The new year is here, and a big thank you to the folks that have signed up to the Hit Records group. With the new James Bond film in the theaters, what better...
I honor of Elvis' birthday on Monday, I will leave up two songs for about a week. Return To Sender from Hit 35 is presented in stereo. Bobby Russell sings lead...
Elvis has left the building for now and replaced by Urel Albert. Urel who???? Urel Albert was a truck driver that liked to sing along with the records he heard...
In England the BBC still delivers quality drama and documentary programming long gone from America's radio wasteland. This week BBC Radio 2 aired a 30 min...
Previously we heard the Hit Records version of Telstar and their original song Lodestar. <argie Singleton was a well known Nashville singer whose group The...
Hello Paul, Just want to make a correction about Margie Singleton. Shelby Singleton was her husband not her brother.They lator on divorced and she got married...
Hi Paul, Just wondering you ever ran across a HIT Records jukebox title strip. I'd love to get an image of one just so I could replicate it for my own...
i am listing my hit records here first to see if anybody is interested in them and listing them in the files section if you choose to.. Make a reseanble offer...
I just happened to make a couple of blog entries concerning HIT RECORDS (and "budget records" in general.) I'm sure how to embed hotlinks here, so I'll just...
love is like an itchin in my heart-jenny and the jewls-257 sun aint gonna shine anymore-harris brothers-258 in crowd-just three-222 lovers concerto-alpha...
... I'd like to hear their "take" on "Snoopy Versus The Red Baron!" (I kept trying to win that LP on eBay, but always got out-bid. Same ol' story!) "I Ain't...
does anybody have a list of the complete lp's and the numbers on them and track listing of Hit record Lp's thnks Brad..any help will be apreciated thnks again...
... them and track listing of Hit record Lp's thnks Brad..any help will be apreciated thnks again. Brad, I have been compiling such a discography for about 30...
I won an eBay auction for the "Winchester Cathedral" LP (MS 565) and it turned out the seller was about a mile from where I work! I ran over at lunch time to...
... Craig paid a dollar for the Winchester Cathedral album which is what it sold for new. So that is pretty good shopping for 40 years later. Winchester...
After Brad came up with some albums for sale, I thought maybe someone in the group has one or two of the albums, I am missing. Here are the numbers. What I...
... Check out the file area, they are there, plus I added Hang On Sloopy which is similiar to I Want Candy. And the Sun Will Still Shine a Hit Records original...
I guess everybody has their own defination of Novelty songs. One of the dictionary meanings is "Something novel; a new or strange thing." I guess most people...
Hey, thanks for the uploads, Paul! Yeah, I suppose it's hard to pin down what a novelty record is. Roger Miller is a good example! I don't think "King Of The...
... I'm presently reading the autobiography of Dick Peterson, the drummer for The Kingsmen, which by the way is a great book. One of the many absorbing stories...
... drummer for ... absorbing ... that their label, Scepter/Wand, ... On the HIT version, whoever does the answering "vegetables" breaks up when he tries to...
... really a novelty song, but what about "Doo Wacka Doo?" (Not sure of the spelling.) Craig D. Actually King Of The Road was the title track to an Modern...
... Dick Peterson's book concludes with a transcript of the lyrics to, of all songs, "Jolly Green Giant." He also mentions that the idea of having the bass...
... I can be convinced of the novelty-ness of "King Of The Road." The fact that there was an "answer" song ("Queen Of The House") is usually a good barometer...
Hi Paul, According to my information, Hit released two different versions of "Wild Thing," by The Chellows on #262 and Bobby Sims on #276. I'm curious if you...
Phil X wrote: According to my information, Hit released two different versions of "Wild Thing," by The Chellows on #262 and Bobby Sims on #276. I'm curious if...
Because of the discussion on the Jolly Green Giant I have posted the other Kingsmen song Louie Louie. There are several things of interest in this particular...
... Thanks for that info, Paul. Chip Taylor not only wrote "Wild Thing," he was involved in the production of the Senator Bobby version, as well. I find it...
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