FIRST LABEL, Became Hits Later! $$ Slashed!

FIRST LABEL, became hits later! $$ slashed!

These songs, ON LATER RELEASES, charted on Billboard - pop/Hot 100, Country, Soul, or Bubbling Under. PRICES HAVE BEEN SLASHED! THIS LIST *WILL* be on the 2018 paper catalog after all (because of another wicked deadline); I hadn’t planned on putting it on the paper list until now. LET’S START WITH BILLBOARD “HOT 100” SONGS…

RECORDS PRICED LESS THAN $6 (i.e. $2 to $5)...DISCOUNT 40%, but MINIMUM cost is $1.50 on any record.
RECORDS PRICED $6 TO $14 (i. e. less than $15)...DISCOUNT 25%.
RECORDS PRICED $15 OR MORE:NO DISCOUNT.

LEE ANDREWS AND THE HEARTS main line 101—try the impossible m- sol 2 REPRODUCTION PRESSING early 70s

THE ARBORS carney 1011—a symphony for susan m- 5

CLARENCE ASHE J & S 1466—trouble I’ve had vg 5 (true original, blue label)

THE ASSEMBLED MULTITUDE eric 5002 dj—overture from tommy/same m- 6

BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDR. mercury 73383dj—gimme your money please/little gandy… m- #ol 4 (A-side chart 73843)

JOE BARRY jin 144—I’m a fool to care/I got a feeling vg #ol 4

THE BOX TOPS sphere sound 77001—the letter/ vg+ 3

GARY BURBANK e. v. i. 1023 dj—who shot J. R.? m- 4

JERRY BUTLER abner 1024 dj—lost m- 8 (charted in Mercury in 1967)

J. J. CALE liberty 55931 dj—after midnight/slow motion vg+ 6

THE CAPTAIN & TENNILLE joyce 101—the way I want to touch you m- 8

AL CASEY COMBO ramco 3705—cookin’ vg 5

BRUCE CHANNEL le cam 963—number one man vg wol 5

shalimar 107—going back to louisiana m- 7

CHICAGO columbia 45011dj—beginnings/poem 58 m- 4 earlier number and different flip

COOL HEAT life 200—djm 70017 dj—groovin’ with mr. bloe [[m- 6]] [[DJ m- 6]] Artist shown as MR. BLOE, same as Cool Heat

DAVE “BABY” CORTEZ julia 452—rinky-dink/ g+ wol 3

BOB CREWE GENER’N [PLASTIC ACETATE “bob crewe productions” no #] the girl watchers (theme) m- wol 4 Music to…

RICK CUNHA: CUNHA & DAWSON records by pete 709 dj—yo yo man/weary blues m- 7 different flip, too

DALE & GRACE michelle 923—stop and think it over vg+ 3 928—the loneliest (cleans to m-) 3

LIZ DAMON’S ORIENT EXPRESS makaha 503—1900 yesterday m- 6 original Hawaiian label!

THE DANDLEERS amp-3 2115—one summer night vg+ small sol definite original 20

THE DARTELLS arlen 513—dance, everybody, dance vg+ 4

TYRONE DAVIS dakar *1452*--can I change my mind vg 3 first release # as local (Chicago?) label

THE DELLS vee jay 338—oh what a nite/I wanna go home vg 5 (later than Original; I consider this first label for later Cadet.)

THE DEVOTIONS roulette 4406dj—rip van winkle/ vg+ 9 rare “spokes” white label finally charted on #4541

THOMAS DOLBY harvest 5155 dj—europa and the pirate twins/same m- 3 (charted on 5238)

PLACIDO DOMINGO AND JOHN DENVER cherry lane music 110 dj [with M- PS]—perhaps love m- DJ wol 4

THE DOOBIE BROTHERS warner bros. 7795—black water m- 3 (charted on #8062)

DURAN DURAN harvest 5134dj—hungry like the wolf/same TEST PRESS m- 5 earlier #

harvest 5175dj—rio/rio m- #ol 3 charted on #5215

EDDIE & BETTY (COLE) six thousand 602—sweet someone m- #ol 8

DONNIE ELBERT elbert 800—can’t get over losing you vg+ 5

up state 829—can’t get over losing you m- coh 8

ELMO ‘N’ PATSY oink 2984—grandma got run over by a reindeer m- 3 California release, to chart TWO releases later!!!

SCOTT ENGLISH sultan 4003—high on a hill vg+ sol 5

EXECUTIVE SUITE north bay 309—I’m a winner now/ vg+ 3 (great midslow/midt soul group)

TOMMY FACENDA legrand 1001—high school U. S. A. virginia m- 10

FAITH BAND village 202—dancin’ shoes/desire m- 2 local Indianapolis label

FREDDIE FENDER crazy cajun 2002—before the next teardrop falls vg+ #ol 2

THE FIVE EMPREES [GOLD WAX] gold standard 262dj—little miss sad m- 4 actually, NO IDEA if this was “first” or not…Tenn.

