Our Monthly Club Meeting will be this Sunday, Sept 9th at the Homewood Public Library. 2:00 PM
RECORDS & CD’S-----MUSIC------FOOD------FRIENDSHIP----GOOD TIMES-----GUEST SPEAKERS----MEMBER PRESENTATIONS

******NEXT CLUB MEETING WILL BE OCTOBER 14TH. THE 2ND SUNDAY*******

Thanks to all who helped make this year’s record & cd show a big success. Things went very smoothly and all seemed to have a good time. A continuous flow of people coming in and lots of records & cd’s now have a happy home. The Hall Of Fame induction went very nicely. Although it takes a lot of work to prepare for the show it’s always fun to watch the faces of the buyers and dealers and hear their stories. I asked a few members to give me some of their reflections of this years show. Here are a few of their responses.

“I met Laurent Petit a collector from France at the show. He is a big fan of rockabilly music and wanted to know how he could meet and/or get Henry Lovoy’s autograph. I gave him the address to Hogan’s Irish Pub and on Saturday night Laurent got to meet Henry. He shared with me on Sunday the pictures he had taken with Henry.”

“I enjoyed looking out in the crowd Saturday and seeing not only local musicians such as Three On A String, Henry Lovoy and Roscoe Robinson with us but rockabilly performer Bobby Crown (“One Way Ticket” 1959) and coming from Louisville was Butch Walker, a friend of dealers Frank & Dave Bowman, who has a CD out presently.”

“Each year, as we present our Hall of Fame Awards, it's always gratifying to know I'm part of this club that's responsible for the little reunion that takes place. The honorees very often know each other from the music industry. Eyes twinkling, jokes cracking, they are delighted to have the opportunity of being thrown together for a little while, with this chance to reminisce.”

“One person told me that Tom's granddaughters are so pleasant and nice to see every year. Another one told me that the girls have become a tradition at the show and they work very hard.” (I agree with both comments.)

“I heard one dealer say that this show could be twice as big if we could make the building bigger - not move to another building because everybody LOVES this place.”

“I heard a small group of people talking about the HOF induction ceremony and that they thought we did a better job on it (more professional and organized) every year.”

“I enjoy seeing people that I consider good friends although I only see them once or twice a year. It’s good to hear what they have been up to since the last show.”
I hope everyone had a great time and were able to find a 45, an LP or a CD that they have been looking for.

Again, thanks for everyone’s help. We have some of the BRC “Baggie Maggie” T-shirts remaining if you would like to get one. The sizes left are S, M, L & XL. These will be at the club meeting this week.
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Answer’s to last month’s trivia quiz

1) Who wrote and recorded “The Twist” originally? HANK BALLARD (FROM BESSEMER, AL)
2) Little Eva was the baby sitter for whom? CAROL KING & GERRY GOFFIN
3) Who was the song “Loco Motion” originally written for? DEE SHARP
4) Nat Kendrick & The Swans released the instrumental, “(Do The) Mashed Potato” in 1960. Nat Kendrick was the drummer for whose band? That person is also heard doing some of the background “shouting.” JAMES BROWN
5) Which of the dances mentioned in the above paragraph had its tune put to new words and this version later was used in Peter Pan Peanut Butter commercials? HULLY GULLY
6) In 1961, Chubby Checker had a # 1 hit with “Pony Time.” During 1962, four other songs about particular dances hit #1. What were they? THE TWIST, THE PEPPERMINT TWIST, THE LOCO-MOTION & THE MONSTER MASH

MUSIC THEME FOR SEPTEMBER: IT’S BACK TO SCHOOL WE GO

“School days, school days, dear old golden rule days.” Did you ever hear that growing up? I did. My dad would greet me the day after Labor Day with that song. I didn’t look forward to it. But I do have lots of good school day memories. And there are lots of school day songs out there that we all remember. Chuck Berry gets us going with “School Days”. Then there’s Ricky Nelson doing “Waiting In School”, Gary U.S. Bonds’ “School Is In”, “Be True To Your School” by the Beach Boys and Tommy Facenda did “High School U.S.A.” Lulu sang “To Sir With Love” in the movie of the same title. Most of these are familiar to us but let’s check a few that were not as popular. The Argyles did a song called “Vacation Days Are Over”. Carole King sang “School Bells Are Ringing” while some real rockers included Johnny & The Jammers doing “School Day Blues”, Gene Summers doing “School Of Rock & Roll”, Billy Harlan’s “School House Rock” and Lew Williams’ “Bop Bop Ba Doo Bop”. The same Kris Jensen that gave us “Torture” also gave us “School Bus”. And who could forget about the Coasters’ “Charlie Brown”. And for those who kept up with rock into the 70’s we have “Smokin’ In The Boys Room” by Brownsville Station. I’m sure you have a few in mind not mentioned here. There were lots of those school songs. But now, how about some trivia?

