The Manhattans - Baby I Need You / Teach Me

It seems like this is the first soul song I have uploaded in quite awhile. I ignored the Manhattans 60's 45s for along time but recently I have discovered how wonderful they are

Frankie Avalon - Beauty School Dropout

Ok, a guilty pleasure here. Not a fan of the movie Grease but recently I saw a video of this from the movie and grooved on it...then ran across the 45 so what the heck

Warren Zevon- Bad Karma / Boom Boom Mancini

I remember when this was released and what a nice comeback it was for him. Radio played alot of the songs off this album. I saw Warren sometime around this time in Boulder Colorado

The Paley Brothers - You'reThe Best

Powerpop Tuesday wth a hint of the Beach Boys

Jimmy Gilmer And The Fireballs - Shy Girl / I Think I'll Catch A Bus

Jimmy had one Smash hit (Sugar Shack) a few other hits in the late 50s & 60's but many really good singles like this one did not chart. He died in September of 2024.

Lou Christie Genesis And The Third Verse

This was not the planned upload for today. I was preparing one and then I realized I had already uploaded it...TWICE. I have had that happen several times. I usually do a great job with double checking so I must have been in a hurry. Oh, well...it gave me the opportunity to upload another Lou Christie 45...Lou's birthday was this past week and would have been 83. Weird little 45 that did not hit the charts which really is no surprise

Paul Westerberg - Looking Out Forever / Last Hurrah

Indie week ends with a Paul Westerberg solo double sided banger. I loved the Replacements and first learned of when I heard Pleased To Meet Me. I've written how I would listen to the local college radio station in Ft. Collins and they had one night where they would play a complete new LP and one night they played Pleased to Meet Me. Needless to say I bought it shortly and then would buy anything and everything Replacements.