[nickcarraway]

Sea Cruise-Frankie Ford

[EveningStar]

ping

[newfreep]

“ooo-weeee, ooo-weeee baby...”

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Herman’s Hermits had a cover that was quite true to the original.

[Fiji Hill]

You Talk Too Much (1960)

[The KG9 Kid]

I was just thinking about this guy three days ago.

Scary part is, that every time I recall some obscure elderly celebrity, they croak within just a few weeks or so. This has happened at least seven times over the last ten years.

I hope I'm not some harbinger of death, killing former celebrities with mind bullets.

I'm sure I've mentioned this on FR before...

[Political Junkie Too]

Frankie Ford appeared as himself in the movie American Hot Wax.

-PJ

[Boogieman]

Also sang a few other good records. Here is one of my favorites:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHtDNktyPTc

He is backed up on this record by Huey “Piano” Smith, famous for his own hits like “Rockin’ Pneumonia & the Boogie Woogie Flu” and “Don’t You Just Know It”. The piano riff is a New Orleans-style variation on “Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie”, the original boogie woogie record from the 1920s.

[Jack Hammer]

Wow... I can remember this when it was fresh on the radio. Must be getting old.

[JPG]

[Patriot Babe]

Every time someone post a youtube video of a deceased artist I always find myself winding up viewing Dawn of the Dead movie. I have no clue how I got there but I did. LOL

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

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