Moondog Matinee

sam was such a great voice....

the beatles as a barband were better than the poppers....

tony is the german elvis....

 at least phil did somethings great.....good site here http://www.laurahird.com/bestrecords/toknowhim.html

not a bad recording....

great tune...the early beatles covered this with george as the vocalist...he later recorded with george...they became friends in the early 60s i believe....

tony sheridan and the beatles

better than the beatles release....

my fave song by this outlaw superstar!!

from his come back album

i loved this song back in the 70s...they had a bunch of hit and shel silverstien wrote songs for them...hook was banned from florida in the 70s for indecent exposure....when he show wally to trhe crowd...

here is tonys version of that old country melody...written by cy coben & mel foree and first recorded by hank snow i believe..http://www.hillbilly-music.com/news/story/index.php?id=6025

back to his roots

i love this song...tony sheridan did a version of this with the beatles...not being a fan of elvis i began to appreciate tonys music...i also found that many a skiffle group began to include this song in their sets...so here is another fave rave from billy fury...

great song by eddie

i love this mans music...he was better at doing others music i think...here is buddy knox done by gene...

nice del...

regulars on tex ritter ranch party..............

rockabilly siblings...

tony doing the supremes...again only audio

Jambalaya...tony doing another standard(just music...)

"I'm Losing You" features Rick Nielsen on guitar and Bun E. Carlos on
drums, (from Cheap Trick) and bassist Tony Levin (from King Crimson), each of
whom played on the original version of the song with Lennon in 1980.
http://www.vintagebb.com/lennon.html
john is not in the video but you can feel him there.....

we lost you too soon eddie....

this is the only footage of pete i have found thus far....pete on the whats my line game show frow 64 or 65....

thanks again to bobber for she she little shelia at the town hall party....

truly some of the greatest harmonies of the 60's.......

pehaps my favorite george cover tune....the beatles did alot of chuck berry tunes.
john did lead on most of them but george did a few too....george did memphis and roll over beethoven.....john did rock and roll music,too much monkey business and i am drawing a blank on the other 3 or 4.....but this isn't about johno but george....we miss you big guy...

hi jacked klip........

i heard bad boy by the beatles and thought wow these guys write great but when i found out the guy who did dizzy miss lizzy,slow down,boney maronie,short fat fannie,bad boy and other rocking tunes.i had to see who the guy was......from artists direct here is his bio....
A rough, rowdy rock & roll singer, Larry Williams had several hits in the late '50s, several of which -- "Bony Maroney," "Dizzy, Miss Lizzy," "Short Fat Fannie," "Bad Boy," "She Said Yeah" -- became genuine rock & roll classics and were recorded by British Invasion groups; John Lennon, in particular, was a fan of Williams, recording several of his songs over the course of his career.

As a child in New Orleans, Williams learned how to play piano. When he was a teenager, he and his family moved to Oakland, CA, where he joined a local R&B group called the Lemon Drops. In 1954, when he was 19 years old, Williams went back to New Orleans for a visit. During his trip, he met Lloyd Price, who was recording for Specialty Records. Price hired the teenager as his valet and introduced him to Robert "Bumps" Blackwell, the label's house producer. Soon, the label's owner, Art Rupe, signed Williams to a solo recording contract.

Just after Specialty signed Larry Williams, Specialty lost Little Richard, who had been their biggest star and guaranteed hitmaker. Little Richard decided to abandon rock & roll for the ministry shortly after Williams cut his first single, a cover of Price's "Just Because," with Richard's backing band; "Just Because" peaked at number 11 on the R&B charts in the spring of 1957. After Richard left the label, the label put all of its energy into making Williams a star, giving him an image makeover and a set of material -- ranging from hard R&B and rock & roll to ballads -- that was quite similar to Richard's hits.

Williams' first post-Little Richard single was the raucous "Short Fat Fannie," which shot to number one on the R&B charts and number five on the pop charts in the summer of 1957. It was followed in the fall by "Bony Maronie," which hit number four on the R&B charts and number 14 on the pop charts. Williams wasn't able to maintain that momentum, however. "You Bug Me, Baby" and "Dizzy Miss Lizzy," his next two singles, missed the R&B charts but became minor pop hits in late 1957 and early 1958. Despite the relative failure of these singles, Williams' records became popular import items in Britain; the Beatles would cover both sides of the "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" single (the B-side was "Slow Down") in the mid-'60s. However, Williams' commercial fortunes in America continued to decline, despite Specialty's release of a constant stream of singles and one full-length album.

