Love this song! It used to be on a jukebox at the local laundromat we frequented back in the 60's. The place was huge, and when this song came on, the whole place just rumbled with the sexy sax sound. thanks for the posting. Tripping down memory lane once again.........
This real time recording is better than any other version I have ever heard. I can't believe my friend said this song was "boring". I think I may be the only one in my generation that likes this.
the Royal Order of the Night People song (RONP) was done by the 4 Seasons who were friends with Joey from Hartford days, and the song can be found on flip side of "Don't Think Twice It's Alright" by the Wonder Who ~ they also did a vocal version of Big Girls Don't Cry substituting words "Jo-ee Ren- olds show" in place of the title words
@lyon406, I remember when Tommy Shannon was still on WKBW. They used to play "Tommy Shannon Show, right here on KB radio" Joey Reynolds must have "borrowed it". Joey had a song on WKBW called "Rats in my room".
My uncle actually wrote this song and was in the band rockin rebels - tommy shannon stole the song from him, said he wrote it and used it as his own theme song. Just thought everyone would like to know the actual truth behind this song
@fiofive - your uncle was inspired, he nailed it with this one. when this tune comes on - you can't help cranking the volume up, no matter how high it is. hope they got some royalties out of the record.
I was really "hip" on this song in high school. It was always requested many times for the DJ to play when we had our school dances in the GYM. By the way, we wore socks only when we danced on the GYM floor; ergo "sock hop." 1960-64.
Yes, it was, indeed Joey Reynolds with the RONP (Royal order of the NIght People) in fact, you can hear him mention it on his 1966 show intro from Detroit, here on You Tube.
I grew up listening to Joey in Buffalo. He is the reason I later became a disc jockey.
@PersiaFasahl Yes and Joey was on wpop in ct I was a card carring member then he moved to Buffalo He was the best I could pick up WKBW late at night in CT.
It was Joey Reynolds who had the Royal Order of the Night People. I was there, melting the purple candle on my dial to seal lit to WKBW radio. I have followed Joey's carreer throught he years, from station to station to syndiocation, and TV. He is currently doing an overnight TV show on WNBC in New York City.
Great record but everyone should check out the wonderful cover version by Australia's premier instrumental band of the very early 60's-The Thunderbirds.
WOW!!!!! I remember picking up WKBW all the way in Manhattan on a clear cold night.
What fond memories. We did a line dance to this in 1963 called the waddle girls faced guys!! And now I'm finally learning to play guitar it will be a goal to learn those riffs!
Fuck my life, i found this on a 45 the other day and passed it up, i felt like i had to look them up first and now if i dont find it tomorrow im gonna kick myself in the ass.
Listen carefully at 2:02, the drummer totally loses it and just taps out. Many of these songs from back then are flawed toward the end but the take of the song was so great that they would release it anyway. Most times the dj talked over the ending anyway and if the song had a long intro they would talk over that too. btw, I'm 58 and know a little about this stuff.
What's with all you easties? This is CALIFORNIA music, where there was REAL surf in the 50s and 60s, before the Army Corps of Engineers and Enviro-whackos fuucked everything up.
This song was a hit around February 1963; we didn't know anything much about it (no internet then) but it was everywhere on AM. I was in the 8th grade. The DJs just played it - they had no info on it either. It was magical, as most music was back then.
The Royal Order of the Night People was Joey Reynolds' thing when he was in Buffalo. "RONP" in the early 1960's. He had you drip candle wax on your dial to keep it stuck to that station. Tommy Shannon also worked in Buffalo and this was his theme song : "Tommy Shannon show, KB radio, top tunes and news and weather..." that was late '50's ealy 60's.
I remember this back in 63. At the time i thought it was marvellous. The song is build around an old 12bar blues beat but in 63 that was new. Nowadays the solo sounds a bit sluggish, lumpy and naive, however i couldnt play it at the time and spent hours trying. I finally got it, but by then something else was in the charts. Talk about missing the bus. very nostalgic stuff for me though. Happy Days.