1.Who recorded a take-off of the song I mentioned above that my dad would wake me up with on the first day of school? I’m thinking of a Phillips International recording.
2.Who is Johnny of Johnny & The Jammers?
3.How many versions were released of Tommy Facenda’s “High School U.S.A.”? These are the versions that covered different areas of the country.
4.What band did Facenda record and tour with in 1957 & ’58 before going solo?
5.Who did Lulu sing her hit song to in the movie, “To Sir With Love”?
6.In “Be True To Your School”, on his letterman’s sweater he has a letter for what 2 sports?
7.The part of school that was the best, at least we thought so then, was graduation. If you lived in the B’ham area during the 60’s there was a song played for all the seniors during graduation time. Name the song and the artist of this song.

Check out these sites for some "school days" music

Ricky Nelson
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qwmhrpN293g

Beach Boys
http://youtube.com/watch?v=lm-DJFkPxwA&mode=related&search=
(cheerleaders includes)

Lulu
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_wNNLePF9e4

Coasters
http://youtube.com/watch?v=vxGOyui2UJQ

It’s not Chuck but I bet you never heard this version of “School Days”
http://youtube.com/watch?v=muJvf2ec2p4

Carole King
http://youtube.com/watch?v=seX7vW7DOX8

Gene Summers
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_SbWNA1fbLU

Brownsville Station
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tmcCTKvy0Kw
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So you think that life on the road as a band member could be cool. See what you think after this month’s memory from Jerry Grammer.

Not often do I tell of the really bad times. I do realize that many like to hear about that too! With this in mind, I decided to present an exciting night; in story! I was with Jerry Woodard, at the time, when this occurrence began a story that is still told on St Simons Island!

“The Night Of The bad Boy”

We were in the process of closing the “Gilded Cage” for the night, when a drunk decided to whip all of us. Last word I remember was; Get him Grammer. I punched and kicked and beat fairly well. Finally; being exhausted, I sat down.

The bad boy got up and says; Have you had enough? After ignoring him for several minutes he rushed me! I exacted the same thing on him again!

Later; “Have you had enough?” This time Jesse Smith says; I will handle it! They fought all the way into the men’s bathroom. Crash, boom, smash, and finally Jesse emerged saying; He wants you Grammer!

I took him, threw him outside and locked the door! A few minutes passed and the strangest beating was on the door! After doing nothing the whole time, Woodard said; I have had enough! He went out the back, sneaked around towards the front and held his cannon on the guy! The guy had a shotgun! He hurled around, pointed it at Woodard. Woodard dropped his pistol and ran back around and into the back entrance of the club! Later, after everything was silent, we opened the front door. We discovered numerous circles on the door (shotgun barrel). Also, the shotgun and Jerry’s pistol. We didn’t, however, find any bodies!!

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“Peggy Sue” is 50. Not the person but the song. Here’s a memory from Peggy Sue Gerron about Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison and “her” song.

For you history buffs, "Peggy Sue", the Song, turns 50 this September. On September 20th, 1957, Coral records released "my" song which Buddy Holly, Jerry (J.I.) Allison, and Norman Petty wrote. When it was released, I had just moved to Sacramento, California and was living with my sister while going to private school. My mother tells me, though, that after “Peggy Sue” hit the record charts in early November, the radio and television stations in Lubbock began to give daily reports of national record sales.

“That’ll Be The Day”, the first song Buddy and Jerry wrote together, had hit #1 in September, but I didn’t hear my own song until The Crickets came to Sacramento on tour in October. Jerry and Buddy invited me to the show and then surprised me with “Peggy Sue”. That was the night my life changed forever. I quickly began to experience the world as a "public figure." When I came home to Lubbock that Christmas I went to a dance at Texas Tech, where a budding young promoter cut up his tie and sold pieces of it to other young men as "dance tickets." Each piece was then exchanged for a dance with "the real Peggy Sue." It took me a while to find out what was going on. Unfortunately, as has been the case for much of my life, it didn’t occur to me to ask for a cut of the action. “Peggy Sue” rose in the charts to #3 in early December.
On New Year’s Day, 1958, Jerry called me from the Hotel Edison in New York City to tell me about their appearance the night before at the New York Paramount Theater. He also told me that my song had gone gold. I couldn’t believe that a million records of “Peggy Sue” had been sold. At 17, it was mind-boggling to me that so many people would buy a record with my name on it. Though my friends all thought I was the luckiest girl in the world to have a song named after me, my painful shyness made it hard for me to join in their enthusiasm. Buddy loved “Peggy Sue”, but he knew that all the attention it brought was difficult for me. So he tried to help me laugh it off by giving me a nickname. He called me Song.

Many people throughout the years have asked me how it felt to have a song named after me which is known worldwide and has sold many millions of records. Others want to know the feelings I had the first time I heard “Peggy Sue”. Some want to know about Buddy, and some want to know about me. I feel very privileged to have the memories everyone seems to want to know about.

UPCOMING CONCERTS

TEMPTATIONS. SEPT 23. 7:00 PM
ALABAMA THEATRE. TICKETS $35-$45. 205-715-6000.

ORIGINAL BLUES BROTHERS BAND. OCT 19. 8:00 PM
ALYS STEPHENS CENTER. TICKETS $25 - $108.
205-975-2787.

See Ya,
Charlie