On Sat, 17 Aug 2024 18:30:09 +0000,
savoybg@aol.com (Bruce) wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KJzeOmHgc4
From 1955, they do their show stopper, "Sag, Drag And Fall."
For fans of classic rockabilly this is one of the most famous live
music videos on YouTube. Here are 3 more postings of the same:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DCAK8xr0-4
"All boys from Denton, Texas," host Red Foley tells us.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxUVSN63IY0 colorized
"Sag, Drag and Fall" is actually an "answer" song to Big Joe Turner's
1955 "Flip, Flop and Fly."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMoN3k8e6mA
this link includes the lyrics in a comment
** the Sid King story ** (2015):
https://tims.blackcat.nl/messages/sid_king.htm
A TV appearance in 1953 in Dallas led to a one-year contract with
Starday. One single was released in 1954, the novelty “Who Put the
Turtle In Myrtle’s Girdle”, which was credited to The Western Melody
Makers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQMqFWzh34A
b-side "If Tears Could Cry"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVr-84gpxaI
Renamed Sid King and the Five Strings, they would do seven sessions
for Columbia between December 1954 and September 1957, resulting in
nine single releases {see below for the eighteen sides}.
Craig Morrison (author of “Go Cat Go! Rockabilly Music and its
Makers”) calls their music “restrained and controlled rockabilly, with
a certain hillbilly charm”.
A: I Like It - Feb 1955
B: Put Something In The Pot Boy
A: Drinking Wine Spoli Oli - July 1955
B: Crazy Little Heart
A: But I Don't Care - July 1955
B: Sag, Drag And Fall
A: Mama, I Want You - Jan 1956
B: Purr, Kitty, Purr
A: Blue Suede Shoes - Mar 1956
B: Let 'Er Roll
A: Oobie-Doobie - Apr 1956
B: Booger Red
A: Good Rockin' Baby - Oct 1956
B: Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight
A: When My Baby Left Me - Jan 1957
B: It's True, I'm Blue
A: I've Got The Blues - Sep 1957
B: What Have Ya Got To Lose
The group went back into the studio on their own dime in May 1958.
“I Cried” and “Oh, What You Do To Me” were in a lighter pop-country
style, but they couldn’t find a buyer and the tracks remained unissued
until the tapes were acquired by Bear Family in 1991.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncTj_7xiV9o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBHjqsKzpSU
The group disbanded later in 1958. Sid King’s last shot at recording
during the Golden Era came in 1959, when Pat Boone (ex-resident of
Sid’s birthplace, Denton, Texas) arranged a deal with Dot.
“Hello There Rockin’ Chair” was a pleasant little number, but Dot
didn’t release it until November 1961.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XRfBBdAgY8
flip side: "Once Upon A Time"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJz-MqOXhnk
Sid stayed in the music business until 1965, when he bought a
hairdressing business in Dallas with his brother Billy. They turned
“Sid’s Haircutting” into a big success and the barber shop still
exists today, now run by Sid’s son, Sid Junior (in 2015 that is,
apparently Covid caused Sid Jnr to hang up his barber's scissors)
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)