Calling all angels
I spotted this at LP Cover Lover, and yes, it’s a 45, but what caught my eye (other than the rather striking art) is the utter absence of performer identification, at least up front:
Trying to track this down brought me to Both Sides Now Publications, where I found this bit of instruction:
There is little of collectors’ interest on the original Bell records of the ’50s. They generally tended toward cover versions of popular hits of the times, much as the Tops label did, or “generic” non-hit pop.
Number 147 was one of the last of the original Bell 45s, before they mutated into a more-or-less full-service record label. Billy Winter does the Crests cover on the A side, and Ken Wright appears in the Ron Holden role on the flip. And maybe one of this series might be of interest to collectors after all:
The single of real interest is 120 with an A side by “Tom and Jerry” who later became better known by their real names Simon and Garfunkel.
Tom Graph and Jerry Landis, S&G’s noms de disque of the time, actually had a chart item circa 1958, the Everlyesque “Hey, Schoolgirl” (Big Records 613, #49 in Billboard). If it’s the same T&J, I’d definitely like to hear them taking on Jan Berry’s “Baby Talk.”
(Disclosure: I have contributed a few items to the BSN discography list.)
Bill Peschel »
10 March 2010 · 5:49 pm
I’ll have to save a copy of that cover. I don’t know what, but I just can’t let an armed angel go.