FLASH AND THE PAN midland international 10934 dj—hey st. peter 3:31 and 4:20 versions m- 3

LESTER FLATT & EARL SCRUGGS columbia 43412 dj—foggy mountain breakdown m- 3 (charted on 44380)

EDDIE FONTAINE sunbeam 105—nothin’ shakin’ (but the…) m- 9

WAYNE FONTANA & THE MINDBENDERS fontana 1503—game of love m- #ol 4

THE FORUM penthouse 504dj—the river is wide/same m- 5

FREDDIE AND THE DREAMERS capitol 5137—you were made for me m- 8

DAVE GARDNER o j 1002—white silver sands vg+ 6

THE GENTRYS hit 229—keep on dancing m- coh 11 took me a LONG TIME to ascertain this preceded mgm!!

GEORGIO picture perfect 3563—sexappeal/same m- sol 3 (but, NOT indicated as DJ copy?)

MICKEY GILLEY astro 10003—room full of roses vg+ 3 (Hot 100 on Playboy)

THE GRADUATES: JOHNNY HOLLIDAY AND THE GRADUATES lawn 208 dj—ballad of a girl and boy [[vg+ 7]] [[DJ vg+ 7]]

ROD HART little richie 1010—c. b. savage m- 3

ROY HEAD: ROY – SARAH & THE TRAITS lori 9551—get back/you’ll never make me blue vg 4 Texas label

THE HEARTBEATS hull 720, red, outer ring—a thousand miles away vg+ 15

AL HIBBLER original 1006—after the lights go down low vg #ol 5 RARE local New Jersey label

BERTIE HIGGINS [with Promo Sheet] southern tracks 2010—key largo m- 5 FLIP: “LEAH” DUET with Roy Orbison!

HOT CHOCOLATE bell 45,466 dj—emma/emma m- 3

DON HOWARD triple A 2503—oh happy day/ m- 4 RARE, before Essex, 1953

T. K. HULIN L.K. 1112—I’m not a fool anymore vg 3 *rocker*

JUMP ‘N THE SADDLE BAND acme 416—the curly shuffle [[m- 2]] [[empty PS for this m- 2]]

JUST US minuteman 203—I can’t grow peaches on a cherry tree m- 5

MARTIN LUTHER KING casino 100—I have a dream (speech in…)/top of the mountain m- 3 may or may not precede Gordy

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING [with m- PS] melrose 2—I have a dream/top of the mountain m- 3

KLAATU capitol 4377 dj—calling occupants/same m- 4 (charted on 4412)

JEAN KNIGHT soulin’ 956—my toot toot m- 3 charted Hot 100 on Mirage label

PATTI LABELLE & THE BLUE BELLES nicetown 5020—you’ll never walk alone m- 2!! (charted on Parkway)

ART LINKLETTER word 1101 [with M- PIC COVER]—we love you, call m- 4

HANK LOCKLIN king 5283—send me the pillow (you dream on) [[vg+ 3]] [[DJ m- 6]]

THE LOVE SOCIETY tee pee 3878—do you wanna dance? vg+ 3

THE MAGIC LANTERNS atlantic 2715dj—one night stand m- 3 this is 1970 release, chart on Big Tree 1971

MALO warner bros. PRO 514 dj [and VG+ PS] suavecito m- 3 [EP WITH SMALL CENTER HOLE]

MARATHONS argo 5389 dj—peanut butter cleans to m- 8

THE MAR-KETS union 504—balboa blue m- 5

TOMMY McLAIN jin 197—sweet dreams m- 4

NED MILLER dot 15601—from a jack to a king m- 6 original 50s release

BOBBY MOORE hot line 2312—(call me your) anything man, i/ii m- 3

TIM MOORE a small record company 0601—second avenue m- 2

WAYNE NEWTON george 7777 [as THE NEWTON BROTHERS, featuring…] the little white cloud that cried m- xol 4

NILSSON rca 47 9544—everybody’s talkin’ vg+ 3 (charted on #74-0261)

THE OSMOND BROTHERS uni 55015 dj—I can’t stop m- 4 1968 release before people knew them

THE NORMAN PETTY TRIO nor-va-jak 1313—mood indigo vg+ 4

GARY PORTNOY [with vg+ PS] earthtone 7004—theme from the tv show CHEERS (where everybody…) m- 4

THE PREMIERS faro 615 [PHOTO LABEL] farmer john m- - blue label 10

PURPLE REIGN go-rilla 4594—this old man [VOCAL/INSTR] m- 2

SUZI QUATRO bell 45,418—can the can/ain’t ya somethin’ honey m- 4

BOOTS RANDOLPH: “RANDY RANDOLPH” rca 47 7395—yakety sax vg+ sol 3 flip is “percolator” cool Instru.