@rusty44mag its easy for artists today to say, all they have to do is push which ever instrument they want to hear on a synthesizer and bam they dont miss a beat. This is old time original garage band stuff. I like it better when they mess up shows that they are 100% GENUINE
@pieceman7 If you like a vintage mistake. Jazz is a great place to look. Check out Ella Fitzgerald's "mistake" on the "Ella in Berlin" version of "Mac the Knife". Totally blows the lyric and then just wings it. It is one of those pieces of absolute serendipity that someone got it on tape. That single recording influenced me to look at JAzz further. Even if jazz ain't your thing, this recording will be. Matter of fact I think I'll give it a listen right now.
I remember hearing this song when I was only 5 or 6 while the older kids were listening to WKBW on the radio. Didn't Tommy Shannon have another intro song that went something like "Tommy Shannon, the man with the big big beat. Tommy Shannon the guy that you wanna meet", or something to that effect?
They added those words to this recording, yes. In those days at KB Radio they would even mention your name on the radio if you wrote a letter. They'd send glossy 8x10 photos of all the DJs, too.
Loved this song when I was 10 and still love it! Around 1979/80 there was a group around the Jersey area called Ronnie and the Jitters who did this song with lyrics. Not sure if they were the original lyrics though.
Yeah, they were a bar band playing around the NJ/NY area late 70's, early 80's that added lyrics to this instrumental, but then I guess a lot bands did the same.
This was my favourite instrumental growing up in a small town in Ontario; we'd pick up WKBW station from Buffalo and this was a theme song with lyrics added. nice memories.
You know what? You night just be right! I love John Fogerty and especially Rock 'n roll girls, but the similarity must be more than just a coincidence!
yeah and John Fogerty mentions "if I had my way, I'd shuffle off to Buffalo" and Wild Weekend was recorded here, so I thought that to be kool that he recognized Bflo for it's R&R and Vocal R&B (Doo Wop) roots.
the royal order of the nightpeople was not part of Tommy Shannon,s show but the late John Larsh(jackson Armstrong) who probably jocked in more major markets than anyone I can think of including a stint as the unknown disc jocey at wNbc in New York.Getting back to Thomas Vincent shannon esq.He is in the buffalo radio hall of fame and was a great jock at CKLW as well as WXYZ in Detroit and was instrumental in helping a new jersy disc jockey who went on to use Michael O,shaughnessy ShannonLOL
@manhatin: I and my buddies used to listen to Tommy Shannon from Toronto every week-night over WKBW radio. It was the thing to do while riding around in our '53' Mercs by every kid in Toronto. Tommy Shannon Show/ music, sports, news, and weather/ so glad we could get together/ on the/ Tom Shannon Show. I used to this play up north in Kirkland Lake with my band "The Satelites". Shannon eventually went to a radio ssation in Windsor Ontario but lived in Detroit. thanks for the memory.
It was Joey Reynolds from who had the Royal Order of the Night People. We melted the purple candle on the dial to seal it to WKBW. You can hear him mention it in his show intro posted here on You Tube from his 1966 WXYZ Detroit show.
Great song. Joey Reynolds used this song on WPOP in Hartford after he'd been at WKBW. His lyrics were: Joey Reynolds Show, on POP radio. Top tunes, the news and weather, where all of Hartford gets together, on POP, POP radi-a-dio.
OMG I Love this song. I have been searching for this ever since I saw Arthur and the Invisibles. Thanks so much to Sean in England for giving me the info to come here and hear it!
Bought this when it was first released. Great rocking instrumental and just listen to that 'upfront' guitar solo in the middle. Now that's what I call rock 'n' roll.
Tommy Shannon Show Kb radio weve got the news and weather and the hits together on the tom shannon show.Anybody remember exactly how that opened up every hour of his WKBW 1520 show from BUFFALO.Look at the great jocks who were in the nightime slot at KB ,Dick Biondi,Frank Jollay,Joey Reynolds and John Larsh aka Jackson Armstrong all super talents.Tommy of course came back to B town after his days in Detroit and is in the buffalo radio hall of fame.
