January 1, 2002

After what turned out to be quite the "crazy" month of December we'll hopefully settle into our normal mode insanity. 
Piling up over the past few weeks, along with older stuff we just finally got out mitts on, were new releases  and/or re-issues 
by the likes of the Boss Martians, Howlin' Andy Hound, the Sonics, the Neatbeats, that mersey beat / mop top compilation 
on Sanctuary appropriately entitled "Beat Beat Beat" and we began to dip into the "Friday At The Hideout" release on Norton.

Aquatones: The Drive In
Johnny Burnette: Kiss Me
Ramsey Kearney: The Cat Bug Bit (Tennessee Rock, Sunjay)
Sparkle Moore: Rock-A-Bop
George 'Thumper' Jones: Rock It (Rock It, SD)
Starliners: Bop Cat Bop

Nat Couty & the Braves: Woodpecker Rock (Cool And The Crazy, Buffalo Bop)
Ray Vernon: Danger One Way Love Affair (Hillbilly Wolf: Missing Links vol.1, Norton)
Honey Bears: One Bad Stud
Harry Carter: Jump Baby Jump (Tattle Tale, Buffalo Bop)
Truitt Forse: Chicken Bop (Chicken Bop, SD)
Joe Poovey: Sweet Luella
Shureshots: Turn My Back On You (Sure Hot, Tail)

Link Davis: Trucker From Tennessee (Sixteen Chicks, SD)
Sandy Lee: Ballin' Keen (Desperate Rock And Roll vol.4, Flame)
Cues: Crazy Crazy Party
Jack Scott: Wiggle On Out
Flatfoot Shakers: My Little Baby's Goin' Boppin' Tonight (s/t, Preston)
Riverside Trio: Hold Me, Love Me Squeeze Me (Gotta Keep Movin', Raucous)
Pat Cupp & the Flying Saucers: That Girl Of Mine

Sleepy LaBeef: Baby Let's Play House
Tennessee Trio: High Steppin' Daddy (Don't Call Me Up, Raucous)
Slippers: Rockabilly Star
Skinny Jim & the Wild Cats: Space Rocket (It's Doggone Crazy, Tail)

Them: Gloria (The Story Of Them, Derram)
Dave Clark Five: Can't You See That She's Mine (History Of The..., Rhino)
Jeanie & the Big Guys: Boys (Beat Beat Beat, Sanctuary)
Beatles: One After 909 (Anthology 1, Capitol)
Neatbeats: Before It's Too Late (Mercurial, Get Hip)
Undertakers: Everybody Loves A Lover (Beat Beat Beat, Sanctuary)
Stool Pigeons: I Gotta Dream On (7", Sympathy For The Revord Industry)

Ruth's Hat: I Don't Wanna Fall In Love (Bye Bye Love, Mutant Pop)
Freddy Cannon: If You Were A Rock And Roll Record (Best Of....)
Sam The Sham & the Pharaohs: Long Long Way (Pharaohization, Rhino)
Astronauts: Mary Lou (From Us To You, RCA)
Boss Martians: Never Trust A Chick In A Three Window Coupe (Move!, Dionysus)
Surf Trio: Custom Caravan (Hot Rods To Hell, Blood Red)
Reveliers: Hangin' Five (New Wave Surf Party, Ostrich)
Fashions: Surfin' Back To School (Burning Rubber On The Last Wave, Surfin' Rod)
Brother Zee & the Decades: Sha Boom Bang (The Big Itch Vol.2, Mr. Manicotti)

Sonics: Swing Shift (Savage Young Sonics, Norton)
Phantom Rats: Rat Fink (Kiss Me More, Rockin' Bones)
Les Sexereenos: All The Kids ( 14 Frenzied Shakers, Sympathy For The Revord Industry)
Primate 5: Ape Ape Ape (7", Big Neck)
Sidewalk Stroll: Swingin' With The Sidewalk (Monobooster, Dig!)
Squares: Brimful Of Hate (Tribute To The Medway Scene, Dig!)
Chessmen: I Need You There (The World Ain't Round It's Square, Teenage Shutdown)
Burgundy Run: Stop (Teen Jangler Blowout, Teenage Shutdown)

