Speedo: The Coasters
Vocal group harmony pioneer Earl “Speedo” Carroll, lead singer of the Cadillacs and a long time member of the Coasters died on November 25, 2012, in a New York City skilled nursing facility after a long illness. He was 75.
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November 26, 2012 at 11:47 am
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November 28, 2012 at 7:29 am
Both of these posts remind me that I am supposed to be looking (more seriously at least) for two songs I clearly remember from my uncle’s stack of 45’s. He was eight years my senior, or double my age when I heard these two and for a while he was a super hero. He had two one hundred paper paper routes that he did everyday and a really nice bike to do them with. He had all kinds of money to spend on the things he wanted, at least it seemed that way to me. And he sure was the picture of ‘cool’. That would have been in 1955 in the big city of Springfield, MA. In a BIG house on Springstreet, which was partly an Italian neighborhood that my grandfather had bought the place in. Wonderful weekends there with all the kids on the street. Real fun.
Anywhay, just in case you happen to run across one or both of them, one was titled “Bald Headed Lena” and the other had something to do with ‘If you don’t know, I ain’t a’going to tell ya’ at least that was the first line of the chorus. The song was about this guy asking ‘a cute little blond that lived on the corner’ out for a ride in his convertible.Of course, I have no idea about writers or singers. LOL Not a lot to go on I know, but if I ask enough folks, maybe someone will know. I did find “Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road” and “Mule Skinner Blues” as they were later and more popular I would suppose.
Thanks again for the memories and the reminders. I’d better get after it as I really don’t have a whole lot of time left to devote to it.
Carl
November 28, 2012 at 10:07 am
Carl,
I had my stack of 45’s too. My friends and I would get together and play all of ours. We had those disks you put in the middle of the 45 so they could play on a regular record player. I always wanted one of those 45 players but never got one.
I let my fingers do some hunting: Enjoy!!
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November 30, 2012 at 12:25 pm
Thank you. I am really surprised you found them so easily.
Carl
November 30, 2012 at 12:31 pm
Carl,
I hunt well through cyberspace!