No, Not David Rockefeller

Artist: The Rock-Fellers
Song: Orange Peel (b-side) (a-side is Ours)
Label: Valor Records
Number: 45-VA-007
Songwriters: Bachelor-Stevens
Time: 2:15
Released: December 1958

This is one of those groups where I couldn't find out anything about them on the internet.  Apparently, they were a Rockabilly group and released a couple singles that I could find.  This particular record is a real upbeat rocker with lots of screaming saxophone and backup singers.  Other than that, that's all I know.  Their group name is what I thought was catchy and when I tried to look them up, about all I could find were things about this guy named David Rockefeller; whoever he was.  (Nudge nudge, wink wink.)  I don't think he was their sax player, either.  But, enjoy this rockin' little tune anyway!  Here's The Rock-Fellers singing "Orange Peel".  At least it wasn't a banana peel.

Record Sleeves

Some of you might remember that back in the day when you bought the latest hit single, they came incased in a paper sleeve.  Some had pictures of the artists on the front, while others were just basically promotional pieces for other current hits on the label.  This was a Decca promotional sleeve that featured artists such as Victor Young, Jimmie Lunceford, Bill Haley and His Comets, (!) The Four Aces, Billy Ward And The Dominoes, Bobby Helms, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Carmen Cavallaro.  This is the sleeve pictured below:

What you might also have noticed is that this particular record sleeve features some artwork in the top left corner that might look a little familiar.  Yes, it is the Music For Every Mood woman!  I used her as the basis for my blog title banner and came across it recently and thought I'd share the whole sleeve for you here.  The record inside the sleeve is one you might also be familiar with - Kitty Kallen singing I Never Was The One, which is a song I featured in this post right here:  I Never Was The One.  Kitty was also spotlighted in another article I featured here:  Kitty Kallen - Raining In My Heart.

It is my intent to start posting some more records.  The biggest problem I've had with a lot of the sides I have in my collection is that the artists were not real big and there isn't much or, in some cases, anything to be found out about them on the internet.  But, maybe it won't detract too much from the music itself.  That's what it's really about, though, isn't it?  The music for every mood?