Barracudas: Don't Let Go (Through The Mysts Of Time, Voxx)
Gallows: Too Many Fish In The Sea (7", Teen Sound)
Hentchmen: Livin' (Friday At The Hideout, Norton)
Giljoteens: Away From Me (7", Screaming Apple)
Slow Slushy Boys: Everyday And Every Night (Make Mine Slushy, Wildebeest)
Gerry & the Pacemakers: You're The Reason (How Do You Like It, Columbia)
Toppers: I'm So Lovesick (Boom Boom, Strasse Beat)

Howlin' Andy Hound: Leavin' (Electric Dreams Of..., Garage D'or)
Cripplers: She's A Heartbreaker (One More Time For The Bad Guys, Dionysus)
Reds: Lights Out (One More Time, Rip Off)
Devil Dogs: 354 (s/t, Crypt)
Red Barons: Should Have Shot You Down (demos)
Royal Fingers: Wild Datsun (Wild Eliki Deluxe, Del-Fi)
Aqua Vista: Down Shiftin' (Gentlemen Racer, Fuzz Pop)
Shindiggers: Talk About Love (Surf Sex, Corduroy)
Sir Bald Diddly & his Right Honorable Big Wigs: How Could I (Get A Head, Get A Fez, Alopecia)

Arousers: Monkey Man (7", Beaver)
Saturn V feat. Orbit:  Surfin' Special (7", Teen Sound)
Tornados: Shooting Beavers (New Wave Surf Party, Ostrich)
De-Fenders: Four Banger (Drag Beat, Del-Fi)
Untamed Youth: Minor Chaos (7", Hillsdale)
Metropolitans: Screaming pt.2 (Fast Track, Satan)
Holidays: Concussion (Concussion, Mr. Manicotti)
Tumblers: Scream (Riot City, Satan)
 

January 8, 2002  

 
January 15, 2002 

Making their debut on the Rock And Roll Dance Party charts this week
are new and/or recent releases (reissues) by the likes of the Jive Romeos,
the Racketeers, the Slow Slushy Boys (okay, we forgot this one last time),
Chris Montez & the Invincibles and some demos by Long Island's very own
Okmonics (I know this redundantly redundent but, think the Ramones, the
Queers with a bit of the Beach Boys thrown in)!

Jive Romeos: Soda Shop Rock (Bim Bam!, Raucous)
Ace & the Ragers: Let's Move (Light This Sucker Up!, Pin Up)
Racketeers: Be Bop Boppin-A-Bon-Bon (Another Round With The..., Scollay Square)
Little Tony & the Tennessee Rebels: Baby's Number One (The Blue Cats: The Early Days, Nervous)
Teen Cats: Rockabilly Rhythm ( ------ )

Danny Dell & the Trends: Froggy Went A Courtin' (Sin Alley vol.1, Big Daddy)
Cadets: Don't Be Angry (Stranded In The Jungle, Ace)
Flamingos: Chica Boom (That's My Baby) ( ------ )
Joey Castle: Don't Knock It (Rock And Roll Daddy-O, Bear Family)
Alvis Wayne: Don't Mean Maybe Baby ( ------ )
Ronnie Hayward: Darlin' Why Do You Do (Livin' The Low Life, Tail)

Dick Seaton: Juke Box Rock (Juke Box Rock, Buffalo Bop)
Roy Hall: Off Beat Boogie (That'll Flat Git It vol.2, Bear Family)
Wayne Hancock: Big City Good Time Gal (Thunderstorms And Neon Signs, Arc 21)
Johnny Duncan: Rockabilly Baby ( ------ )
Eddie Bond: Love Love Love (Original Early Recordings, White Label)
Horton Brothers: Red Light, Yellow Light, Green Light Go ( ------ )

