David West (Tropical 214)

David West

38525 -  Where's the Love We Used to Know? 

(James M. Krol, Alison Music ASCAP)

38526 - Jean Marie.

(James M. Krol and  Ray Flory, Alison Music ASCAP)

Tropical 214

P.O. Box 2076, DeLand, Florida

Produced by Bob Quimby

Bobby Williams on Tropical

Bobby Williams & His Mar Kings

23039 ~ Darling, Here Is My Heart
23040 ~ All The Time

Both sides written by Bobby Williams and published by Alison ASCAP

Tropical 130

Deland, Florida

Hear and/or download both sides

Label pictures and sound file above are from a current ebay auction which will be ended very soon. A near mint copy has been sold for the amazing sum of US $ 1575 in November 2010 (see popsike).

This is likely the very first record of Florida's "Soul Godfather #2, the superfunky James Brown clone Bobby Williams."

Both sides were re-issued on vinyl (on a 3 seven-inches set) by Jazzman Records of London, U.K. in 2008 :

[The] album showcases Bobby Williams & the Mar-Kings with their finest and funkiest moments and tells the story of the singer from his impoverished days as a child growing up in Georgia to the sell-out concerts given across the country. The pictures and extensive, original notes tell his story as told by the people who knew him best - his friends, family and fellow band members, and we have put his best songs onto this 3 x 45 7" box set.

The Jazzman reissue is probably the only way to found biographical information on Bobby Williams. Internet research has revealed the Bobby Williams popularity among soul and funk records collectors but ended up at only vague information. Born in Washington D.C., he died in the nineties...

Bobby released singles and 3 LPs for labels such as Duplex ('73) , Nor-Mar (73) , MTVH (74) Rew (74), R&R (74-76) ... His last single was for North Carolina's label "Nickelodeon" in mid 80s.

The MTVH, ReW and R&R family of labels, based in Chicago has attracted the curiosity of Kris Holmes in the course of his search for the mysterious Reginald Hines and his musical empire first based in Greensville, Mississippi.


Update : auction ended at US$ 1,695

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The Craftsmen (Tropical 110)

The Craftsmen

13403 - Today In Omaha (Albert E. Bly, Alison ASCAP)
13404 - Diddy Wah Doo (Albert E. Bly, Alison ASCAP)

Tropical 110

1964

Song-Poem record. A made up studio band, The Crafstmen, is also credited on the following Tropical release (#111) : "My Honey / Big Foot Wallace", in all likehood also pressed by Rite Records.

Albert Earl Bly name is also found on both sides of Film City 1070. (Rod Rogers, 1964) : "Draft Board" b/w "Save A Little Lovin' For Me".

Evidence of Albert Bly's song writing urge is found as early as 1943, year of the copyright of one of his songs "I Picked Some Oranges in California", possibly an autobiographic song, as he was then located in Santa Rosa, California!


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Tropical 106

Betty Jayne

9193 ~ In The Darkness

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Charles Vickers

9194 ~ Come On, Baby

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Tropical Records #106

wr Valenti- Philipp, Alison Music Co., ASCAP

1962



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Jerry & Johnny and the Buttermilk Biscuits

Jerry & Johnny
and the
Buttermilk Biscuits

34753 - Country Rock And Roll

34754 - Baby Baby Where You Been So Long

Tropical 205

DeLand, Florida

Jerry Rucker, a tech for the Space Shuttle program, came to fame in 1981, after his song 'Blastoff Columbia' was used to wake up astronauts John Young and Robert Crippin on their first morning in space during the very first Space Shuttle mission. Jerry followed the song up with 'America, Look Up', which was released in time for the second mission for Space Shuttle Columbia.




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Ronnie Knull & The Sand on Tropical

Ronnie Knull & The Sand

Tropical 129

22323 - Leah
(Orbison)

22324 – Crawfish
(Weisman-Wise)

Two covers (Orbison and Presley's) issued in 1968.

I assume this is the same Ronnie Knull who covered another Presley song, "G.I. Blues", six years earlier on the Carroll label.

"Crawfish"
Performed by Elvis Presley and Kitty White in "King Creole" (1958)

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Hoss and his Hammond

Hoss and his Hammond

Carellen 136

19493 ~ There Will Never Be Another You

19494 ~ What Now My Love

1967

Also issued on Coe West (Ormond Beach, Florida)

Carellen picture credit & audio : eBay talisman778

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"What Now My Love" is the English title of a popular song whose original French version, "Et Maintenant" ("And Now") was written in 1961 by Gilbert Bécaud and Pierre Delanoë. English language lyrics and the title were written by Carl Sigman: early versions of it were recorded by Jane Morgan and Ben E King.

The English covers mostly use the melody of Bécaud but with a fancy text (with images like "there's the sky where the sea should be"), which is different from the more deeply dark French original. (Wikipedia)

Gilbert Bécaud - Et Maintenant (HQ 1962)
envoyé par goldrausch.




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Roger Hamilton & The Odds & Ends

Roger Hamilton & The Odds & Ends

Tropical 147

25089 ~ Something Wrong
25090 ~ I'm A Mojo Man

1969

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Ronnie-D on Tropical

Ronnie-D

Tropical 217

40255 ~ Office Lounge
40256 ~ Hey Lawdy Mama

1979

Audio clips

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The Earthmen on Tropical 123

The Earthmen

Tropical 123

20161 - Hey, Hands Off She's Mine
(Esther Farnsworth-Pamela Wysong)

20162 - It's Gotta Be Love
(Esther Farnsworth-Wylton Snyder)

Arnold Fowler with the Golden Valley Boys

Tropical 122

19725 - Dim Lights And Thick Smoke
19726 - Soldier's Last Letter

Country

NSG : three additions

North Shore 001 - '77
River Eel
38279 - Rock N Roll Widow
38280 – Laura

Carellen - '77
Russ Parks & The Swingmasters
38303 I Thank God And You
38304 -Hello Pretty Baby
Jim Burton - bass; Delee Burton - lead; Dennis Crow - drums; Max Stuckey - steel

Tropical 215 - '78
Bernie McClellan
39359 - Dear Heart
39360 - Sometime Girl

Three products of Bob Quimby's National Guild.

See ASPMA National Songwriters Guild page HERE