Rockabilly 45 "THE HIPPY HIPPY SHAKE" Chan Romero

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I will be out of town January 27th to February 4th to enjoy the Hollydays.

It's our annual trip to Clear Lake, Iowa, to enjoy the oldies and celebrate the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper--to remember day that music died.

The is a special year as is marks the 50th anniversary.

Any emails received during that time will go unanswered.

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Chan Romero

Del-Fi Records #4119

From the WEB:

The teenaged Chan Romero hitchhiked to East Los Angeles in 1958.

 It was there he wrote "Hippy Hippy Shake" and thus launched his career.

Upon forming a band upon his return, it soon became clear that Ritchie Valens had a tremendous impact on Romero, so much so that the two artists, who never met, sounded very much alike and shared much the same ethnic heritage. Two months after the plane crash that claimed Valens' life, manager Don Redfield sent a tape to Valens' manager, Bob Keane, in Los Angeles. Keane was greatly impressed with the recordings and hailed Romero as a successor to Valens, immediately signing him to a contract on Del-Fi Records, the same label as Valens.

When Romero returned to Los Angeles, Keane introduced him to Valens' grieving mother with whom Romero became very close. Her home served as Romero's home during his visits to Los Angeles; he even slept in Valens' bedroom. He remains close to the family and has performed at the Ritchie Valens memorial concert held yearly in Pacoima, California.

Romero's career skyrocketed with the release of "Hippy Hippy Shake" in July of 1959. Released first in the U.S. and later in Australia and in the UK, it soon came to the attention of Paul McCartney who liked the song and sang it at the Cavern Club in Liverpool and the Star Club in Hamburg during his early years with The Beatles. The 1964 version by The Swinging Blue Jeans hit number one across Europe

"THE HIPPY HIPPY SHAKE"  (listen)

b/w

"IF I HAD A WAY"

Clean label;

plain brown sleeve

vinyl vg+ some surface marks   (what you hear is what you get - please listen)

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