Vince Taylor & his Playboys: Baby Let's Play House (The Black Leather Rebel, Rebel)
Ellis & the Angry Teens: Teenage Rockabilly Alcoholic ( ------ )
Atomics: She's Mine (Friday Night Rumble vol.8, Run Wild)
Cranktones: Cotton Pickin' Rocker (Vibrate With The...., MuSick)
Dynasonics (Del Bombers): Rock Baby Rock (On The Air With The..., Excelsior)
Gary Setzer & the Rebel Rockers: Are You Gonna Love Me ( ------ )
Jack Star: Come On (Born Petrified, Norton)

Barracudas: I Want My Woody Back (Through The Mysts Of Time, Voxx)
Okmonics: The Dunes (demos)
Honeys: Shoot The Curl ( ------ )
Arousers: Little Latin Lupe Lu (Princes Of Penetration, Raucous)
Astronauts: Surf Party (Rarities, Bear Family)
Cherylinas: Hush Pretty Baby (Shout And Scream, Detour)
Underdogs: Get Down On Your Knees (Friday At The Hideout, Norton)

Glad Rags: My China Doll (Chop Suey Rock vol.1, Hot And Sour)
Cellos: Juicy Crocodile (Rang Tang Ding Dong, Relic)
Larry Williams: Short Fat Fanny (7", Specialty)
Kaisers: That's My Girl (7", Spinout)
Neatbeats: Just A Little Bit (Mercurial, Get Hip)
Eddie Hodges: I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door ( ------ )
Guv'ners: Let's Make A Habit Of This (Beat Beat Beat, Sanctuary)
Los Shakers: Baby Do The Shake (Por Favor, Big Beat)

Slow Slushy Boys: Baby Lou (Make Mine Slushy, Wildebeest)
Nightcaps: Wine Wine Wine ( ------ )
Rivieras: Little Donna (7", Riviera)
Javalins: Javalin Beat ( ------ )
Dick Dale & his Del-Tones: Banzai Washout ( ------ )
Boss Martians: Bad Ass '71 Dodge Super Bee (Move!, Dionysus)
Untamed Youth: Ain't Got A Thing (Planet Mace, Estrus)
Waistcoats: Little MGB (Explosion!, Larsen)

Wontons: Do The Wonton (Hex Appeal, Bloody Banner)
Mummies: Red Cobra #9 (Fuck CD's, Hangman)
Morticia's Lover's: I Wanna Be Your Cat (Take A Ride With Us, Violator)
Earl Vance & the Valiants: Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight ( ------ )
DMZ: Do Not Enter (s/t, Sire)
Nikki & the Corvettes: Let's Go (s/t, Bomp)
Riff Randalls: Girls Like Me (7", Lipstick)
Ramones: She's The One (Road To Ruin, Sire)
Okmonics: Nowhere To Go (demos)

Chris Montez & the Invincibles: She's My Rockin' Baby (7", Norton)
Hasil Adkins: No More Hot Dogs (Out To Hunch, Norton)
Sonics: Hey Mrs Jones (The Savage Young Sonics, Norton)
Rockin' Ramrods: Jungle Call ( ------ )
Tammys: Egyptian Shumba (Land Of 1000 Dunces, Candy)
Flippers: I Could Hear Her Cry (Too Much Monkey Business vol.5, Ape)
Dave Clark Five: That's What I Said (Beat Beat Beat, Sanctuary)
Apemen: Lookin' For Action (Shout And Scream, Detour)

Green Hornets: Don't Want You (Get The Buzz, Alopecia)
Del Gators: Louisiana Hannah (7", Sympathy For The Record Industry)
TR & the Yardsmen: I Tried (Friday At The Hideout, Norton)
Cavaliers: 7 Days Of Crying (Back From The Grave vol.7, Crypt)
Little Bits: Girl Give Me Love (Yeah Yeah Yeah, Arf Arf)
Fortune & Maltese & the Phabulous Pallbearers: Girl Go Run Away (7", Dionysus)
Dave Starkey Five: Stand There (Get A Move On, Teenage Shutdown)

January 22 2002

A whole bunch of new stuff in this week, so.....making their debut on the
Rock And Roll Dance Party charts this week are new and/or recent releases
(reissues) by the likes of Cave Catt Sammy, the Accelerators, the Aquamen,
Mikabomb, the Bitter Pills, the Tommys, the Long Horn Devils, Ruth's Hat,
Radio Reeler, a new comp of Ramones demos and rarities and demos by the
Jumpin' Wheels. This week we also mark the passing of Detroit rockabilly,
Eddie Jackson.

