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| The Goodees |
The Goodees
are Kay Evans, Sandra Jackson, and Judy Williams. These three
girlfriends at Messick High School in Memphis, Tennessee, were all
interested in music. They sang together at school functions and local
events, then finally entered a talent contest and won. The prize
included an audition at Stax Records, which ended up getting them a
recording contract. Stax put their records out on their subsidiary
label, Hip Records. They covered several hits from the 1960's, including
this one from the Swingin' Medallions. But, being girls, they had to
adjust the lyrics a bit, turning it into an answer to the original song.
The song was never issued on a single, but as a track on their only
album, Candy Coated Goodees. Could Booker T and Steve Cropper be playing
on this track?
The Goodees were actual One-Hit Wonders, having made just one appearance on Billboard's Hot 100 with a song called Condition Red. It's clearly an adaptation of Leader Of The Pack by the Shangri-Las, but it's not bad. It hit the charts on Christmas week in 1968 and peaked at #46. It went to #38 on Cashbox, but did much better in certain regions, such as Chicago (#15) and Toronto (#10). They recorded the song in 1969.
The Medallions got started in 1962 in Greenwood, South Carolina. They changed their name to The Swingin' Medallions in 1965. The original members included John McElrath on keyboards, Jim Doares on guitar, Carroll Bledsoe on trumpet, Brent Forston on sax and flute, Jimmy Perkins on bass, Hack Bartley on sax, Grainger Hines on sax, Freddie Pugh on sax, Perrin Gleaton on guitar, and Joe Morris on drums. All the members contributed vocals. The kind of music these guys make is commonly known as Carolina Beach Music.
Did you know there were two versions of Double Shot released by the Swingin' Medallions in 1966? Believe it or not, the lyrics were a bit too intense for some radio stations, so the guys had to cut a "censored" version. The fuss was all about the words "worst hangover that I ever had" which were changed to "worst morning after that I ever had." They also must have considered the words "loved me so hard" to be a bit too, er, hard, so they became "kissed me so hard" instead. The censored version was released to some radio stations, and even showed up in a few stores. You can find it on rare black-label pressings made in Canada.
The Goodees were actual One-Hit Wonders, having made just one appearance on Billboard's Hot 100 with a song called Condition Red. It's clearly an adaptation of Leader Of The Pack by the Shangri-Las, but it's not bad. It hit the charts on Christmas week in 1968 and peaked at #46. It went to #38 on Cashbox, but did much better in certain regions, such as Chicago (#15) and Toronto (#10). They recorded the song in 1969.
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| The Swingin' Medallions |
The Medallions got started in 1962 in Greenwood, South Carolina. They changed their name to The Swingin' Medallions in 1965. The original members included John McElrath on keyboards, Jim Doares on guitar, Carroll Bledsoe on trumpet, Brent Forston on sax and flute, Jimmy Perkins on bass, Hack Bartley on sax, Grainger Hines on sax, Freddie Pugh on sax, Perrin Gleaton on guitar, and Joe Morris on drums. All the members contributed vocals. The kind of music these guys make is commonly known as Carolina Beach Music.
Did you know there were two versions of Double Shot released by the Swingin' Medallions in 1966? Believe it or not, the lyrics were a bit too intense for some radio stations, so the guys had to cut a "censored" version. The fuss was all about the words "worst hangover that I ever had" which were changed to "worst morning after that I ever had." They also must have considered the words "loved me so hard" to be a bit too, er, hard, so they became "kissed me so hard" instead. The censored version was released to some radio stations, and even showed up in a few stores. You can find it on rare black-label pressings made in Canada.
The Tams did a soul version in 1968, but they weren't the first to do that. In 1967, two members of the Swingin' Medallions, Brent Fortson and Steve Caldwell left the band and hooked up with three former members of The Tassles, Jimmy Bumgardner, Irven Hicks, and Wally Wood, to form a new band called Pieces Of Eight. They cut a new version of Double Shot from a soul perspective.The song was also covered by girl-group The Goodees in 1968; by The Residents, in their LP Stranger Than Supper (1990), by Joe Stampley in 1983, by The Cockroaches in 1987.
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