Mike: Here's a memory snip: "Top tunes, the news and weather, this is the place where things get better, on the tom shannon show...." Such a great tune, such a great radio station. Shannon was an early entrepreneur -- he had a hot dog stand somewhere along the Lake. I'm utterly amazed no one has written a history of KB. They had such a strong signal at night, kids from Detroit to the East Coast & south could pick it up. Cheers
I always wondered who The Rockin Rebels were. The drummer was off beat and the whole song has this awkward feel to it. Strangely that's what I like about it. I really like the overcompressed cymbals and grittyness of the guitars and snare. Put your top down, the bass up and blast this on a warm, sunny day.
There is a wonderful tribute to this song by a band called NRBQ or the "New Rhythm and Blue's Quartet" respectively. NRBQ are one of America's premier rock bands and they add lyrics to their "Wild Weekend" speed it up just a little and put some Q tinnanny to it. Just Tube NRBQ Wild Weekend!
Wow! as someone growing up in Ontario just north of the Falls, this fabulous tune sure brings back memories. As I recall, Tommy Shannon's show on KB radio aired on weekends; when you heard it on Sunday night, you knew the weekend was over.
1959 was a Hot year, With Great songs listening to Murry the K, on WINS Radio NYC, A Friend of mine, Blackie had this in his huge collection, I remember me Bobby,Blackie,And the rest of the boys and Gals Listening to this and many others, Loved this song Great! Also, Reminds me of the group Johnny and The Hurricanes another Kick A Group. Those were the days, No Sissy Boys were around! ETC! If you know what I mean?
Holy smoke! This was a great one. Might have heard it before but nut sure as you dreamt someting and days later you wonder if it was a dream or not. Tnx manhatin
Sherkston, Crystal Beach...a cold Vernon's...going Stateside to the John's Club (drinking age 18 in New York, 21 in Canada)...not only Tommy Shannon but listening to blues late at night with the Hoooooownd Dog...
chancetrace, I was living in east central Pa. at the same time. I listened to Tommy Shannon every night. Speaking of KB, remember " The Royal Order Of The Night People" ? I emailed Tommy Shannon a few years ago, and he emailed back. That was very cool.
"KB radio,,,Tommy Shannon show,with all the news and weather,KB,Tom Shannon show"....I remember that part....I was only 8 at the time,living in NE Pa.listening at night.
The Rebels were from Buffalo,New York.Their ages were between 14 and 15 years old.They met Tom Shannon (a local radio DJ) at Baker High School in Buffalo at a gig. They ended up in Shannon's Buffalo recording studio. They fooled around with some riffs to Shannon's new jingle. Shannon liked it and asked the Rebels to record it. The tune was released in 1959 titled Wild Weekend. It sold fairly well. The record was released again in December of 1962, and became a monster worldwide smash hit.
This may have given John Fogerty a couple of ideas. Who knows.
RoyFive 1 month ago
When I dj'ed in the 60's in Orlando this was my Saturday night theme song - thanks for the memory............
1863year 1 month ago
Love this song! It used to be on a jukebox at the local laundromat we frequented back in the 60's. The place was huge, and when this song came on, the whole place just rumbled with the sexy sax sound. thanks for the posting. Tripping down memory lane once again.........
buckize68 1 month ago
Remember they use to play this b4 the news on KRLA---in Pasadena---still ONE of the best Instrumentals around
93KHJBOSSRADIO 1 month ago
Lol, it's hard to believe that this was ever considered rebellious, but it's cool. I prefer the NRBQ version though.
iPansophitus 4 months ago
This real time recording is better than any other version I have ever heard. I can't believe my friend said this song was "boring". I think I may be the only one in my generation that likes this.
