Barbara Pittman at Sun Records – Getting Better All The Time

 

Barbara Pittman (April 6, 1938 – October 29, 2005) was an American singer, one of the few female singers to record at Sun Studios. As a young teenager, she recorded some demos of songs for others. Pittman's most popular recordings include "I Need A Man" on the Sun label and "Two Young Fools in Love", released on Sam Phillips' International label.

Barbara Pittman was born and grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. As a child, she was friends and neighbors with Elvis Presley. She recalled to an interviewer, "I sang with him, I knew him, I lived down the street from him when we were kids in North Memphis. His mom and mine used to get together to have what they called Stanley parties. They call them Tupperware parties now. I practically lived out at Graceland in the 1950s before Elvis went into the service. He was going to take me on the road with him, and then he got drafted." It was Presley who first brought Pittman to Sun Studios.

Pittman spent time working in Lash LaRue's western shows in 1955–1956. When she returned, she began recording at Sun Records. Between 1956 and 1960, she would cut four different singles there as well as a host of material that was never released, including demo records. Her records did not achieve much commercial success; Pittman stated in interviews that this was due to a lack of promotion on the part of the label.

After her time at Sun she moved to California in the 1960s. She sang on the soundtracks of several motorcycle films, including Wild Angels, Wild on Wheels and Hells Angels. This was under the name of Barbara and the Visitors. Pittman also recorded for Del-Fi Records, although no material was released by them.

I Need A Man

No Matter Who's To Blame

Sentimental Fool (1)

Voice Of A Fool

Two Young Fools In Love

I'm Getting Better All The Time

Take My Sympathy (1)

Cold, Cold, Heart

Everlasting Love

Eleventh Commandment

Handsome Man

Just One Day

Love Is A Stranger

The Lonely Hours

Sentimental Fool (2)

Cold, Cold, Heart (1)

Everlasting Love (1)

No Matter Who's To Blame (1)

I'm Getting Better All The Time (1)

Take My Sympathy (Demo)

Two Young Fools In Love (Demo)

I'm Getting Better All The Time (Demo)

No Matter Who's To Blame (2)

I'm Getting Better All The Time (2)

Sentimental Fool (3)

I Forgot To Remember To Forget

I'm Getting Better All The Time (3)

Getting Better All The Time

The Royal Teens – Short Shorts And More Golden Classics

The Royal Teens were an American rock and roll band that formed in New Jersey in 1956 and originally consisted of Bob Gaudio on piano, Tom Austin on drums, Billy Dalton on guitar and Billy Crandall on saxophone. Originally, the group's name was simply "The Royals", but they were persuaded to add the word "Teens" in order to avoid having the same name as an existing band. The group is best known for its single "Short Shorts", which was a number 3 hit in the United States in 1958. The follow-up single, 1959's "Believe Me", hit number 26. They never recorded an album, and broke up in 1965.

The term "Short Shorts" in the song referred specifically to very short cutoff jeans as worn by teenage girls. The term appears to have originated with Bob Gaudio and Tom Austin. According to the group's website, they coined the term in 1957, and hit on using it as a song theme and title that summer when they saw two girls in cutoffs leaving a local teen spot.

Short Shorts

Royal Blue

Little Trixie

Why

All Right Baby

Believe Me

My Memories Of You

Sham Rock

Dottie Ann

Wounded Heart

My Kind Of Dream

Open The Door

The Royal Teens

The Spaniels – Play It Cool ...... classic Doo Wop / Rhythm and Blues

 

The Spaniels were an American R'n'B and doo-wop group, best known for the hit "Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight".

They have been called the first successful Midwestern R'n'B group. Some historians of vocal groups consider Pookie Hudson to be the first front-man of a vocal group because the Spaniels pioneered the technique of having the main singer solo at his microphone while the rest of the group shared a second microphone.

The group debuted in late 1952 at Roosevelt High School in Gary, Indiana as Pookie Hudson and The Hudsonaires. They changed their name to The Spaniels, and in April 1953, became one of the first artists to sign with Vee-Jay Records. The group recorded "Baby It's You", their initial release, on May 5, 1953. Released in July, the song reached No. 10 on Billboard's R'n'B record chart on September 5, 1953.

In Spring 1954, "Goodnight Sweetheart, Goodnight" hit No. 24 on Variety's pop chart, and rose to No. 5 on Billboard's R'n'B chart. The Spaniels played regularly at the Apollo, The Regal, and other large theaters on the Chitlin circuit.

1 I Like It Like That

2 Hey Sister Lizzie

3 You're Gonna Cry

4 Play It Cool

5 False Love

6 Crazee Baby

7 (You Game Me) Peace Of Mind

8 Great Googley Moo

9 Automobiles

10 Tina

11 House Cleaning

12 Baby It's You

13 (Get Away Child) You Don't Move Me

14 Crazee Baby

15 I Need Your Kisses

16 Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight

17 I'm Gonna Thank You

18 Jessie Mae

19 Lucinda

20 I Owe You

21 Bounce

22 Red Sails In The Sunset

23 Please Don't Tease

24 You Painted Pictures

25 Baby Sweets

26 Everyone's Laughing

Play It Cool