Road Runner
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In January 1960 Checker records issued one of the last rock and roll songs to be issued on an American 78: Bo Diddley’s “Road Runner” backed with “My Story.”
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Poor Little Rhode Island
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A couple of online discographies list Dale Hawkins’s “Poor Little Rhode Island” b/w “Every Little Girl” as being released on 78 in January 1960. One online comment states, “If this 78 does exist, then it is the LAST 78 by a white artist to be commercially released.” If it ever did exist, it...
Don’t Drive Me Away
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In April 1960 Vee-Jay records released “Don’t Drive Me Away” backed with “Will the Circle Be Unbroken” by the legendary Staples Singers gospel group. These images come courtesy of record collector Ted Barron.
The Comeback
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A very late American 78 rpm record from May 1960 has recently been unearthed and sold online for only $19. It’s “The Comeback” b/w “Slim’s Blues” by Memphis Slim on the Vee-Jay label (#343). “Comeback” is a re-recording of a side that he recorded back in 1953 for the United label. In the May...
James Brown’s “Think” on 78?
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A reader writes, “Your James Brown photo and the one on Discogs leads me to really believe the east coast collector I knew decades ago. He told me he had a copy of “Think” on Federal 12370 with about 85% of the label damaged/missing. He said you could still tell it was a U.S. pressing comparing...
All That I Need In Jesus
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In January 1960 the Angelic Gospel Singers’ “All that I Need In Jesus” b/w “Out of the Depths” was released as Nashboro 659. Nashboro was the gospel music subsidiary of Excello Records in Nashville, TN. Excello continued to release 78 rpm records in America into the summer of 1960.
Cool Hand Luke Screenplay
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Read Cool Hand Luke Luke is sent to a prison camp, where he gets a reputation as a hard man. The head of the gang hates him, and tries to break him by beating him up. It doesn’t work, and he gains respect. His mother dies, and he escapes, but is caught, escapes again, and is caught again. Donn...