ZombieHunter2619 4 months ago
the Royal Order of the Night People song (RONP) was done by the 4 Seasons who were friends with Joey from Hartford days, and the song can be found on flip side of "Don't Think Twice It's Alright" by the Wonder Who ~ they also did a vocal version of Big Girls Don't Cry substituting words "Jo-ee Ren- olds show" in place of the title words
berkshireboy62 6 months ago
Joey Reynolds show, what a show, right here on WKBW, Buffalo New York.....
lyon406 6 months ago
@lyon406, I remember when Tommy Shannon was still on WKBW. They used to play "Tommy Shannon Show, right here on KB radio" Joey Reynolds must have "borrowed it". Joey had a song on WKBW called "Rats in my room".
beentheredonethatb4 2 months ago
My uncle actually wrote this song and was in the band rockin rebels - tommy shannon stole the song from him, said he wrote it and used it as his own theme song. Just thought everyone would like to know the actual truth behind this song
fiofive 7 months ago
@fiofive - your uncle was inspired, he nailed it with this one. when this tune comes on - you can't help cranking the volume up, no matter how high it is. hope they got some royalties out of the record.
rt9tiger 6 months ago
@fiofive My Husband recorded the orginal record with this band.
lynnield 5 months ago
@fiofive My Husband recorded the orginal record with this band. He was the guitar player from Rochester NY
lynnield 5 months ago
I was really "hip" on this song in high school. It was always requested many times for the DJ to play when we had our school dances in the GYM. By the way, we wore socks only when we danced on the GYM floor; ergo "sock hop." 1960-64.
foneBro 8 months ago
Yes, it was, indeed Joey Reynolds with the RONP (Royal order of the NIght People) in fact, you can hear him mention it on his 1966 show intro from Detroit, here on You Tube.
I grew up listening to Joey in Buffalo. He is the reason I later became a disc jockey.
PersiaFasahl 9 months ago
@PersiaFasahl Yes and Joey was on wpop in ct I was a card carring member then he moved to Buffalo He was the best I could pick up WKBW late at night in CT.
TheGadwah 7 months ago
It was Joey Reynolds who had the Royal Order of the Night People. I was there, melting the purple candle on my dial to seal lit to WKBW radio. I have followed Joey's carreer throught he years, from station to station to syndiocation, and TV. He is currently doing an overnight TV show on WNBC in New York City.
TommyTunesmith 9 months ago
Great record but everyone should check out the wonderful cover version by Australia's premier instrumental band of the very early 60's-The Thunderbirds.
wellsy1954 10 months ago
The guitar solo is tremendous - really upfront and knocks you out. Bought this on its release. Great memories.
Marakesh7 10 months ago
WOW!!!!! I remember picking up WKBW all the way in Manhattan on a clear cold night.
What fond memories. We did a line dance to this in 1963 called the waddle girls faced guys!! And now I'm finally learning to play guitar it will be a goal to learn those riffs!
hustledancer1 1 year ago
Fuck my life, i found this on a 45 the other day and passed it up, i felt like i had to look them up first and now if i dont find it tomorrow im gonna kick myself in the ass.
deadlyfork 1 year ago
Make that 2:05
donnyrecordsnyc 1 year ago
Listen carefully at 2:02, the drummer totally loses it and just taps out. Many of these songs from back then are flawed toward the end but the take of the song was so great that they would release it anyway. Most times the dj talked over the ending anyway and if the song had a long intro they would talk over that too. btw, I'm 58 and know a little about this stuff.
donnyrecordsnyc 1 year ago
i recall listening to this song during my days in buffalo, ny to tom shannon on wkbw...those were the daze
pieman420 1 year ago
TOM SHANNON, WKBW BUFFALO NY
brownindian17 1 year ago
now, this song is ROCKIN !!!
ITILII 1 year ago
What's with all you easties? This is CALIFORNIA music, where there was REAL surf in the 50s and 60s, before the Army Corps of Engineers and Enviro-whackos fuucked everything up.
SaveTheSharks1 1 year ago
Our garage band, The Nomads, played this and Walk, Don't Run at our school assembly in 1965. Surf music was getting hot here on Cape Cod.
telefender1 1 year ago
This song was a hit around February 1963; we didn't know anything much about it (no internet then) but it was everywhere on AM. I was in the 8th grade. The DJs just played it - they had no info on it either. It was magical, as most music was back then.
67rml 1 year ago
I first heard this song years ago when I was a little kid for an Eat N' Park commercial here in Pittsburgh!
violator79 1 year ago
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PersiaFasahl 1 year ago
Go to the wkbw radio dot com website and click on Personalities.
