CBID - And they play Chuck Berry music - part 5

HARDIN & YORK (UK)

As a duo they have released several albums since 1969 which was the year they came out with their debut album, namely “Tomorrow, Today”.
Edward Hardin was a singer, songwriter, pianist, born 1949, died in 2015. As a solo artist he released a lot of singles and albums since the early ‘70s.
Peter York, drummer, born 1942. Has played with Eric Clapton, Brian Auger, Alexis Corner and you name it.

Rock And Roll Music-Sweet Little Sixteen (3:52) 1969

CD: Tomorrow, Today [RPM Records RPM-128] ● UK, 1994

Reissue with bonus tracks. Series: The RPM Hardin & York Collection – Volume One.
Recorded at Olympic Studios, London, Spring 1969. Previously unissued. It only says “Rock And Roll Music” as the title. It starts with Rock And Roll Music and goes into Sweet Little Sixteen and then back to the first one.

GRADY HARRIS And The Modern Country (USA)

Country quartet. Grady was born in the heart of the Blue Ridge mountains near Sylva, North Carolina and has been playing the guitar and singing since the age of 10. The album below was recorded at Ripcord Recordings Studios in Vancouver, Washington.

Brown Eyed Handsome Man (2:13) late 1970s

LP: Grady Harris And The Modern Country [Ripcord Records RSLP-1015] ● USA, late 1970s

Again it is an irritating fact that companies doesn’t print any year on their releases. I have never understood why?
Anyway, the album has 12 tracks of well-known country songs.

HARVEY & THE WALLBANGERS (USA)

Harvey Brough, a versatile singer, guitarist, composer, arranger. The Wallbangers: a jazz/blues vocal harmony group. Band members shifted but on the album below they are in addition to Harvey: Chuck Baker (guitar), Dean Dixon (piano), Chris Wiser & Theron Sharp (saxophones), Matt Blagg (trumpet), Kevie Hazelton & Martin Butcher (bass), Mike McCarty (drums). It seems the band was active around 6 years (ending in May 1987) and released three albums (1984-1987). However, the album below means they must have had a reunion. A compilation album “Early Days” was released in 2005.

It’s My Own Business ( : ) 1999
Sweet Little Rock And Roller ( : ) 1999

CD: Nothing Takes The Place Of You [HWB Records LLC KH-3504] ● USA, 1999

HERMAN’S HERMITS (UK)

See Volume 3, page 1243 for biographical info.

You Never Can Tell (C’est La Vie…) (3:04) 2006 (?)

CD: Live In Germany [Zounds Gold 24 Karat 600680] ● Germany, 2007

The correct title of the CD is: Herman’s Hermits & Chantal – Live In Germany. Chantal has 3 tracks, Herman’s Hermits have 13, then Hermits & Chantal have 5 tracks together. The CD is in a series titled Audiophile Edition – Volume 15.
Chantal is a German classical group or instrumental-ensemble. They are also on this blog of covers list.

DAN HICKS And The Hot Licks (USA)

Daniel Ivan Hicks was born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1941, and died in 2016 at the age of 74 in his hometown Mill Valley, California. Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. I counted 16 albums by him spanning 1969-2017 including 5 compilations. He called his music Folk Swing.

Run Rudolph Run (2:27) 2010

CD: Crazy For Christmas [Surfdog Records 2-525580] ● USA, 2010

This is an unusual folk swing (yes) version, really goode !

HI-FREQUENCIES (USA)

Rock quintet from Philadelphia, formed in the late ‘90s.

Brown Eyed Handsome Man (2:53) 2001

CD: H-F House Party! [MSP-002] ● USA, 2001

I’m Talking About You ( : ) 2005

CD: Money Isn’t Everything [Teen Regime Records TR-004] ● USA, 2005

HOBO BLUES BAND (Hungary)

Also known as HBB, a blues rock sextet formed in 1978 and disbanded 2011. They have released plenty of albums.

Bye Bye Johnny (3:27) 1980

CD: Kopaszkutya [Mega HCD-37692 (93/M-085)] ● Hungary, 1993

Actually a soundtrack album for the 1981 movie “Kopaszkutya”, songs that first became available in 1993.

HOMETOWNERS (Japan)

Country music quintet from Tokyo.

Memphis, Tennessee ( : ) 1970

LP: I Wanna Go Stateside (Hometowners In Guam) [Green City GCL-1971] ● Japan, 1971

Recorded live on the American Island Guam 21 November, 1970.

RICH HOPKINS & BARRY “THE FISH” MELTON (USA)

Rich Hopkins, born 1958 in Fort Worth, Texas, singer, songwriter guitarist. Barry Melton, born 1947 in Brooklyn, New York City, singer, guitarist. They have help from Nick Augustine (bass) and Tom Larkins (drums).

Thirty Days (3:16) 2005

CD: Duel In The Desert [Taxim Records TX-2082-2 TA] ● Germany, 2007

Recorded at Cavern Recording Studios, Tucson, Arizona. Unusual and different rockin’ version.

JANICE HOYTE (UK)

Black singer who had worked at Marks & Spencer and their Social Society was behind the release of her first album (see below). A live album came out in 1977 on the SRT label and also a single on the Seismic label. In 1979 she had a single out on United Artists and later on started working behind big names like Pete Townshend (studio backing vocalist) and Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings (singer in the band). Another single came out in 1992.

Brown Eyed Handsome Man ( : ) 1974

LP: I’m A Winner [Marks & Spencer Social Society, no cat #] ● UK, 1974

All proceeds from the sale of this record were to be donated to B.A.R. (The British Association for the Retarded).

