The Catalinas seem to be the ultimate Carolina Beach Music band, and their influence is recognized through their induction into both the Beach Music Hall of Fame and the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame. You could say they are a revolving‑door institution. A band that’s been around so long and churned through so many musicians that the membership roster reads like a phone book. They’re the poster children for “we’ve had more members than some towns have residents.” Wikipedia really does list they have had 60+ musicians who’ve passed through their ranks over the decades. At that point, it’s less a band and more a musical ecosystem.
And yes, this 1961 45 on some tiny, oddball label is so obscure you’d swear it was run out of someone’s garage behind a shack in Charlotte. Exactly the kind of oddball stuff I love digging up.
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