Tthere is a list of DJ's including Tommy Shannon 1958 - 1963.
Click on their links for more info and audio and photos of Tommy.
It shows Joey Reynolds with the Royal Order of the Night People and the purple candle. Also other dj's like Dick Biondi.
PersiaFasahl 1 year ago
The Royal Order of the Night People was Joey Reynolds' thing when he was in Buffalo. "RONP" in the early 1960's. He had you drip candle wax on your dial to keep it stuck to that station. Tommy Shannon also worked in Buffalo and this was his theme song : "Tommy Shannon show, KB radio, top tunes and news and weather..." that was late '50's ealy 60's.
PersiaFasahl 1 year ago
where is the cha cha version?
TEMPmichaelhansen 1 year ago
Honestly, I prefer the NRBQ version, but this is good too.
ATLracing 1 year ago
NRBQ!
gomudhen 1 year ago
i was just a kid but i liked it then i like it still.......
MrSonnyd1 1 year ago
Simply...a masterpiece!
jt123egypte 1 year ago
I remember this back in 63. At the time i thought it was marvellous. The song is build around an old 12bar blues beat but in 63 that was new. Nowadays the solo sounds a bit sluggish, lumpy and naive, however i couldnt play it at the time and spent hours trying. I finally got it, but by then something else was in the charts. Talk about missing the bus. very nostalgic stuff for me though. Happy Days.
falconoilcompany 1 year ago 8
@falconoilcompany
Um, the 12 bar blues is a chord progression, nothing rhythm based man.
rogueleader302 1 week ago
Ah... music!
WDockery 1 year ago
I miss saxophones :(
zappasaurus 1 year ago 6
@zappasaurus Yeah, I miss saxophones, too.
doctorpsycho1960 1 year ago
@zappasaurus I do too. Listen to Honky Tonk 1&2 by Bill Doggett.
1950tomcat 4 days ago in playlist wild
cha cha
Treefrogs2 1 year ago
i like the way the drummer misses a beat on the ending fade out
rusty44mag 2 years ago
@rusty44mag its easy for artists today to say, all they have to do is push which ever instrument they want to hear on a synthesizer and bam they dont miss a beat. This is old time original garage band stuff. I like it better when they mess up shows that they are 100% GENUINE
pieceman7 1 year ago
@pieceman7 If you like a vintage mistake. Jazz is a great place to look. Check out Ella Fitzgerald's "mistake" on the "Ella in Berlin" version of "Mac the Knife". Totally blows the lyric and then just wings it. It is one of those pieces of absolute serendipity that someone got it on tape. That single recording influenced me to look at JAzz further. Even if jazz ain't your thing, this recording will be. Matter of fact I think I'll give it a listen right now.
zappasaurus 1 year ago
the House of Love stole the intro riff for 'Christine' I'd say
jasonpfinch 2 years ago
The record is not playing to slow,thats the way it was made
ringo244 2 years ago
Yes, this is the correct speed. I have this record at home.
57Will 2 years ago
Anyone ever notice that The Cars pilfered the intro from this song and used it on My Best Friend's Girl?
Kohntarkosz 2 years ago
Yes, I did notice that.
57Will 2 years ago
@Kohntarkosz
Yea, I thought that back in 78
lizzyfan1986 1 year ago
This came out a little before my time, but I think I like it better than the (also good) rendition by NRBQ.
pantherproof 2 years ago
Love this classic!
brucer12 2 years ago 2
your record is playing about a half step slow lol
skips1965 2 years ago
don' suppose you still have the 55 drop top???????
drop top was askin' me if
phoenixdoubledeuce 2 years ago
I was in a practice group with Brian and Gordon Spaeth, and this was our opening number in NYC in 1978. I still love playing it!
slobomotion 2 years ago
Great rocking instrumental of the early sixties
vutter62 2 years ago 2
Count me among the listeners of KB Radio in the early 60's.
vwtch 2 years ago
I remember hearing this song when I was only 5 or 6 while the older kids were listening to WKBW on the radio. Didn't Tommy Shannon have another intro song that went something like "Tommy Shannon, the man with the big big beat. Tommy Shannon the guy that you wanna meet", or something to that effect?