RENE & RENE arv international 5011—lo mucho que te quiero m- 3

ROYAL TEENS power 215—short shorts vg 23

KYU SAKAMOTO [JAPAN Toshiba 5083, RED WAX] sukiyaki m- 12 apparently this is from 1961! info letter enclosed

BOB SEGER capitol 4116dj—katmandu/same m- 4

4183 dj—nutbush city limits/same m- 3 (charted on 4269)

SHEP AND THE LIMELITES hull 841—daddy’s home vg- wol 4

TROY SHONDELL goldcrest 161—this time vg+ 5 still pre-hit, but Liberty-distributed pressing

THE SMOKE RING gold dust 317—no not much (cleans to m-) 3

JOE SOUTH capitol 2060—birds of a feather vg+ 2 (chart later capitol)

STACEY Q on the spot 110—shy girl/ m- 4 local California press, WAS NOT ON 2017 LIST…

THE SUNGLOWS disco grande 1021—peanuts (la cacahuata) vg+ 3

B. E. TAYLOR GROUP breaker 15670—karen m- 3 (chart on Epic)

TEEGARDEN & VANWINKLE plumm 68102—god, love and rock & roll (we believe) m- 5 orig. Detroit area label

B. J. THOMAS AND THE TRIUMPHS bragg 103—billy and sue vg 2warner bros. 5491 dj—billy and sue m- 2

pacemaker 256—I can’t help it/ vg+ 4

GENE THOMAS sometime (cleans to vg) 2

THE 3 DEGREES swan 4245—maybe m- 5 (charted on roulette, later)

THE VANILLA FUDGE atco 6495DJ—you keep me hanging on /take me for a little while m- 4 charted on #6590

JIMMY VELVET: [as JIMMY VELVIT] cub 9105 dj—we belong together m- 4

THE VOXPOPPERS amp3 #1004—wishing for your love vg 3

THE WAIKIKI’s palette 5091 dj—hawaii tattoo m- wol 6

THOMAS WAYNE capeheart 5009—tragedy/ m- 10 not sure if first label; WAS NOT ON 2017 LIST…

WET WILLIE [capricorn 0031 dj, and M- PS] country side of life/same m- 4 (charted on #0212)

THE YOU-KNOW-WHO GROUP casual 84621—roses are red my love m- 5

PAT ZILL sand 336—pick me up on your way down vg 2

**STUFF ON OTHER CHARTS (NOT HOT 100): COUNTRY, R&B/SOUL, BUBBLING UNDER, COUNTRY.**

THE ACCENTS commerce 5012—better watch out boy vg+ 5 BUBB

JOHNNY ADAMS ric 961—I won’t cry [[vg+ 4]] [[DJ m- 8]] R&B (earlier version of song that charted on SSS 809)

hep’ me 10-137 dj—after all the good is gone m- 3 R&B (ariola, 1978)

A. D. C. BAND fee detroit 0004—long stroke m- 4 BUBB R&B

northern 0015—long stroke vg+ xol 4

CHAD ALLEN lama 7779—little lonely vg+ 4 BUBBLED UNDER

ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION decca 33051—back up against the wall vg+ 2 BUBB/polydor

MOE BANDY footprint 1006—I just started hatin’ cheatin’ songs today m- 3 C&W

JOHNNY BOND columbia 21222—ten little bottles m- 4 many years later, on Starday, C&W **great novelty too**

THE BUDDY BRENNAN QUARTET thunder 103—the chase m- 4 BUBB

GARY BUCK kash 1007—happy to be unhappy vg+ wol 12 C&W/charted on petal

ARCHIE CAMPBELL rebel 102—trouble in the amen corner vg- 2 C&W on rca

JERRY CARR cherie 2002—heaven m- 3 R&B on different number (3872) – national distrib.?

CATCH variety international 1108 dj—get on freak/same m- 3 R&B/columbia

JERRY COLE & TRINITY midget 102—susanna’s song m- xol 3 (ADULT CONTEMPORARY chart on warner brothers)

ALBERT COLEMAN’S ATLANTA POPS southern tracks 1004—hooked on country, (part I/II) vg+ sol 2 C&W

RANDY CORNOR music creek 590—sometimes I cry in my sleep vg+ 2 C&W, dot 17592

ORVILLE COUCH custom 101—hello trouble vg 2 country chart

BILLY “CRASH” CRADDOCK cartwheel 222—afraid I’ll want to love her one more time m- 2 C&W chart on abc

DICK CURLESS event 4266—china nights vg+ 2 C&W, Maine label, charted Capitol

SUGARPIE DE SANTO check 103—I want to know vg xol 4

TONY DOUGLAS custom 102—his and hers m- 3 before veejay 481

DAVE DUDLEY new star 6420—under cover of the night m- sol wol 3 c&w chart on Jubilee 5436