High Noon: Train Of Misery (Glory Bound, Goofin')
Big Sandy & the Fly-Rite Trio: One Sided Love (On The Go, No Hit)
Chop Tops: Couldn't Shouldn't Wouldn't (Always Wild, Rollin' Rock)
Cave Catt Sammy: Milkin' The Ol' Freight Line (Comin' On Strong, Big Bellied)

Buddy Holly: I Gonna Set My Foot Right Down (Reminiscing, Coral)
"Groovy" Joe Poovey: Don't Blame It On Me (Greatest Grooves, Dragon Street)
Cousin Herbert Hanson: Loose My Mind (Desperate Rock And Roll vol.1, Flame)
Ronnie Lyn: Burning Eyes (Wailin' Wildcat, Buffalo Bop)
Ronnie Self: Ain't I'm A Dog (s/t, Collide)
Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones: Rocket (7", ABC Paramount)

Jay Chevalier: Rockin' Roll Angel (Wailin' Wildcat, Buffalo Bop)
Accelerators: Pedal To The Metal (Pedal To The Medal, Raucous)
Levi Dexter: I'm Gone (Rockabilly Idol, Rock It)
Wild Rats: Sweet Boppin' Baby ( ------ )
Little Tony & the Tennessee Rebels: Rock The Barn (The Blue Cats: The Early Days, Nervous)
Rip Carson & the Twilight Trio: Little Red Hen (Stand Back, Rolling Rock)

Eddie Jackson & his Swingsters: Rock And Roll Baby (Grand Daddy's Rockin', Legend)
Eddie Jackson & his Swingsters: Baby Doll (Music With A Western Beat, Woodward)
Johnny & Dorsey Burnette: Boppin' Rosalie ( ------ )
Saddle Pals: Red Headed Baby (Friday Night Rumble vol.8, Run Wild)
Rudy "Tutti" Grayzell: Judy ( ------ )
Gene Vincent & his Blue Caps: Hold Me, Hug Me, Rock Me (s/t, Capitol)
Jumpin' Wheels: Well I Knocked And I Knocked (Bim Bam)

Fendermen: Mule Skinner Blues (Mule Skinner Blues, Soma)
Bailey's Nervous Kats: Countdown (Get Nervous, Ace)
Fabulous Wailers: Tall Cool One (Live At The Castle, Norton)
Astronauts: Good Golly Miss Molly (Everything Is A-OK, Bear Family)
Aquamen: Do The Aleehol (Do the Aleehol, Heyday)
Urban Surf Kings: Raygun Rampage (Go Instro-mental With The..., Cinnamon Toast)
Ralph Rebel & the Sabre Jets: 231 (aka "Half Pipe") (Surfin' And Rockin')
Junior Raymen: Ace Of Spades (Rumble '66, Norton)

Mikabomb: Contact Tokyo (The Fake Fake Sounds Of..., Damaged Goods)
Beatnik Termites: Termite Hop (7", St Valentine)
Boss Martians: She's In, You're Gone (Move!, Dionysus)
Bitter Pills: She Don't Really Care (7", Domesticity)
Sam The Sham & the Pharaohs: Green'ich Grendal (Pharaohization, Rhino)
Muck & the Mires: A Little Twist (All Mucked Up, Amp)
Righteous Brothers: Justine ( ------ )
Weedons: Shimmy Shimmy (Beat On The Krauts vol.3, Romulan)

5.6.7.8.'s: Three Cool Chicks (Bomb The Twist, Sympathy For The Record Industry)
Ideals: Go Go Gorilla ( ------ )
Arch Hall Jr.: Kongo Joe (The Big Itch vol.1, Mr. Manicotti)
Twisters: Come Go With Me ( ------ )
Little E: Candy Apple Red Impala (Hot Rod Rumble, Buffalo Bop)
Eligibles: Car Trouble (Shut Down, Capitol)
Spats: Go Go Yamaha (Get A Board, Satan)

