Bass–It Sure Is Good (Paula)
• Guy Ferrel–Lucille (Apex; Canada)
• Don Hosea—Uh, Huh, Unh (Sun)
• Les Lutins–Je Cherche (Carrousel; Canada)
• The Hollywood Persuaders–Hollywood A-Go-Go (Original Sound)
• Dean Parrish–Turn on Your Lovelight (Boom)
• Benny Gordon and the Soul Brothers–In the Midnight Hour (RCA Victor)
• Linda Perell–Something Funny’s Going On (Dunes)
• The Ventures–Kickstand (Dolton)
• The Hunters–Teen Scene (Fontana; UK)
• The Scot Richard Case–I’m So Glad (A-Square)
• The Summits–Hanky Panky (Harmon)
• Claude François–Cherche (Philips; France)
• The Monitors–Number One in Your Heart (V.I.P.)
• The Rolling Stones–Connection (London/Peerless; Mexico)
• Les Revoltes–Elle Va Pleurer (96 Tears) (RCA Victor Canada International; Canada)
• Los Hitter’s–Lo Que Hay Que Aguantar (Last Train to Clarksville) (Orfeon; Mexico)
• Gene Franklin & the Spacemen–Rockin’ the Fish (Kaydee)
• Iron Butterfly–In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (instrumental featuring drums and organ) (Atco-France)

None of these records are for sale.

If you’ve been a regular reader of this here Boogaloo Bag blog, then you surely must be aware of the great Do The 45 rock and soul dance party that is hosted by DJ Pete Pop on the second Friday of the month at Quinn’s in Beacon, NY. The event has become the boss place to be, as it has recently attracted several local celebrities. On September 12, Quinn’s was graced with the presence of two radio personalities and an international pop star.

One of the radio personalities was Vinnie Vincent. Although he is no longer on the radio, his show on WVKR is legendary. From time to time he will come to Quinn’s and present a set or two of dynamite records. Also, as leader of the rockin’ Greyhounds, he was a singer on a mission: bring back Rock’n’Roll the way the great Goddess intended it to be!!

The other radio personality was Amanda Lay. She and her partner Paula Grace present a fabulous show every other Friday on WVKR. The Paula and Amanda Show is mandatory listening on the way to Beacon on Do The 45 nights.

Vibeke Saugestad was our international pop star. She’s from Norway, where she played in several cool bands, including The Twisteroos and The Yum-Yums. She now lives in Beacon where she has her own band—the appropriately named Vibeke Saugestad Band. The group recently played at a local venue and we can attest to its fabulousness. Also, the group has a new EP (The Sun Sessions) that has just been released and we can also attest to its fabulousness—its brand of power pop is irresistible. The Boogaloo Bag writers urge each and every Boogaloo Bag reader to order one as soon as possible.

Also on hand for the evening was Go-Go dancer Bella Bombora, who was often joined on the dance floor by Miss Saugestad and/or Mister Vincent. DJ Pete Pop played his usual fantastic records—records that often stopped us and made us go, “WHAT IS THAT!!” Further, we celebrated Pete Pop’s recent birthday with some of Miss Nancy’s yummy cupcakes!

Here’s a list of all the records played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus at the September Do The 45:

• Jimmy McGriff–Discothque U.S.A. (Sue)
• The Harvey Averne Band–Run Away Child Running Wild (Uptite)
• Ziggy Gonzales and His Orchestra–Salt and Pepper (Glen)
• The Winos–Savage Surf (Rhino)
• Hobson’s Choice–Groovin’ Is Easy (Warner Bros.)
• The Herd–I Don’t Want Our Lovin’ to Die (Fontana)
• Donna Lynn–I’d Much Rather Be With the Girls (Capitol)
• Gaby Laplante–Les Cornichons (Frantastic; Canada)
• Jocelyne–La La La La La (Apex; Canada)
• Hank Ballard–Do It Zulu Style (King)
• Jimmy Soul & the Chants–Respectable (20th Century-Fox)
• Tommy & the Riviera’s–Lucille (P’Zazz)
• The Ventures–Pedal Pusher (Dolton)
• Isley Brothers–That’s the Way Love Is (Tamla)
• Wayne Cochran–You Can’t Judge a Book by the Cover (Chess)
• Ides of March–Roller Coaster (Parrot)
• Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps–Who’s Pushin’ Your Swing (Capitol; Japan)
• Vibratos LTD.–Something Else (Project Spector)
• The Del-Tinos–Go! Go! Go! (Norton)
• David Clayton Thomas–Boom Boom (Atca; Canada)
• Lincoln Chase–Miss Orangatang (Columbia)
• Les Lionceaux—Hey, Hey Bo Diddley [from EP Les Lionceaux en Direct du Bilboquet] (Mercury; France)
• Them–Bring ‘Em on In (Parrot)
• Lyres–Security (Norton)
• The Velvet Underground–What Goes On (M-G-M)
• The Liverbirds–Diddley Daddy (Philips)
• The Orchids–Love Hit Me (Decca; UK)
• The Egyptians–Land of a Thousand Dances (MY)
• Les Sceptres–Enfin Seul Ensemble (Alliance; Canada)
• Los Yaki–Murmullo (Hush) (Capitol)
• I Ribelli–La Follia (Friday on My Mind) (Dischi Ricordi; Italy)
• Flamin’ Groovies–Shake Some Action (Sire; UK)
• Ken Parker–I Can’t Hide (Duke Reid/Sanctuary; Europe)
• The Martian Denny Orchestra–The 2000 Pound Bee – Part 2 (Spinout)
• Big ‘T’ Tyler–King Kong (Aladdin)
• The Chancellors–Little Latin Lupe Lu (Soma)
• Billy Ward and His Dominoes–Jennie Lee (Liberty)
• Larry Williams–Slow Down (Specialty)
• The Phantoms–Going to A’ Go-Go (MG Mitten; Singapore)
• Ann-Margret–Jim Dandy (RCA Victor)
• The Chevrons–Good Good Lovin’ (Sara)
• The Jury–Who Dat? (Port)
• The Music Machine–Masculine Intuition (Original Sound)
• Howard Carpendale–Du Hast Mich (Columbia; Germany)
• The Pink Floyd–See Emily Play (Columbia; UK)
• Jess & James–Move (Belter; Spain)
• The Chesterfield Kings–Misty Lane (Misty Lane; Italy)
• Nick Waterhouse–I Can Only Give You Everything (Innovative Leisure)
• The Clique–I’m Alive (White Whale)
• The Turtles–Surfer Dan (White Whale)
• The Iguanas–Mona (Forte)
• Herm’nia Silva–Chunga Chunga – Sugar Sugar [from EP A Merminia canta Yé-Yé] (Decca; Portugal)
• 寺内タケシとバニーズ*–Here Comes Santa Claus [from EP バニーズのクリスマスパーティー]] (King; Japan)
• Steve Karman–Pontiac Theme (1970 Pontiac)
• The Hitmakers–Stop the Music (Polydor; Japan)

None of these records are for sale.

In September, The Shim Sham Shimmy returned to it’s proper schedule on the 6th—the first Saturday of the month at the Salt Box. The menu for the Shim usually calls for a heavy dose of rockin’ blues, R&B, doo wop, rockabilly, Rock’n’Roll, surf instrumentals and mostly pre-British Invasion sounds. However, a few days before the gig, host DJ Pete Pop called his forever-guest DJ Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus to announce he wanted to add some garage records into the mix.

Woooo… geee!! Back to the drawing board! However, instead of just pulling some boss garage rock records out of his collection to spice up the night, The Phast One added white folks doing R&B songs from the sixties—or songs that sounded like that. Pete and Phast alternated playing five song sets all night. Just to trip up Mr. Pop, Phast presented a set of ska rekkids. You can dig it all in the list of records he played below:

