Most of us are familiar with the Hit Records sound-a-likes done during the period when the originals were popular. But Bill Beasley and his son Kirk also...
Sound-A-Likes are not illegal. Think of some that made the national charts. Terry Stafford did a sound-a-like of Elvis' song Suspicion when RCA refused to...
I have said before that some months Hit did not record very many sound-a-likes but their track record at picking songs that made the Top 10 was pretty good. I...
If I remember right, the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations" cost $50,000 to record, with six different studios and more than 30 studio musicians - whether that...
I went to a local used bookstore that sells recoudes and found about 18 HIT RECORD 45's for 25 cents a piece. I will have a list for you sometime tomorrow or...
Does anyone in the group have a copy of this LP? SIDE 1 "I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND" "SHE LOVES YOU" "WEARING WORRYING BLUES" "I WAITED" "MY BONNIE LIES...
That is the same album that was released on the budget label Diplomat in the US, although not with the photos (I agree, how did they manage that one). The...
I have an LP called "Beatlemania" by The Liverpools on Wyncote Records. They have the Beatle sound in their recordings. Some very good stuff on this. TRACK...
Shawn wrote: The Manchesters were the same band as the Chartbusters, whose song "She's the One" got onto the top 40 nationally in August 64 on Mutual Records....
Howdy Folks!! Regarding The Manchesters, they actually released 3 albums: Beatlerama, Beatlerama Volume 2, and I Want To Hold Your Hand which, other than the...
I know that Lou Reed did some work for Pickwick and its related companies, but I wasn't aware of any involvement with any of the discount Beatle rip-offs other...
... the tracks, It's been rumored that Lou Reed & John Cale played in the The Beats. Neither of them have confirmed this. Knowing the pre-VU acts they will...
Before this gets too far off topic, let me add this. One of the things I like about these old Beatle rip-off albums is their attempt, sometimes better than...
This maybe a simple answer but I sure do not know it. I am getting automatoically signed up to a lot of junk yahoo groups. How do you unsubscribe to a group? I...
How about the Garry Miles (Buzz Cason) recording of the UK hit by Garry Mills "Look For A Star". Not only did ol' Buzz rip off the song, he also ripped off...
... Not only that, the original Garry Mills version was issued in the US on Imperial which is a division of Liberty, so they were basically competing against...
I found this on line: The song "Look For A Star" in the US, there were four versions issued at the same time that charted: * Garry Mills (apparently the...
Hi from the UK. "Look for a Star was composed by UK writer Tony Hatch for the film "Circus of Horrors" Garry Mills is a UK singer,was chosen to sing the...
I was going through some old albums I had. One of the very early LP's I got was a sound a like LP on HIT RECORDS. I forgot I had this one. Besides This I also...
During a recent trip to an out-of-the-way thrift store in my area, I found and bought a Modern Sound "current hits" LP (MS 1039, if you want to look it up)....
I also notice that, on the homepage, one of the labels listed is "Plantation House." Any connection between this and Plantation Records, the "legit" label...
... I wondered about that also but Kirk Beasley, son of Bill, said as far as he knew there was no financial connection between the two. Kirk was an active ...
... I was a little confused at first as I thought you were saying the three songs mentioned were on Modern Sound 1039, but you was referring to the From...
... The album includes these 10 tracks : SIDE ONE : I Want To Hold Your Hand - Tobacco Road - Can't Buy Me Love - I'm Henry VIII, I am - Eight Days A Week ...
As some of you might know unsold Hits were sometimes re-sleeved into "Hits Of the 60s" sleeves and sold at 39 cents. However they also continued issuing albums...
Thanks, Paul. The songs are in good shape and have a clean sound. Michael Paul wrote: As some of you might know unsold Hits were sometimes re-sleeved into...
While the superstars like Barry Manilow, Frankie Valli and Rod Stewart are busy re-recording the best songs of the 60s. We relook at the original Hits as...
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