baazooka86 2 years ago
They added those words to this recording, yes. In those days at KB Radio they would even mention your name on the radio if you wrote a letter. They'd send glossy 8x10 photos of all the DJs, too.
vwtch 2 years ago
Also look for the version of Rockin' Rebels Keep On Dancing from the Dutch band Mac Taple. That Rockin' Rebels never die! Rebels Rulezz!
rebelrock64 2 years ago
@ 4 yrs old i use to jump on my bed listening to this music when i was grounded.. lol fun times
suv101101 2 years ago
Loved this song when I was 10 and still love it! Around 1979/80 there was a group around the Jersey area called Ronnie and the Jitters who did this song with lyrics. Not sure if they were the original lyrics though.
JoHomza1 2 years ago
Ronnie and the Jitters???
rusty44mag 2 years ago
Yeah, they were a bar band playing around the NJ/NY area late 70's, early 80's that added lyrics to this instrumental, but then I guess a lot bands did the same.
JoHomza1 2 years ago
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violator79 2 years ago
i still recall tom shannon on w 1520 and wgr-55 in buffalo in the early 60s
pieman420 2 years ago
This was my favourite instrumental growing up in a small town in Ontario; we'd pick up WKBW station from Buffalo and this was a theme song with lyrics added. nice memories.
Floorbird 2 years ago 3
wat i wouldnt give to be a teen when this was popular. then i'd actually like the popular music :)
devilzgrip 2 years ago
I was a teen during these years, guess I didn't appreciate them until it was too late. They sure were the good ole days
rusty44mag 2 years ago
This is some Good Old Rocking Roll..love it...:-)
Mariekesone 2 years ago
anyone notice how fogerty ripped this off in his 'rock and roll girls' song?
KOSMICKEN09 2 years ago
You know what? You night just be right! I love John Fogerty and especially Rock 'n roll girls, but the similarity must be more than just a coincidence!
johnny991965 2 years ago
Yep.
Fist time I ever played the "Center Field" album (1984?) the similarity jumped at me.
peteag 2 years ago
yeah and John Fogerty mentions "if I had my way, I'd shuffle off to Buffalo" and Wild Weekend was recorded here, so I thought that to be kool that he recognized Bflo for it's R&R and Vocal R&B (Doo Wop) roots.
JRussoBuffaloNY 2 years ago
Yeah I know, i'm 15 & I love this song.
ZombieHunter2619 2 years ago 2
walkerneo i am 11 Jerk
serilopr 2 years ago
I grew up listening to Tommy Shannon on WKBW(1520)AM in Buffalo. Remember record hops with Tommy and Danny Neavereth.
BILL19471947 2 years ago 2
Does anyone remember their great sister station in Syracuse,N.Y.?
WNDR - 1260AM
combatautumn 2 years ago
I agree. This is summer man. Green grass, freshly mown, water fights, swimming in the pool, popsicles, summer camps. Thats what I think of anyway.
novembermember 2 years ago
the royal order of the nightpeople was not part of Tommy Shannon,s show but the late John Larsh(jackson Armstrong) who probably jocked in more major markets than anyone I can think of including a stint as the unknown disc jocey at wNbc in New York.Getting back to Thomas Vincent shannon esq.He is in the buffalo radio hall of fame and was a great jock at CKLW as well as WXYZ in Detroit and was instrumental in helping a new jersy disc jockey who went on to use Michael O,shaughnessy ShannonLOL
miketheshanmanmangan 2 years ago
Hey, thanks for the added info and most of all thanks for stopping by. KB on your radio!
manhatin 2 years ago
@manhatin: I and my buddies used to listen to Tommy Shannon from Toronto every week-night over WKBW radio. It was the thing to do while riding around in our '53' Mercs by every kid in Toronto. Tommy Shannon Show/ music, sports, news, and weather/ so glad we could get together/ on the/ Tom Shannon Show. I used to this play up north in Kirkland Lake with my band "The Satelites". Shannon eventually went to a radio ssation in Windsor Ontario but lived in Detroit. thanks for the memory.