DYKE AND THE BOAZERS original sound 83 dj—uhh/funky bull m- 5 Bubbled Under slightly later #

EAST COAST family 10001—the rock 4:30 and 3:29 versions m- 2 soulchart on RSO

BARBARA EVANS pioneer 7002—charlie wasn’t there vg+ 4 good teener; Original # for this, no Mercury distrib., BUBBLED

FREDDY FENDER ttalent scout [no number] wild side of life//crazy baby m- REPRODUCTION?? 2

THE FLAKES magic disc 222—hey there lonely girl/flakes-reprise m- 3 SOUL on salsoul

GLORIA GAYNOR columbia 45909dj—honeybee/same m- #ol 3 1974 B/U, SOUL on mgm

RAY GODFREY j j 001—the picture /overall song m- 9 RARE Atlanta release C&W savoy 3021

R. B. GREAVES sunflower 128dj—margie, who’s watching the baby/same m- 3 1972; BUBB-SOUL bareback in 1977!

HOSANNA l.h.m.a. 10001—hipit/any dance will do vg #ol 3 SOUL calla 12078

GARLAND JEFFREYS a&m 13934dj—wild in the streets/same 1973 vg+ 2 ABUBB atlantic 1974

JOHNNIE AND JACK rca victor 47 4765—slow poison/heart trouble m- 4 ’53; C&W decca in 1962

SYL JOHNSON e.p.i. 101—goodie goodie good times/love baby m- 3 SOUL, shama 1235

epi 13240—goodie goodie good times/love baby m- 3 same comment of course…

THE JORDAN BROTHERS [as JORDAN] golden chariot 73134—gimme some lovin m- 7 BUBB phillips

KANE’S COUSINS [as: COUSINS] shove love 0069—take your love and shove it/GOOD LOVEN WOMEN

OF BISMARCK… vg+ 7 never saw before! [[0069—take your love…/national anthem, vg+ 5]]

JOHNNY LEE astro 0279—cherokee fiddle vg+ 2 1979; C&W in 1982 on Full Moon

j m s 1004—sometimes/get off my back vg+ 2 local Texas label for C&W

JAIME LYNN & GENE CHANDLER nyny 001dj—you’re the one/same m- 3 SOUL salsoul in 1983

WILLIE NELSON united artists 641dj—night life/rainy day blues m- 4

american gold 7601—the original night life/rainy day blues vg+ 2 Texas label late 60s

NU ROMANCE CREW [as NU ROMANTICS] emi america 8376—tonight/tonight m- 2 SOUL on #8387

READY FOR THE WORLD blue lake 405025—tonight/same m- 4 BUBB/SOUL on mca

R. J.’s LATEST ARRIVAL stand-by 2503—wind me up m- 3 SOUL buddah

ROUNDTREE omni 5502—get on up (get on down)/ocho rios m- 2 SOUL on w. b. – island

TOM RUSH elektra 45604dj—who do you love/on the road again m- 4 BUBB on #45718

SAILOR epic 50557dj—runaway/same m- 2 1978…BUBB caribou 9035 in 1980

BOZ SCAGGS columbia 46025—you make it so hard (to say no)/there is… m- wol 2 BUBB on #10124

SILK pye 7l084—party – pt. 1/pt. 2 vg+ 3 1976 - SOUL, listed on PRELUDE 71084, not this, in 1977

JON AND SONDRA STEELE foremost 100—my happiness vg wol 6 I’VE NEVER LISTED THIS BEFORE

MEL STREET tandem 005dj—borrowed angel m- 2 first label C&W chart hit

SWEET CREAM bareback 538dj—I don’t know what I’d do (if you ever left me)/same m- 2 SOUL on Sandy Beach

T. F. O. three G’s 003—I come here to party m- 3 SOUL on Venture a year later

TIERRA asi 201—together/zoot suit boogie vg 2 SOUL, boardwalk

DICK TODD WITH…WILDCATS peer-southern (no number)—big wheel cannonball/return of… m- sol 2 C&W, decca 32168

[UNKNOWN ARTIST] LS 53—spelling on the stone/same m- 4 Elvis soundalike, Country Chart on Curb

WAS (NOT WAS) ze 202014dj—tell me that I’m dreaming/same m- 4 (LOCAL, NOT columbia distr.) - SOUL, on Ze #1000

GENE WATSON resco 634—love in the hot afternoon vg+ 2 C&W charted on capitol

WEE GEE ju-par 535—you’ve been a part of me/remember the love m- 3 SOUL, juney 533, this is Detroit local label

ju-par 536—hold on (to your dreams) 4:20 and 4:17 versions m- 2 SOUL, cotillion 45012 charted

LEWIE WICKHAM mother lode 1325—60 dollar ducktruckers lament vg+ 2 C&W charted on MCA