HUMAN NATURE (Australia)

Male vocalist quartet, Andrew James Tierney, Michael John Tierney, Phil Andrew Burton and Toby Charles Allen. Since their debut in 1996 they have released several albums and singles, and many of them have covers of soul and R&B hits from the ‘60s/’70s.

Run Rudolph Run (3:17) 2015

CD: The Christmas Album (Deluxe Edition) [Sony Music 8887 514 4382] ● Australia, 2015

This album was originally first issued in 2013, but this new Deluxe Edition has 4 extra tracks newly recorded, including the Berry number. A rockin’ version with a girl choir.

HUMPERS (USA)

Punk rock band from Long Beach, California, who started out in 1989. Some of the members had already been part of the L.A. punk band The Suicide Kings in the ‘80s.

Run Rudolph Run (3:29) 1993

Various 10” LP: Happy Birthday, Baby Jesus [Sympathy For The Record Industry SFTRI-271] ● USA, 1993

As so often with punk bands they play in a rapid speed. Although this is actually rockin’ without the usual noise.

HUNTERS (Netherlands)

Rock band. Paul Hubert (vocals, guitar), Ron Bijtelaar (vocals, guitar), Wilfred Arends (bass), Sidney Wachtel (drums).

Johnny B. Goode (2:43) 1983
Roll Over Beethoven (2:10) 1983
Sweet Little Sixteen (2:09) 1983
Thirty Days [as “Fourty Days”] (2:34) 1983

LP: Russian Spy And I [Universe Productions LS-44] ● Netherlands, 1983

MICHAEL HURLEY (USA)

Singer, songwriter, guitarist and fiddle player, born 1941. He grew up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania and has released a lot of albums since 1964.

It Don’t Take But A Few Minutes ( : ) 1976 (live)

MC: Land Of Lo-Fi & Redbirds [Bellemeade Phonics no cat #] ● USA, 1988

Consists of two albums, the first recorded in 1988 together with Dave Reisch and the other recorded live in 1976. This is a self-released ditti where he’s used C-90 cassettes.

LP: Redbirds Live At Folk City [Feeding Tube Records FTR-240] ● USA, 2017

Re-issue of the live album above. Good that he did it or else it wouldn’t have been here. I usually don’t include private cassette releases.

JACKIE AND THE CEDRICS (Japan)

A trio instrumental garage rock/surf band from Tokyo, formed in the early 1990s. They had their first two singles out in 1993, and by the way they also sing a little.

Brown Eyed Handsome Man (2:51) 1994 (instr)

2 x 7” 33 1/3 EP: Great 9 Stomps Set [One plus Two Records EP-058] ● Japan, 1995

Album recorded 1994 at the Blue Plum Studio in Tokyo. This is a strange version, as they have incorporated some of the Buddy Holly riffs and the song ends sounding a bit like “Tequila” (!)

JACKPOT (Germany)

Pop-rock quintet.

You Never Can Tell (3:33) 1998

CD: Bringin’ Back The Good Times [Jackpot Music 2405-1983-2] ● Germany, 1999

Album recorded at “Onkel Toms Hütte-Tonstudio”, Berlin. August-October 1998.

PAUL JAMES BAND (Canada)

See Volume 3, page 1265-1266 for biographical info; also on page 1824.

Nadine (4:12) 1987
You Never Can Tell (2:45) 1987

LP: Paul James Band [OPM Records OPM-PJ-1] ● Canada, 1987

The album also includes a soundalike version of “Route 66”, which is by the way included in Vol. 4 (see above).
The album even has liner notes from Mr. Bo Diddley himself. There are two Diddley covers on the album.

LEO JAIME (Brazil)

Leonardo Jaime, born 1960, singer, songwriter, actor, author and journalist. Released his debut album in 1983 which was the one below here.

Rock And Roll Music [as “Rock’N’Roll”] ( : ) 1983

45: Epic 46.075 ● Brazil, 1983 (picture sleeve)
LP: Phodas “C” [Epic 144.471] ● Brazil, 1983
CD: Phodas “C” [Columbia 866.103] ● Brazil, 1995

Recorded At Sigla Studios and Transamerica Studios, Rio De Janeiro.

JAMMIN’ (Switzerland)

Blues-rock trio from Berne, originally formed in 1976 by Boris Pilleri as Jammin’ The Blues. It was renamed Jammin’ in 1989 and Boris Pilleri’s Jammin’ in 2008.

Nadine (3:58) 1990

CD: Too Many Nights [Mercury  842 228-1] ● Switzerland, 1990

JANCREE (Germany)

Hard rock trio formed in 1987, Diddi Hock (guitar, vocals), Olaf Steffens (vocals, bass), Klaus Schmid (drums) are the members on the album below.

School Day [as “School Days”] (2:51) 2005 (live)

2-CD: Night Moves – Live [Pesch Records PR-1007] Germany, 2007

JAYBIRDS (Austria)

Rhythm & blues / mod quintet from Vienna.

Let It Rock (2:20) 1993

EP: Oh, Baby [Ilsa Records ILSAREC-69002] ● Austria, 1993

PETER JEZEWSKI (Sweden)

See Volume 3, page 1271 for biographical info. In 2021 he released a new album titled “Rock Me Tonight”.

Roll Over Beethoven (3:15) 2013 (live)

2-CD: Be Bop A Luba - Back To The Fifties Live [Be Bop A Luba CD-001] Sweden, 2013