Fowley adamently maintains that those in presence were himself, Frazier, Nelson on garbage can and screams, Paxton’s then-girlfriend (“Diane from Long Beach”), sometime dishwasher and “Skip” replacement Dave Martinez and JOHNNY OTIS bassist Harper Crosby, THE PENGUINS’ Gayle Hodges on keyboards, and Olympics’ session man Ronnie Silica on drums. Most reports credit Ted Marsh, Bobby Rey (sax), Deary Weaver (guitar), Gary “Spider” Webb (drums), Ted Winters and, some claim, THE TEDDY BEAR’s Marshall Lieb (keyboards), though Paxton claims that this line-up (minus both Teds) was merely the touring group. Apparently, this state of mind was non-conducive to memory formation since a dispute continues (or had) as to just who was present. The band was divinely sloppy, and “Flip” was so zonked that some soul had to hold him upright and aim him at the mike. Dallas came up with the tale of a cartoon caveman from way back named “Alley-Oop.” As drummer and “Let There BeDrums” creator Sandy Nelson told Charlie Gillett in The Sound of the City, every-one present was sloshed on the day of the recording. Bumble & the Stingers, Paul Revere & the Raiders, the Rivingtons, THE SEEDS and THE MURMAIDS), and called on Frazier for a hit tune. , Once settled in Hollywood, Paxton formed a music publishing “company”–Maverick Music, it’s telephone number was the pay-phone at Happy’s Chevron station, cornor Sunset and Vine–with songwriter /producer I manager /full-time self-acknowledged eccentric Kim Fawley (creator of such as hits for B. He did tell Gary, though, that he was going to make it as a songwriter, and Paxton promised to look him up the next time he needed a tune. Dal’s musical day had not come just yet–his songs “Mohair Sam” and “Elvira” were still to be conceived. When he arrived there it was 2 AM, and legend has it that the first gas station he stopped at was manned by Dallas Frazier. Mesa, Arizona)–moved out of his place in Arizona headed for Hollywood. But with their chart days apparently behind them, the “Flip” half of the team– Gary Paxton (b. 1 J Skip & Flip’s cha-cha, “It Was I” had hit number 11 in 1959, and “Cherry Pie” had matched that position in 1960. HOLLYWOOD ARGYLES “ALLEY-OOP “ (Dallas Frazier) Lute 5905 No. PLACE_LINK_HERE?wmode=transparent” width=”” height=”350″ >
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