In 1959, Williams was arrested for selling narcotics, which caused Specialty to drop him from the record label. During the '60s, he drifted through a number of labels in the early '60s, recording songs for Chess, Mercury, Island, and Decca. By the mid-'60s, he had hooked up Johnny "Guitar" Watson and the duo cut several sides for OKeh Records in the mid- and late '60s, including the Top 40 R&B hits "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" (spring 1967) and "Nobody," which was recorded with Kaleidoscope (early 1968). Williams also became a house producer for OKeh Records in 1966, although very few of his productions became hits.

Between 1968 and and 1978, Williams was inactive, recording nothing and performing very little. In 1978, he released a funk album, That's Larry Williams, for Fantasy Records that sold poorly and received bad reviews. In 1980, Williams was found dead in his Los Angeles home; he died of a gunshot wound to his head. The medical examiners called the death a suicide, but rumors persisted for years after his death that he was murdered because of his involvement in drugs, crime and -- allegedly -- prostitution.

A compilation of Williams' biggest hits and best-known songs entitled Bad Boy was released on Specialty Records in 1989. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
any how here you go....

i love this mans music......shake rattle and roll baby...here he is doing high school confidential....

what can i say???genes great....

another promotional video....from intertel.....InterTel (VTR Services) Limited, Wembley, Middlesex ...

this is one of 4 appearences from 1963..songs played are from me to you,she loves you and twist and shout....it is probally the first they did on july 7....

here is ringos kick off to a solo career.....

another tony sheridan song and a german home link....http://www.tony-sheridan.de/start/en_startframe.html...this song is called JUST YOU AND ME
did you know tony recently got married?..congratulations tony you deserve it..i think he was a direct influence on the beatles..why is there not more written about his influence?????him and gene vincent deserve alot more credit them they are labeled for...i hope tony doesn't mind the adulation.....do you know he has kept recording all these years??he has...look at his web site and please post this great rock and roller your thanks...i dig tony more than elvis....

JOHNNY BE GOODE.....
we all have enjoyed chuck berry for years on end.he preformed on merv griffin or maybe it was mike douglas with john lennon doing memphis and johnny b goode.
the thrill john had preforming with one of his living idols,must have been monumetous......the thrill had to be shared by chuck as well,because while his show hail hail rock and roll was touring julian lennon joined him onstage for a tune.....that tune is now here....also here is a link to the project that is hail hail rock and roll........http://www.crlf.de/ChuckBerry/60thbirthday.html
i would appreciate comments on this one it failed uploading like 20 times...enjoyment is mandatory....

p j proby was quite an entertainer...i enjoy this clip from the 1964 grammy show.....the introduction is from the beatles....the song is an old blues tune called walking the dog...enjoy it and please share it.....p j home site .http://www.proby.co.uk/

i always thought of tony in leather but this clip shows him in a coat and tie,strumming on an acoustic guitar....the picture was taken by astrid at the fair grounds in germany.the leather clad man is tony sheridan.....the other stuart sutcliffe.
here is tonys home site........http://www.tony-sheridan.de/start/en_startframe.html
he is releasing a new album too....go tony go........i would like to share an email with you,about this vid
Hi PC31,
thanks for your message.
It is always good to learn that there are a lot of fans all over the place who love Tony´s music.

The videoclip you posted in our guest book was filmed in Germany, probably in 1965 or 1966.
Would it be possible to send us a copy of these videos on DVD, as we are always keen to collect everything older or curious from Tony´s past. We would appreciate your assistance!

On your website you mention the US website "tonysheridan.com" as "Tony´s official website".
We have to inform you that this is a bogus and spurious site and has absolutely nothing to do with Tony! We posted an info on our own website. Please erase the link / information concerning this website from your site, so that no serious fan should be deceived by any nonsense! Thank you very much.

All our best,
Anna & Tony Sheridan

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