CBID - Additional Covers of Maybellene and Oh Baby Doll

CBID is never complete as new records and CDs appear and some old rarities are discovered. This section presents interesting additions and corrections to CBID.

Today: Two additional cover versions, one new and one not so new, to be added to the chapter on Chuck Berry covers in Volume 3.

LA FEMME (FRANCE)

Sextet (one girl, five guys), classified as a smooth, tropical, surf, cold wave band from Paris. They first recorded in 2010.

Oh Baby Doll [‘Baby Doll’] (3:06) 2013

CD single: Disque Pointu, (no cat.no) ? France, 2013

Techno (as I would call it) version by a young modern popular French group. Interesting to notice the wish to cover an obscure Berry song, in 2013! This was also used as a TV ad for the Yves Saint Laurent Babydoll Mascara. Check it out on YouTube.

BRUCE CHANNEL (USA)

Born in 1940 in Jacksonville, Texas. Famous for the hit version of ‘Hey Baby’ in 1962, featuring Delbert McClinton on harmonica.

Maybellene [Mabellene] (2:15) 1968

45: Charay C-33-A ? USA, 1968

Record label out of Fort Worth, Texas. This is in stereo and very white soul. Unusual. The B-side ‘One Letter At A Time’ is more country oriented. The Charay label had 2 other 45 issues using the cat.no. 33 but this one has the letter A to separate it from the others. Strange policy though.