The Wallflower by Etta James & The Peaches on 1954 Modern-Hollywood 45 Record.

[DJDrugless]

I've tracked down the actual host/DJ of the show and have sent him an email, as well. I'm hoping to get permission to post the program. I don't want to be violating anyone's ©'s!

[DJDrugless]

I've emailed the former head of the radio station I copied that radio show from, to see if he had any insight or info on ©'s. Oh, I did find the cassette, btw ;) .

[lrh1966]

@DJDrugless

That will be great to hear some of these now vintage radio shows as they give a good glimpse of the time they were done in...Friends, Lloyd.

[DJDrugless]

@lrh1966 Great News! I just got the OK to post the old radio show from "Daddy Cool"'s current producer. I'll do the transfer and let you know when it's "live".

[lrh1966]

@DJDrugless

That will be great to check out, let me know how it goes...Friends, Lloyd.

[DJDrugless]

The Johnny Otis info is quoted from the NY Times, 2012/01/20/arts/music/johnny-o­tis-musician-dies-at-90.html.

[DJDrugless]

"As was often the case in those days with records by black performers, a toned-down version was soon recorded by a white singer and found a wider audience: Georgia Gibbs’s version, with the title and lyric changed to “Dance With Me, Henry,” was a No. 1 pop hit in 1955. (Its success was not entirely bad news for Ms. James. She shared the songwriting royalties with Mr. Ballard and the bandleader and talent scout Johnny Otis, who had arranged for her recording session. Mr. Otis died on Tuesday.)"

[DJDrugless]

RIP Etta.  She died on Friday morning, January 20, 2012 in Riverside, Calif. She was 73.

[DJDrugless]

Oh goodness! I have a cassette of a radio show I used to listen to called "Daddy Cool" from sometime back in the 80's. It featured recordings of Hank Ballard and "Work With Me Annie" was one of the tracks played. Etta James track here was an answer song that one. Time to go digging through my archives again

[lrh1966]

@DJDrugless

Those will be cool additions here when you get them up...I am glad I kept my cassettes as some of the records I put on them I no longer have, and the tapes back them up to a degree...Friends, Lloyd.

[lrh1966]

@glipzik

I know!! without seeing the record, I would have thought the title would be "Roll With Me Henry" (Henry, not Harry), I corrected previous typo...Friends, Lloyd.

[horarwgt]

The uncredited male vocalist was Richard Berry, who in 1955 wrote and in 1957 recorded the original verswion of "Louie Louie" -- later a rock classic for The Kingsmen. Berry earned no money from the Kingsmen recording, though, because in 1959 he sold all his rights to the song for $750 to pay for his wedding! It's funny that all of Etta's obits mention not "The Wallflower" -- her #1 R&B hit -- but instead "At Last," her 1961 cover version of a 1942 Glenn Miller hit.

[davcnslt]

@horarwgt I agree, while I understand why "At Last" is remembered so prominently (it was a huge hit and has inspired inumerous vocalists (e.g. Amy Winehouse), She had a role in defining the genre of Rock and Roll.Rolling Stone listed her as #22 on their list of most important singers of all times and #62 on their list of greatest artists of all time. She was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, Blues Hall Of Fame, and the Grammy Hall Of Fame. Lloyd, many thanks for this one. Nice tribute.

[horarwgt]

@davcnslt "At Last" was not really a huge hit for Etta. Both "The Wallflower" (a/k/a "Dance With Me Henry") and "All I Could Do Was Cry" were bigger R&B hits and nine of her singles were bigger pop hits. "At Last" was not even an original song her her as Glenn Miller in 1942 and Ray Anthony in '52 had both had hits with the song before Etta. Her version is really good though, desipte conking out at #47 on the pop charts. Yes, she's in the R&RHOF, although she never claimed to be a rock artist.

[davcnslt]

@horarwgt Many thanks, I stand corrected. I suspect I hung out in too many lounges in my day and simply had the impression that she "owned" the song performance-wise. So I will amend and say that the song was a "huge hit" in my ears, so much so that it still is a feature in any of the r&b or jazz playlist that I might put together. Thanks for the heads up & best wishes for many hours of pleasurable listening.

[lrh1966]

@horarwgt

Thank you for checking it out. I hope to find more of her records in my collection!!...Friends, Lloyd.

[lrh1966]

@davcnslt

I am looking through my collection for other songs of hers if I still got them? Thank you for checking this Etta James 45 record out...Friends, Lloyd.