Barracudas: Subway Surfin' (Through The Mysts Of Time, Voxx)
54 Nude Honeys: Surf Cat (Drop The Gun, Mademoiselle)
Tommys: Thruster (Grow Fins, Fry Up)
Long Horn Devils: Gabad (Spitfire Bar-Bee, Wildebeest)
Ruth's Hat: Great Lake Surfer (Surf's Down, Head Dip)
Ramones: SLUG (demo) (Teenage Lobotomy, no label)
Okmonics: The Dunes (demos)

Fantastic Baggies: Tell 'em I'm Surfin' (Anywhere The Girls Are, Sundazed)
Madmen: Alfred E Goes Surfin' (Hodad Hootenanny, Hodad)
Hal Blaine & the Young Cougars: Dance To The Surfin' Band (Burning Rubber On The Last Wave, Surfin' Rod)
Ready Men: Disintegration (Get Ready, Norton)
Cramps: Mad Daddy (Songs The Lord Taught Us, IRS)
Raunch Hands: Thunderbird (Learn To Whap A Dang, Relativity)
Allen Page: She's The One That's Got It (Waillin' Wildcat, Buffalo Bop)
Downbeat 5: Dum Dum Ditty (Three Bullets For Alice, Alex)

Radio Reeler: Radio Feeling (7", Zaxxon Virile Action)
Candygirl: He's A Hypstr (7", Lipstick)
Rock And Roll Adventure Kids: She's A Dork (And I Like Her (7", Soul Not Style)
Apers: Rock And Roll High School (Faster, It's Alright, Stardumb)
Bingo: All Of This (split w/the Beatoffs, Hate)
MHz: Like A Switchblade (7", Flying Bomb)

Rangers: Cadillac (Too Much Monkey Business vol.4, Ape)
Outsiders: Go Go Farrari (Hipsville vol.2, Kramden)
Warner Brothers: Varoom (Get A Board, Satan)
Exotics: Gasser (Go Go Guitars, Tiki Tone)
Del-Vamps: Rik A Tik (Play With Fire, Continental)
 

January 29 2002

Making their debut on the Rock And Roll Dance Party charts this week
are new and/or recent releases (reissues) by the likes of the Huntingtons,
the Aquavelvets, the Magnetic IV, demos by the Clamshakers and
Sleepyheads as well as a preview of the upcoming release by the Okmonics...
"Sunset To Sunrise".
 

Bob King: Rockin' Jukebox ( ------ )
Cadets: Let's Rock And Roll (Stranded In The Jungle, Ace)
Cadillacs: If You Want To Be A Woman Of Mine (For Collectors Only, Collectibles)
Cellos: The Be Bop Mouse (Rang Tang Ding Dong, Relic)

Jive Romeos: Can't Stop Me From Dreaming (Bim Bam!, Raucous)
Cave Catt Sammy: Shut That Door (Comin' On Strong, Big Bellied)
Jackie Cray: Maybelle ( ------ )
Dale Hawkins: Hot Dog (Oh Suzy Q, Chess)
Joe Clay: Ducktail (Ducktail, Bear Family)
Eddie Cochran: Completely Sweet ( ------ )
Joey Castle: Rock And Roll Daddy-O! (Rock And Roll Daddy-O!, Bear Family)

Aquatones: Wanted (Solid Gold Cadillac) (Boppin' Cadillac, Cadillac)
Galaxies: Mr Tattle Tale ( ------ )
Rock-A-Teens: Woo Hoo (7", Roulette)
Aubrey Cagle: Rock-A-Billy Boy ( ------ )
Sparkle Moore: Rock-A-Bop ( ------ )
Charles Walker: I Got My Eyes On The World (Desperate Rock And Roll vol.12, Flame)

