By Marv Goldberg
based on an interview with Billy Tircuit:
https://www.uncamarvy.com/Monitors/monitors.html
"One of the more enduring groups from New Orleans, the Monitors were
around for about 10 years, under a variety of names."
PLAYLIST of the 21 links below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch_videos?video_ids=Gf77O8KNvFQ,3flb-RYgtWE,qPyXr0PmXMo,Bh8wgn4DT8s,VDAeH_slGew,rWQr2bMNFjE,1x0vXGodf4E,1izNW6nL2Cc,0Ok2g2ZsQuM,axIa-QC24a8,4ae2E2xQjVo,1fEC9zDUrIg,8hEr9JX3Sy4,I_epWdscSRY,g-_tcEmpexA,qHmZXUGkFfI,Vg5tWUNPTMI,
6HWj1utZnG0,LwoeVHW47A8,edeHGCIIt9w,XlrlBPl5N_8,
THE MELLOW DROPS
IMPERIAL
5324 The Crazy Song (ALL) / When I Grow Too Old To Dream (RK) - 11/54
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf77O8KNvFQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3flb-RYgtWE
UNRELEASED IMPERIAL
I Want Your Love (RK)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPyXr0PmXMo
Mother Will Stand Up For You (RK)
THE MONITORS
ALADDIN
3309 Candy Coated Kisses (AS)/Tonight's The Night (AS) - 1/56
both sides
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh8wgn4DT8s
3313 A Little Word (S&L)/That's What I'll Do (S&L) - 1/56
The Monitors backing Shirley & Lee:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDAeH_slGew https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWQr2bMNFjE
UNRELEASED ALADDIN
Guiding Light (AS)
O, O, Daddy, O (AS)
SPECIALTY
595 Our School Days (CP)/I've Got A Dream (AS) - 1/57
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x0vXGodf4E {hi-fi}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1izNW6nL2Cc
622 Closer To Heaven (CP)/Rock 'N' Roll Fever (RK) - 12/57
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ok2g2ZsQuM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axIa-QC24a8
636 Mama Linda (AS)/Hop Scotch (AS) - 6/58
both sides
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ae2E2xQjVo
UNRELEASED SPECIALTY
Crazy Green Lizard (BT)
Groovy Ruby (AS)
If I Could See You Again (BT)
My Baby's Rockin' (BT)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fEC9zDUrIg
My Greatest Mistake (AS)
Red Sails In The Sunset (AS)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hEr9JX3Sy4
Too Young (??)
Wobble When She Walks (AS)
THE MOONBEEMS
SAPPHIRE
1003 Cryin' The Blues (SW)/Teen Age Baby (SW) - 1958
(Also released as CHECKER 912 - 1/59)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_epWdscSRY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-_tcEmpexA
THE SENORS
SUE
756 May I Have This Dance (MS)/Searching For Olive Oil (MS) - 2/62
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHmZXUGkFfI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg5tWUNPTMI
LEADS
RK = Robert Kidd; AS = Adolph Smith; CP = Clarence Phoenix;
BT = Billy Tircuit; SW = Simon Washington; MS = Milton Smith
BILLY TIRCUIT SOLOS
PONTCHARTRAIN
400 Face The Facts/Crazy Green Lizard - ca. 1958
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HWj1utZnG0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwoeVHW47A8
BONATEMP
802 I Confess/I Was A Fool - 1966
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edeHGCIIt9w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlrlBPl5N_8
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