A REALLY EXCELLENT COPY OF THIS GREAT ROCKING 78 FROM FREDDIE BELL AND THE BELL BOYS

 

When Freddie Bell and The Bellboys swept through the British Isles on a highly successful tour in the spring of 1957, they proved again that rock 'n' roll has become a quickly inflammable export from American teenagers to their counterparts abroad. Freddie's recording of Giddy-Up-A-Ding-Dong had already become a rocketing best seller in England, and the appearance of the group in person had long been anticipated by Britain's teenagers who are no less demonstrably enthusiastic than are America's energetic rock 'n' roll supporters. Freddie and The Bellboys had also made an impact throughout Western Europe by means of what the London New Musical Express described as their "electrifying performance" in the Rock Around the Clock movie. In fact, from Britain, Freddie and his colleagues went immediately to Paris in June, 1957, where they were playing four weeks in the renowned Olympia Music Hall as the sale American representatives in an International Festival. They have also performed in Australia, Manila, Singapore and Hong Kong.

In America, Freddie and The Bellboys were constantly active in traveling package shows, night club engagements, and TV appearances. They have appeared with consistent success at important locations like the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas and the Riverside in Reno. Their TV credits include Dave Garroway's Wide Wide World, and the Dean Martin - Jerry Lewis TV show. Their second film was Columbia's "Rumble on the Docks", and they were also featured in American International's Rock around the World, parts of which were shot overseas to show the fervor of international teenage reaction to rock 'n' roll. An indication, by the way, of the Bellboys' drawing force in Britain is their fee of $5,500 a week during their British tour.

THIS WAS THE FOLLOW UP TO THEIR BIG HIT GIDDY UP A DING DONG - SOME RATE IT EVEN BETTER - BUT IT FAILED TO MAKE THE CHARTS AND IS MUCH HARDER TO FIND...

 

MERCURY MT 146  10" 78RPM vinyl

A SIDE:- TEACH YOU TO ROCK (from the film "Rock around the Clock")

B SIDE:   TAKE THE FIRST TRAIN OUT OF TOWN (from the film "Rumble on the Docks")

CONDITION - EX+  LABEL IS MUCH BETTER THAN THE PICTURE SHOWN

 

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