Ken, TO.
dreadnought45 1 year ago
@miketheshanmanmangan
Royal Order of the Night People was Joey Reynolds.
Go to the wkbw radio dot com website and click on Personalities.
There is a list of DJ's including Tommy Shannon 1958 - 1963.
It shows Joey Reynolds with the Royal Order of the Night People and the purple candle. Also other dj's like Dick Biondi.
PersiaFasahl 1 year ago
@miketheshanmanmangan
It was Joey Reynolds from who had the Royal Order of the Night People. We melted the purple candle on the dial to seal it to WKBW. You can hear him mention it in his show intro posted here on You Tube from his 1966 WXYZ Detroit show.
PersiaFasahl 9 months ago
Great song. Joey Reynolds used this song on WPOP in Hartford after he'd been at WKBW. His lyrics were: Joey Reynolds Show, on POP radio. Top tunes, the news and weather, where all of Hartford gets together, on POP, POP radi-a-dio.
MrArjay70 7 months ago
Back in '63 we called it a "tough song."
Tigermoon1950 2 years ago 2
Yeah, I remember "tough" makes me thing of my cousin Ronnie in Jersey.
manhatin 2 years ago
if i remember correctly joey reynolds also used this song four his show wkbw 1520 best radio ever suck an egg cousin brucie
redmail02 2 years ago
Was there ever a better summer song ?
manhatin 2 years ago
wow! I was 10 when this came out! and I looked all over for this song! COOOOOOOOOOOOL!!
serilopr 2 years ago
no offense, you act like you still are ten
walkerneo 2 years ago
I love this song...ever since I was a kid
pilatunes 2 years ago 2
Sax To The Max.
manhatin 2 years ago
OMG I Love this song. I have been searching for this ever since I saw Arthur and the Invisibles. Thanks so much to Sean in England for giving me the info to come here and hear it!
llahsf 2 years ago
Now there's some cool use of the saxaphone!! Al, the nvp
namvetpoet 2 years ago
When you get requests for a copyof a
record that doesn't exist,THAT'S something! :)
RonaldVaughan 2 years ago
great sax ! ! ! ! ! !
longr8nge 2 years ago 2
Anybody have a clip of a Rockin Rebel show????
brucer12 2 years ago
I've never seen one.
manhatin 2 years ago
Bought this when it was first released. Great rocking instrumental and just listen to that 'upfront' guitar solo in the middle. Now that's what I call rock 'n' roll.
Marakesh7 2 years ago
This was originally from WKBW in Buffalo and Tommy Shannon but spread to WNDR in Syracuse with the "big O" (Jim O'Brien). Great song!
rewood3 2 years ago
Rewood, when I was a kid in Central PA we used to listen to WKBW everynight during the summer. I remember The Hound, Tommy Shannon and Dick Biondi.
This song first came out in the late 1950s and was a big regional hit. It went national, of course, in 1963.
akytilop 2 years ago
KB radio Tommy Shannon show
manhatin 2 years ago
I agree that 103---140 is way cool---anyone have a clips of this group??? Sounds like the kids in Buffalo really had great radio station.
brucer12 2 years ago
1:03 - 1:40 I could loop that and listen to it for hours.
pilatunes 2 years ago
Tommy Shannon Show Kb radio weve got the news and weather and the hits together on the tom shannon show.Anybody remember exactly how that opened up every hour of his WKBW 1520 show from BUFFALO.Look at the great jocks who were in the nightime slot at KB ,Dick Biondi,Frank Jollay,Joey Reynolds and John Larsh aka Jackson Armstrong all super talents.Tommy of course came back to B town after his days in Detroit and is in the buffalo radio hall of fame.
miketheshanmanmangan 3 years ago
Mike: Here's a memory snip: "Top tunes, the news and weather, this is the place where things get better, on the tom shannon show...." Such a great tune, such a great radio station. Shannon was an early entrepreneur -- he had a hot dog stand somewhere along the Lake. I'm utterly amazed no one has written a history of KB. They had such a strong signal at night, kids from Detroit to the East Coast & south could pick it up. Cheers
jeremiah098 2 years ago
This Is a One-Hit-Wonderful record.
manhatin 3 years ago
I always wondered who The Rockin Rebels were. The drummer was off beat and the whole song has this awkward feel to it. Strangely that's what I like about it. I really like the overcompressed cymbals and grittyness of the guitars and snare. Put your top down, the bass up and blast this on a warm, sunny day.