• Tommy Dae’s High Tensions–Tampico Rage (Hitt)
• Clifton Chenier–Hot Rod (Bayou)
• Hasil Adkins the One Man Band–Chicken Shake (Norton)
• Warner Brothers–Do the Hog (Everest)
• Johnny Winter–Voodoo Twist (Frolic)
• Eddie Hazell–Variations on a Theme by Bird (Columbia)
• The Empires–Punch Your Nose (Epic)
• Ruben and the Jets–Jelly Roll Gum Drop (Verve)
• Noel Deschamps–Pour Lui Tu Feras Des Folies (Bumble Bee) (RCA Victor – Canada International; Canada)
• James Brown and the Famous Flames—I’ve Got Money (King)
• The Pyramids–Pressure (Cedwicke)
• Tom Rush–Who Do You Love (Elektra)
• The Scorpions–Hello Josephine (CNR; Netherlands)
• Jimmy Richards and the Grooves–Make It Baby (The Crossover) (Columbia)
• Joe Colombo with the Fi-Kanes–Skinny Minni (Domino)
• The Rockin R’s–Crazy Baby (Tempus)
• The Swinging Blue Jeans–Good Golly Miss Molly (Imperial)
• The Human Beings—Ain’t That Lovin’ You Baby (Warner Bros.)
• Carrie Grant and the Grandeurs–Mish-Mash (Newtown)
• Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five–Fat Back and Corn Liquor (Aladdin)
• Dave Bartholomew—Yeah, Yeah (Imperial)
• Amos Milburn–Christmas (Comes but Once a Year) (King)
• Jimmy Rogers and his Rocking Four–Sloppy Drunk (Chess)
• Paul Williams Orch. vocal – Bobby Parks–Suggie Duggie Boogie Baby (Josie)
• Bern Elliott and the Fenmen–Nobody But Me (Decca; UK)
• Wayne Sherwood with Arthur Harris & Orch.–Moon Step Twist (Aurora)
• Dick Robinson and His Makebelievers–The Boppin’ Martian (Gibo Miban Gibo – Go Man Go) (MCI)
• Sonny Burgess–We Wanna Boogie (Sun)
• Pat the Cat and His Kittens featuring Vic Fontaine–Little Rock Special (BSD)
• Los Teen Tops–Lucila [from EP Teen Tops Rock] (Fontana; Spain)
• Howlin’ Wolf–Love Me Darling (Chess)
• Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band–Sure ‘Nuff ’n Yes I Do (Buddah; France)
• Brownie McGhee–When It’s Love Time (Savoy)
• The Rolling Stones—I’m a King Bee (Decca; France)
• Bob Dylan–Obviously 5 Believers (Columbia)
• Les Célibataires–Papa Oom Mow Mow (Barclay; France)
• The Secrets–Twin Exhaust (Swan)
• The Valrays–Yo Me Pregunto (Parkway)
• Dion–Spoonful (Columbia)
• Group Axis–Smokestack Lightning (Atco)
• Ezz Reco and the Launchers with Boysie Grant and Beverly–King of Kings (Capitol)
• Carl Burrell–I Love a Lover (Arrawak)
• Tony Washington and the D.C.,s–Show Me How (To Milk a Cow) (Sue; UK)
• Laurel Aitken–Rudy Girl (Island)
• Roland Alphonso–Bongo Tango (C and N/Dub Store; Japan)
• The Righteous Brothers–Justine (Moonglow)
• Joe South and the Believers–A Fool in Love (Columbia)
• Dick Jensen and the Imports–You Don’t Love Me Anymore (Loma)
• Junior and the Classics–The Dog (Groove)
• Linda Gayle–Got My Mojo Working (Columbia)
• Albert Collins–Frosty (Hall)
• The Fabulous Denos–Bad Girl (King)
• Shelley Du Pont & the Calendars–Stop Driving Me Crazy (Tribune)
• The Ikettes–Come On And Truck (Atco)
• The Thornton Sisters–Big City Boy (Bobsan)
• Count Sidney & his Dukes–Soul Christmas (Goldband)
• The Marvelettes–As Long as I Know He’s Mine (Tamla)
• Varetta Dillard–So Many Ways (Savoy)
• Boogie Jake–Early in the Morning (Chess)
• Big Maybelle–Rock House (Savoy)
• The Jesters–Cadillac Man (Sun)
• Roy Head–Just a Little Bit (Scepter)
• The Explosions–Work With Me Annie (Imperial)
• The Gants—Crackin’ Up (Liberty)
• King Size Taylor and the Dominoes–Bad Boy (Decca; UK)
• Sandy Paget with the Sophisticates and the Thunderbirds–Ditty Wah Ditty Workout (Ebony Foundation)
• Bob Johnson–Twist It Up (Giant)
• Huey “Piano” Smith & the Clowns–Pop-Eye (Ace)
• Freddy King–Monkey Donkey (Federal)
• Guitar Crusher–The Monkey (Bethlehem)

None of these records are for sale.