Road Runner
5960records
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.”
checker records
Poor Little Rhode Island
5960records
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...