PJDooWop 3 years ago 2
I actually have an email from Tommy Shannon talking about this song. It was originally done for his theme song.
manhatin 3 years ago
Yes Ozzy432. It was Jimmie OBrien's theme song on 1260AM WNDR in Syracuse, New York!
solidarity4 3 years ago
Acutally Tom's theme song was done by the Russ Hallett Trio.
TheoBurg 3 years ago
There is a wonderful tribute to this song by a band called NRBQ or the "New Rhythm and Blue's Quartet" respectively. NRBQ are one of America's premier rock bands and they add lyrics to their "Wild Weekend" speed it up just a little and put some Q tinnanny to it. Just Tube NRBQ Wild Weekend!
Cooleemee43 3 years ago
Tom-mee Shannon Show.....KB Radio; (Another name for the Wild Weekend song by The Rockin Rebels). circa 1960
snowcat0045 3 years ago
I sure remember those promo lyrics for the Tommy Shannon show- great stuff, great tune, great memories!
RoadNasty 3 years ago
Love that kinda-of-garage sound this record produced--great stuff!
brucer12 3 years ago
Wow! as someone growing up in Ontario just north of the Falls, this fabulous tune sure brings back memories. As I recall, Tommy Shannon's show on KB radio aired on weekends; when you heard it on Sunday night, you knew the weekend was over.
Anyone remember the "Chicken-man" episodes?
pentlandite 3 years ago
1959 was a Hot year, With Great songs listening to Murry the K, on WINS Radio NYC, A Friend of mine, Blackie had this in his huge collection, I remember me Bobby,Blackie,And the rest of the boys and Gals Listening to this and many others, Loved this song Great! Also, Reminds me of the group Johnny and The Hurricanes another Kick A Group. Those were the days, No Sissy Boys were around! ETC! If you know what I mean?
Roger59Dodge 3 years ago
Holy smoke! This was a great one. Might have heard it before but nut sure as you dreamt someting and days later you wonder if it was a dream or not. Tnx manhatin
gangerollo 3 years ago
Sherkston, Crystal Beach...a cold Vernon's...going Stateside to the John's Club (drinking age 18 in New York, 21 in Canada)...not only Tommy Shannon but listening to blues late at night with the Hoooooownd Dog...
bergkamp48 3 years ago
Jimmie Obrien WNDR Syracuse NY!!!!
Ozzy432 3 years ago
toddwindyhill, In the early 70's, I found this album in a vacant apartment in a building I was living in in Pittsburgh.
manhatin 3 years ago
One of the first 45's I ever bought....side B was rhythmic version of Wild Weekend.
toddwindyhill 3 years ago
chancetrace, I was living in east central Pa. at the same time. I listened to Tommy Shannon every night. Speaking of KB, remember " The Royal Order Of The Night People" ? I emailed Tommy Shannon a few years ago, and he emailed back. That was very cool.
manhatin 3 years ago
"KB radio,,,Tommy Shannon show,with all the news and weather,KB,Tom Shannon show"....I remember that part....I was only 8 at the time,living in NE Pa.listening at night.
chancetrace 3 years ago
The Rebels were from Buffalo,New York.Their ages were between 14 and 15 years old.They met Tom Shannon (a local radio DJ) at Baker High School in Buffalo at a gig. They ended up in Shannon's Buffalo recording studio. They fooled around with some riffs to Shannon's new jingle. Shannon liked it and asked the Rebels to record it. The tune was released in 1959 titled Wild Weekend. It sold fairly well. The record was released again in December of 1962, and became a monster worldwide smash hit.
manhatin 3 years ago
Hey this is a good tune.5/5
monkeylad44 3 years ago
I sorry that I clicked this video:(
digitalmasterpiece 3 years ago