Sonny Rogers & the Kingpins: Crazy Dreams (Honky Tonkin', Enviken)
Jack Baymoore & the Bandits: Peggy Lee (Big Boy Rock, Tail)
Gene Maltais: Crazy Baby (That'll Flat Git It vol.2, Bear Family)
Racketeers: I'm Gone (Another Round With The..., Squollay Square)
Blue Dots: Move Baby Move ( ------ )
Dave & Deke Combo: Two Timin' Mama (Hollywood Barn Dance, Hey Day)
Ray Smith: Break Up (The Rockin' Bandit, Revival)

Clamshakers: Spanish Fly (demos)
Hondells: Haulin' Honda (Little Honda, Mercury)
Ruth's Hat: Great Lake Surfer (Surf's Down, Head Dip)
Queers: Little Honda (Bubblegum Dreams, Lookout)
Huntingtons: Nobody Likes Me (Songs In The Key Of You, Tooth And Nail)
Devil Dogs: Radio Beat (7", Empty)

Decibels: Million Ways (The Big Sounds Of The..., Screaming Apple)
Parasites: When I'm Here With You (Punch Lines, Shredder)
Muffs: Happening (split w/the Holidays, California Roll)
Okmonics: Sea Cliff (Sunset To Sunrise, up and coming release)
Beach Boys: Hawaii (Surfer Girl, Capitol)
Al Casey: Surfin' Hootenanny (Surfin' Hootenanny, Sundazed)
Astronauts: Our Car Club (Competition Coupe, Bear Family)
Duals: Stick Shift ( ------ )
Aquavelvets: Holy Tiki (Radio Waves, Milan)

Neatbeats: Looks So Nice (Mercurial, Get Hip)
Johnny Watson: Looking Back ( ------ )
Swingin' Blue Jeans: I'm Gonna Have You (Best Of..., EMI)
Freddie Starr & the Midnighters: Peter Gun Locomotion (60's Rare Beat Treasures vol.5, Gone Beat)
Cramps: Goo Goo Muck (Psychedelic Jungle, IRS)
Magnetic IV: Do The Shhh! (Teenage Zombie Riot, Reform School)
Planet Seven: Point And Shoot (The Tomorrow That Never Was, Default)
Boss Martians: This Time Around (Move!, Dionysus)

Sonics: Wailin' (Savage Young Sonics, Norton)
Danny & the Juniors: Crazy Cave ( ------ )
Revelles: You Don't Love Me No More (Hipsville vol.2, Kramden)
Pleasure Seekers: Never Thought You'd Leave Me (Friday At The Hideout, Norton)
Brogues: Don't Shoot Me Down (7", Sundazed)
Corals: Red Eye Glasses (She'll Hurt You In The End, Teenage Shutdown)
Satelliters: Oh Yeah (7", Demolition Derby)
Sleepwalkers: Friday At The Hideout (....Will Walk All Over You, Gravediggers)
Bitter Pills: Nowhere Around (7", Domesticity)

Scotsmen: Beer Bust Blues (Best Of The Electras, Get Hip)
Trashmen: Bird '65 (The Big Itch vol.1, Mr. Manicotti)
1.4.5.'s: Recyclers Of Rock (Rock Invasion, Estrus)
T-Bones: What Ever Shape (Your Stomach's In) (7", Liberty)
Gene Cornish & the Unbeetables: I Wanna Be A Beatle ( ------ )
Andy & the Classics: Wilma (The Big Itch vol.1, Mr. Manicotti)
Vandals: I Saw Her In A Mustang (Riot City, Satan)

Reverend Horton Heat: Big Little Baby (Full Custom Gospel Sounds Of..., Sub Pop)
Swingin' Neckbreakers: That Girl Can't Dance / Look Away (Live For Buzz, Telstar)
Los Hooligans: Pitagoras (Blue Demons Mexican Rock And Roll Favorites, Repent)
Los Straightjackets w/Big Sandy: Chica Alborotada (Sing Along With..., Cavalcade)
Aquamen: Jose Cuevo (Do The Alkeehol, Heyday)
Sleepyheads: Bugjuice (demos)
Long Horn Devils: Devil's Surf (Spitfire Bar-Bee, Wildebeest)