GREAT ROYAL TEENS ROCK n ROLL 78 SHORT SHORTS / PLANET ROCK HMV POP 454 E/E-
  £   24
  $   32

 


£ 24 Sold For
Jul 21, 2023 Sold Date
Jan 21, 2023 Start Date
1 Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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GREAT ROCKIN SING-ALONG HIT FOR THE ROYAL TEENS!

SHORT SHORTS

b/w  PLANET ROCK

The Royal Teens were a New Jersey rock and roll band formed in 1957, best known for their single "Short Shorts", which was a #3 hit in the U.S. in 1958. The follow-up single, 1959's "Believe me", hit #26. They never recorded an album, and broke up in 1965.
Bob Gaudio later became a member of the Four Seasons. Fourteen-year-old member Al Kooper sometimes appeared with the Royal Teens on the road in 1959, and later founded the groups The Blues Project and Blood Sweat & Tears. Kooper also performed as a session musician on several of Bob Dylan's albums in the mid-1960s. Vocalist Joe Francavilla (also known as Joey Villa) joined the group in late 1958. He previously sang with the Three Friends, which had a minor hit with "Blanche". With several briefly tenured members of the Royal Teens, he went on to form Joey and the Twisters, which released a few minor hits ("Do You Want to Dance", "Bony Maronie") in 1961–1962 and frequently played the Peppermint Lounge in New York City as contemporaries of Joey Dee and the Starliters. 
The song "Short Shorts" was used in commercials for Nair in the 1970s, sparking interest in the group, and is now used in Japan for the opening tune of Tamori Club on TV Asahi Corporation.
SHORT SHORTS
(spoken) Ooh man, dig that crazy chick.
Who wears short shorts We wear short shorts They're such short shorts We like short shorts Who wears short shorts We wear short shorts.
DESPITE BEING A VERY POPULAR SONG ON THE RADIO IN THE UK AT THE TIME, THE RECORD FAILED TO CHART HERE AND IS HARD TO FIND!


DISC DETAILS

UK HMV POP 454   10" 78rpm SHELLAC

ROYAL TEENS

A SIDE :  SHORT SHORTS

B SIDE:   PLANT ROCK

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