I should not be writing anything right now, because I see road in front of me, and feel goofy from too much driving. Had to take 24 hours off because of truly scorching heat in Nebraska on Tuesday. The car I was driving has no air conditioning or even air vents, and there was no escape from the 100+ degree sun over the endless prairie. It set a record for the area of I don’t know how many degrees, but a car is a solar collector and it felt like at least 120. A moving oven. I kept buying bags of ice which I threw on top of the dog (this works like magic), but after a while I started feeling faint — not a good idea at 75 MPH. The realization of what could happen triggered enough adrenaline to get me through to Des Moines, where I hung out until the weather broke a bit. Drove from Des Moines to South Bend, Indiana last night, then today all the way to Philly. But I am a bit spaced. (I have driven across the country more than a dozen times, but never had this kind of serious trouble with heat before.)
Here’s a tune which helped keep me going on the road. Good driving music, and while I have a collection of around 750 doowops, this one kept mysteriously replaying itself (too often for “random play”) and just followed me across the country. I have one of those MP3 hard drive deals (Creative Nomad Jukebox) and it has a mind of its own. Of course, I like the song, and could have been imagining it. The windows were open and I was broadcasting the CNJ unit through the car’s old FM radio, so I often couldn’t make out exactly what was playing….
The last time I put a song up on my blog (a favorite by The Students) Chaz at Dustbury.com knew something more about the group; maybe someone will do the same this time. The song is “I Only Love You,” by The Passions, a Bronx-based white Doowop group, from 1960. The pizzicato (my blog seemed overdue for a Classical reference) is magnificent, as is the mixing. A thoroughly haunting song, which made me feel that the ghosts were along for the ride.
You can stream it here.
UPDATE: Reading this made me realize that I nearly went the way of the 10,000 dead French! (C’est la morte!)
Hot music!
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Once more into the fray.
So far as I know, the Passions actually hailed from another New York borough: Brooklyn. Jimmy Gallagher sang the lead. They hit in 1959 with “Just To Be With You”; the followup was “I Only Want You”, whose B-side, “This Is My Love”, also got some airplay.
Remind me to tell you about my favorite doowop obscurity from the other side of the country: “For Eternity” by Vickie Diaz and group, reputedly the second-rarest 45 on L.A.’s Del-Fi label.
Speaking of the Students, what appears to be an original Note 45 of “I’m So Young”/”Everyday Of The Week” is on eBay right now; the current high bid is $113.50.
my favotite Passions song are “Aphroditi-(Octavia 8005)
“Made for Lovers”-(Audicon 112)
Vickie Diaz was Colpix’s Matadors Lead singer.
Same type songs-Ace of Hearts(Colpix-698)flip side Jan Berry prod
“So Mean to Me”-DONNA-1351)VIC DIAZ
all songs are so fantastic
Hello everyone!
I got some Un-Released recording of the VIC DIAZ recently.Newly, in 7inch-45rpm Records of the Vic Diaz ownership which I have had since former times, three songs from JAN & DEAN(LIMITED ALBUM)
-RAW SOUNDS FROM THE VAULT.
Vic Diaz-Ace of Hearts(acetate Dub-Badley damage)
(J.Berry/Vic Diaz/Gary Zekley)
Vic Diaz-It won’t Happen that Way(acetate Dub-Badley damage)(unknown)
Tony,Vic & Manuel(Matadors)-Nice Guy Finish Last(acetate Dub-Badley damage)(Barry Mann/Mike Anthony)
Of the following which has already been known in this.
Vic Diaz-So Mean To Me(DONNA)
Vickie Diaz-For eternity(DEL-FI)
Matadors-Ace of Hearts(Colpix)
Six songs of these are recorded and that alubum’s note, and it wants to put it on some UPROADER.Teach if you know UPROADER that these are installed in everyone.
Though a tempo is a little slow on Colpix Record.
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