@rontenn I said cool rockabilly. You remember rockabilly don't you? It was what Eddie Cochran and Johnny Burnette were doing. Remember them? PJ Proby says they were friends of his.
Larry Bright (Pete Roberts) played his "Mojo Workout" on the July 9, 1960 episode of Dick Clark's Saturday Night Show on ABC. Some other acts on the show that night were The Everly Brothers and Jeanne Black. Larry also toured with Chuck Berry and sometimes played backup for Lou Rawls and Roy Clark. I've never heard this track before. Thanks for putting it up!
In 1963 Larry Bright played guitar with a band called The Darts. The other band members were Pat and Lolly Vegas, Glen Campbell, David Gates, Earl Palmer, Michel Rubini, Leon Russell, Plas Johnson and Dale Hallcom. They released a collection of hotrod themed tracks on a Del-Fi album titled Hollywood Drag.
This is GOOD! Did PJ Proby forget that one of his LA pals recorded this cool rockabilly version of Hold Me in 1960? Has he ever talked about Larry Bright or Pete Roberts? He talks about restructuring Dick Hames' 1939 hit for his 1964 record. Funny thing though, Dick Haymes never had a hit with Hold Me and I can't find where he even recorded it.
@nawlins4evah Seems weird to me too. If Pete Roberts (Larry Bright) and PJ Proby (Jett Powers) had worked together and were both around members of The Wrecking Crew how come Proby's never talked about this guy? He talks about everybody else in California.
And what's with the 1939 Dick Haymes story? In 1939 Haymes was singing with the Harry James band and anything he recorded would have given equal billing to James. Hold Me isn't listed in any discography for either one.
@nawlins4evah & DenimAllowed, Why would PJ Proby talk about Larry Bright? He wanted people to believe he took a draggy old 1930's ballad and turned it into a rocker. Guess nobody's ever thought to look for the Dick Haymes record. Duh.
Good M.O.R. version.....P.J. Proby's was the best rocking version of this song ever!!!
Someone called this version "cool"...yeah right!!
rontenn 8 months ago
@rontenn I said cool rockabilly. You remember rockabilly don't you? It was what Eddie Cochran and Johnny Burnette were doing. Remember them? PJ Proby says they were friends of his.
nawlins4evah 8 months ago
Larry Bright (Pete Roberts) played his "Mojo Workout" on the July 9, 1960 episode of Dick Clark's Saturday Night Show on ABC. Some other acts on the show that night were The Everly Brothers and Jeanne Black. Larry also toured with Chuck Berry and sometimes played backup for Lou Rawls and Roy Clark. I've never heard this track before. Thanks for putting it up!
FlashbackCity101 8 months ago
In 1963 Larry Bright played guitar with a band called The Darts. The other band members were Pat and Lolly Vegas, Glen Campbell, David Gates, Earl Palmer, Michel Rubini, Leon Russell, Plas Johnson and Dale Hallcom. They released a collection of hotrod themed tracks on a Del-Fi album titled Hollywood Drag.
ItsaLostArt 8 months ago
This is GOOD! Did PJ Proby forget that one of his LA pals recorded this cool rockabilly version of Hold Me in 1960? Has he ever talked about Larry Bright or Pete Roberts? He talks about restructuring Dick Hames' 1939 hit for his 1964 record. Funny thing though, Dick Haymes never had a hit with Hold Me and I can't find where he even recorded it.
nawlins4evah 8 months ago
@nawlins4evah Seems weird to me too. If Pete Roberts (Larry Bright) and PJ Proby (Jett Powers) had worked together and were both around members of The Wrecking Crew how come Proby's never talked about this guy? He talks about everybody else in California.
And what's with the 1939 Dick Haymes story? In 1939 Haymes was singing with the Harry James band and anything he recorded would have given equal billing to James. Hold Me isn't listed in any discography for either one.
DenimAllowed 8 months ago
@nawlins4evah & DenimAllowed, Why would PJ Proby talk about Larry Bright? He wanted people to believe he took a draggy old 1930's ballad and turned it into a rocker. Guess nobody's ever thought to look for the Dick Haymes record. Duh.
shugahshak 8 months ago