So here we are 1962. My lists are tending to get longer the further I get into my seventy years of music.

John Lee Hooker (Boom Boom), now that’s how to boogie. In 1995, John Lee Hooker’s “Boom Boom” was included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame‘s list of “The Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll. The Animals did a version of Boom Boom in 1964. Chubby Checker sure had a lot of songs with Twistin’ in the title.

We get the debut single from the one and only Otis Redding. Stevie Wonder in his early career was known as Little Stevie Wonder. The Beatles recorded a version of the Isley Brothers ‘Twist and Shout” in 1964. “You’ll Lose a Good Thing” by New Orlean’s Barbara Lynn included Mac Rebbeneck aka Dr. John on piano. The song was recorded at the famous Cosimo Matassa’s J & M Studios. Although no longer a studio (it is a laundromat) there is a plaque on the building recognising its significance to New Orleans. Little Eva’s “Locomotion” has been recorded by many artists over the years but my favourite cover is by Grand Funk Railroad in 1974. Booker T’s classic 12 bar blues “Green Onions” is a classic instrumental. If you get a chance to visit the Stax Records museum in Memphis you can stare at the Hammond used in the recording. “Stubborn Kind of Fellow” was Marvin Gaye’s first hit for the Motown label (although not his first recording). Now you might say to me why the novelty song “Monster Mash” by Boris Pickett? I did tell you in an earlier post that I am a sucker for a novelty song. “Song to Woody” by Bob Dylan is of course a homage to the great Woody Guthrie

Nineteen and Sixty – Two

• (You’re My) Dream Come True – The Temptations
  409 – The Beach Boys
  All These Things – Art Neville
  Alligator Man – Jimmy C. Newman
  Any Day Now – Chuck Jackson
  Beechwood 4-5789 – The Marvelettes
  Big Boss Man – Frank Frost
  Big Girls Don’t Cry – Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
  Boom Boom – John Lee Hooker
  Boss – The Rumblers
  Bring It Home to Me – Sam Cooke
  Bustin’ Surfboards – The Tornadoes
  Cinnamon Cinder – The Pastel Six
  Do You Love Me – The Contours
  Do You Want to Dance – Cliff Richard & The Shadows
  Do-Re-Mi – Lee Dorsey
  Down In the Valley – Solomon Burke*
  Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) – Roy Orbison
  Funny How Time Slips Away – Willie Nelson*
  Green Onions – Booker T.* & The MGs
  Having a Party – Sam Cooke
  He Hit Me (And I Felt Like a Kiss) – The Crystals
  Help Me – Sonny Boy Williamson
  He’s a Rebel – The Crystals
  Hitch Hike – Marvin Gaye
  Howlin’ For My Darling – Howlin’ Wolf
• Humpty Dumpty Heart – Jim Cava
  I Ain’t Got No Home – Ramblin’ Jack Elliott*
  I Call It Pretty Music but The Old People Call It the Blues Pt 1 – Stevie Wonder*
  I Can’t Stop Loving You – Ray Charles*
  I Need Your Loving – Don Gardner
  I Sold My Heart to the Junkman – Patti Labelle And the Bluebelles
  I’ll Try Something New -The Miracles
  It’s Raining – Irma Thomas*
  I’ve Made Nights by Myself – Albert King
  Keep on Naggin’ – Jimmy Anderson
  La La La La La – Stevie Wonder
  Land of 1000 Dances – Chris Kenner
  Let Me In – The Sensations
  Let’s Dance – Chris Montez
  Let’s Go (Pony) – The Routers
  Lipstick Traces (On A Cigarette) – Benny Spellman
  Loop De Loop – Johnny Thunder
  Mama Didn’t Lie – Jan Bradley
  Mashed Potato Time – Dee Dee Sharp
  Monster Mash – Bobby “Boris” Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers
  Moon River (From “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”) – Danny Williams
  Mumblin’ Blues – Sylvester Buckley
  My Man He’s a Lovin’ Man – Bettye LaVette
  Night Train – James Brown
  Oh, My Angel – Bertha Tillman
  Only One – Scotty Wayne
  Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel) – Roy Orbison
  Palisades Park – Freddy Cannon
  Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow – The Rivingtons
  Party Lights – Claudine Clark
  Pipeline – The Chantays
  Playboy – The Marvelettes
  Queen of My Heart – René And Ray
  Remember the Night – The Atlantics
  Return to Sender – Elvis Presley
  Shake For Me – Howlin’ Wolf
  Shake Sherry – The Contours
  Sheila – Tommy Roe
  Sherry – Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
  Shout Bamalama – Otis Redding
  Slow Twistin’ – Chubby Checker
  Soldier Boy – The Shirelles
  Something’s Got a Hold on Me – Etta James
  Song to Woody – Bob Dylan*
  Soul Twist – King Curtis And the Noble Knights
  Spoonful – Howlin’ Wolf
  Stubborn Kind of Fellow – Marvin Gaye
  Surfin’ Safari – The Beach Boys
  Take It Off – The Genteels
  Tell Him – The Exciters
  Tell Him – The Drew-Vels
  Telstar – The Tornados
  The Back Door – Badeaux & Louisiana Aces & D.L. Menard
  The Loco-Motion – Little Eva
  The Lonely Bull (El Solo Toro) – Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass*
  The One Who Really Loves You – Mary Wells
  The Red Rooster – Howlin’ Wolf
  The Syracuse – Felix Cavaliere & The Escorts
  The Town I Live In – McKinley Mitchell
  The Wah Watusi – The Orlons
  These Arms of Mine – Otis Redding
  Too Many Cooks – Buddy Guy*
  Twist and Shout – The Isley Brothers
• Twistin’ The Night Away – Sam Cooke
  Two Lovers – Mary Wells
  Up On the Roof – The Drifters
  Venus in Blue Jeans – Jimmy Clanton
  Village of Love – Nathaniel Mayer & The Fabulous Twilight
  Walk On with The Duke – Gene Chandler
  Watermelon Man – Mongo Santamaria
  What’s a Matter Baby – Timi Yuro
  Wiggle Wobble – Les Cooper
  Working for the Man – Roy Orbison
  Yes Indeed – Pete Fountain
  You Beat Me to The Punch – Mary Wells
  You Better Move On – Arthur Alexander
  You’ll Lose a Good Thing – Barbara Lynn
  You’ll Never Cherish a Love So True (Till You Lose It) – Johnny O’Keefe*
  You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me – The Miracles
• * Seen perform live I have seen Booker T. backed by the Drive By Truckers